Welcome to my World!: Casio Men's PRW2500T-7CR Pathfinder Triple Sensor Tough Solar Digital Multi-Function Titanium Pathfinder Watch Review

The best outdoors watch with all the sensors you need to survive in the wild. Great quality and functionality combined the way you want it.

Product Description

Triple-sensor Protrek Pathfinder.

Case measures 50mm diameter by 15mm thick.

Titanium link bracelet secures the watch to your wrist with a fold over deployment clasp.

Duplex LC display with full auto EL light selectable illumination duration and afterglow.

Multi-band 6 atomic timekeeping. Updates auto-receive up to six* times a day with remaining auto receives canceled as soon as one is successful. *5 times a day for the Chinese calibration signal. Manual receive function also available. Last time received display.

World Time 31 time zones (48 cities) city code display daylight saving on/off.

24h chronograph measures in 1/100sec increments. Measures elapsed time split time 1st-2nd place times.

60min countdown timer counts in as small as 1sec increments. Time up alarm progress beeper

5 independent daily alarms.

12/24-hour format.

Full auto-calendar to year 2099.

Hourly time signal.

Button operation tone on/off.

Altimeter measures from -700-10000m/-2300/32800f in 5m/20f increments. Hand indication of altitude differential. Manual memory measurements up to 14 records each including altitude date time. High/Low altitude memory. Total ascent/decent memory. Reference altitude setting altitude tendency graph.

Barometer measures 260-1100 hPa/7.65-32.45inHg in 1hPa/0.05 inHg increments. Hand indication of pressure differential. Atmospheric pressure tendency graph. Barometricv pressure change indicator.

Very Satisfied but Caveat about Tide Function

I am very satisfied with PRW2500T-7CR after looking at a multitude of other watches. First of all, I was looking for a watch that could be used for sailing (both cruising and racing)on my 27' x 19' trimaran. I needed a watch that was stylish enough for everyday use that had the following features:

Required Features
- Compass for checking heading when away from the cockpit
- Barometer with history function for weather monitoring
- Tide prediction for navigation
- Race sequence countdown timer
- Must be waterproof

Bonus Features
- Solar powered
- Atomic clock synchronization
- Moon phase prediction
- Altimeter for when I go hiking on the AT

At night, it has a function that automatically turns the back light when you look at the watch without having to push anything. The PRW2500T-7CR met all of my needs at a reasonable price.

You will need to get the watch sized as it ships with all the titanium segments installed on the band. Went to a local jewelry store where they re-sized while I waited using a special tool and didn't charge me anything.

Here's the caveat with the tides function. The display is designed for semi-diurnal tides, which is when there are two high tides and two low tides per day. If you use the watch in an area that has diurnal tides, which is when there is only one high and one low tide per day, you have to understand that low tide occurs when the display shows the second high tide for the day. The following is a link to where diurnal occur in the US.

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No one has commented on the race countdown, so here's some more detail. You can set the sequence to 10 minute, 5 minute, 4 minute, etc... The watch beeps each minute until the last ten seconds. During the last 10 seconds it beeps each second with the tone of the beeps changing between 10,9,8,7,6 and 5,4,3,2,1. 0 is a single tone that stops without having to push anything. It is also nice that it displays the local time during the sequence as well.

Welcome to my World!

Monday, 31 December 2012

Casio Men's PRW2500T-7CR Pathfinder Triple Sensor Tough Solar Digital Multi-Function Titanium Pathfinder Watch Review

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