ALL ABOUT WATCHES: OTHERS

March 26, 2014

Casio Computer Co., Ltd., is proud to exhibit at Baselworld. Once again this year, we present to the world the groundbreaking ideas of the brightest minds in our timepiece business and the great products that these ideas bring to the global market.

It has been 40 years since Casio first entered the watch market in 1974. Making the most of our original electronics technology, we have been able to dominate our market with a steady stream of successful digital watches. When it comes to digital watches, Casio is a household name.

However, over 80% of the global watch market belongs to analog watches. Our challenge now is to improve our position in this field, which means we need to create unique analog watches. Our approach for achieving this is clear: leveraging our innovative digital technologies to develop analog watches with highly advanced functionality.

Compared to a digital watch with an LCD, the information from an analog watch is ordinarily limited by its hands. Furthermore, attempts to add functions usually make watches more complicated to operate.

Casio has developed two key technologies that solve these problems. One is Multi Mission Drive, which enables a single watch hand to perform multiple functions. The other is Smart Access, which allows the wearer to operate the many functions of the watch in an intuitive, familiar fashion by pulling, turning and pressing an electronic crown switch. These technologies have made it possible for Casio to create analog watches that deliver rich, highly advanced functionality without sacrificing readability or ease of use. Just have a look at our latest high-performance analog G-SHOCK and PRO TREK watches.

At Baselworld 2014, you will witness the next step in the evolution of Casio’s richly functional watches. By making the motors for the Multi Mission Drive even smaller, we have produced a space-saving movement. Also, the new shape of the solar cell provides more efficient power supply, enabling even greater functionality. The key to increasing performance is the creation of a “synchronized timepiece.” By using our unique digital technologies to stay in step with the era of GPS and smartphone devices, we are pioneering new frontiers in analog watches.

To provide a hint about the future, Casio will also be exhibiting concept models such as the world’s first solar-powered watch with a hybrid system for receiving GPS and time-calibration signals and an analog watch that links with a smartphone using Bluetooth technology. We will also be showcasing analog+digital outdoor watches that provide vital information on the surrounding environment using three different sensors.

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WUS Forum : Dick Jagger

My Casio Quartz Divers - a beginner's collection

What I have so far, an MD-903, MD-300, AMW-320, and the MDV-102.
I would love to get the MD-703, I thought that the 903 might be close to it, but nope, it (and the MD-300) are very small perhaps Ladies watches.

MD-300

MD-903 (L) and MD-300 (R)

AMW-320 (L) and MDV-102 (R)

MD-903 and AMW-320

MDV-102 with lume!

...and just take a look at the fantastic collection of old quartz divers in this case at Javy's Hong Kong - too much!

A variant of the MDV 102, the very nice and rarely seen MTD 1049

MTD 1010

MTD 1037

MTD 1043

MRD 201

AMW 320B

and the grail MD 703

very, very nice collection!!! MQD 2000 (L), MD 703 (M), and MQD 3000 (R)

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So, I'm new to purchasing a Casio G-Shock watch for myself and have a few questions.. mainly about the back lights the watches have for now.

I'm wondering if someone could show me pictures of the following descriptions of lights:

1. Auto LED Backlight (Super Illuminator)
2. Full Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow
3. EL Backlight with Afterglow
4. Full Auto LED Light with Afterglow
5. LED Backlight (Super Illuminator)
6. Backlight Auto LED Backlight (Super Illuminator) with Afterglow

These are just some of the descriptions off of the website. What's the difference of all of these?

I want to find a watch that has this type of light (He turns it on at "2:00")-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRoIi...eature=related

So if anyone could clarify what the different back lights are for the G-Shock watches are with pictures of examples, I would really appreciate it. Thank you!

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How does it work?
Does it have accelerometers so that it turns on the back light for a few seconds every time the watch faces up?
Does it self-disable when battery is low?
Since these watches are solar powered, then the more light they get in the day, the more backlight time they can give?

I like watches with tritium gas tubes (like Ball, Luminox) because I don't need to hit a button to make it light up in the dark, as you would with a most digital watches and cellphones. Non-radioactive lumes don't last long enough.

Does G-Shock's Auto EL give you the same no-hands-see-time-in-darkness capability as tritium?

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"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRoIi...eature=related" That's an LED light in that video. Typically LED lights use......... Well, you guessed it! LEDs. They are usually brighter than EL backlights, but they shine in from the sides.

I don't have the time to post pictures now, but EL backlights light up the entire panel, making for easier reading.

The "Super illuminator" is just a fancy name for a backlight in general, I think.

An "afterglow" is the glowing of the panel after you have pressed the light button and the light has gone off. I can't imagine why anyone would need that. Never in my life have I been able to make use of this "feature".

An "auto" backlight allows you to activate the backlight simply by tilting your wrist towards you, like when you are reading the watch. It may come in useful for some, but personally I find that they activate themselves way too easily and frequently than I would need.

I've used digital watches without backlights, with vintage lightbulbs, with LEDs and with EL backlights and I have to say that EL backlights are my top choice, hands down.

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I got few of these LED backlight models. I believe they have Auto-Illumination, but I hardly use it on Battery powered model.

Dual Illuminators are also cool:

But I rather stick to the old EL Backlight, specially the Full Auto Illuminator on Tough Solar models (Turns on when you twist your wrist towards you only in the dark).

Oh, and afterglow only means the light stays on for a moment, even if you let the light button go. A lot of newer models let you choose between a 1.5 and a 3 seconds backlight.

Cheers,

Sjors

There are only 10 kind of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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This excerpt from a G-SHOCK user manual may be helpful:

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Link 1 - Link 2 - Link 3

Who said that the G-Shock

does not combine well with a suit and tie?

You all know Dmitry Medvedev. Is the current President of the Russian government, and was the President of the Russian Federation. That is, along with Vladimir Putin, the most visible head, the highest position of the Russian government. For just appeared on television during the debate on the Russian Antimonopoly Service. Do not you see anything unusual? I refer to your wrist. Indeed, wearing a spectacular G-Shock GA-110HC-1A (model, recall, dual, blue and magnetically reversed.) Remember that Medvedev has among its luxury watches, a Patek Philippe (which is a brand Swiss luxury watch), and certainly can be-or-buy any watch he pleases. And while in some other part have seen some criticism for allegedly wearing a watch "sport" suit, from here it does not seem too bad. On the contrary, seems a great idea and, in my point of view, it looks great with the dark blue robe.

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http://zonacasio.blogspot.com/2012/07/quien-ha-dicho-que-los-g-shock-no.html

it's the DW-6900 1V

Searching for more reference about watches in space and because my interest for Casio's is again very high, I have buy the G-Shock Book you can see in the picture...

What I have find is some pictures of NASA/ESA Astronaut wearing Casio's watch.
You can see the DW-5600 (not the modern E version, but the early versions with the screwed back) and a DW-6900 that's is a surprise for me.
The picture shows some documents with models and brands choose and seems that the officla choice was for the DW-5600 and for the DW-6900.

I try to post a scan of the page and I have enlarged the portions about the models and the picture of the DW-6900.

I hope this will be interesting for you...!

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