Casio Men's Sea Pathfinder Tide Watch #SPF40-1V

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The innovative casio Men's Sea Pathfinder Tide Watch #SPF40-1V features a digital gray dial face with a durable mineral dial window. Embellishing the dial are an easy-to-read time display and a handy day-and-date calendar. Other high-tech details include a tide graph and moon-data option. Adorned with directional coordinates, the stainless steel bezel features a bearing compass feature. The 51-millimeter case is made of high-quality resin. To ensure ease in your day-to-day wearability, a black resin band is secured by a sturdy buckle clasp closure. Perfect for outdoor adventurers, this stunning timepiece brings a sporty finish to your look. It is powered by digital-quartz movement and is water resistant to 330 feet.

i got this watch as a birthday present from my wife and what a gift it was. this watch is almost perfect. The digital compass, the barometer, tidal chart, and moon age functions work great. the only part that is questionable is the thermometer. while wearing the watch you wont get an accurate reading you have to have it off of you body for around 15 mins. but other than that its great. the size is awesome but i like large watches so some people might not like that part. if you are an outdoorsman get this watch. 5 stars!


I have read everyones review regarding this watch. Yes this watch is big which is fine because I am a big guy. I wouldn't recommend this watch for the ladies because it is so large. I really do like the look of this watch. The face is big as well as the numbers so it is very easy to read. I have looked at and reviewed just about every tide watch none to man kind before I purchased this one. Lets talk about the tide mode. Most tide watches allow you to put in a city code choice into the watch. Well would if the city code that is in the watch does not match to where you live? Would if it isn't even close to where you live? Well what good is a tide watch if it doesn't give you a tide reading in your area! This is what I really love about this watch. It uses longitude and Lunitidal interval readings to give you a tide reading no matter where your at. The Lunitidal Interval is where the moon is set between Moonrise and Moonset. Once you figure that time out then you figure out that time and the next high tide and program those numbers into the watch. It is not an exact accurate reading but, you can program this watch to come very close to an accurate tide reading in your area. Depending on where you live there can be two high tides taking place in one day. This watch is not set up to tell you this. On the other hand there is no other tide watch that will do this either. This watch will by far give you a more accurate reading than any other Tide Watch on the market. How nice it is to look down at your watch and be able to tell what the tide is and wether the moon is full or not. The other thing I liked about Casio is that they help you program this watch by giving instructions on the internet. How do you know if your going to like the watch if you don't know how it works? I was able to pull up the instructions of this watch on Casio Pathfinder watch manuels in the internet before I even purchased the watch. Which explained everything to me about this watch and how to program it. The Barometer graph is small but very helpful. This watch will tell you the temperature but you really have to read the instructions carefully to program this watch accurately. I like the fact that this watch is light. The watch ligths up really well when it is dark. The illuminesence is so bright that you can even see it in the sun light. I would recommend this watch to anyone who likes to fish, scuba dive, or any kind of boating or Sailing that you may do. If you like being on the water this is the watch for you. I scuba dive but I would not recommend you use this for scubadiving. 1. because it doesn't give you a depth measurement underwater. 2. if you push the buttons while you are underwater it might leak. This watch has been rated to go 100 meters which is 330 feet. I use a wrist computer made for scubadiving. I have had Casio watches in the past that I did use for scubdiving and they never leaked so I leave this decision upto to you. I have had a lot of Casio watches in the past and they are tough as nails. So plan on having this watch for a while. I hope this review has helped you in making your decision.




I got this watch specifically for the tide function so I was slightly disappointed with the accuracy of that function. Everything else about the watch is great.

Pros:
Large Size - for some reason I like the large size makes me feel like I have a piece of scientific equipment on my wrist
Barometer- works well and checks out accurately with other sources
Compass - Very cool option that works well
Lunar Cycles - Don't use it so much, but its accurate to within a day
Timers - A few good options for setting for different purposes
Thermometer- Works well when the watch is off your wrist
Waterproof - Why yes it is

Cons:
Tide Chart- Its not very accurate. It gives me a good idea around where the tides are, but I use it for surf fishing and need(prefer) much more accuracy. I would suggest a watch with a programmable tide chart if you want a watch for this reason.

I would buy this watch knowing everything I know about it now. All the bells and whistles make up for the lack of accuracy on the tide graph. I may get a cheapo watch for surf fishing with a programmable tide option.



Casio's reputation is known, one cannot fail in purchasing one of their products. The Sea Pathfinder Tide Watch is one of those good products. Yet, I believe it could have been better in the sense that although it provides chronometer and all for the purpose of timing races, it does not offer a stop watch for the use in taking one's position with the help of a navigational instrument such as a sextant. And although its compass can be useful and accurate, it does not provide a memory to keep multiple bearings at single one time, again a helpful program for navigational purposes. So, although I am satisfied with the product, I am still left on my expectations. Perhaps a word or two to Casio might bring some improvements..
As for Amazon, well, it is always very good in providing the goods it sells. No complain there.


Race start countdown timer is very functional as it includes a reset time that can be recalled with the press of a button anytime a countdown is in progress. Example: Set initial countdown to 5 min and the reset to 4. If you are a few seconds late to start the 5 min count, instantly advance to a 4 min count as RC raises "prep" by pressing reset. Can be set for "countdown and repeat" or "countdown then countup in stopwath mode." Big dial and characters; easy to read. Very intuitive user interface. Tide prediction mode assumes 2 highs / 2 lows per 24 hours; consequently useless except for USA East Coast. Alarm / countdown beeper volume too low; barely audible. Other functions, especially digital compass and barometer work well. Rotating compass bezel is marked in cardinal points (N, NE, E) rather than numeric degrees. The latter would be more convenient.


The Casio tide watch was not as precise as my husband anticipated it to be. He specifically wanted the watch so he could tell the tides at a glance, not try to calculate what they may be within 2-3 hours.


I bought this watch for yacht racing and kayaking. The most important features for me are the timer and the tide chart. Compass is very handy as a backup device.

Downsides:

a. The tide indicator is mighty approximate. It would be very nice if you could manually enter the time of high tide for one or more favorite harbors and then have the watch compute the tides from then on and display the high and low tides digitally. Currently, the best you can do is "about an hour from high tide" or "the tide should be going out".

b. The button for reading the barometer is situated so that it can be pressed accidentally by flexing the wrist. 50% of the time when I glance at the watch, I get a barometric pressure instead of the time. Not convenient when counting down the seconds before a start. This issue could easily be solved by making the barometer a "press twice within one second" switch.

c. Given that they've got a barometer in the watch, would it have hurt to make it an altimeter as well? Some of us sailors go on the occasional hike or skiing expedition too.

The watch is big and I occasionally get the "that's the largest watch I've ever seen" comment, but so what? Lots of info is immediately available and it's in sufficiently large type that I don't have to squint.


A great big, chunky, manly man watch. Just what my husband wanted. And the numbers are big enough so he can see them easily. I love that it tells the temperature and has a compass, but on different screens so I don't have to distinguish between a half-dozen little dials on the face.


Excellent watch--except for the size and setting the Luni-Tidal Interval. The instructions in the manual are not at all intuitive and I spent a couple of hours two days in a row talking to Casio Customer Service to help set the watch up for local tides. No one in the tech shop seemed to know which variables to plug in the formula listed in the owner's manual. I finally figured out a better, simpler way of calculating the LT Interval on my own. The tides are accurate but not precise, due to the 6-hour time increments on the tide graph. It it still excellent as a handy general tide reference. There is also no capability of predicting tide more than about 6 or 12 hours ahead of time.

The temperature function is only accurate when the watch is removed from the wrist.

The barometer is a cool function and it graphs over a 24 hour period to show trends.

I've not yet had to replace any of the four batteries, but I imagine this will be a royal pain when the time comes.

All in all it is a great package of information available on your wrist. The watch is durable and functional.


I have had the same watch for over 5 years now, when my old one broke I bought a new one, and it is everything I want in a watch. I do wish the temperature would work accurately but I guess I can't have everything. Very good Price and very good seller

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About Casio Men's Sea Pathfinder Tide Watch #SPF40-1V detail

• Amazon Sales Rank: #146 in Watches
• Brand: Casio
• Model: SPF40-1V
• Band material: Resin
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: Resin
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: grey
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Quartz
• Water-resistant to 330 feet

Features

• Quartz movement
• Protective Mineral crystal protects watch from scratches
• Case diameter: 51 mm
• Resin case; Grey dial
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

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