Customer Reviews
I purchased this watch to replace a watch/pedometer that I used for walking. When I received it I soon found out that the pedometer only works when you are running. Since I am not a runner it was useless to me so I returned it. Except for that one feature the watch while hard to use seemed to work well. Listing it as a pedometer is somewhat misleading.
This is a great upgrade to Casio's standard pedometer watch (STP-100). The manual explicitly states that it is only for running, but it is very accurate for walking. I have held objects in my left hand and even if I don't swing my arm, the watch accurately records my steps. I confirmed this with Casio before I bought the watch and they should probably rebrand it for walking and running.
You access the pedometer function through the stopwatch screen. You can set a goal and the watch will beep when you reach it. It has traditional Casio quality and features. It is ideal for travel because you can see 2 time zones and set multiple alarms.
After a month, I can say that I would give this watch 5 stars.
Product Features
- Quality Japanese-quartz movement
- World Time; stopwatch; countdown Timer
- Running Measurements: Distance, Energy, Consumption, Average Pace and Number of Steps
- EL backlight with Afterglow; black resin strap
- Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)
Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 2 x 0.5 x 1.7 inches ; 1.6 ounces
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- ASIN: B001W0YEZO
- Item model number: SGW200-1VCF
Price : $42.99
You Save : $21.96 (34%)
Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Designed as a running companion, the Casio Men's Pedometer Resin Strap Watch SGW200-1VCF has a built-in pedometer to help keep tabs on distance, energy expenditure, average pace, and number of steps. Other athletic and general watch functions include a stopwatch and countdown timer, five daily alarms and a calendar, and a backlit display with Afterglow technology. Not only intended for athletic use, this Casio pairs well with office and casual wear after you've snuck in that early morning run. Other fashion highlights include a brushed silver-tone metal bezel, a black resin case, and raised resin buttons. With reliable Japanese quartz movement and a black resin band with a traditional buckle clasp, this watch is water resistant to 330 feet (100 meters).
The Casio Story
With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market.
In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, ""What is a wristwatch?"" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.
Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.
In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.
Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.
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