Grooming Smarter with Hi-Tech Casio Smartwatch
Following the new age of “smartphones,” the term “smartwatch” has become so highly exaggerated than it shouldn’t be. The younger generation tends to believe a smartwatch is a watch supporting smartphones features like mobile apps, portable media players, or Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity. They have not seen the influential CasioDatabank collection in the 1980s.
No judgment intended. The world is new and tech-advanced — anything goes.
Although there are plenty of smartwatches in the market, we are going to focus on Casio in this article. After all, Casio has been a pillar of precision in watchmaking and its watches are still affordable.
Technology in Casio Smartwatches
Technically, Casio smartwatches aim at enhancing the realm of connectivity across the world in a tick of a second.
With the help of its professional horologists, the Japanese watchmaker has been working on new technology that allows you to stay connected with the world. Your watch can now also connect to your smartphone for more efficiency.
Radio-Controlled Multi-Band 6 Casio Smartwatch
Powerful and much advanced than the previous Multi-Band 5, Casio watches featuring Multi-Band 6 comes with a seamless terrestrial radio signal reception from 6 different stations. These stations are based in Europe, Japan, the UK, North America, and China (which was not supported in Multi-Band 5).
Unlike regular watches that require occasional resetting, this Casio smartwatch automatically corrects its precision in terms of time, date, and even daylight saving time. As a result, your time accuracy is guaranteed regardless of your current region. The automatic synchronization takes place at least once per day during the night when there is optimum accuracy.
Some of the best Casio watches with this technology include Casio EQB-501DC-1AJF, LIW-M610TDS-1AJF, GST-W310BDD-1AJF, and OCW-S4000F-7AJF.
Bluetooth-Controlled (Smartphone Link) Casio Smartwatch
As long as your smartphone is compatible, you can link it with the smartwatch. Undeniably, this would largely enhance the practical usability of the watch. You can allow the watch to take the correct time information from the phone via Bluetooth and use it on the watch’s Home and World Time displays.
For optimum functionality, Casio has designed a CASIO WATCH+ phone app that guarantees precise UTC time information from Time Servers around the globe. You need to connect the app and Time Servers first through a cellular data network or Wi-Fi before sharing the information with your Casio smartwatch through Bluetooth. This improves the performance of the timepiece and also enables the radio wave reception to cover up to 300 cities.
Casio watches with this function include Casio Edifice EQB-501XBL-2AJF, EQB-900DB-2AJF, Casio Pro Trek WSD-F30, and WSD-F20 collections which feature Google’s Android OS.
GPS Hybrid Wave Ceptor Casio Smartwatch
As an upgrade of the Multi-Band 6 system, GPS Hybrid Wave Ceptor allows supported Casio smartwatch to link with the GPS satellites from anywhere in the world. The watch has a terrestrial radio wave antenna and an adjacent high-sensitivity GPS antenna that amplifies time reception along with the wearer’s current location.
Unlike the Multi-Band 6, which syncs time information at night, the GPS Hybrid Wave Ceptor smartwatch can be updated anytime in a flash. Additionally, the technology uses high-resolution mapping data that can determine your current location with high accuracy of approximately 500m. This guarantees a high-precision of the location time as well as the summer time with only a push of a button.
However, GPS Hybrid Wave Ceptor is not for many. The technology is predominantly in the G-shock GPW-2000 series which the brand introduced at Baselworld 2017 for pilots.
Most-Rated Casio Smartwatches
After talking about the technology behind Casio Smartwatches, let’s now briefly review some notable models.
Casio Oceanus Manta Radio Solar Smartphone Link
This Casio OOCW-S4000F-7AJF watch features a robust titanium case and bracelet and a sporty color. On its polygonal bezel, the watch has a tachymeter scale as well. The tachymeter is essentially supportive for racing enthusiasts.
With a high-quality solar movement, the watch tells time precisely and comes with a chronograph and a perpetual calendar with date and day. Additionally, it is a radio-controlled waterproof smartwatch with a water resistance of up to 100 meters.
Edifice Solar With Bluetooth EQB-501XBL-2AJF
Though you yearn for innovation, sometimes you still stick to old things, like your favorite leather analog Casio edifice chronograph. But what if there is something that combines the new and the old?
Classic, hi-tech, and extremely reliable, the Casio Edifice Solar watch presents modern precision and elegance by its Bluetooth-enabled quartz movement. As an analog watch, the solar-powered Casio smartwatch has a blue dial with silvered luminous hands and indicators.
With the help of its Bluetooth Smart function, the watch establishes a seamless connection with your smartphone, promising you a steady performance of your watch.
Other functions include an E-mail indicator, an airplane mode, an automatic calendar, and even a phone locator! The watch is also a waterproof smartwatch that has a sturdy mineral glass that is 10-bar water-resistant.
Casio Pro Trek Wsd-F30BU
For fans of outdoor activities, it is time to add some exceptional flair to your adventures. This amazing Android watch is what you need.
Technically, the watch is new and ultra-advanced. Its GPS navigation feature ensures your mapping is as colorful as your wrist. As a multi-use timepiece, it offers a variety of precision functions, including the compass, sunrise/sunset, a barometer, an altimeter, a complete auto-calendar, and an activity app.
In addition, the WSD-F30BU Android watch has a storage of 4 GB and a memory of 512 MB RAM. Using its Bluetooth and Wi-Fi function, the watch can link to your Android or iOS device.
Conclusion
With a desire for innovation and commitment, Casio has been making wristwatches that are first-rate in functionality and aesthetics. It is no wonder that there are always Casio watches in the annual Baselworld event. Casio always gives the crowd new ideas and appealing designs.
For instance, the release of the new WSD-F30SC Casio smartwatch at Baselworld 2019 was a pure surprise. The watch with a novel, luxury design that features rose gold buttons and screws left many adventurers and sportsmen craving for it.
