Casio Oceanus
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Oceanus is the elite line of Casio
watches designed for both men and women. The line uses technology from both the G-Shock
and Waveceptor watch series.
face with no LCD screen as well as the standard characteristics for Oceanus watches. It also includes a tide meter to show the status of the ocean tides in the current time zone.
(approx. $1000 American). It does not include the tide meter that appears on the 700 series. It closely resembles the 600 series watch style however thinner than both the 700 and 600 series watches.
The most significant characteristic about the Oceanus watch is that it has the world's thinnest solar-powered chronograph
. The watch has a thickness of about 9.8mm.
Casio
is a multinational electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Casio is best known for its electronic products, such as calculators, audio equipment, PDAs, cameras, musical instruments, and watches...
watches designed for both men and women. The line uses technology from both the G-Shock
G-Shock
G-Shock is a brand of watches manufactured by Casio, known for its resistance to shocks . They were, and continue to be, designed primarily for sports, military, and outdoor adventure oriented activity; for example, practically all G-Shocks have some kind of stopwatch feature, countdown timer,...
and Waveceptor watch series.
Characteristics
All Oceanus watches are known for the following key characteristics:- Analog Watchface -- All Oceanus watches are analog, with some earlier models having a combined analog and digitalDigitalA digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
watchface. - 5-Motor Drive -- present on more of the contemporary models, the 5 motor drive consists of 5 internal motors running independently to control dials for time, stopwatch, seconds, day of week, and hours.
- Multi-band 5 (USA) or Multi-band 6 (Japan) -- perhaps the most significant aspect of the Oceanus line is the ability of all watches to automatically synchronize with the Japanese time signal (JJYJJYJJY is the call sign of a low frequency time signal radio station.The station is located in Japan and broadcasts from two sites, one on Mount Otakadoya, near Fukushima, and the other on Mount Hagane, located on Kyushu Island...
), the American time signal (WWVBWWVBWWVB is a NIST time signal radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado, co-located with WWV. WWVB is the station that radio-controlled clocks in most of North America use to synchronize themselves. The signal transmitted from WWVB is a continuous 60 kHz carrier wave, derived from a set of atomic...
) from Colorado, and the European time signals from both England (Time from NPL) and Germany (DCF77DCF77DCF77 is a longwave time signal and standard-frequency radio station. Its primary and backup transmitter are located in Mainflingen, about 25 km south-east of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is operated by Media Broadcast GmbH , on behalf of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany's...
). The Japanese Multi-band 6 models add the Chinese time signal in Shangqiu City, China, at 68.5kHz. Thus, the Oceanus watches will auto-synchronize themselves if one is to visit either Europe, North America, Japan, or China (Multi-band 6 models). (Note: Not all American Oceanus watches carry the Multi-Band 5 Technology as it is relatively new. Only Models 700 and above have the Multi-Band Function) - Sapphire Crystal -- the watch crystal that encases the Oceanus watch is a Sapphire crystal which is very scratch resistant and found on higher end watches.
Oceanus 600 series
The Oceanus OCW-T600 series wristwatches are the basic oceanus model of a Japanese market.Oceanus CACHALOT
The Oceanus CACHALOT series wristwatches are designed imaging marine sports. Moreover, it includes the rotation bezel and the yacht timer chronograph.Oceanus 700 series
The Oceanus ocwm700tba series watches are the newest Oceanus watch model in the American market. It features a complete analogAnalog signal
An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal. It differs from a digital signal in terms of small fluctuations in the signal which are...
face with no LCD screen as well as the standard characteristics for Oceanus watches. It also includes a tide meter to show the status of the ocean tides in the current time zone.
Oceanus 1000 Series "Manta"
Released on June 1, 2007, the Oceanus Manta is the newest in the line of Japanese Oceanus watches. Complete with the sapphire crystal and the MULTI-BAND 5 technology, the Manta is by far the most versatile and the most expensive watch out of all the Oceanus watches with a base price of 100,000 Japanese YenJapanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
(approx. $1000 American). It does not include the tide meter that appears on the 700 series. It closely resembles the 600 series watch style however thinner than both the 700 and 600 series watches.
The most significant characteristic about the Oceanus watch is that it has the world's thinnest solar-powered chronograph
Chronograph
A chronograph is a timepiece or watch with both timekeeping and stopwatch functions as well as other functions. Pocket watch chronographs were produced as early as the 18th century but did not become popular until the 1820s...
. The watch has a thickness of about 9.8mm.