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Casio GPW100 GPS Watch Announced
Article by: maft
Date: 28 Mar 2014
Casio have announced a new G-Shock model, the GPW-1000, that has a novel use of GPS. The watch doesn't navigate you anywhere, it doesn't even tell you where you are. The GPS is used for automatically for updating the time. Lots of places have a radio signal that can set watches, and the GPW-1000 will use these by default. But if the radio signal isn't available then it switches to GPS to set the current time.
Is this something you'd be interested in or is it technology for the sake of technology? Let us know in the forum discussion below!
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 Posted by Philip on Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:25 pm |
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The Seiko Astron range has done this for a couple of years now, so it was only a matter of time before a cheaper watch using this technology was released.
The Astron range are around £1000 to £2000 and not all Seiko dealers stock them, but they will set not just the time but also the time zone based on the GPS data - I haven't had a chance to discover whether the Casio can do this as well. Otherwise just setting the time is not a great asset, unless you live somewhere like Australia, Russia, or parts of America where the radio controlled signals don't reach.
The big problem for watch manufacturers is battery power. Getting the time just needs a view of 1 satellite, but setting the time zone needs at least 4, which means that the Astrons are very technically advanced and quite a bargain if you are an early adopter and also a world traveller.
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| Posted by Guivre46 on Sat Mar 29, 2014 10:26 am |
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I'm a bit of a nut about radio control time signals. At the moment I have a wrist watch and four alarm clocks, all RC. None of them are infallible in receiving the time signal, there are signal shadow areas and other signal interference such as plasma televisions.
I'm not so interested in this new casio from the point of switching between radio signal sources, but I would be interested in a watch that used the gps signal to keep correct time.
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| Posted by DennisN on Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:45 pm |
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| Guivre46 Wrote: | | I have a wrist watch and four alarm clocks, |
Try drinking a lot of water before you go to bed? 
Dennis
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| Posted by Guivre46 on Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:01 pm |
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What at my age? I'd never get any sleep 
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| Posted by M8TJT on Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:27 am |
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I think it's from that experience that Dennis is offering the advice.
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| Posted by Guivre46 on Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:05 am |
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You think sleep deprivation might have something to do with his whimsical little ways?
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| Posted by DennisN on Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:10 pm |
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Nah, I don't do whimsical. That was super advice to save on alarm clocks. I mean, how much did four alarm clocks cost? Gotta be a satnav's worth.
Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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| Posted by Guivre46 on Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:40 pm |
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No, they're very cheap. The first one I got cost about £14, but they were rare initially. Two were under a tenner, and one was free because of an order foul up - so £30 the lot. Some are more reliable at receiving the time signal than others.
Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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| Posted by DennisN on Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:43 am |
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Ahah, no wonder you want a fancy GPS watch then.That'll teach you not to go buying cheapo alarm clocks! Peanuts, monkeys.
Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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| Posted by actd on Sat Apr 05, 2014 8:50 pm |
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Surely, if there are occasional times where the watch doesn't receive the time signal, it's not so inaccurate that it suddenly tells the wrong time. Watches are pretty accurate these days without the time signal, it wouldn't be more than a fraction of a second out - not something worth worrying about. My non-radio watch is usually only a couple of seconds out at worst when I change it twice a year for GMT/BST changover.
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Just have to change the battery four times a year instead 
