Casio's Professional Trek multi-function sports activities watch line has gone a bit greener with the introduction of the PRW-61, which encompasses a case, case again, and strap made out of biomass plastics derived from castor seeds, corn, and comparable uncooked supplies.
For the reason that mid-Nineteen Nineties, the outdoor-focused Professional Trek line has been notable for Casio including on extra options and features through the years. Now the corporate is taking a look at methods to cut back the corporate's carbon footprint by utilizing plastics for its three new PRW-61 variants comprised of renewable natural supplies, which the corporate says will likely be launched into different watch fashions. These biomass plastics additionally biodegrade extra simply than typical plastics normally utilized in Casio's watches.
The brand new biomass plastic case measures 51 mm and supplies the PRW-61 with low-temperature resistance to -10 °C (14 °F) and water resistance to a depth of 100 m (330 ft). Inside is a quartz analog/digital motion with a solar-charging system, energy saving operate, and a battery that enables it to operate for six months with out photo voltaic charging and 25 months with photo voltaic charging.
To maintain timekeeping on an atomic-clock stage, the PRW-61 makes use of Casio's Multi-Band 6 function that receives time alerts as much as six instances a day if the watch is inside vary of a suitable radio transmission station in Germany, Japan, USA, or China.
Capabilities embody a digital compass with bidirectional calibration and magnetic declination correction, barometer with graph operate, altimeter with reminiscence operate, thermometer, world time with computerized daylight financial savings time correction and GMT swapping, alarm, stopwatch, and LED Tremendous Illuminator with afterglow.
The PRW-61 is available in three variants, together with the PRW-61Y-3 in khaki and black that's priced at ¥59,400 (US$544), the PRW-61Y-1B in black and black for ¥59,400 (US$544), and PRW-61-1A that is available in black and silver and prices ¥57,200 (US$524).
The video under introduces the Professional Trek PRW-6.
Supply: Casio
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