Casio Oceanus

Last updated

Characteristics

All Oceanus watches have the following key characteristics:

Contents

Models

Oceanus 10 series

The Oceanus OCW-10 (movement 4363 Japan, 4364 US, 4365 Europe) smaller watch which targeted the ladies segment of the watch market. Includes Waveceptor and Tough Solar technology.

Oceanus 500 series

The Oceanus OC-500 (movement 2714) diver watch with 3 sub dials. WR 100M.

The Oceanus OCW-500 (movement 3731 Japan, 3732 US, 3733 Europe) series wristwatches were the first Oceanus model to include Waveceptor and Tough Solar technology. Full metal case and sapphire crystal. Choice of case and watch band material included stainless steel and titanium. First produced in 2004 and no longer in production. A companion watch in the Casio Waveceptor line the WVA-500 (movement 2763 Japan, 2762 US, 2760 & 2761 Europe) includes most of the features of the OCW-500 series but in plastic case with plastic watch crystal. The WVA-500 and OCW-500 movements are similar, but can not be interchanged.

Oceanus 600 series

The Oceanus OCW-T600 series wristwatches are the basic Oceanus model on the Japanese market.

Oceanus CACHALOT

The Oceanus CACHALOT series wristwatches are designed for marine sports. They include a rotating bezel and a yacht timer chronograph.

Oceanus 700 series

The Oceanus OCW-M700 was the last model introduced to the American market. It features a complete analog face with no LCD screen as well as the standard characteristics for Oceanus watches. It is unique in the Oceanus line as it includes a sub dial to show the status of the ocean tides in the current time zone. It is the only Oceanus model to include this feature.

Oceanus 1000 Series "Manta"

Released on June 1, 2007, and complete with the sapphire crystal and the MULTI-BAND 5 technology, the Manta is the most versatile and the most expensive watch out of all the Oceanus watches with a base price of 100,000 Japanese Yen (approx. US$1000). It does not include the tide meter that appears on the 700 series. It closely resembles the 600 series watch style but it is thinner than both the 700 and 600 series watches.

Availability

Casio Oceanus watches are only available in Japan. They can be ordered online and shipped internationally.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watch</span> Personal timepiece

A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by a watch strap or other type of bracelet, including metal bands, leather straps, or any other kind of bracelet. A pocket watch is designed for a person to carry in a pocket, often attached to a chain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casio</span> Japanese multinational electronics company located in Tokyo

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturing corporation headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Its products include calculators, mobile phones, digital cameras, electronic musical instruments, and analogue and digital watches. It was founded in 1946, and in 1957 introduced the first entirely compact electronic calculator. It was an early digital camera innovator, and during the 1980s and 1990s, the company developed numerous affordable home electronic keyboards for musicians along with introducing the first mass-produced digital watches.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seiko</span> Japanese manufacturing company (founded 1881)

Seiko Group Corporation, commonly known as Seiko, is a Japanese maker of watches, clocks, electronic devices, semiconductors, jewelry, and optical products. Founded in 1881 by Kintarō Hattori in Tokyo, Seiko introduced the world's first commercial quartz wristwatch in 1969.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">G-Shock</span> Line of watches by Casio

The G-Shock is a line of watches manufactured by the Japanese electronics company Casio, designed to resist mechanical stress, shock and vibration. G-Shock is an abbreviation for Gravitational Shock. The watches in the G-Shock line are designed primarily for sports, military and outdoors-oriented activities; all G-Shocks have a chronograph feature, 200 metre water resistance and an alarm, with either a digital display, analogue display or a combination of analogue and digital displays. Other features such as a countdown timer, world clock, and a backlight are included in most models. Newer high-end models in the line also feature GPS, directional, pressure and temperature sensors, radio-controlled time adjustment and Bluetooth time adjustment achieved via connecting to a smartphone via a dedicated application.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eco-Drive</span> Model range of watches by Citizen

Eco-Drive is a model range of watches manufactured and marketed worldwide by Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., powered primarily by light. As of 2007, the company estimated the drive system had eliminated the disposal of ten million batteries in North America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solar-powered watch</span>

A solar-powered watch or light-powered watch is a watch that is powered entirely or partly by a solar cell.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Citizen Watch</span> Core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Tokyo, Japan

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. is an electronics company primarily known for its watches and is the core company of a Japanese global corporate group based in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, Japan. In addition to Citizen brand watches, it is the parent of American watch company Bulova, and is also known for manufacturing small electronics such as calculators.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Digital clock</span> Type of clock that displays the time with numbers

A digital clock is a type of clock that displays the time digitally, as opposed to an analogue clock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of watches</span> Aspect of history

The history of watches began in 16th-century Europe, where watches evolved from portable spring-driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rolex Daytona</span> Watch model by Rolex

The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona is a mechanical chronograph wristwatch designed to meet the needs of racing drivers by measuring elapsed time and calculating average speed. Its name refers to Daytona, Florida, where racing flourished in the early 20th century. It has been manufactured by Rolex since 1963 in three distinct generations ; the second series was introduced in 1988, and the third in 2000. While cosmetically similar, the second series introduced a self-winding movement, and the third series brought manufacture of the movement in-house to Rolex.

The Master of G is a line of G-Shock watches produced by Japanese electronics company Casio designed for usage in harsh environments. Many showcase new technology that Casio would eventually introduce into the G-Shock and ProTrek line of watches, such as an altimeter, digital compass and the Tough Solar feature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diving watch</span> Watch designed for underwater diving

A diving watch, also commonly referred to as a diver's or dive watch, is a watch designed for underwater diving that features, as a minimum, a water resistance greater than 1.0 MPa (10 atm), the equivalent of 100 m (330 ft). The typical diver's watch will have a water resistance of around 200 to 300 m, though modern technology allows the creation of diving watches that can go much deeper. A true contemporary diver's watch is in accordance with the ISO 6425 standard, which defines test standards and features for watches suitable for diving with underwater breathing apparatus in depths of 100 m (330 ft) or more. Watches conforming to ISO 6425 are marked with the word DIVER'S to distinguish ISO 6425 conformant diving watches from watches that might not be suitable for actual scuba diving.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quartz crisis</span> 1970s–80s watchmaking industry upheaval

The quartz crisis was the upheaval in the watchmaking industry caused by the advent of quartz watches in the 1970s and early 1980s, that largely replaced mechanical watches around the world. It caused a significant decline of the Swiss watchmaking industry, which chose to remain focused on traditional mechanical watches, while the majority of the world's watch production shifted to Japanese companies such as Seiko, Citizen, and Casio which embraced the new electronic technology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rolex Milgauss</span> Wristwatch model by Rolex

The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Milgauss is a wristwatch model introduced by Rolex in 1956 with model number 6541. The Milgauss was advertised as “designed to meet the demands of the scientific community working around electromagnetic fields”. The first of its kind, it is capable of withstanding magnetic fields of up to 1,000 gauss and became known for being worn by scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. Its resistance to magnetic interference stems from a shield inside the case made of ferromagnetic alloys, which protects the movement. This shield consists of two components, one screwed to the movement and the other to the case. In addition, its Caliber 3131 movement includes paramagnetic materials.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casio G-Shock Frogman</span>

The Frogman is a high-end model of the Casio G-Shock line of watches. It was one of the first models of the "Master of G" line, a line of G-Shock watches designed for special uses. The Frogman has an asymmetric shape and is attached eccentrically on its straps. It is specially made as a diving watch for scuba divers and is the only ISO 6425-compliant G-Shock line with a 200 m Divers rating.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casio Wave Ceptor</span> Radio-controlled wristwatch brand

The Wave Ceptor series is a line of radio-controlled watches by Casio. Wave Ceptor watches synchronise with radio time signals broadcast by various government time services around the world. These signals transmit the time measured by atomic clocks accurate to one second in millions of years. By synchronizing daily with the signals, the Wave Ceptor watches achieve high accuracy, using a quartz crystal to keep time in the interim. Some radio watches, including some Wave Ceptors, are solar-powered, supported by a rechargeable battery. The watch displays may be fully digital, analog, or analog-digital. Hybrid Wave Ceptor models support GPS satellite reception of both time and location, in addition to broadcast signals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quartz clock</span> Clock type

Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator creates a signal with very precise frequency, so that quartz clocks and watches are at least an order of magnitude more accurate than mechanical clocks. Generally, some form of digital logic counts the cycles of this signal and provides a numerical time display, usually in units of hours, minutes, and seconds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casio Edifice</span> Range of premium watches manufactured by Japanese electronics company Casio

Edifice are a brand of watches manufactured by the Japanese electronics company Casio. The Edifice watches are designed to attract buyers engaged in professional careers. The watches have multiple functions, ranging from multiple dials to world time and multiple alarms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TX Watch Company</span>

The TX Watch Company was launched in 2006 by the Timex Group, an international holding group and corporate parent of global watchmaking companies, including Timex Group USA, Inc., TMX Philippines, Inc., and Timex Group India Ltd.