The watch was introduced by the Japanese brand more than two years ago.

Equipped with their own quartz mechanism with an LCD display, the watch was shipped in a bulky titanium case with soft to touch rubber inserts. Sporting a unidirectional rotating bezel, the Casio Sea Pathfinder leaves an impression of a simple diving computer for beginners.

Perhaps, that is the reason why the watch is officially rated for depths no more than 100 meters.

The lengthy list of functions that this ugly swan possesses includes an altimeter, a barometer, a depth gauge, a water temperature sensor, as well as a stopwatch, a countdown timer, a simple log book, a low battery warning and, of course, whole five independent daily alarms.

Although presented in a very bulky case (I didn’t personally measure it, but official specs put it as almost 57 mm long, 49 mm wide and almost 18 mm thick and, trust me, it really looks huge on my 18.5 cm (7.3 in) wrist,) the watch has a somewhat plastic feel about it.

Part of the blame goes to the featherlight titanium alloy that was used to craft the Casio Sea Pathfinder’s body and the bracelet: the watch tips the scale at just over meager 107 grams. The other reason is, of course, the presence of numerous plastic pushers that are used to operate the watch. With their glossy textures, they make the watch feel even cheaper than it actually is.

On the other hand, I must admit that the parts do their job well: it is actually pleasant to operate the watch without putting too much exertion on fingers. The shape and size of the pushers are also very comfortable: you won’t have no problem operating the watch even while wearing heavy gloves.

It is not that good with the unidirectional rotating bezel. I didn’t spend much time rotating the part, but I had an impression that it will be too damn slippery to move when wet: there are just not enough notches on the bezel for a firm grasp.

The dial of the watch is organized in such a way, so that in normal conditions the pair of open-worked hour and minute hands looks somewhat superfluous here. The LCD display of the watch offers all the necessary information in an easy to grasp, logical way. As you can see on the pictures, the numbers look very contrast and are quite bold so that even persons with poor eyesight can easily read current time and other necessary information, such as water temperature and barometric pressure.

For dark places, there is an electro-luminescent backlight that illuminates the timekeeper’s dial for a couple of seconds after you push the button at 6 o’clock. Well, I would prefer it to glow just a couple of seconds longer, but it was possibly limited in order to conserve some energy

The piece is equipped with some mineral glass that, predictably, comes without any antireflective treatment. Still, I don’t think that this is a problem for a more than affordable tool watch.

The titanium bracelet, too, seems to be quite comfortable. At least, it didn’t try to depilate my hairy wrist. My only great complaint here is about the safety clasp that holds in place the folding buckle: every time I tried to open it, I had a feeling that I will break my nail. Well, I hope that it will get better with time.