What we like about the Casio PRO TREK lineup is just how unabashedly outdoors-oriented it is. While many of their designs look like watches that could pass reasonably well in civilian life, the new Casio PRO TREK PRJB001B-2 has a strap design that is only going to look out of place anywhere that isn’t the woods.
Casio PRO TREK PRJB001B-2: the strap
Coming off of the lower lugs, the strap of the Casio PRO TREK PRJB001B-2 looks like your standard textile strap. But what is that orange bungee cord? That’s actually the other part of the strap, coming off of the upper lugs. Why do this?
For one, it should make for a particularly breathable strap, since less of your wrist is covered. This also means that you can quickly go from having the watch on your wrist, to then wrapping it around the sleeve of whatever bulky outwear sleeve you happen to have on.
The bezel / button guard
The bezel of the Casio PRO TREK PRJB001B-2 is another rather unique feature of the watch. For one, it’s squared, which is not a common shape. Secondly, even though it’s an outdoors-oriented watch, it doesn’t have a compass or timer printed onto it.
Instead, the bezel of the watch is actually intended as a guard for the buttons on the watch. When it’s in a squared alignment, all of the buttons are covered, making it much less likely that they’ll be accidentally press.
Rotate the bezel 90 degrees (so it’s in a diamond alignment) and all of the buttons are exposed for you to work with. With watches, we are rather used to guards on crowns, while button guards are much more of a rarity. If you’re being particularly active outdoors, you’ll no doubt enjoy the extra protection.
Wrapping things up
Along with the all of the uniqueness from the strap and the bezel, the Casio PRO TREK PRJB001B-2 offers up all of the functionality we’ve come to expect from the PRO TREK lineup. It can talk to your phone via bluetooth, recharge itself from light, and offers a case and bezel made of a bio-resin.
For the full-rundown of the specs and features, we have those listed down below for you. If you want to put this watch on your wrist, it’s available now for $160. Check it out and get your own at casio.com
- Case size (L× W× H): 50.3 × 46 × 13.6 mm
- Weight: 37 g
- Case and bezel material: Resin / Bio-based resin
- Band: Cloth Band
- Water resistance: 100-meter water resistance
- Environmental resistance: Low temperature resistant (-10?)
- Time adjustment: Bluetooth: Connects to a smartphone and automatically adjusts the time
- Power supply and battery life: Tough Solar (Solar powered)
- Mineral glass
- Features
- World time: World time 38 time zones (38 cities + coordinated universal time), city code display, city name display, daylight saving on/off, auto summer time (DST) switching, Home city/World time city swapping
- Stopwatch: 1/100-second stopwatch Measuring capacity: 00’00”00~59’59”99 (for the first 60 minutes) 1:00’00~23:59’59 (after 60 minutes) Measuring unit: 1/100 second (for the first 60 minutes) 1 second (after 60 minutes) Measuring modes: Elapsed time, lap/split time
- Timer: Countdown timer Measuring unit: 1 second Countdown range: 60 minutes Countdown start time setting range: 1 second to 60 minutes (1-second increments and 1-minute increments)
- Alarm/hourly time signal
- 5 daily alarms
- Hourly time signal
- Light: Double LED light LED light for the face (Super illuminator, selectable illumination duration (1.5 seconds or 3 seconds), afterglow) LED backlight for the digital display (Super illuminator, selectable illumination duration (1.5 seconds or 3 seconds), afterglow)
- Light color: LED:White
- Calendar: Full auto-calendar (to year 2099)
- Mute feature: Button operation tone on/off
- Energy saving feature: Power Saving (display goes blank to save power when the watch is left in the dark)
- Battery display/alert: Battery level indicator
- Run time: Approx. battery operating time: 7 months on rechargeable battery (operation period with normal use without exposure to light after charge) 18 months on rechargeable battery (operation period when stored in total darkness with the power save function on after full charge)
- Accuracy: Accuracy: ±15 seconds per month (with no mobile link function)
- Other features
- Hand shift feature (Hands move out of the way to provide an unobstructed view of digital display contents.)
- 12/24-hour format
- Day display (days of the week selectable in six languages)
- Regular timekeeping: Analog: 2 hands (hour, minute (hand moves every 20 seconds)), 1 dial (battery level, mode) Digital: Hour, minute, second, pm, month, date, day
