Reply With QuoteNever seen one of those before!
It is bonkers, but also very interesting, thanks.
Here is a watch I always had a hankering for. I have owned this for a while but I thought I would do a post about it as there is not much information out there as it is not that common.
It is the SPF-10 made in 2000. Of course Casio had a reputation for making bonkers watches but this one is actually very useful, particularly so if you do much fishing.
The design of the watch is obviously based around its key function of a remote thermo scanner.
Its other functions are moon phase and tide graph with the ability to check these hourly and by date. You can programme ten other sites into the watch so that you can always be aware of conditions in those sites. In addition it has a 20 second alarm which is plenty loud enough and an auto LCD illumination.
The watch is made in Japan
The thermo scanner works by monitoring the infra red emissions from the surface of an object. The emissivity of a material can be different. A black body would emit at 1.0. You can alter the emissivity factor on this watch. Its default setting is 0.95 which is close to the factor emitted by most common day materials and particularly water. Skin is very close to this and when I point the watch to the inside of my wrist I get a temperature of 36.1 C, which must be close to my true temperature.
Metals tend to have lower emissivity values and the shinier the metal the lower the value. If you wish to check the temperature of a metal object you can alter the emissivity value of the watch to get a true reading.
Earth, wood, plants, concrete and brick have similar emissivity rates close to 0.95 so if you wanted the approximate current shade temperature you could get it by measuring such an object in the shade.
For a fisherman the watch gives the moon, tide and water temperature all things which can effect how the fish are likely to be feeding.
I took the watch with me on the last couple of holidays and had a bit of fun whilst out and about measuring the temperature of the coffee, wine, pool etc. Always good to know if restaurants are serving wine at the correct temperature!
I actually did quite a bit of fishing on my last holiday and I was surprised at the change in temperature of the water from early morning to the afternoon.
Nice view from the hotel bedroom.
So whilst it can be filed under ‘bonkers’ watches it is quite useful and certainly a bit of fun.
Any other thermo scanners out there?
Never seen one of those before!
It is bonkers, but also very interesting, thanks.
Interesting indeed, and good to see something different. Ta for posting.
F.T.F.A.
Cool - I'd like one!
Very interesting indeed. Where is that? On the Loire somewhere?
Cool and interesting, can't say I've seen one of those before...
Well I never. New, to me, and old at the same time. Cool
Gray
I like bonkers watches in general, and I do like that.
Here's my one.
And that is something which I badly need for... ... ... ? Lowering emissions of shiny objects in the shade?Originally Posted by Mitch
I'm not being sarcastic, and I'm sure this is something ubercool - I just don't have the faintest clue what anyone would use it for, let alone often enough to make it part of a watch. Could you clue me in, please?
Well I think I have already mentioned a few. People like to know the general temperature and you can use if for that without waiting for the watch to equalise with the ambient temperature. You can take your own skin temperature, check the temperature of your wine, coffee, swimming pool, the water you intend to fish in etc etc and monitor changes in said things.
As an example I just pointed the watch at the carpet in the room and it showed 20.1C. A room thermometer that had equalised showed 19.9C.
Perhaps temperature knowledge is totally irrelevant to you. If so, so is this watch.
Mitch
Last edited by Mitch; 29th October 2016 at 18:14.
Probably more likely for someone to find the need to measure the temperature of something, (water in this case), than call an emergency evac from a cliff face or something. That doesn't stop Breitling selling Emergency's though...
Bonkers-yes
Useful-not so sure.
Hmmm, I wonder if I could sell this one to SWMBO as an oenophile watch...
Got it in one. Photos were in Chinon and Montsoreau.
Mitch
I can see why this watch would be useful - in fact, I use something very similar day to day - in the form of an infrared 'laser' thermometer to measure the temperature of various surfaces of refrigeration plant, equipment and process machinery to check for efficiency and correct running parameters.
Having said that though, I don't think I'd ever be able to use this watch for that purpose - our thermometers are sent to UKAS labs for recalibration once a year. Not exactly sure if they'd be able to calibrate this watch.
Whilst it may be a gimmick, it's a great one. I love a bit of wrist sized geek tech!
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Ha! Now I understand, thanks for the explanation. And you... just point at the object? Or do you need the sensor to touch it?
The watch looks great, like a prop from an 80's/90s sci-fi film.
I don't think it's a gimmick at all.
Since it's possible to get a pretty accurate instant air temperature reading with this, as well as surface temperature of any object, liquid etc you chose to point it at, I think most normal people could find many practical uses for it in their day to day life.
Far more useful than the built-in thermometers in some G-Shocks and the like (though not sure whether especially needed in fishing.)
One on eBay here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201686423422
Very techy, very nice.
Always like those Casios that can be used is Science-fiction movies.
Good for ghost hunters
...or bug hunters, and I don't mean the creepy-crawly type (of bug, not hunter).Good for ghost hunters
Or predator hunters.
(Alien as opposed to cat variety.)
its a pretty cool looking watch actually
You just point it at the object. It is measuring the infra red emissions of the object and converting them to a temperature.
Mitch
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