Wednesday 27 February 2013

Casio Penta Graph DW-7200

Some watches have a look which makes you think "High Tech", either because they have a futuristic feel, or, like today's watch, they appear so stuffed with dials and moving bits that they must do a lot.

This watch is a Casio Penta Graph, which is one of a group of watches released by Casio that got their name due to featuring 5 LCD dials. In time mode, four of the dials fill up with the seconds (15 sec each), while the 5th doesn't appear to show much. During the stopwatch mode, the 4 dials represent 60ths of a second. The 5th dial seems to function during the timer mode, with different segments representing different options for the start time. There are also alarm functions, and a mode called CT which I haven't worked out yet.

The other part of the display is a two line LCD display, with time along the top (6 digits), and year, day, and date, in small digits below.

It uses a 928 module, and has a model number of DW-7200. It also has a strap part number of AA81B-L.
The watch was released in 1990, and came in various colours, with either metal, resin, or leather strap. There are also slight differences in the face, with the watch showing the water resistance as either "20 bar", or "200m".

3 comments:

  1. Mine is silver, gray face and gold bezel and gold buttons

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  2. CT - countdown timer.
    If you press the mode button for four seconds the watch goes into demo mode (show off). I’ve owned mine since the 80’s. I considered selling it but thought I would try it out again befor doing so. I’ve put a tan leather strap to give it that vintage look, it’s very cool and I’ve had so many compliments I’ve decided to keep it.

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  3. Hi iv got a casio DW 7200 penta graph 928 in centre at back it has number 045996 Japan k water resistant 200m iv had it over 20 years can you help me value it

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