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Casio Men’s Waveceptor Atomic Dual-Time Watch #WVQ400J-1
- Multi-band 2 (US-Japan) - Receives the signal from the Atomic clocks in Ft. Collins, Colorado and from both Atomic clocks in Japan
- Tough Solar Power; Shock Resistant; Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow
- World Time - 29 times zones (30 cities), city code display, daylight saving on/off
- Water resistant up to 330 feet (100 M)
- Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)
Amazon.com Product Description
The Casio Men's Waveceptor Atomic Dual-Time Watch #WVQ400J-1 combines convenient, athletic attributes and sophisticated styling. With a stainless steel case and bezel, a black resin band, and a black dial, this timepiece is a fashionable, durable choice for everyday wear. Its unique face includes three subdials, small white indices marking each second, faceted silver-tone indices marking each hour, three hands, and luminous accents. A small, digital display at four o'clock provides added functionality, while a window made of acrylic acid resin protects the face. This watch is water resistant to 330 feet and is backed by a one-year manufacturer warranty.
December 5th, 2009 - 02:05
I was momentarily pleased with this watch when it arrived from Amazon. It was solid, and the movement was very nice. It had a good feel and seemed to be well constructed. It was larger than I imagined it would be. I’m making the assumption that I would have liked the watch a lot.
However, the Casio Box was torn open, the watch was scratched, the band was worn and soiled, and there was hair clinging to the watch. Obviously, someone had worn it for quite some time, returned it, and the vendor decided to just ship it out again.
I didn’t bother to make an exchange – I was so disappointed with the sale that I took my refund and my business elsewhere.
Rating: 3 / 5
December 5th, 2009 - 03:32
Received the watch and noticed that the watch was running, but the second hand was not aligned with the minute markings – it was off a little. There is a hand adjustment function that realigns it and then it was OK.
Very light and nice size of the dial. I always put on my polarized sunglasses and observe the crystal. Being acrylic, all flaws will show up immediately when viewed thru your polarized sunglasses – just view at various angles – i found one blemish that is NOT visible to naked eye, but VERY visible when viewed thru the polarized lenses.
Setting the Home Time and Dual Time is quite easy. However, if you want to know what time it is in the other zone – the hands go thru the entire motion as if you would wind it manually. Though fascinating to watch for the first time, I would have preferred that the minute hand go quickly to where it should be and have only the hour hand go winding – would be much quicker.
Finds the atomic clock rather easily – but can take UP TO FOUR MINUTES (depending on where you are and your signal strength) to set itself.
Not a sweeping second hand like the automatics – just the usual discrete ticks of quartz watches.
Auto light is nice. It senses the surrouding ambient light and when you raise your wrist to normal time viewing position, the light comes on automatically – stays on for couple of seconds – and then goes off.
There is an alarm too, but dont count on it to wake you up !
You can actually see the minute hand move every 20 seconds. Doesnt display the charged power level or the day of the week.
Not bad for the price though, given that it is solar powered and atomic!
Rating: 4 / 5
December 5th, 2009 - 04:24
I bought this watch to replace my Citizen Skyhawk which I thought was a little too heavy for me. I love the fact that it is solar powered, just as the Skyhawk. However the Atomic has a backlight and syncs with Fort Collins for always updated time. This works very well (I live in the Midwest). It is waterproof and I wear it swimming frequently. Nice size and weight for the watch.
Rating: 5 / 5
December 5th, 2009 - 05:20
I purchased this watch about 2 months ago, and I wear it every day, and really like it. I also have another Casio WaveCeptor watch, and compared to it, this one will not synchronize as dependably. If left in a window it will synchronize every night, but only about 50% of the time if left in a dresser drawer or in the medicine cabinet. The other WaveCeptor I own (which ironically was much less money – it’s all digital), will synchronize in the basement!
The main issues is the crystal – the piece of clear plastic or glass that covers the dial. On this watch it is not made of fine glass, but rather of plastic, and will scratch. I have generally found that watches that cost over about $30-50 will have a glass mineral crystal, so it’s very surprising that a watch that almost hits $100 will have a plastic crystal, and a soft one at that. My advice, get the watch, enjoy it, in a year or two when the crystal is beat up, get a jeweler to replace it with a true glass mineral crystal – about $30.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 5th, 2009 - 06:46
I’m generally not a fan of battery-operated watches. This watch has a solar cell instead of battery so in theory it will always work. It charges very quickly, sunlight continually recharges it, and it finds the atomic time signal easily, so it’s very accurate. Multiple functions available, but you’ll need to keep the instruction book handy. Good luminosity of watch hands and face in the dark, plus lighted dial is useful. The watch face is well laid out and very legible.The crystal is acrylic, not mineral, so it will scratch and there is some distortion of the watch face when viewed at acute angles. The Amazon price makes this watch a very good bargain if you are looking for an inexpensive chronograph with alarm, calendar, and multiple time zone capability, plus water-resistance to 100 meters.
Update: As a result of recent ,very violent weather (severe thunderstorms) the signal receptor on this watch apparently has died. It cannot be reset manually and will not receive the atomic signal even though I’m within 100 miles of the Ft. Collins, CO signal. I’ve never had a watch die from a thunderstorm before this. If I get a replacement for this, it will be a different model, as many of the functions are difficult to set without going through the manual, and, as noted by another, the stopwatch function is not useful at all. This watch looks good, but its performance has been disappointing.
Rating: 4 / 5