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- Tough solar power, (No Suggestions) atomic keeping, world time, 3 daily alarms- LED light with afterglow, Neo-Brite luminous hand and markers
- Stopwatch, 12 and 24 hr formats
- Power saving function
- Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)
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By bobO (Kona, Hawaii)
Cool electronics; When first taken out of it's metal (radio wave and light proof) container, it wound around to updated time immediately. Resetting time zone and getting other functions going is a little involved, but the instructions are pretty good. I'll learn how to deal with it, but won't need to do much after the initial set-up. Ability to show another time zone(s) time will be useful in my travels. Been practicing; i.e. playing; with the zone settings just to see the motor drive the hands forward and backward. New Toy, for sure! Love it.
By Robert E
I need a sturdy watch that requires little to no maintenance and keeps accurate time. I also need to display zulu time and local time simultaneously. I need timers. This watch can be set up to do all that. Whats more, once I have it configured, I can see all three at a glance, local time on the analog hands, zulu digital in the window, elapsed time on the rotating bezel!
As for needing sturdy, my previous watch was a Casio Waveceptor battery powered. I had it for 5 years, never had to replace the battery and it worked flawlessly at keeping perfect time. But the case was plastic and the crystal was easily scratched. The plastic case broke and the band fell off. My new watch is 100% stainless steel and the crystal seems to be very high quality, no scratches after one month. The solar feature has no trouble keeping it charged, unlike the lousy motion-generator/condenser system in my Seiko Kinetic. I paid to have the Seiko condenser replaced twice in four years and it needs it again. Those two repairs alone cost more than my new Casio!
Time will tell if the Casio "Tough Solar" really is tough, but I expect it is.
I also should comment that the alarm/signal tones are muffled by the heavy steel case. That is fine with me. I have not used the alarm feature on any of my watches going back to my first digital in the 70's.
Other comments; it has a night light in addition to glow in the dark hands, it looks great and it feels like quality.
I'm very pleased with this watch.
By Transplanted Jayhawk (Elkhorn, NE United States)
I just bought this watch and couldn't be more pleased. As soon as I took it out of the packaging, the hands started quickly moving to the current time. The time zone was set to Eastern time, but that was easily changed. All the numbers are very easy to read. The luminescent dials are easy to read and maintain their glow all night. They are best viewed while your eyes are still adjusted to the dark, don't turn on the room lights then expect to see the glowing. The dial does have a light, but the light only stays on for one second, then you have to hit the button again. The manual cautions against repeatedly hitting the light to avoid running the battery down, but you'd really have to be abusing the light to do that, even heavy use doesn't seem to drain it too fast. The solar panel does a good job of recharging, my battery charge was "mid" as delivered, and today just with normal wear and only exposed to sunlight during a half hour drive with light coming through the window, the battery charge reads "Hi." The bevel rotates counterclockwise, with 120 'clicks' per full 360 degree rotation. Each click is nice and firm, the bevel will not wiggle beyond where you turn it. The digital readouts are easy to read, it just takes time and some memorization to scroll/toggle through the menus. The atomic clock downloads can be done manually (easy to do, fully explained in manual) or left set at automatic. The manual makes a big deal about having the watch properly placed in a window, but mine updated just fine sitting on my nightstand nowhere near a window (and approx. 900 miles from Ft Collins where the signal originates. There is a function to tell you your signal strength, so you can move around to find a stronger signal if needed. The watch is fairly large and relatively heavy compared to most cheaper models, which is a personal preference, but if you want a lightweight thin watch, this is not it. The band is nice and large, my wrist is 7.5 inches around, and I'll have to take out a couple of links in the band. The manual does a really good job of written and diagram instructions, but the print is pretty small. Anyone with trouble reading fine print will want some reading glasses or magnifier to read the manual. As I said above, the watch itself is very easy to read. You can set 3 different alarm times, and also have the option of turning on or off the hourly alert that beeps every hour on the hour. The "alarms" are typical watch beeps, not very loud. I wouldn't recommend depending on it to wake you up unless you are a VERY light sleeper. The clasp on the band is nice, you just squeeze buttons on either side of the clasp to release it. It fastens back very easily and stays closed, no accidental opening/releasing of the clasp. The stopwatch function is nice, it continues to run even if you switch to a different function (i.e. to see what time/day it is). The ability to record split times is a nice option also. Only problem is that if the minute hand is between 25 and 35 minutes past the hour, it partially covers up the digital display. This would not replace a dedicated stopwatch for track meets, swim meets, science experiments, etc. Overall, I couldn't be happier with this watch.
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