Casio

Casio Men's WV59DA-1AV Waveceptor Atomic Digital Watch

• Quartz movement
• Water-resistant to 165 feet (50 M)

Product Description

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This Casio men's watch is as accurate as it gets, synchronizing itself several times a day with the official US government time from an atomic transmitter. You never need to worry about setting for Daylight Savings or changing dates for leap years, either, as the calendar is preprogrammed until 2099. The watch has a stopwatch, daily alarm, countdown timer, and world time functionality for 29 time zones. An electroluminescent backlight illuminates the face at the touch of a button. The watch has a stainless steel case, metal bracelet, is water resistant to 165 feet (50 meters), and employs a quartz movement. It is covered by the manufacturer's 1-year warranty.

The Casio Story

With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market.

In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, ""What is a wristwatch?"" Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the world’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch.

Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using Casio’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings.

In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the world’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become Casio’s flagship timepiece product.

Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000UV2ZA2
• Item model number: WV59DA-1AV
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,903 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value, November 28, 2007

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Jack A. Mckay (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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Nothing fancy about this watch -- it just tells you the time, as well as the usual stopwatch/downcounter/alarm operations. The special feature is the automatic timesetting by radio, so this watch will always be correct to the second (and will automatically switch between standard time and daylight-saving time). The radio pickup requires a little bit of care, placing the watch near a window overnight for the midnight reset. Away from a window, it doesn't get enough radio signal (in Washington, DC). Can't beat the price for an admirably functional wristwatch.Casio Atomic Timekeeping Waveceptor Watch, WV59DA-1AV, Multi-Band(US & UK), 50 Meter, World Time, Alarm

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Watch! Love It!, September 9, 2008

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Typhoon "Watchman" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This watch with such a low price is a good deal. One unexpected feature I like the most is I can choose to display the day of the week in different languages. The radio signal icon shows how strong the signal is at the location. I can also choose to turn the radio signal on and off, or manually set the time. Another good feature is when you switch to another mode other than the timekeeping mode, such as stop watch or world time, the current time still shows on the top of the screen.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Band size, April 2, 2009

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Sanjib Karmkar "Karmakar Sanjib" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio Men's WV59DA-1AV Waveceptor Atomic Digital Watch (Watch)

The watch is really a good piece. But the wrist band that came along with the watch is huge size - of course that is natural. What I will suggest if you put one option while sending the order that 'Select the size of wrist band' it would be more helpful. Because adjusting the band at home is real problem, and may cause of damage of the watch itself, and adjusting the band by some other person involves lot many costs.