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Casio Men's WVA320DJ-1E Atomic Tough Solar Waveceptor Sports Watch

• 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

Product Description

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Based on the best-selling AMW320 case design, the Casio Men's Atomic Tough Solar Waveceptor Sports Watch #WVA320DJ-1E is more powerful and more accurate than ever thanks to Casio's Solar Power and Waveceptor Atomic Timekeeping technology. With its classic dive style design (which include features like a rotating bezel, stainless steel band, and an LED display built into its bold, black dial), this handsome timepiece is ready for a day at the office or inspection by the ship's divemaster. The watch's reliable Japanese quartz movement is solar powered--which can accurately keep time up to six months without further exposure to light. And if you're in the US or Japan, the watch receives time calibration radio signals (up to six times per day), so you always know your watch is set to the right time. Other technical features include three daily alarms, an LED light with Afterglow technology, Neo-Brite luminous hands and markers, a stopwatch that records split time, a calendar (pre-programmed until the year 2099), 12- and 24-hour formats, and water resistance to 330 feet (100 meters).

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: 12 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002J4UBFY
• Item model number: WVA320DJ-1E
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,194 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, January 29, 2010

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Robert E - See all my reviews

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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.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great watch, January 10, 2010

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Transplanted Jayhawk (Elkhorn, NE United States) - See all my reviews

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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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Watch, March 19, 2010

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bobO "gizmo-guy" (Kona, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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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.