Customer Reviews

La Crosse Technology WT-966B Stainless Steel Atomic Watch

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I have this watch for a year now, it receives the radio signal when in continental US and stays accurate to less than a second (I compare it to another radio controlled watch, they show the same time within fraction of a second, and I can't detect any difference). The watch is plastic, and thin metal layer covering it wears off pretty quickly. The watch does not have any features - no light, no alarm, but look on a bright side of it: this is good for battery life!

My next watch is Casio G-Shock Atomic Solar Watch MTG900DA-8V -- not much more expensive but infinitely better -- hightly recoomend!

Imagine my surprise after paying 59.95 for a stainless steel watch, only to find that the watch is plastic and only the band is stainless steel. Now imagine that I go to amazon.com to leave a review and find that the description has been updated and the price reduced 42% on the day that I received the watch UPS.
NEGATIVES---
No specifications on water resistance to be found in the packaging. An LCD watch with no backlight. A silver plastic watch body.
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Positive
It is a really accurate time piece. An ok stainless band.

Probably worth $29.99 for the geek factor for the atomic clock works.

Skip it.

The La Crosse WT-966B was a great purchase. It is better in appearance and easier to read than the less expensive model. Several reviewers have faulted La Crosse for implying that this model is stainless steel, and I agree that the advertising is perhaps a bit misleading. But anyone knows that a radio receiver can not be surrounded by metal, or it would require an external antenna running up your sleeve, something we don't want. The WT-966B has a stainless steel band, and the plastic watch body is finished with a substance that matches the band exactly. It all appears to be made of stainless steel. I did require the services of a jeweler to remove two band segments so that the unit would fit my wrist, but this degree of assistance is not uncommon.

I have had this watch for about 4 years and I cannot imagine being without it. Knowing exactly what time it is the best feeling. I am spoiled by this technology. I get so many compliments on its design and while I do enjoy the design, the technology is what has me hooked. You cannot go wrong with this watch.

This is a great watch. Mine is almost four (4) years old and going strong, except for a new battery every year or so. I've never had a battery last close to three years. The only problem is, the finish on the plastic case is now wearing thin. Other than the aforementioned, this is a great timepiece. It automatically changes to daylight savings time and back to standard time in whatever time zone you are in.
LaCrosse Technology produces and excellent servicable product.

Excellent product. Keeps time perfectly. The time zone change is very convenient for travelers and is easy to implement.

One suggeston: include a light for viewing in the dark.

Excellent product. Band adjustable (not too easily, however, but can be done) to fit virtually all wrists. Further "micro-adjustment" also possible in closing mechanism that seems not to be mentioned in the manual that comes with the watch.

So long as I am within 2,000 miles of Fort Collins, Colorado (for automatic time correction), it does just what I want -- precisely correct time, date and day of the week always available; automatically adjusts itself as needed between daylight and standard time and all that for a quite modest price as compared to other watches.

D. R. Oakley - Massachusetts

Nice watch at a good price, but the radio receiver should be more sensitive. Also it should be capable of rceiving the other time setting setting transmitters.

The La Crosse watch is a handsome watch. Advertised as "stainless steel," it is not. The band is stainless, but the watch's finish is an aluminum paint that scratches easily and soon becomes disfigured if the wearer is physically active as I am. The watch case should be stainless steel. The watch face could be illuminated for reading in the dark. Addition of these two features would make a much more attractive product.

I purchased this watch specifically for the automatic update feature as I travel regularly within the U.S. I've had it for a few months now and have traveled across all time zones and it has yet to update automatically even though the radio signal icon is visible on the watch and working. If it can't do the one thing I purchased it for, it's not worth anything to me.

I do have a request in to Lacrosse tech support so we'll see if an update is forthcoming.

Update: Apparently this watch is not designed to update automatically as you cross time zones so misunderstanding on my part. To my mind, without this function, this watch is not much better than any other watch.