[time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch

Azelio Boriani azelio.boriani at screen.it
Thu Sep 13 20:45:25 UTC 2012


OK, listening to the 32KHz EM field, not to the acoustic 32KHz.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Ron Frazier (TImeN) <
timenutslist at techstarship.com> wrote:

> My watch is also digital, but I wanted to put a word in for my Casio.
>  It's the G-Shock MT-G, module 2638.  Auto sets, auto charges, 200 M water
> resist if I ever need it.  I love it.  It was around $ 100.  I live in GA
> in the USA.  It sets very reliably but can only receive the signal well
> enough in the middle of the night.  It's only ever missed one or two
> setting times.  I've had it since January 2012.  I don't know how it
> handles time zone changes.  I would probably have to look in the manual to
> figure out how to tell it.
>
> Ron
>
> On 9/13/2012 12:23 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> The WV-58A at $28 takes care of the time zone thing pretty well. It's also
>> cheap enough to be a throw away if it's damaged. Since it's pure digital,
>> it's really not going to meet the "I need a second hand" requirement...
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
>> Behalf Of Christopher Quarksnow
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 5:39 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] RE; New Wrist watch
>>
>> There are many Wave Ceptor LCD versions such as WVM120J-1 (about $27) or
>> WV59A-1AV (about $49) that might not have the spin issue.....
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Robert Darlington
>> <rdarlington at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> The waveceptor's are okay but I can't wear mine much because I tend to
>>> cross timezones a lot.  The hands only run in one direction so when
>>> going to the west, it has to spin 11 hours forward.  This takes 20
>>> minutes.   I guess it's one way to kill time on an airplane.
>>>
>>> -Bob
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Rich and Marcia Putz<rputz at bnin.net>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have a $49 Casio Wave Ceptor, white face black numerals, analog hands
>>>>
>>>>
>>> including second hand, date, alarm and WWVB syncing in the middle of the
>>> night. Only had to replace the battery once and it ticks are closer than
>>> I
>>> can discern when comparing to WWV @ 10or 15 Mhz.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Rich, W9ENG
>>>>
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