Casio Wave Ceptor... anyone has it?

[karinatwork]

Hi there!

I'm currently into watch shopping, and I liked the idea of having a watch that is synchronized with the atomic clock in Colorado via radio signals... always on time! :D
http://www.casio.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=products.detail&product=WVA104HLA%2D8A

I was just wondering if someone has it, how well it works and especially, how bulky the thing is. I can't find any specs about measurements... maybe that's because it's HUUUUGE! :|

Any info would be appreciated. :werenotworthy:

Thanks!

Karin[/url]

[MortNFO]

Karina,
Don't know if it helps, but I have Casio WaveCeptor/Tough Solar G-Shock watch that I have used for the past 6 months. It is the same size as any other G-Shock watch that Casio makes. It works great, and because it pulls the time from the atomic clock it also adjust automatically for daylight savings times. Good luck with your watch shopping!
MortNFO

[karinatwork]

Thanks for your reply!!
If it's not too much to ask, could you tell me the approx. measurements for your watch. I would especially like to know how THICK it is.

Thanks!

K.

[Dave Beauvais]

I had the Casio DBCW150-1 for about six months last year before it broke. It was a nice watch. I replaced it with the Casio EDB-610 which I really like. It's not a Waveceptor, but it does feature what Casio calls a "duplex LCD." It's actually two LCDs stacked which allows the watch to display all kinds of neat stuff. The top LCD contains menu icons and numeric display at the top while the lower one does digits and has an alphanumeric top line. It's pretty slick and I like the style.

When the menu mode is turned off, the entire lower portion of the LCD displays the time in large, very easy to read digits. To compare, the lower portion of this watch's LCD is larger than the entire display on the Waveceptor. It even has an auto-backlight feature that will turn the backlight on for two seconds simply by tilting your wrist toward you as you would have to in order to read the display.

It doesn't set itself via atomic clocks, but I've found it only loses about two or three seconds every month. There is also a quick daylight savings time toggle. There are other e-DataBank watches at Casio's site which may fit your style a little better than the "geek calculator watch." I got this one at Wal-Mart last year. I have never seen it anywhere on Casio's site, nor has it shown up in other stores I've looked at. I can only find it on the Web on Japanese sites.

http://www.beauvais1.com/images/casio_dbcw150-1_black.jpg http://www.beauvais1.com/images/casio_edb-610_black.gif

--Dave

[Janak Parekh]

I was just wondering if someone has it, how well it works and especially, how bulky the thing is. I can't find any specs about measurements... maybe that's because it's HUUUUGE! :|
I have a Wave Ceptor, and I love it. The one I have (WVX100DA (http://www.casio.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=products.detail&product=WVX100DA%2D7AV)) is a bit larger than most casual watches, but I'm very happy with it -- certainly much smaller than my old Seiko MessageWatch. What I'd suggest you do is to check some third-party sites that have specs on the "smaller" Wave Ceptors.

--janak

[MortNFO]

The measurements for my watch are 1.75 inches wide by 2 inches tall by .625 inches thick. So, it is a fairly large watch. 8O But, I like big watches. As I said earlier, though, it is in the form factor of a man's G-shock watch so that may be driving the size more than the physical requirements of the Wave Ceptor system itself. Hope this helps!
MortNFO