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To: cynwoody

What model? Is it both atomic and solar powered?


12 posted on 01/23/2009 11:43:40 PM PST by wastedyears (Got eyes on my Jessica Rabbit.)
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To: wastedyears

Casio’s atomic watch lineup includes ones with solar cells, along with other tons of innovations.

This one’s atomic-solar:

http://www.nextdaywatches.com/product/_2432/casio-mens-waveceptor-solar-atomic-analog-blue-dial-date-watch.html

As for the Oceanus brand, it is owned by Casio.


13 posted on 01/23/2009 11:58:52 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: wastedyears
What model? Is it both atomic and solar powered?

Waveceptor WVA-510TA. The watch face is a solar cell, which is able to provide the watch with all the power it needs, provided you leave it on a window sill once in a while. Every morning, at 00:00, 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, and 04:00, it tunes in to WWVB on 60khz in Fort Collins and sets itself. My watch reports that it last reset itself as of 02:03, which indicates good reception (it takes 60 seconds for WWVB to send the time, and the watch listens three times). Bad reception would be 02:06 (or yesterday, if the sunspots are acting up badly — I'm in Massachusetts).

When you travel, you don't reset the time on landing. You reset the zone offset, and the hands move rapidly to reflect the new time.

15 posted on 01/24/2009 12:01:25 AM PST by cynwoody
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