CasioWAVE CEPTOR (WVA-M640B-1A2JF) 6 MULTI BANDS SOLAR MEN'S WATCH JAPANESE MODEL 2014 JULY RELEASED

This watch has almost every feature I have ever wanted in a watch!-Classy Black w Gold accents-Comfoetable rubber band-Second hand-Digital display-Stop watch-World time, including UTC-Backlight! Super bright, and I use it for a mini-flashlight in a bind!-Solar powered, NEVER needs batteries!-Day and date display-Sized just perfect for my man hand-Looks very professional, classy, but not overly flashy.The only thing I would change if I could custom order a watch would be to have a harder lense, as this plastic one does scratch easy, so I try to be a bit more careful with it. Someday when the lense gets too scratched up, I plan to take it to a watch shop and see if they can replace the lense w a harder one, or I will just buy another of this same watch and keep the scratched one as my "work around the house" watch.I have searched for most of my life for the ultimate watch for me, that would have all of these features, and never found it until NOW! Every day that I put it on, and then look at it throughout the day, I just love it!But that is just me. (-:

Great watch, but there are 3 quirks.(1) The instructions were provided only in Japanese. I found, at Casio's website, instructions for a very similar model in English and used them.(2) The display illumination (a yellow LED, switched on by the upper right button) is really for emergencies only. Using it a very few times will run down the battery (which recharges in room light or sunlight).(3) This solar-powered watch sleeps when it's kept in the dark. After about an hour in the dark at nighttime, the second hand stops moving. (Perhaps not a good watch to use in dark environments.) After a week in the dark, the hands go to 12 o'clock and stop. When the lights come on or when you first take it out of the box, the hands suddenly twirl around to the correct position, because it hasn't stopped keeping time.

I bought this watch on Oct. 22nd. This is a very nice looking watch. It does everything I wanted from a watch. Has month and day, solar charging and atomic timing. It can be worn for daily, sport, or nice enough for dress. I tried the casio MTGM900A and THE CASIO AWG-M100A with blue ring and returned both. The G shocks are large and the blue ring very difficult to read. I'm 5'8" tall and 160lbs. The casio G- shock looks like a tank on my wrist. The Wave Captor is right size and good looking. You need to down load the a Casio 5161 manual and you will have all info you need to set up watch.

Pros: This watch is a true technological miracle. It receives time signals from a remote station, and updates itself every night. I'm perhaps 750 miles away from my nearest station (US), but it is still able to receive and reset the time—automatically and accurately—every night. It even lets you see the last date and time it reset. It is solar powered, and the battery level has indicated HI since I got it—that is, no problem keeping it powered. There are extra functions accessible via buttons. Some of these require a specific sequence of presses; these can be found in the PDF documentation, which you can find online. You don't, of course, have to use the extra functions (timer, world time, stopwatch, etc.). The band feels like rubber and works well.Cons: The watch fails the most basic function it's made for—reading the time with a quick glance. Don't be fooled by the clear picture in the ad. The designers chose to give the face a circular whorl pattern that reflects brightly in sunlight. The crystal, face, and hands also generate many distracting reflections. Finally, the digital LCD window is light-on-dark colored, and darn near impossible to read unless lined up with available light at just the right angle. There is an included momentary night light, turned on by a button. You might be able to read the analog hand position after a try or two, but, again, the LCD window cannot be read in the dark with the nightlight. You'd need a flashlight for that.Great technology. I just wish they'd paid more attention to making it readable.

I love this watch! This is how watches should have been all along—easy to use and no maintenance.Once you set this watch, all you have to do is wear it and enjoy it. Because it is radio controlled and solar powered, the time never needs to be adjusted and the batteries never need to be replaced or electrically charged.My main concern about purchasing this Japanese watch was setting it to show English days of the week and how easy it would be for other settings. It is very easy to set with the English manual, which can be found online. I found and read the manual ahead of time so I did not even look at the included paper manual, which probably included English directions.The only settings I had to change initially were to specify my Home City and change the language of the day of the week—that was it. I have owned this watch for several months and I really enjoy it.FYI: Automatic Daylight Savings Time is turned on by default, and during initial setup, the time might be an hour off until the next day, depending how your country broadcasts its information and the time of year. In the United States, the watch receives time and date signals periodically during the day, but other information is broadcast to the watch at night; such as, Daylight Savings Time information.This is the best line of watches ever! Thank you Casio!