CasioMen's WV58A-1AVCR Waveceptor Black Resin Band Digital Watch

I am extremely tough on watches. Why bother wearing them if I'm just going to beat them up? I need to know the time frequently during the day as I do my work, so I use less expensive watches. But, a cheap watch that does not do what is expected of it is worthless. Casio has made good, quality digital watches for years, and has kept my needs met. This model is excellent for that. It tells me the time in easy to read numerals. The date and year is easily visible, and the day of the week is very clear. I need that a lot, since I work in the field and never know what day of the week it might be. That sure messes with my schedule and makes people mad when I miss appointments. I have a job out of state for one month out of the year and that requires me to be in another time zone. This watch allows me to stay set to that different time zone at the push of a button. When in that mode, I do not get the day or date, but it displays my time 'back home' and the name of the time zone, so that works well for me. There is a multi-function countdown timer, and a multiple feature stop watch function, so there are a lot of 'toys' on this relatively simple watch. You want simple? Ignore them. You want features? Use them. Your option. If you are not good at remembering when to take your wife to lunch... you could be in trouble. But this watch has an alarm that you can set to remind you so that you can still be the hero that she married many years ago. Easy to read, inexpensive enough that you don't have to sell the Crown Jewels to buy a new one. Rugged enough it will last several years on my... MY wrist. And, to top it off, every night it resets itself to the National Time Service. Cannot beat that with a stick, folks.

All things considered, I highly praise and recommend this watch.There are two basic reasons to buy a watch. Some people are looking for jewelry. If vanity is your thing, this isn't your watch.If you want a watch that tells you what time it is, then this and the other wavecepter/atomic watches ought to be on your short list. Many high end jewelry watches use lots of gears, springs and other mechanical parts to try and not be too bad at keeping time. But even cheap electronic watches, often have more accurate time keeping with their modern electronic circuitry.But these wavecepter/atomic watches, goes way beyond the normal electronic circuits. They also has a miniature radio receiver built-in so that they re-calibrates itself every day to the NIST (U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology) time standard. In terms of accurately reporting the time, these units are far superior to fancy name brand jewelry watches costing thousands of times more.This particular model is one of the less expensive models, but it still has all the wavecepter/atomic accuracy. It is nice looking, but not jewelry. It has no gold or diamonds, etc. This watch is about keeping time. (If you want a bit more "bling", there are some fancier models.)I am a large person, with big wrists. My prior wavecepter would just fit my wrist. This unit has a longer band and has adjustment holes to spare. As advertised, it has lots of extra functions. In my opinion, one of the issues with digital watches is figuring out how to properly push the right button combination to access those extra functions. I once had a watch that had a rotating dial around the face. It was the only one that I have ever seen that well addressed this part of the human interface.The dial and body are slightly large compared to some watches, but still well within the normal range for a man's watch. I think the antenna and other radio-receiver prevent Casio from making this ultra small. And while Casio does make ladies versions, my wife finds them large, even though she is envious of the time keeping ability. And like most LCD devices, one could wish for better contrast. Still, the contrast seems better on this, then on the instrumentation on my new Ford. And many tens of thousands cheaper.The unit isn't perfect, but it is a very good watch, particularly at this price point. And did I mention that it keeps very accurate time?….

I first purchased this WV58DA watch in late 2007. Before getting this watch I had been a life-long Timex fan, but I was getting tired of the Timex bands which, even in the Stainless Steel versions, had rubber parts that kept falling apart. I wanted the following features: 100% stainless band, countdown timer, waterproof, EL backlight, and under $50. When I found that I could get all that plus the atomic clock setting feature for less than the Timex I jumped on it. My first WV58DA watch died 28 months later when the plastic case cracked, and I didn't think twice about buying a second one.Let me start by saying that this is a great watch. I love the automatic time setting feature. Even when I lived in parts of New England that were on the edge of the reception area according to Casio, the watch was still able to set itself on my wrist 80% of the time. I was never able to get a signal on it during the day, but at 3 or 4 am when it automatically sets itself the ionosphere conditions allowed for a strong enough signal. Despite the radio features, the battery on the watch I got in 2007 is still going strong after 3 years -- there is no need to pay twice the price for a solar watch. The watch does have a few downsides compared to the Timexs I've owned, which I will detail below. Despite these downsides, the appearance, build quality, and atomic feature make this WV58DA watch my favorite watch I've ever owned.The watch it pretty easy to use and set, with nice big buttons. Unlike my Timex, it doesn't allow you to set each digit of the time independently, but the fact that you can adjust the time up AND down almost makes up for it. Since setting the time is automatic, even with Daylight Saving Time changes, this isn't a major issue.The countdown timer works, but can take slightly longer to set than on the Timex due to the above issue. Annoyingly, the maximum time on the countdown timer is only 60 minutes (99 on the Timex), and you can only set the time in whole minutes (the Timex let you set both minutes and seconds).Unlike my Timex, the stopwatch isn't a main feature, so there are no labels to indicate which buttons do what in stopwatch mode. There is also no lap mode, and the split function is very limited. However, I never used these features much on my Timex, and don't really miss them here.The screen and backlight are bright and easy to read and, unlike the Timex, the backlight stays on for a few seconds after you release the button. The one real annoyance is that you cannot use the backlight at all when you are setting anything, including the time, an alarm, or the countdown, since the backlight button doubles as the "adjust backwards" button. Unlike on my Timex there is no "night mode" to turn the backlight on automatically when you press any button.The dual time zone feature is nice, and here the Casio beats out the Timex because it displays the airport code and UTC offset, making it easy to set the watch while traveling. Also unlike the Timex, it updates both time zones for Daylight Savings Time and it can handle half-hour time zones such as India Standard Time. Unfortunately, the big buttons on the watch mean that I sometimes bump the watch into "world clock" mode accidentally, and until I got used to checking, I missed a few appointments because my watch was in the adjacent time zone (although this happened occasionally with my Timex too). The only real downside compared to the Timex is that you can only set alarms to your primary time zone, not to your "world time" time zone.Despite these flaws, I would recommend this watch to anyone looking for a "sport" style watch in this price range. The band is top quality (once you get it adjusted), the watch works well, and the atomic feature is awesome.This watch is also featured in the movie "Non-Stop", where Liam Neeson's character uses it to keep track of deadlines imposed by a hijacker (you can see the watch in the trailers and commercials).