Casio WV-59J Multi Band 5 Waveceptor

I've been through a lot of Waveceptor watches on the blog, and a lot have been Japan frequency only. Today's model is one that is a multi band version, so will work in Europe and the US too.

The watch is a Casio Waveceptor model WV-59J, and is a Japanese model. The full model number is WV-59-1AJF, and it is still for sale for around ¥4000.

The WV59 is a rectangular model with a black and shiny silver design, and a curved glass (which is a little strange for an otherwise squared watch). The display is dominated by the time across the centre, with a small display for date (8 digits) above, and a small dot matrix for the day below. In the bottom right is the receiver icon to show when it is searching for a time update (which normally happens 6 times per day).

Inside is a 3053 module, and this has dual time, timer, stopwatch and alarm modes. It works with 5 locations of radio reception from the atomic clock transmitter stations - using 40, 60, and 77.5 kHz. On top of this, it has world time with 48 cities covering 29 time zones.

Casio Waveceptor WV-50H

I was travelling today, so thought I'd use one of the watches with the radio control to save me changing the time zone.

The Casio Waveceptor range are the Casio watches that use the radio control on different frequencies to connect to stations around the world and automatically set the time.

This Waveceptor is the WV-50H which is a radio controlled watch with a 25 time zone world time. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work in Europe as I had to change the time manually anyway.

The watch uses a 2408 module and has a 2 line LCD display. The hours are in large digits along the bottom, with day, date, and seconds along the top. It also has an alarm and stopwatch, as well as a date alert option, and there is an electro-luminescent backlight.

I don't know when this first came out, but the date starts from 2001. I think the original price was somewhere between $30 and $40.

Casio Waveceptor Solar WV-100J

Over the last few days, I've been blogging more novelty watches, so I've gone for something serious today.
Over the years, Casio has produced many lines based on their key features - for example, Casio Illuminator, Casio Databank, Waveceptor, and Tough Solar. Today's watch, the WV-100J, actually falls into all of those categories, but is mainly under the Waveceptor range.
The Waveceptor range are watches which synchronize with various broadcast stations around the world to make sure that the time is always correct. There are two stations in Japan, one in the US, and two in Europe (UK, and Germany) - this model was for Japan and the US only, and doesn't appear to have the option to synchronize with the European stations. It is however possible to manually set the watch either by time zone (so you're covered while travelling), or direct setting.
It is also a solar powered watch, with a ring of solar panels around the edge of the LCD display. At the edge of the LCD, in the top left lies the power meter with 4 blocks, and if the power gets down to 1, some functions start to become disabled. There is also a power saving Recovery mode (which is indicated by a block in the top right of the display) which activates if you use the alarm and/or Illuminator el-backlight too much in a short time.
All this and more is powered by a 2514 module, which has time, date, 4 alarms, dual time, and stopwatch. The data memory stores 315 letters, and will keep small memos - memos can also be attached to alarms to display a message as the alarm sounds.
The watch has a round LCD display, with the time in the centre (4-digits), and seconds below. Above the time is a band of dot matrix (35x5) which normally has date and day, and shows messages depending on where you use it. Around the edge of the LCD are the function markers, signal strength meter, alarm indicators, and power meter.
It is made from steel and plastic, and is 5 bar water resistant. The strap has a part number of S-911L.