I have two atomic watches, but realize such accuracy is never needed for 99 percent of us. I still favor my hand wound mechanical watch even though it’s off a few seconds per day. Something very cool about tiny gears and springs working in unison.
@@realmofwatches1133 I have just one mechanical watch ... I won't be rushing to buy anymore.. A power reserve of just 40 Hours before it dies and it gains 10 Seconds a day... This is poor accuracy by anyone's standards. I don't mind the fact that my quartz watches hold time to plus or minus a few seconds a month. This is "Livable" with
That is incorrect in regards to the signal, when you press the button to “check signal” it shows you if it was updated the previous night, it is not a signal check!
The watch will work normally, it just won't correct the time automatically so if your watch is off by a few seconds, minutes or whatever you'll have to manually adjust it.
Def will work. There are also apps you can use which will broadcast the radio. This watch is also good for 1-3 sec/day variance so it is very accurate.
You have made a mistake I have had the red arrows version for 11y now when you said the second hand tells you the is no raido signal it's actually saying it did not pick up the signal the previous night when set to atomictley pick up you have to keep pressing the on demand button and it goes to RX if the signal is strong enough the second and will go to the high low indicator to show the strength and then move about until the time is set afterwards if you press the on demand button the second hand will go to the high and low positioning for a second if it does this it pick up the signal successfully if not it will go to the no point I find if you battery level is low it struggles to pick the signal up in winter when there is not a lot of sun about I turn the automatic setting off to save power
Yes. You can also send out a timing signal from an app on your phone to set the watch to the accuracy of your phone's network time, which will be within a second of the atomic time. Therefore, still near atomically accurate and RX functional anywhere your phone can get a signal.
Good watch ... TBH I like the fact that my watches are NOT 100% correct... This means they are flawed like humans. I have a VAST collection of watches and they all lose/gain a small amount of time... But the amount they lose or gain is so insignificant it is hardly worth worrying about. For example my Casio G-Shock DW5600BB with the 3229 module losses around 1 Second per Week. So every month It will lose 4 Seconds. It is so easy to put correct However, my least accurate watch is my Seiko SNK809-K2 ..It is a 21 Jewel automatic mechanical watch and gains 10 Seconds a day... I must admit this is VERY poor. It looks pretty but the accuracy of this watch is shocking. Thank you for this video.
Lol you don't know what you're talking about. It can't check if there's a signal that fast. All it does when you press that is tell you if it succeeded or failed the last time it tried, like to tell if it's currently synced or not.
I have two atomic watches, but realize such accuracy is never needed for 99 percent of us. I still favor my hand wound mechanical watch even though it’s off a few seconds per day. Something very cool about tiny gears and springs working in unison.
I love a mechanical watch too. I think room for both in a collection!
@@realmofwatches1133 Absolutely!
@@realmofwatches1133 I have just one mechanical watch ... I won't be rushing to buy anymore..
A power reserve of just 40 Hours before it dies and it gains 10 Seconds a day... This is poor accuracy by anyone's standards.
I don't mind the fact that my quartz watches hold time to plus or minus a few seconds a month. This is "Livable" with
It‘s not only the accuracy. You never have to set time or date ever. It‘s simple an other class of watch compared to mechanical.
Do atomic watches sync immediately after crossing into a different time zone?
That is incorrect in regards to the signal, when you press the button to “check signal” it shows you if it was updated the previous night, it is not a signal check!
Good video, man. I appreciate it
What if we use the watch in the places that totally no radio signal? Is the watch
still function?
The watch will work normally, it just won't correct the time automatically so if your watch is off by a few seconds, minutes or whatever you'll have to manually adjust it.
Def will work. There are also apps you can use which will broadcast the radio. This watch is also good for 1-3 sec/day variance so it is very accurate.
@@allisonsmith9050 That is very cool that you can broadcast the required signal via an app!
Can you reach a German tower from the uk
As an emergency responder this watch is very tempting
You have made a mistake I have had the red arrows version for 11y now when you said the second hand tells you the is no raido signal it's actually saying it did not pick up the signal the previous night when set to atomictley pick up you have to keep pressing the on demand button and it goes to RX if the signal is strong enough the second and will go to the high low indicator to show the strength and then move about until the time is set afterwards if you press the on demand button the second hand will go to the high and low positioning for a second if it does this it pick up the signal successfully if not it will go to the no point I find if you battery level is low it struggles to pick the signal up in winter when there is not a lot of sun about I turn the automatic setting off to save power
Can you disable the automatic signal updates and just set/use it like a normal watch?
Yes. You can also send out a timing signal from an app on your phone to set the watch to the accuracy of your phone's network time, which will be within a second of the atomic time. Therefore, still near atomically accurate and RX functional anywhere your phone can get a signal.
It might be noted your signal will be stronger in the middle of the night
Anyone know if this will work in Florida from the USA radio tower?
I have a Casio in Gainesville and it works just fine. You should have no problem.
@@rpk5568 you connect to the atomic clock?
@@joesimon2018 As I stated my Casio watch does. Around midnight each night so far.
Radio control combined with Solar would be great for the modern world
they are... citizen and casios
Good watch ... TBH I like the fact that my watches are NOT 100% correct... This means they are flawed like humans.
I have a VAST collection of watches and they all lose/gain a small amount of time... But the amount they lose or gain is so insignificant it is hardly worth worrying about.
For example my Casio G-Shock DW5600BB with the 3229 module losses around 1 Second per Week. So every month It will lose 4 Seconds.
It is so easy to put correct
However, my least accurate watch is my Seiko SNK809-K2 ..It is a 21 Jewel automatic mechanical watch and gains 10 Seconds a day... I must admit this is VERY poor. It looks pretty but the accuracy of this watch is shocking.
Thank you for this video.
Lol you don't know what you're talking about. It can't check if there's a signal that fast. All it does when you press that is tell you if it succeeded or failed the last time it tried, like to tell if it's currently synced or not.
So radio controlled watches are not reliable (precise)