I got this watch about 2 years ago and I have to say, it is the best watch I have ever owned. I love that it is a computer controlled watch, but it is all analog.
I don't remember exactly when, but I bought mine a year or two ago. Great watch. It's still a little complicated to use sometimes, praticularly for functions that I rarely use. It's a little intimidating when you first take it out of the box, but you kind of get used to it after a short while. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing it's missing is an hourly signal or chime, and I still can't figure out why. All of the necessary software is there for it; it measures time forward (Time and Stopwatch), it measures time backward (Countdown Timer and Alarm), and it makes noises (Button Press, Countdown Timer, and Alarm). They know how to make it beep once every 24 hours at user defined intervals, but they couldn't figure out how to make it beep once every hour on the hour, on their own terms, in spite of the fact that every single alarm watch they make can accomplish this Herculean feat??? Oh yeah, one more thing... you're stuck with either the resin bands or the steel bracelet. Because of the goofy way the lugs are designed, the last time I checked, there were no third party bands of any kind available for it. In spite of those two drawbacks, I still really, really like this watch. It looks amazing, especially with the SS bracelet, it's very comfortable, especially with the bracelet, and it keeps extremely accurate time on its own. I live just barely inside the range of the Ft. Collins, CO signal, so it rarely updates via the MB6 radio. The whole time I've had it, I don't think its time has ever been more than a few seconds, one way or the other, away from the clock on my phone.
It's sorta one of a kind in its genre, there's nothing quite like it which is why I like it (although Citizens AnaDigi Temp does similar things but it's a completely different design). I think they didn't include the hourly chime because there's no easy way to include that in the display. It's another function that needs its settings displayed, where would you place access to it on the dial if you were the designer? Maybe they just didn't want to complicate things too much.
@@duprie37 Lol, that ship about them not wanting to make it too complicated sailed long before the Alarm came into play. If there's one thing Casio doesn't shy away from, it's complexity! Ok, on the serious side now... This thing really is pretty much in a class by itself. There really aren't too many analogs out there with this level of functionality. If I was a designer, how would I do it? Since casio has been around for several decades and manufacturing watches at all kinds of price points, and since I know nothing about HOW to manufacture a watch, I'm only going to touch on that part of it real quick, and then I'll move on to WHERE I would place it and how to access it. Since they've been manufacturing quartz watches in analog, digital, and ana-digi for so long, they do have the technical expertise to map out an hourly chime on any alarm watch in their stable. When it comes right down to it, the technology behind the complications is the same for their quartz analogs and digitals, the main difference being that they have to incorporate a tiny motor and whatever is necessary to convert an electronic signal to the motor to drive the hands on an analog. Basically, it comes down to a battery, a PCB, and a tiny hunk of quartz crystal. Obviously, there's a little more to it, but just the basics lol. As far as how to display and access it? Since you can't tell from the main timekeeping mode whether or not the 24 hourly signal is active, there similarly isn't much need to see the one hourly signal from there either. When you press the C pusher a few times to access the alarm, the seconds hand rotates to either the 830 or 930 position as marked ON and OFF, respectively, in tiny print on the dial. Since pushers B and D are used to change the alarm time forward and backward, those are out of the picture, bust only for a few seconds. Pusher A is already used to turn the alarm on and off. Since some actions on this watch are accessed by pressing as well as long pressing pushers, you would press C a few times to get from Timekeeping to the Alarm, then press and hold A for a few seconds, until it beeps. After it beeps, release it and THEN press either B or D to turn the chime on and off, which will also be handled and displayed by the seconds hand at 830 or 930. Once the chime is set, pressing A would take you back to the main alarm, or pressing C would take you back to the Timekeeping mode. I'm sure it could probably be done a couple other ways, but that's what jumps out at me as being the easiest for consumer operation. Ya wanna know something that really wouldn't surprise me in the least about this watch? I haven't been able to find any info about this, probably because it isn't one of their most popular, but I'd be curious to know if anyone has disassembled the 5174 module and found a jumper somewhere on the PCB that merely needs to be de-soldered, similar to what they did with the countdown timer on the 3240 module in the W-800 model. I don't have near enough inner geek to figure that out, but I do have enough to be able to successfully disassemble the watch down to the PCB and follow the directions about what to desolder if the hack ever comes up.
Why does the second hand of my watch stop at twelve o'clock. Now only the minute and hour hands are working, and the four buttons do not respond no matter how pressed.
Hello I live in Singapore I am not in the signal reception region. What is the app or e video called so I can fix my watch time without using manual time change
I have an earlier version of this but basically the same. My dual time sub dial is out by 12 minutes. I checked the manual and it says it should be synchronised but there is no trouble shooting instructions. Any advice?
Great. After checking that procedure E59 I read again my manual and it turns out I was pressing button D instead of C. Lol. Now sorted; right dial matches. Thanks again. 👍
If got signal does date auto adjust to correct and does the daylight and standard time auto adjust, is there a battery level gauge? Mainly so know when need to charge it for a while by solar if inside too often
Yea date and DST are automatically updated. There's no battery level except if the watch second hand stops moving it's time to put it in sunlight and charge it.
You have to let it completely run out of battery until nothing moves anymore and then start recharging the watch in sunlight. This will reset all settings to the factory defaults. Either that or take out the battery manually.
I got this watch about 2 years ago and I have to say, it is the best watch I have ever owned. I love that it is a computer controlled watch, but it is all analog.
amazing piece of watch so happy
I don't remember exactly when, but I bought mine a year or two ago. Great watch. It's still a little complicated to use sometimes, praticularly for functions that I rarely use. It's a little intimidating when you first take it out of the box, but you kind of get used to it after a short while.
As far as I'm concerned, the only thing it's missing is an hourly signal or chime, and I still can't figure out why. All of the necessary software is there for it; it measures time forward (Time and Stopwatch), it measures time backward (Countdown Timer and Alarm), and it makes noises (Button Press, Countdown Timer, and Alarm). They know how to make it beep once every 24 hours at user defined intervals, but they couldn't figure out how to make it beep once every hour on the hour, on their own terms, in spite of the fact that every single alarm watch they make can accomplish this Herculean feat???
Oh yeah, one more thing... you're stuck with either the resin bands or the steel bracelet. Because of the goofy way the lugs are designed, the last time I checked, there were no third party bands of any kind available for it.
In spite of those two drawbacks, I still really, really like this watch. It looks amazing, especially with the SS bracelet, it's very comfortable, especially with the bracelet, and it keeps extremely accurate time on its own. I live just barely inside the range of the Ft. Collins, CO signal, so it rarely updates via the MB6 radio. The whole time I've had it, I don't think its time has ever been more than a few seconds, one way or the other, away from the clock on my phone.
It's sorta one of a kind in its genre, there's nothing quite like it which is why I like it (although Citizens AnaDigi Temp does similar things but it's a completely different design). I think they didn't include the hourly chime because there's no easy way to include that in the display. It's another function that needs its settings displayed, where would you place access to it on the dial if you were the designer? Maybe they just didn't want to complicate things too much.
@@duprie37
Lol, that ship about them not wanting to make it too complicated sailed long before the Alarm came into play. If there's one thing Casio doesn't shy away from, it's complexity!
Ok, on the serious side now...
This thing really is pretty much in a class by itself. There really aren't too many analogs out there with this level of functionality.
If I was a designer, how would I do it?
Since casio has been around for several decades and manufacturing watches at all kinds of price points, and since I know nothing about HOW to manufacture a watch, I'm only going to touch on that part of it real quick, and then I'll move on to WHERE I would place it and how to access it.
Since they've been manufacturing quartz watches in analog, digital, and ana-digi for so long, they do have the technical expertise to map out an hourly chime on any alarm watch in their stable. When it comes right down to it, the technology behind the complications is the same for their quartz analogs and digitals, the main difference being that they have to incorporate a tiny motor and whatever is necessary to convert an electronic signal to the motor to drive the hands on an analog. Basically, it comes down to a battery, a PCB, and a tiny hunk of quartz crystal. Obviously, there's a little more to it, but just the basics lol.
As far as how to display and access it?
Since you can't tell from the main timekeeping mode whether or not the 24 hourly signal is active, there similarly isn't much need to see the one hourly signal from there either. When you press the C pusher a few times to access the alarm, the seconds hand rotates to either the 830 or 930 position as marked ON and OFF, respectively, in tiny print on the dial. Since pushers B and D are used to change the alarm time forward and backward, those are out of the picture, bust only for a few seconds. Pusher A is already used to turn the alarm on and off. Since some actions on this watch are accessed by pressing as well as long pressing pushers, you would press C a few times to get from Timekeeping to the Alarm, then press and hold A for a few seconds, until it beeps. After it beeps, release it and THEN press either B or D to turn the chime on and off, which will also be handled and displayed by the seconds hand at 830 or 930. Once the chime is set, pressing A would take you back to the main alarm, or pressing C would take you back to the Timekeeping mode. I'm sure it could probably be done a couple other ways, but that's what jumps out at me as being the easiest for consumer operation.
Ya wanna know something that really wouldn't surprise me in the least about this watch? I haven't been able to find any info about this, probably because it isn't one of their most popular, but I'd be curious to know if anyone has disassembled the 5174 module and found a jumper somewhere on the PCB that merely needs to be de-soldered, similar to what they did with the countdown timer on the 3240 module in the W-800 model. I don't have near enough inner geek to figure that out, but I do have enough to be able to successfully disassemble the watch down to the PCB and follow the directions about what to desolder if the hack ever comes up.
I returned mine for being hard to read, but what a beautiful watch.😊
Haha yea it's a bit of a puzzle to work out
Been scouring the internet and youtube for info on this watch, gotta say, this is the BEST and most informative source I have found. Nicely done sir.
still love this watch after 10years, seems mine need battery replacement soon
What battery does this watch use? Please tell me the make and model
Why does the second hand of my watch stop at twelve o'clock. Now only the minute and hour hands are working, and the four buttons do not respond no matter how pressed.
I have this watch but the strap already broken. Where can I buy new strap for this? Hoping for your response. Thank you
Thanks for the detailed review!
Does this watch shock and water resistant? Does it have illumination?
No shock resistance specification. Water resistant to 10 bar. It has phosphorescent indicators for illumination.
Hi from Pakistan
I just want to ask a small question
Is this wath solar?
Please let me know
Yes it is; it's solar powered via rechargeable battery.
Hello I live in Singapore
I am not in the signal reception region. What is the app or e video called so I can fix my watch time without using manual time change
It's called radio watch sync, available here: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jntc.clockwavesync
@@duprie37 thx so much for replying
Is there a ios version by any chance?
@@flyingdino_o7504 try this one: apps.apple.com/us/app/radio-wave-sync/id1484233572
@@duprie37 thx so much
I have an earlier version of this but basically the same. My dual time sub dial is out by 12 minutes. I checked the manual and it says it should be synchronised but there is no trouble shooting instructions. Any advice?
Section E-59 of the operation manual describes how to set each indicator manually including the subdials.
@@duprie37 I'll check it out in the manual for this watch. I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for the reply mate 👍
Great. After checking that procedure E59 I read again my manual and it turns out I was pressing button D instead of C. Lol. Now sorted; right dial matches. Thanks again. 👍
If got signal does date auto adjust to correct and does the daylight and standard time auto adjust, is there a battery level gauge? Mainly so know when need to charge it for a while by solar if inside too often
Yea date and DST are automatically updated. There's no battery level except if the watch second hand stops moving it's time to put it in sunlight and charge it.
Tapi sayangnya kacanya masih pakai resin glass
Hello . May i ask . How to connect the wave ceptor radio calibration? Tq
You can read the full manual here: support.casio.com/en/manual/manualsearch.php?cid=009&MODULE=5174
I still can’t get mine to auto update the time, I set home city and year and date but still won’t recive a signal
What's your home city?
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how do i completely reset the watch?
You have to let it completely run out of battery until nothing moves anymore and then start recharging the watch in sunlight. This will reset all settings to the factory defaults. Either that or take out the battery manually.
Puedes traducir al español gracias...
Yo también ando buscando reseña en español 😅 Quiero comprar ese modelo.
sigues buscando esto?
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Hello, I am from Bangladesh. My timezone is GMT+ 6 and it's 27 November here. I cannot change anything in this complicated watch. Pls help
You can download the manual here: support.casio.com/en/manual/manualsearch.php?cid=009&MODULE=5174
Does this watch take 2 batteries ?