Smart and stylish, the Casio Men’s Waveceptor Atomic Solar Ana-Digi Sport Watch #WV430DJ-1 features a rich blue dial window with a sturdy mineral dial window. Stand-out hour and minute indexes offer at-a-glance readability, and a beautifully contrasting black ring is adorned with Arabic numerals and indexes for further time-telling convenience. Other innovative features include a digital calendar display. A silver-tone stainless steel band comes equipped with a fold-over clasp with a double push-button safety closure. The stationary bezel is also made of stainless steel, and a 43-millimeter case is composed of high-quality stainless-steel. The perfect accessory to all of your ensembles, this stunning timepiece brings your look a refined edge. Powered by solar movement, this watch is also water resistant to 330 feet.
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13 Responses to “Casio Men’s Waveceptor Solar Atomic Ana-Digi Sport Watch #WV430DJ-1”
5.0 out of 5 stars
My 2nd Tough Solar Wave Ceptor
I bought this model’s resin band watch new from Amazon over a month ago and simply love it. I was able to buy this metal band watch on eBay in “NEW DISPLAY WATCH CONDITION…
By Sabriel on Sep 27, 2009
Got the watch on Friday, it’s Monday now. I’m tech minded but this watch took a while to figure out. The manual is tiny is hard to follow at first but after while you understand the language.
The watch is cool, easy to read the time but i can’t read the little window without glasses. Bigger than I thought but not too big. I had to have links removed-i tried to figure how to remove links but was scared of damage-a jeweler charged me $6-that’s was fine with me.
I like the exact time idea-easy to get a time signal if you walk outside, inside where i live it’s very difficult to get reception.
I also like the idea of not having to replace the battery…don’t know how long the rechargeable battery will last but that can be replaced way down the road, i hope.
I worry about scratching the crystal, i was thinking about a screen protector but that might make it hard to see the watch.
Amazon had the best price when i looked. All in all it’s a nice item.
By Anonymous on Sep 27, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Casio men’s Waveceptor Solar Atomic Ana-Digi Sport Watch
Elegant and sporty watch. A good price on Amazon.com, very light weight, not heavy like other metal band sports watches. Solar powered, no batteries to change ever!
By Baback on Sep 27, 2009
my only complaint was there were NO directions on how to remove links to the watch band.
I was not aware the push pins are pressure fitted and not spring loaded, what I am used to and have seen dozens of times before .
Need to tap lightly the push pins out in direction of the arrows stamped on inside band, they are pressure fitted in, Once I discovered that it was not so bad .
Wish they had mentioned that in the manual …
By Anonymous on Sep 27, 2009
1.0 out of 5 stars
Technology Overload
The start-up instructions for the Casio Waveceptor Solar Atomic watch (WV430DJ-1) were the most confusing I have ever experienced.
By Ryan on Sep 27, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
A techie delight
My husband is enthralled with this watch. It DID take him 4 hours to program it because it does tricks to the MAXX!
By Kael on Sep 27, 2009
If you want a watch that’s good looking and always dead-accurate to the split second without any adjustments, you won’t go wrong with this one.
Here are a few observations:
It’s lightweight. It weighs about half as much as the other watches I own with stainless steel wristbands, making it very comfortable to wear. The face is large with a simple clean design, making it easy to read. I do need my reading glasses for the digital display.
It’s nice looking and goes with just about any kind of outfit from casual to dressy. I wouldn’t wear it to the beach or with a tuxedo, but it looks pretty good with just about anything between those extremes. In the display photo, it appears to have a blue-gray face, mine is gray with a faint hint of violet rather than blue. When you look at it you basically see a gray face, but it’s a warmer gray than it appears on the web. I think the real thing looks better than the picture.
It’s pretty easy to set up. If you’ve ever set a digital watch, this isn’t much different. The main difference is that you have to set the time zone you’re in for the correct hour to be displayed. Once that’s done, you don’t have to worry about it again unless you are traveling and want to change it to different time zones. It’s not a difficult procedure. One thing I really like a lot is the watch automatically resetting itself for daylight savings time! Twice a year I have to go through the tedious ritual of changing all of the clocks and watches around the house. It’s nice having one wristwatch I don’t have to touch. The radio controlled timekeeping works like a charm. The only potential drawback would be traveling outside the range limit of the atomic radio signal. If you are a U.S. customer, the signal range is nearly all of North America. Even if you are out of range, the watch should still keep pretty accurate time and you can always adjust it manually if you need to.
I like the idea of the battery being recharged by solar power. It doesn’t require a whole lot of light to do the trick. The specifics are in the instructions. One example is five minutes of direct sunlight equals one full day of power consumption. I got this a couple of months ago during the dead of winter and I live in Minnesota, so it’s dark most of the time and the watch is always covered by long sleeves when I’m wearing it. To keep the battery fully charged, I set it near a window instead of putting it in a drawer when I’m not wearing it. In the summer, normal exposure to sunlight with short sleeves when I’m out and about during the day should be more than enough light for a full charge. I should also mention that it will run for months on a full charge without additional light exposure. I’d like to say never having to replace the battery is a great feature, but to my knowledge there’s no such thing as a battery with an infinite number of charge/discharge cycles. Assuming I keep and use this watch for many years to come, the battery will eventually wear out, lose it’s ability to hold a charge and will have to be replaced. I’m hoping that will be a very, very long time from now.
To sum it up; the watch is no fuss, totally accurate, good looking and comfortable to wear. I can’t say enough good things about it!
By Kaif on Sep 27, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Super satisfied
In my life I owned many watches.I am watch dependent guy.Once happened to drop a watch for repair and in two hours I bought a new one because I couldn’t stay with out watch.
By Andie on Sep 27, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great timepiece, but….
Depending on how your Waveceptor is put together will determine if your watch is water resistant; My Waveceptor is not!!!
By Jens on Sep 27, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice, but cheap look and feel
Basically I liked the look of the watch and it worked well. However the band was very thin and the case had a cheap look. Of course the price on the watch reflected that.
By Nellie on Sep 28, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful piece
Great watch for a very reasonable price. After reading the micro-handbook, it wasn’t even difficult getting rid of the Japanese character on the date.
By Xinavane on Sep 28, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love always having the EXACT time!
This is a great watch. No batteries to replace and it always syncs up to the correct time overnight.
By Denis on Sep 28, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
Casio atomic solar ana-digi sport watch
Very pleased with the watch’s style and looks. It takes a lot of reading and experimenting to use all the functions.
By Galiena on Sep 28, 2009