Jerome Krause
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.

Anna Sanford
I received a Casio atomic watch as a college graduation gift many years ago and after all that time, the band finally and irreparably broke on the main housing. I didn't hesitate to look for another Casio since my line of work requires very precise time measurement and the atomic calibration feature makes these sorts of watches reasonable references.The features are excellent, including a very useful "world clock" that allows me to set a second time zone to one of about 30 major city time zones around the globe, with the ability to switch between my second time and my current time with just the tap of a button. As my job requires me to quickly determine what time it is in other time zones including GMT, this is extremely helpful. Also included are a traditional stopwatch and a handy countdown timer.The display is large and easy to read, giving the time in hours, minutes and seconds, as well as the date in mm/dd/yyyy format and the day of the week (MON, TUE, etc) which is handy if you're like me and can never remember what day it is (I work some long days and odd hours!)I did need to have the wristband adjusted for my relatively small wrists, and as with the previous watch the band can only be shortened to either "too tight" or "a little too loose" so I settled for the latter. Still it is fairly lightweight considering its construction and I usually don't notice it too much.The auto-time calibration seems to have a little difficulty finding a good signal here in Georgia, as did my previous watch (which worked far better when I lived in Texas). Unfortunately it never gets the time when I am at work, since I work in a large concrete building during the overnight hours when the watch automatically searches for an atomic clock signal (12:00 - 5:00 AM). There is no way to change the times during which it will search for a signal, so I basically have to let it set on my days off.The nighttime illumination isn't quite as good as the previous model I had, and the display has the odd shortcoming of not being visible when I am wearing my prescription sunglasses (many digital displays have this problem), even though the older model could be seen just fine.Battery life remains to be seen since I've only had the watch about a month. My previous Casio WaveCeptor needed a new battery about once every 18 months, which was a little more often than I would have liked, but $20 every 18 months was better than buying a new watch every time it died.A few things could be better but for the price you just can't beat a watch of this quality.

Travis Chan
The original watch did not work properly; I sent it back and got a replacement which works fine. 1st part of my review deals with the original watch and the 2nd part deals with the replacement.The original watch I received is nice looking and has been keeping pretty good time since I received it about 10 days ago. Unfortunately, I ordered an atomic watch, and the unit I received simply can't acquire the Fort Collins time signal no matter how hard I try -- and I've tried a lot, using every trick from the manual that I can think of. The "GET" mode, which shows the most recent time it acquired the signal from Fort Collins, indicates that it has NEVER acquired a time signal, and the signal strength indicator in the lower right of the display so no signal reception.My 9 year old La Crosse Technology atomic watch almost always acquired the time signal without problems; I only replaced it because the case broke. I live in the San Francisco area west Bay hills and have an unobstructed view eastward toward Fort Collins, so the problem does not seem to be due to my local geography blocking the signal.Since other reviewers report that their copies of this watch have no problems receiving the signal, even in more distant locales like Florida, I can only conclude that I received a defective unit. I will be sending this watch back, though I will try my luck ordering another identical unit which hopefully will receive the signal.I did indeed send the defective watch back. The replacement I received picked up the signal on the very first try, and the signal strength indicator shows that it is getting the highest level 3 strength. In the two days that I have has the watch it has been automatically synching with the Fort Collins signal just past midnight without problems.I have now had the replacement watch for two weeks, and it's great at receiving the signal. It is programmed to receive the signal overnight starting at midnight. I rarely get to bed before midnight, but I've found that the watch receives the time signal even when I am up and about and wearing it!My only other complaint is with the custom metal clasp type watchband. Although OK for that type of band, the watch ships with a band circumference for just about the largest possible wrist, and I will have to take it to a watch repair shop or jeweler to have a few links removed before I can wear it. Also, I sweat a lot, but the clasp type band does not have the flexibility to move up the arm slightly to let my wrist dry off. For years I used a metal "twisty-flex" expansion band which was quick and easy to slip on and off and, by its very design, could be moved up the arm. The unfortunate trend among digital watch companies in recent years has been to design custom bands that are incompatible with the standard watch fitting of my expansion band, which I previously used on many generations of digital watches.I am giving this watch a rating of 3 because of (a) the problem with the original watch, and (b) the lack of a standard fitting which would allow me to use my preferred watchband. However, after two weeks using the replacement watch, I decided it works so well I decided to increase my rating to 4.