Wave Ceptor Men's Watch WVA-M650D

This is a nice watch and even in stainless steel it is very light to wear. Sure, it is not in the £500+ league but make a great daily driver. The Radio time signal means it is always going to be the correct auto adjusting time and solar power (half an hour sun a month) means no batteries. [Hint: I charged it up by just putting it on its side and positioning a bright LED torch to shine on the face for half an hour]. The back light feature is nice and is had an auto light function too. It came in a nice presentation case with the usual tiny and unreadable instruction manual. Luckily, the manual can be found online [manualslib]. The strap is easily adjustable with the supplied plastic tool and delivery was fast and tracking easy through the site. Just bear in mind, this watch isn't in the same league as a Tissot Racing Touch or a Seiko Kinetic but then it costs a great deal less. I was hoping that the two digital displays were bigger than they turned out to be so if you have aging eyes like me there is another waveceptor with a larger single display. Unless it is for cosmetics, I would not bother paying extra for the titanium version either as this one is already extremely light to wear. Finally, this is an interesting mix of an old "smart" watch and a traditional one. It has advanced features but ultimately is a very traditional timepiece. It is certainly nice enough to be used as a dress watch and would make a fine gift for someone who isn't keen on smart watches.

Have had casio watches for years, always good and having had a couple of " smart" watches thought I would go for something more reliable and long lasting. This has good features, including solar power and atomic timing, no battery changes needed or resetting once set. It is waterproof to 100m, no worries getting wet. Every day watch worth the money, also looks good. Getting to know the functions takes a bit of repetition but easy once used to it.

It's a while since I bought a watch so this was a big change. I noted first of all there is no need for a link extractor to adjust this strap. I comes with it's own wee tool and it's a much easier system to use than the old spring poles. It's great. The watch is solid, well made and ticked all of my boxes. In my mind it does everything I wanted it to do but absolutely nothing more... Which is fine, but being able to set 7 day alarms would be nice, the watch can only do 24 hour alarms, on every day. The Date is presented "MM DD", which does bug me slightly. I haven't found a way to change it. The biggest issue is the documentation, which is quite poor. You can find all the bits eventually with the help of Google, but it is a bit convoluted. The Snooze alarm for example... I'm still trying to work out how I'm supposed to cancel it, or whether going into settings is the proper way. The watch is 10bar waterproof, this meant nothing to me, but apparently means fine for swimming, showers, submersion, but not environs where the water will hit under pressure like high board diving, water sking, etc. The backlight is amber, never did see that documented anywhere. Nice watch, very happy. Affordable, decent daily slogger that can take the abuse having kids will bring.

I won't comment on the aesthetics - that is purely personal and you can make up your own mind. In theory, and almost in practice, this is the perfect watch. Solar powered, radio controlled, it is totally autonomous and always accurate to the second. It even has an automatic backlight. The downside? Trying to remember which of the four buttons to press in what sequence to activate all the extra features - stopwatch, countdown timer, alarms. It has a function indicator as a sub-dial at 9 o'clock to help make it easer, but I still struggle enormously. In truth I have no need of those functions and scarcely use them. Perhaps if you make regular use of a feature - such as the alarm - you'll learn how to use it. If not, you'll be consulting the user manual frequently. In summary, the autonomy and accuracy is brilliant. The additional features are hard to use without memorising the button sequences.

A very handsome looking watch in a stainless steel case with a matching rugged polished stainless steel strap. The Instructions can be difficult to read so go to Casio and download the User Manual that is printed in slightly larger type. Follow the instructions carefully from stage to stage. The set up should take less than 15 minutes and you have a watch that will last a lifetime without a battery or changing the set up. As soon as you have the watch running, place it in direct sunshine or under a bright desk lamp to bring it up to full charge. Thereafter it will maintain the charge as long as it is exposed to normal daylight. When entering a new country you can set the watch to local time and enjoy your holiday. The watch is equipped with a bright LED which automatically illuminates the watch face when it is moved in the dark. The watch automatically changes for Summer and Winter alterations and because it is radio controlled it is superbly accurate. The strap is easily adjusted to fit different wrist sizes using a simple novel tool provided in the pack. Only one GRUMBLE, the watch face is described as BLUE, but this is somewhat of a misnomer. You can see a slight blue but you have to exercise poetic licence to call it real blue! That said it looks smart, keeps accurate time and is a pleasure to wear. What more do you want from a watch without forking out over £1000!

I like the watch but it is a bit light after spending €170 on it especially strap

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O relógio é muito bonito. Muito bom custo/benefício. Ele é leve, funcional e prático. A ferramenta para diminuir a pulseira sozinho é super prática e útil. Pelo preço do produto, obviamente os materiais não são da mesma qualidade de um que custe 4x o preço. Mas gostei bastante. Veste muito bem! Estou satisfeito.

Very Nice product. Used for best timing and long lastning battery by ambient solar power.

Je suis enchanté par cette montre qui me comble au-delà de toute attente : elle fait robuste et de qualité tout en étant élégante avec une touche de sportivité, bracelet très facile à régler via un système ingénieux et très confortable (ne tire pas les poils ;-)), les fonctions de recharge par énergie solaire et de radiopilotage sont géniales et très efficaces, cadran très lisible d'un seul coup d'oeil (sauf peut-être les 2 cadrans numériques quand on a la vue qui baisse...), les différentes fonctions chronomètre, minuterie, alarme sont faciles à régler et super utiles, elle tient très bien l'heure même si on est dans une zone géographique hors d'atteinte du radiopilotage (testé en Amérique du Sud) - d'ailleurs, dans ce cas, le réglage manuel de l'heure est très facile. Tout petits bémols : le verre est déjà rayé suite à un choc, dommage qu'il ne soit pas anti-rayures, et manuel utilisateur lisible qu'avec un microscope ;-). Etanchéité pas testée.

Ich habe eine neue Uhr gebraucht, weil bei meiner über 20 Jahre alten Junghans Mega Solar plötzlich nur noch der Sekundenzeiger lief und bei meiner fünf Jahre alten Withings Scan Watch der Akku nicht mehr 28 Tage, sondern nur noch knapp 7 Tage hält. Die Casio ist eine relativ leichte (95 Gramm), sehr angenehm zu tragende Armbanduhr. Die Batterieanzeige stand, als sie ankam, auf 'M', also etwa halb geladen. Nach ca. zwei bis drei Stunden Sonnenscheindauer auf dem Wohnzimmertisch steht sie seit dem durchgehend auf 'H'. Die Uhr hat sehr viele Funktionen: Aktuelle Zeit, Weltzeit-Anzeige, Stoppuhr, Timer in Minutenschritten, vier Alarme, Stundensignal, umschaltbare Anzeige auf 'Aktuelles Datum und laufende Sekunden' oder 'Aktuelle Uhrzeit und laufende Sekunden'. Die mitgelieferte Bedienungsanleitung ist zwar auch auf Deutsch, aber seeehr klein gedruckt. Im Internet gibt es sie als PDF zum Download in lesbarer Version (neun Din-A4-Seiten). Ein echter Knaller ist aber die Einstellmöglichkeit des Armbandes. Kein Gefummel mehr mit Spezialwerkzeug, sondern ein mitgeliefertes Plastikteil mit einem Zapfen kommt zum Einsatz. Den muss man in ein Loch in der Mitte eines Armbandgliedes stecken und schon ist das Armband geöffnet. Das Entfernen von drei Gliedern hat keine zwei Minuten gedauert und ist wirklich kinderleicht. Zwei kleine Kritikpunkte habe ich allerdings doch gefunden. Die Anzeige, dass eine Funktion (z.B. Stundensignal oder die automatische Beleuchtung) aktiviert wurde, ist derart winzig, dass ich sie fast übersehen habe. Zweitens sind mir (bin 71 Jahre) die Pieptöne viel zu leise. Die höre ich nur, wenn ich mir die Uhr ganz nah ans Ohr halte. Jüngere Menschen werden damit aber wohl keine Probleme haben. Ich habe die Uhr in der Version mit dem schwarzen Zifferblatt für knapp 135 € gekauft und bin wirklich überrascht, wie schön und funktionell sie ist. Sie ist für den Preis als günstig zu bezeichnen. Allerdings besteht sie nicht nur aus schwerem Edelstahl. Es sind auch (leider) Plastikteile an der Unterseite der Uhr verbaut worden. Meine Citizen Uhren haben deutlich schwerere Armbänder, kosten dafür aber auch mehr als das drei- bis vierfache. In der Black Friday Woche kostet diese Casio sogar nur 119,13€. Insgesamt ist die Casio WVA-M650D-1AER eine tolle Uhr und ich bedaure es nicht, sie gekauft zu haben.