Mile High Club! Citizen Blue Angels AT8020 - Review And How To!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Shout out to David for the tee! Shout out to Jomashop for the watch! It is a big boy, and very intense. But if you like the look, then this this is a true set-and-forget watch. I'm getting into Citizen this year, adn watches like the Blue Angels are the reason why. Cheers, Jody
This watch almost does it all.
- Auto set time - radio controlled
- Has a date function, that knows each month, for example Feb to March.
- Rechargeable
- Chronograph
- leap year knew exactly what date.
Really impressive.
I absolutely love my Blue Angel! It’s complicated and aggravating, just like my wife! Gets all my emotions involved.....:)
And it feels like getting hit over the head with a frying pan when trying to approach it when hammered?
LOLOLOL...
So, basically you have two wifes with same temperament. I'm impressed.
Mate can you have both analog and digital in same time?
You are the only one Sir. Perfect description 🥂🥂🥂
I should have known Jody would have counted all the indices😂
ha,!
I set all of my automatics to this watch! Never really liked large busy watches but this one grabbed me. The blue and yellow look amazing. With eco drive, atomic, sapphire crystal, 200 meter features it is an amazing value. Mine came with the bracelet and is pretty good but I have replaced it with a blue sailcloth strap that looks amazing. It is an absolute keeper for me.
I'm working 4 different jobs at my office at the moment, and I'm still not as busy as that dial...
Haha
this the most stupid watch in my life...never again..i hate it....i never spent so many hours in my f@king life to change the time again and again...
u r just dumb@@STASADJ1962
Always for sale in the inflight magazine….I’ve been tempted a couple of times on a long haul flight. Should have pulled the trigger as I normally run out of reading material and that instruction manual would have kept me occupied.😉😂.
This watch is also available in a black and red colour scheme. Featuring the British Royal Air Force - Red Arrows.
Yeah as an Englishman who grew up loving the Red Arrows as a kid, I was surprised that I just didn’t like the colours of that one in the same way I love this blue/yellow version.
Most Citizen sport watches come with that "Do Not Open..." on the caseback.
This was my first proper watch and I was so excited to see JOMW reviewing it! I have to suggest it on a blue and yellow double striped nato.
That seems like a perfect combination. 👍👍
The bracelet only has 2 micro-adjustments, so will also be hard to get a good fit, fwiw.
I can just see Jody sitting counting every little mark on that dial...I think we answered why it took so long to get the review 😂
I just now sold mine to a work colleague. I've had this watch for about 5 years and it's been a great tool for work and travel. I wore it on a black rubber bracelet when I traveled on a motorcycle for a year from Texas to Argentina. The Sapphire glass is still crisp and clean. It's such a beast of a watch for everyday wear. I'm currently wearing my Datejust 41 mm Rolex and a micro brand watch Vaer Swiss watch so I needed to give the Citizen a good home and let someone else appreciate it. As a person who is hard on tools and toys this one has passed the "Julio Proof Test" Enjoy!
Hellooooo Jody! Excellent review. The ana-digi variant in titanium was one of the first watches I acquired starting down the rabbit hole of this hobby we share. Late in my Navy career I was a station pilot assigned to NAS Pensacola. I flew the military variant of the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 there, the UC-12B it was called, and was assigned as the base's Aviation Safety Officer. Pensacola is the home of the Blue Angels and those of us assigned there like me put on their annual show closing their season out in November where they would perform one last time for the home crowd. Every week during the season, on Tuesday I think it was, they would go through their routine above the airfield and it was a privilege to be able to go out on the flight line with my morning cup and watch. They really were outstanding ambassadors for the service in general and Naval Aviation in particular. Their themed watches were among the first I became aware of categorically and once I started collecting I knew I had to have one. And I can tell you the instruction manual for the variant I have is absolutely terrifying! Thanks again for the review and thanks always for being such an enjoyable ambassador of this hobby! Cheers!
In addition to the 23mm lug width, Citizen also uses CURVED spring bars for this one. The leather strap is curved to fit the case. I could never get it comfortable on my 6.75" wrist, so I opted for a NATO. I use the leather on my Blue Angel Skyhawk. Also, I've read that there is a slight difference between the bracelet version, though I can't confirm this. Prices have gone up. This used to be on Joma for $299 ($319 on the bracelet). JOMW, you are responsible for my first ever comment. Keep up the great work!
I have been a fan of Citizen for many years. My first eco drive is 13 years old and still going strong. My brother is a big fan of the blue angels, so I bought him this one for his 50th bday.
If you're using an app to set time you can use headphones and sandwich the watch between speakers, or use a big bluetooth speaker and raise the volume. It's a magical feeling when you sync the watch this way. I use the WWVB emulator app for the Colorado clock signal. It's a similar noise.
Too busy for me - and I'm a fan of the Blue angels. Once when I was a mere this, my dad and I were fishing on the coast and we saw them practicing. Amazing!
In love the leather strap - great color combo.
They regularly do shows over Baltimore - when I lived downtown I had a rooftop deck and watching them from there was absolutely amazing.
I have had my AT8020-54L (bracelet version) for over two years and it remains one of my favorite analog chronographs. I especially like the dual mode large seconds hand (running and stopwatch seconds), rather than the typical small running seconds hand. My other watches with this feature are my Bulova Precisionist chronographs and my Casio 5174 module watches (LIW-M610D-1AJF & WVQ-M410DE-1A2JF). My Timex Intelligent Quartz chronographs take that a different approach by using a fourth hand for stopwatch and countdown timing.
While this watch may feel a little busy, once you realize all the functionality it has, I feel it's an incredible feat in miniaturization of electronics and mechanical features; having all thoses computerized features (without it being a "smartwatch") is impressive.
Thanks for your vid!
Good job reading that manual. I have a 21 year old citizen titanium diver that I bought as a present to myself when I got my PhD, it's still going strong.
Owned this watch before and really liked it. Just re-bought it as for the money, it is incredible value.
"An Instruction manual so thick it would choke a donkey" KEKW HAAHAHAHAHA
I bought one of these to set my mechanicals to. Amazing watch. There's something to be said for perfect time.
I love this watch, it's an everyday for me. It's full featured and a great supporter and comfort (like my wife!) I put it in the right spot at night, it reliably receives and syncs the time/date, and I never ever wonder if it has the right time/date. The watch is very easy and slick to operate (but you need to spend time using its many features - not for someone who wants trivial operation, best choose a simple 2-hand watch if you are). The watch needs a longer review to really do justice to its array of features. This review is a great summary (nutshell, as Mr Jody says) pretty comprehensive but a bit rushed - as is probably the right choice for a RUclips review. Thanks for a great if compressed review, it should allow someone to decide if this is a good fit for him/her. Tldr love the watch, wears great on my 6.5" wrist, does everything I would ever want, love the 'intensity' as Jody says, amazing as Jody says, never a worry about accuracy or battery not charged. Recommended!!
"76 pages, all in English"
This honestly sounds like if Jody is complaining that there's no section in Scottish or Australian.
Probably the favorite watch in my collection, so much functionality, and all powered by the sun! Do not let the thick manual scare you, just read a couple of pages on the key features and you are good to go. I have owned this watch for four years and have NOT touched the crown, short of a smart watch, who can make that claim? Get the bracelet version it is so comfortable and the clasp works beautifully. I think saying it “has a battery life of 6 months” is misleading. From a full charge it will run down for 6 months, but when placed back in the sun it fires right back up. Citizen says the capacitor (battery) has a life of 10 years, which is a better way to explain the longevity. If you are on the fence, get one, you won’t regret it. I set all my other watches to this reference piece. Lastly, I get the signal every night, no problem, and I live in Northern Canada.
Love the Bauhaus aesthetic on this one 🤣
Max Bill just started spinning over in his grave.
Don't skip this one if you are on the fence! I've owned one for about a year now. love it!
I take Satellite Wave over Radio Controlled watches. You can synchronise it from anywhere in the world!
A friend of mine joined the 'mile high' club recently Melbourne to Brisbane. Unfortunately he went solo. Boom boom.
Your friend is a pervert in other words.
Bought my first Citizen last week and I love it. Great value for money.
Being British I feel patriotically obliged to get the Red Arrows version.🇬🇧
Should be issued by the govt to all UK citizens. 😁
Go for it ! I actually like the colors of that version better , but here in the states they are harder to find.
Sir neither I am American or British. I grabbed AT8020 few days back but I will for sure try to grab Red Arrows version as well :)
Have a coworker who has one of the Blue Angel Citizens with the Digital Display behind an analog dial. Lot going on in that bad boy, but I love looking at it. He wears it more than his Omega Speedmaster
When I got my Navihawk, I searched RUclips to find the easiest way to set it. Much better than figuring out the manual, and since it's been set, it's never been touched again other than when I change time zones. Citizen themselves has one that's kind of dry, but one of the other watch youtube channels I followed actually had a better one. Seems like it might have been Watch Geek.
It may be the fact I’m feeling slightly fuzzy watching this the morning after only my second trip to a pub in the past 14 months but that run through of how to set the AT8020 was intense. I feel like I need a lie down 🤣
Cracking review as always Jody 👏👏👏👏
Big fan of Citizen Eco- Drive watches. I have 3 in my collection. The first one was purchased in 1994 and has only just stopped working! I like the watch so much and will get it repaired. The Blue Angels is a great watch but a but too much going on for my liking. Great review thanks.
Got three in mine as well, the ana-digi version of this and two others and I'm always amazed at the freakish accuracy of the movement!
Up early getting ready for my Amazon shift. Nothing gets me more pumped than Jody at 5am! Thanks for the wonderful content. You are appreciated!
I bought this watch a few months ago with the leather strap. Here is an honest review. Overall, it’s a GREAT watch, but a few simple mods would make it outstanding. First, the leather band - 23mm, what was Citizen thinking? Absolutely awful decision and could easily be fixed with 22mm. My band started to crack and I swapped with an aftermarket NATO band and I love it! Second, not sure why there is a twentieth of a second stop watch and in my opinion serves no functional purpose. This could easily be eliminated and replaced with a month and day indicator. Lastly, the lume at night is not good. It isn’t as bright as it should be and it could be a little fancier. However, I do not regret the purchase.
Got the bracelet model as a graduation gift when I finished college in 2018. It's my daily and has been on a few vacations. So handy to change the time zone when I land and just go. Only time it's off my wrist is on more dressy occasions when my Blue moon comes out or if I'm doing something hard on a watch or going somewhere that a nicer watch is a target in which case my Casio makes an appearance
I find the watch pretty legible but it took some getting used to. Only niggle I had was about a year in the pin that holds the bracelet to the end link kept sliding out (it uses a little divot that lines up inside a tube) that said a quick trip to the watch maker and he dipped the ends in locktight and I was good to go. I paid $500 Canadian but I've seen It now down in the mid 400s
Excellent review. Now i know how to set all the functions of this watch. Thanks so much!
I never read instruction manuals either, the upside being in a couple of years time you often get a nice surprise when you discover something new you never knew it could do.
Unique, happy, horology channel, you can watch with a winning smile, knowing you can afford to enjoy both goods of this world, great watch and your kidneys.
Thanks mate!!
I have one of these, the version on the bracelet. A couple of items to be aware of with this watch:
- It takes a 23mm strap; Citizen does this with some models. Try finding a 23mm strap (it's HARD).
- The lug holes are in different positions in the bracelet vs the strap version of this watch. In the strap version, they're closer to the case but Citizen put a bevel in the case back to keep the strap from scraping the case but you must use curved spring bars (and a 23mm strap to boot). In the bracelet version the lug holes are spaced further away from the case but NO bevel in the case back. So, you must still use curved spring bars if the strap has any thickness to it like a typical leather strap else the case edge scrapes the finish off the strap. If you use a fabric strap you might can get away with straight spring bars if the material is thin enough. It is quite angering Citizen didn't bevel the case back in the bracelet version like in the strap version of this watch.
I know all of this having learned the hard way; I had both version in my possession at the same time for a very short while.
I have the bracelet version but wear it on a strap. I was able to get my hands on a 23mm strap I liked (a cheap custom strap) and got curved spring bars from Citizen. The strap did not have a curved end version so I steamed that area over a boiling tea kettle spout for about 30 seconds, slipped the curved bars in the strap mount tube and let it 'set'. Not idea but it works; the case still scrapes a bit against the strap when swiveled but it didn't do any damage to the strap.
Great watch ! ,The dial is " busy " ; but after you wear it a while you get used to it ,and is easy to tell time at a glance.I think it looks much " classier " than a G-Shock with comparable functionality.
This is a pretty cool looking watch. I found one new on ebay for only $229
look carefully there are a number of fakes
Great video! I can't believe you made it through the whole time setting segment in one take. That was really good thanks!
After many aspirins needed for just thinking about the user manual, I stayed tuned for the long haul, and you kept my attention. Great video, and actually quite an interesting watch. Although I've piloted many of crafts myself, I would never use many of these functions..but I would buy the watch. Thanks for sharing, I truly enjoyed the commentary. Have a great week mate.
I bought this almost a decade ago and still one of my favorite chronographs. 200m WR, atomic clock syncing, perpetual calendar, great colors blue and yellow, inner rotating bezel, comfortable, sapphire crystal, excellent chronograph with fun continually rotating subdial, and great design inspired by an airplane cockpit! Biggest complaing is 43mm size and 23mm lugs. 40-42mm and 20mm lug would have been perfect!
I don’t mind the 43mm size, but the 23mm is garbage. Not sure why Citizen used this. I’m also not a huge fan of the lume at night. What do you think?
Agreed 100% if this was 42mm or 41mm with a 20mm lug would of been perfect the reason it has stopped me from buying it.
If you think the dial is super busy and complicated, just look at what a plane cockpit looks like, it's like Citizen has done it on purpose.
Your video reminded me about an old G Shock Riseman that I've never been able to sync, as I'm also in Australia. So I just downloaded the same app you were using, and gave it a shot.
It actually worked to my surprise, I had to experiment with where to hold the watch (diagonally across the top right corner of my phone), and also change my home city time to Tokyo, but after about 3 minutes, amazingly it actually synced.
Feels like Citizen always are flying under the radar for some weird reason when it comes to watches. I got the CITIZEN CA0650-82F and Citizen
AT2437-13E as the daily beater and really like the both of them. Prob pick up something from the promaster lineup next.
I fell SO DAMN hard in love with solar Quartz watches that I am about to Order a Eco Drive Skyhawk JY8081 Blue Angels 💪🙏
Fantastic review thank you! I'm waiting for mine to come through Amazon and at the time, just purchased because it looked good. Now that I've seen your review I'm gob smacked! I've never seen so much complication in one watch! Geez, if my car features aren't complicated enough! Having said that it can certainly come in handy to mess around with at the airport etc while waiting for flights. Anyways, great review once again and thanks for explaining all of the features. I'll certainly be watching your video over & over once my watch comes instead of reading through 75 pages of boredom. 😉🇨🇦
Young me with his better-than-20/20 vision would love to have had this one. Current (old) me who can't see anything clearly within 3 feet without reading glasses would never know the time with this one.
The busy dial and my aging eyes are why I ended up giving my Citizen Nighthawk to my son. They are great...if you can actually read them ;-)
This one's a bit too busy for me. But I have the Blue Angels version of the Nighthawk and I love it.
I’ve always thought this was interesting, but never pulled the trigger on one! I did just recently pick up a citizen eco drive. I got a Tsuno bullhead chrono! Lol definitely something different and corky but I kinda like it! lol. Awesome review as always, thanks Jody!
I don't mind the 23mm band only that it's not common to replace. But luckily in these days there is something for everyone. It's a beautiful watch, and I love having the slide rule.
I have a Citizen radio-controlled watch as well. To sync it, i use the Clock Wave app with BPC station. I think there’s one other station that worked for me, but it has to play long audible notes rather than short beeps / pulses.
It’s worked for me 100% of the time, other than on Sundays when it just wouldn’t sync.
Sometimes quartz watches can be f***ing cool
I just got mine a few days ago. The caveat I would offer is to also be aware of how to set the references on your watch so that everything lines up where it is supposed to - hands, date, etc. Took me a day and a half to figure that out (being an engineer, I WRITE instructions, I do not care to actually READ instructions.) 😉 The busybusybusy dial is not that easy for geezers my age to read, but that's why they sell reading glasses. So far, I love it!
I picked up a used example of the JY8070-01l version. It is a bit different, but shares all of the capabilities. Mine has much better lume on the indicies. It has become my go to night watch, even outlasting my Seikos!
I live like 15 miles away from the US radio tower and Blue Angels fly overs are pretty common here. I don’t know how is that possible I don’t have any Blue Angels Citizen in my collection yet 😅
Love my 2002 c650 Skyhawk Blue Angels. Still going strong!
I have a similar age (maybe 5 years older) EcoDrive GMT that rarely gets in my rotaton, even less so during CV19 period and inadverantly was moved to a no light location for who knows how long.
Even a full day in direct sunlight wouldn't bring it back to life but before accepting the battery was kaput I left it in a window for a few days and amazingly the battery eventually was resurrected. Great piece of tech.
My wife's got an EcoDrive so she had a watch while her Swiss premium watch had a replacement battery/ service at the official service centre and it cost less than the service and has become her go to watch.
I have the Titanium A-T, non-Blue Angels version of this watch. I’ve had it for 10 yrs and only just now had to send it to the service center because it wont charge and wont pick up the radio signal. The little slide rule bezel is way cool, but speaking from experience, totally useless while flying a small plane. But, I’ve never even used the chrono or alarm features in a decade. I just like not having to reset the thing. Great watch. I love mine.
I'm glad you reviewed this one, I have been eyeing it on Amazon for quite a while but was sorta intimidated by it. Now I'll have to think about it when I can afford it.
Good on you for giving some love to the eco drive watches. Most of my watches are automatic, but I decided a couple years ago that I should have some quartz watches for travel so I could take them through airport security without them getting destroyed. I wanted solar because I didn't want to deal with batteries, and I selected Citizen just because I could get a Citizen solar cheaper than a Seiko solar. I bought several on ebay - I didn't particularly care about having new at a new price - and love them to my surprise. One is a titanium watch with sapphire crystal I got for $40 used, and I wear it often as a daily beater.
What took me so long to have this watch? Got it yesterday, and I am in love with it since…
Slide rules can be used for conversion.
Say you want to convert from $AUS to $US, currently 1.29 to 1.
Put 1.29 (just below 1.3) on the outer ring over 1 on the inner ring. Then you can read of any conversion anywhere around the slide rule. For example, 25 on the outer ring sits over 19.3 on the inner ring. Of course, you have to adjust the decimal point in your head.
Thank you for this review. I just purchased the nighthawk and then saw this one and fell in love. The blue band is beautiful. I’m barely in this watch hobby and I’m already broke 😂
Oh wow and thank you for the link. I was looking on Amazon and it’s way more than your link
I love Eco Drive watches. I have the non chrono Citizen Blue Angels. It’s a great watch. I’m in Australia and use the clock wave app to set my radio controlled watches. You really need to use ear buds put these next to the watch and turn the volume up. It works every time for me 👍🏻 You might need to set the home city to Tokyo and then when it sets adjust the home city to Sydney
Excellent instructional video Jody!! Now you have just confirmed to me that though I don't need a chronograph unless I want to play pilot by setting the screen in the plane to the flight map!, I now want one!! 😂
My old eyes struggle to read a date complication at the best of times, all that text is just going to be one big blur to me,
Love the clean dial👍🤣
You'll probably crash you plane trynna check time on this watch 😂
Great video. Thank you for the specifications review, but also for the tutorial. I have an early version of this watch from the mid-1990s. It got lost for a couple of years, stuck in a briefcase, and then I found it a few months ago … dead as a door nail. I put it in the sun for a couple of days and, voila, it was running just like new. I was so impressed I bought this version with the bracelet (AT8020-54L). Big fan of Citizen watches!
I recently picked up one of these and I adore it! I too found a lot going on with the dial, but I've always found mine to be very legible, even at a glance (which is something that surprised me). Overall, I love this watch, but I've also had very good luck with my Citizens. It seems like Citizen is a highly underrated brand, or maybe that's just the impression I get. Great video, as always, Jody!
oh yeah... counting all of the markers on the dial is genius! I was both impressed and filled with laughter by that. 😂
My beater watch. Love it. Sapphire crystal. Kick seiko arse. I have the seiko flight chrono and put a scratch on the hardlex in two days. Ugh.
Jody , I flew with the Angels for a promotion for a movie I did called “Behind Enemy Lines”and as a thank you we gave them all one of those watches ....and...er....well...guess what: they all thought the dial was too busy to be practical in the cockpit! Hah! Don’t tell Citizen!
I love all my Eco Drive watches and yes the Atomic Clock keeps it on the button
the beeps just got my tinnitus going.
I have one and have had it now for about a year and no problems fantastic watch.
Hey Jody,
I have a G-Shock GW-9400 and also live outside of the range of any antenna.
I the use Junghans app and always works like charms
Did you tried it?
I have several solar G-Shocks that I leave on my bedroom window sill when I’m not wearing them. They stayed charged and up to date with the atomic clock. I live in the US so it is not at issue getting reception. I set my other watches by an app on my phone.
Being from the UK I have the Red Arrows version on the bracelet (AT8060-50E).
I’m normally not that keen on Citizen (except for their rare super high-end, super accurate, ultra-slim and very expensive models made of exotic materials) but this one I really like! A bit like a Navitimer on the cheap. Love that perforated leather strap too. It does seem to be a complicated little bugger to setup though. But then you only need to do that once…
I bought a Casio Pro-Trek PRW-50 because of this video.
Citizen seems to like 23mm widths. I have a couple of them, including the related Navihawk. Never happy with that, but 24mm NATO's do work.
I really like the blue & yellow color scheme, but there's too much happening on that dial for me. I'd consider getting one if this were a simple chronograph or three-hander.
I like this newer version of the Blue Angels watch. Mine is a Citizen JY8058-50L Blue Angels that is a digital/analogue with a 46 mm case and is 15 mm thick and with the Stainless metal bracelet I am always aware of it when I wear it. But of course, so is everyone else and that is part of why I still love it. Lol
This smaller version with just a few complications feels like a nice in between to wear and get great use out of. I will say that I'm so glad that I live near the Radio signal to set it for me, because that is the feature I like best about it.
One of my favourite field watches is my automatic Promaster. Citizen really does create a decent watch.
I used an Android app called JJYEmulator to set my Casio Waveceptor - the hardest part was discovering the best set of headphones to use with it. Sennheiser over-the-ear corded jobs work, but YMMV. The fluttery screeching noise is awful.
IMO these Citizen watches are better than the Seiko Flightmaster, and they both look wonderful. But they need to come with a magnifying glass and a highschool maths teacher to remind you how everything works. My pick is the Navihawk (or black Nighthawk) which keeps the sliderule but drops the stopwatch, calendar and radio setting. It's also ~$200 cheaper and has little aeroplanes on the 24 hour marker - Biggles would be over the moon.
You taught me tons about the world of watches! Thankye Sir! I have this watch and the older and newer Navihawk.I live in Denver North Carolina and all my watches catch the signal late night all the way from Denver Colorado! And thank you for introducing me to automatic watches on AliExpress!! Just one more watch!! Not Again! lol
I have this model ,I was able to snatch it for 250 dollars on a black friday sale.
I wills may the band is very small if you have big wrist you may consider buying a metal band or an after market barton or something.
The watch is nice and it hits all the makers. it also syncs every night with no problem
I think it is fairly priced at 300 tops because of the sapphire and the atomic function. but anything more I would not pay.
Hello! Try Junghans app. I use it for my radio controled G-shock and it does the job!
Hey Miguel, what's the name of the app?
@@javierjimenez786 Junghans Mega App.
@@ivermec-tin666 thanks!!!
Amazing in depth review. I watched first review of a watch from you Sir and I admire and appreciate each and every detail offered from you. I will for sure buy this one. Thanks & God Bless
This is definitely for the folks who love Breitling Navitimers but have Quartz dosh.
This watch has been on my short list for close to ten years.!!! 👍👍
i know i'm a bit late to the party but i've had mine for a week now and like everything about it apart the thing that you picked up on and that's the depth of the date indicator,it's so low below the dial i can barely see it but that's a small price to pay for such a good watch. thanks for the review,it went a long way towards me deciding to buy it.
I have the bracelet version. My watch synced to the radio sync app after some time trying. What I found is if you do not have the watch positioned correct the hands will start moving after a short time. If it is positioned correctly the hands (the second hand) will remain stationary for a much longer time 5 to 10 minutes. This is the watch syncing, be patient. Then check. Works for me. Also try to keep things as quiet as possible.
I live in Colorado where there’s one of the Atomic clocks (I believe for NORAD) but when I can’t get the signal, I use the Clock Wave app and it works every time. It bases the clock signal off where your GPS is to find the closest tower and replicates it.
You can find these regularly on eBay and other platforms for around $160-200. Wouldn't recommend paying any more than that.
This is the watch that got me into watches many years ago. I only recently added it to the collection, bit haven't been wearing it much. But I use it often when setting the autos.