Casio Wave Ceptor Watch WVA-M630D-7A2JF In Depth Review
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This episode of The Good Timekeeping Show is an in-depth review of the Casio Waveceptor WVA-M630D-7A2JF. If you're having difficulty with a WVA-M630 or a WVA-M640 watch because the hands do not synchronize with the digital readout, please watch my other video about how to fix this alignment problem. • Casio Waveceptor Hand ...
This watch uses Casio's Module 5161, which is also used in several other watches in different color combinations and styles. The basic model number of these watches is WVA-M630 and all of the other numbers and letters in the model number designate different colors and different places where the watches are available for sale. Most are intended to be sold in the Japanese retail market but, if you live in the USA as I do, you can easily purchase them through Amazon or eBay. There are also a couple of Casio Waveceptors made for the US market which use this module 5161. They are WVA-M640 watches. And you may find watches from Casio's Lineage collection using this module. The models often begin with the designation LCW-M170. Lineage watches often use more titanium in their cases and feature sapphire crystal for improved scratch resistance. The watch faces also have a less-cluttered, more "high-end fashion" look. The setup and usage demonstrated in this video applies to ALL Casio watches using the module 5161.
These watches each have Casio's "Tough Solar" technology. The face of each watch contains a solar cell which automatically charges an internal battery with normal exposure to normal amounts of daytime lighting. My first "Tough Solar" watch from Casio is still running strong after more than 13 years without ever having to worry about replacing its battery.
These also have Casio's "Multiband 6" technology to receive Atomic Time data from up to 6 transmitters in various parts of the world. There's one in China, two in Japan, one in North America, one in the UK and, finally, another one in Germany. If you are using this watch in a part of the world which is too far away to receive the data from those transmitters then the watch will function as a normal quartz watch with accuracy to within 15 seconds per month. But if you are in a place where good reception of Atomic Time data is successful, then your watch can double-check itself every night and keep itself accurate to within fractions of a second all the time! It can even make Daylight Saving Time changes automatically.
Have had a Casio "wave guide" for 25years or more & still receives time signal. The buttons have now given up, however the digital time still runs perfectly. The analogue runs in sync with the digital clock, but 6 minutes faster.
I have just recently bought a replacement, only because the buttons have failed.....& the strap is grubby.
Another thing: the watch stood in a drawer for quite a long time and so the battery & timekeeping gave up, but amazingly bringing it back into the daylight brought it back to life again!
I really appreciate your description on how to operate my new Casio upgrade, because the user guide instructions only came in Japanese🇯🇵
I have LCW-M100DSE and this is the best watch I've ever had. These are awesome watches for such a great price. Proor people still buys DIESEL...
Great video. Helped me a lot. Bought one of the versions yesteday. Amazing watch, thank you.
Hi Greg I have just received my WVA-M630D-9AJF with the champagne face from Japan it looks fantastic and I couldn't be more pleased, it looks like your enthusiasm for these watches has rubbed off onto me ,thanks again take care.
Many thanks. Your vids make owning and enjoying these watches a breeze. Just got a WVA-M630 so the Japanese directions would not work for me, but I find this watch with the Arabic numerals a gem. So far, this 5161is beyond my expectations.
The perfect urban and traveler's watch!
I know its been a while but I just wanted to say that I ordered a LCW-M100DSE-2AER in Blue after watching this video. It works exactly like the WVA-M630D-/A2JF and I love it. Thank you for a good informative video!
This was a Fantastic instructional video. You will learn everything there is to know about using and setting up this watch and adjusting the band. Thank you!
Just bought the green one and already set it up with your help. Thank you!!!
thank you for your videos it helped me to find my watch, just received my Casio LCW M100DSE 2AER and I love it
"Which functions do you want?"
"Yes"
Great review, appreciated your thoroughness, but absolutely appreciated your explanation on the watch band adjustment. I have purchased a similar wave ceptor, a Japanese market one, and even having to go online with the instructions, there was no explanation on how to adjust the band. Not wanting to break it, I was scouring the internet looking for this, and you are the first person who explained it that I could find, so hats off to you!! Love the vids so far, subscribed!
@Md Abdul Kaium I paid around $180 CAD in February 2022
I have the green 3AJF and your help setting the time zone etc. was great. Thank you. The day date reading is on now (happily) and I don't know how it got there as the digital time was stuck on display and fiddling with it I got it changed. My interest in time began when employees would straggle in late claiming they were, in fact, on time. Same with record keeping of big machines on site at an hourly rate. All irritating not to mention costly. Ten minutes on the bill for ten big machines is not just coffee money. My friends and family think I am a bit of a nut as I have time keeping devices everywhere in the house, gym and outside too. I see you have made videos about solar power and will look at those with interest. Thanks again.
Another great vid Greg. I really do look forward to your vids. 👍
Thanks.
The full titanium version with no numbers and dark grey face is, IMHO, the best among all the variants. The one im wearing right now
Stop Joking , 📸
A fascinating and comprehensive review Greg, thanks. The Wave Ceptor is new to me but already I can feel one joining the "collection" Real Soon.
I have another video in which you can see the other versions a bit more clearly (in case you want to use that to decide what you want). Also, if you are willing to pay a little more for features like a sapphire crystal, consider Casio’s Lineage watches. ruclips.net/video/eaYnDScFT-M/видео.html
Thanks for the extra info.
Excellent on the "how to's" Greg. My new Casio will be arriving very soon from JA. Thanks for the excellent instructions.
I have a question.Does the waveceptor automatically keep track of local time when you travel, or does it stay on your home time? Basically do the hands move depending on what time zone you're in?
A bit late, but yes it automatically detects the local time whenever you travel
Read this review. The most beautiful face I have ever seen,on a watch. I mean. Fell in love and ordered one from Japan as silly Casio have withdrawn the model. Don’t know. It is beautiful. The innards are still standard. Now I have two. My old one is seven years old, a bit battered but working good as new
Very good video with very useful information.👍
This is a very good looking one. The only one which would bother me, is the 50m water ressistant and the not that good night light. Otherwise, its a top piece!!!! Well done Greg
Mr. Anderson, the excuse at the beginning of the video is the same as mine when I tried to tell my wife. Sorry for my English. Thai fan! Keep upload sir!
I have a $35 plastic solar-powered Casio watch. It keeps better time than all of my other watches (most of my watches are Citizen). For some reason I cannot find an affordable Casio watch that is housed in solid stainless steel. Casio designers, please get over the G-Shock era, the internals of your watches are fantastic and they deserve metal cases!
Try Casio Duro, now in 6 colors. All Steal, best value in a watch, period.
you are like me, I won't stop until I get it right. I found out that there are lots of Casio that are only exclusive to Japan and are not sold in the USA- thanks to the internet we able to tap into those watches.
I purchased this same watch 10 years ago, but just got a new one as the old one had a crack across the crystal. Just to save someone some angst over getting the clasp to move freely while adjusting the band as shown in this video.... make sure that all the plastic (almost invisible!!) is removed from the length of the band! It really doesn't glide through that clasp otherwise!! Here's to another 10 years of wearing the white-faced watch! (These watches are NOT just for men!) 🙂
Thank you for your thorough review. I was curious how you got it to be in English since you bought it from Japan and you answered to my question. The display of the night light on different display colors was helpful as well. Also, this was the first time I've seen a strap that can be adjusted like that. I guess I'll have no use for my watch tools anymore once I'll buy a watch like one of those. I found your video very informative and helful.
P.S. 51% discount on Amazon in Japan now. ^_^
Can the community please let know how to disable the reception? In my time zone, there are no tower signals active unfortunately as we are in the lower hemisphere of The Earth.
The manual is here. support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/009/qw5161.pdf
Page E-27 shows how to turn off Multiband 6 reception. But if the watch is set to a time zone where reception is not possible (like Sydney, for example) then the watch will turn off reception by itself anyway.
I have a nice wva 141a with alarm.Attractive blue. Bought used. Couldn't get it to set here in Ontario. Watch guy couldn't get it to set. It Will now manually set when spring shutdown made signal easier to get to me.
OK, I figured out my "problem". It was my fault, I didn't read completely the users manual. It looks like the watch has a "Power Saving Function" where the LCD goes blank and the seconds hand stops moving to conserve battery power if the watch is in the dark for about 1 hour. Once you expose the watch to light or press any button the watch resume normal function.
The power saving function was not mention at all in the instruction sheet which was in Japanese so I thought something was wrong with my Casio Lineage, it just goes into nap mode and as soon as you expose to light, it wakes up, sort of like me..... I also found out that if you put an am/fm antenna at the 3 & 9 position, you get better reception to WWV - works every day. The antenna or any sized piece of metal acts as a driven element to the little antenna inside your Casio wave ceptor.
If you click all the buttons at the same time, it shows you a 0. Does anybody know what that means?
Superb information
I was wondering if you can hydro mod oil fill these watches and if solar and remote controle is still working if you do that.
Thank you for the excellent review.
Watched this 2-1/2 years after you posted it. Do you (or does anyone) know if this comes in a Titanium version?
Casio Lineage has the same module in titanium
Great video thank you , I have a LCW-M100DSE on order should be with me 20-01-2022 cant wait
Many Thanks for the explanation of the functions of this very useful and practical watch. However; my question is that watch going to operate in countries that do not have this radio adjustment acility or not, please respond by return.
Radio watches benefit by having plastic cases because they allow better reception of radio signals.
Not always. I have a G-Shock Steel none plastic!
Great review! Have been looking at acquiring one of these for my collection. What is the case size? Looks a little small. Also, your thoughts on the build quality?
You need to move up to the Oceanus! They are amazing.
Yes, they look great. I’ll have a chat with my bank account.
@@GoodTimekeeper I paid more for my GMW-B5000GD-9D than I did for my Oceanus T-200.
Nice review!!! I just ordered mine because of your video. Any idea what is the watch lug width? I am about to order a Binlun gold and silver band to replace the original one as soon as the watch arrives but I can't find any specs online.
My g-shock mudmaster has a feature where the watch can swap the world time and home time with a long press on a button. So you leave the airport in your home time and land at your destination and immediately swap the time the hands show. Does this model do that? It otherwise has similar functions (except mine doesn’t have the multiband time)
I can see why you totally wouldn’t understand the question about enough watches.... I certainly don’t! Great collection.
No, the Waveceptor won't do what your Mudmaster does. But I always wear my Waveceptor when I travel to different time zones (when I used to, that is, before the current times). As soon as the plane lifts off, I set my home time zone to wherever I am going. The hands automatically adjust to that new time zone. I set World Time to be my home time zone, which I can leave in the digital screen if I wish. So this is a true GMT watch in that it can simultaneously track two time zones. The only negative to me is that Hawaii is too far away too for atomic timekeeping to work.
I can’t find an easy way to swap world time and local time but, yes, I have that on some of my G-shocks. This also doesn’t seem to have a way to set it to NOT go into power save mode when it’s dark at night. Also, no snooze alarm or automatic night light like on several G-shocks. But I guess those are minor omissions. It’s still a very pretty watch.
Hi Greg Why do you think these watches for the Japanese market, have a interchangeable, and a much easier adjustment on the bracelet than for the rest of the world seems very strange to me.
It’s a puzzle. I wonder why there is such a great variety of the solar-powered Wave Ceptors in Japan (including the Lineage models) and just two in the USA. If not for eBay helping me find these things in Japan my personal collection of various Casios would just be a shadow of what it is.
@@GoodTimekeeper Yes here in the UK we can only get the 640,but I want the 630, so it looks like I'll have to look towards Japan thanks for your response stay safe
Do you have instructions on how to set the hands to match the digital time? Also is there anyway to get a printed transcript of your instructions as you went too fast for our old ears.
Nice watch
I know, right?
I can not set it manually to receive the signal, when I hold the right bottom button in the battery view. Strange..
The thing w/ these wave ceptor watches is that a lot of them seem to have a proprietary lug style w/c makes it almost impossible to change straps. Those chronograph models are sweet but the straps seem permanent.
Really great in-depth review. Do you know if the atomic signal updates the watch when you enter a new role zone via landing on a plane? Or do you have to set it manually when you land? Thank you so much.
The watch doesn’t change time zones by itself. But if you set the time zone it will stay accurate automatically, as long as you’ve selected a time zone where Multiband 6 is available to receive and there’s not too much radio interference.
Hi. I’m down in SLC and a Wave Ceptor fan, too. Would you tell me where you got the titanium version, please?
I would go to eBay and search for WVA-M630TDE and you’ll find several sold by folks in Japan. You could also try the premium line of Lineage watches if you search for LCW-M170TD and you’ll get sapphire crystals to go with the titanium.
Greg Anderson - The Good Timekeeper Ah ha...Thanks for the Lineage tip. I’m afraid these things are addicting....🙏😷
nice informationm, thank you
This or the one with the fabric band, and darker face?
Does this watch have a sapphire crystal?
This one does not but the Lineage line of watches generally has more durable materials like titanium and sapphire crystals and use the same module.
@@GoodTimekeeper I'm in the US Midwest - where would best spot be to look for the Lineage line? Do any of these 5161s NOT have MB6 / Tough Solar? (Indoor environment and security purposes)
Hi Mr. Anderson. I am a new owner of a Casio Lineage watch. I sleep with the watch, it updates itself every night without any problems and it works perfectly.
3 time in the past month, immediately after I wake up (~8 am) I noticed that the LCD is blank and the seconds hand is stopped at random locations (not at the “R” or “W” locations) and the Minutes and Hours hand displaying the correct time. At that point, within a minute or so the seconds hand simply starts to move smoothly (without jumping to a specific location) on its own, the LCD displays the proper date and the watch works like nothing has happened. I have NEVER observed this happens at any time during the day.
Any idea what could be happening? I suspected that maybe just before I wake up I somehow twisted my wrist and I pressed one of the buttons. However, I am only aware of a long press of the “4” o’clock button to obtain manual time update when the LCD goes blank and the seconds hand stopes. I am pretty sure that it is NOT what happened, as I am familiar with that sequence and the results.
Thank you for your time and I love your great videos!
I think the watch goes into sleep mode when there is not light to save energy. That way the battery last longer
So Greg, what is your system on which watch you wear at any given time? My guess it is not random.
Thanks a lot : )
I just ordered a 630.
Did you have to order it from Japan? I can only find them from Japan
Is it possible to leave the digital display to show UTC all the time??
Yes.
Is there an English mode
Ditto
Having three buttons makes the watch look ugly, rather prefer four buttons, to ensure symmetry and also it hinders the adjusting of the watch, in my opinion. The window for LCD needs to look symmetrical as well, looks ugly. The watch itself is very useful and functional and the roman numbers look great.
Who designs these excellent watches that can only count up to an hour. Its like the achilles heel of the watch world. So frustrating!
Can i use this in the Philippines?
Ask your king for permission.
Why does Casio ruin its watches with plastic? Casio has some of the very best watches on the planet yet they house them in plastic cases, yuck! Even this beautiful watch has been ruined with plastic parts!
Check out the Lineage line of Casios-- same functionality but with better materials including Titanium and Sapphire.
@@jtlynn23 I appreciate the info and I looked at them per your advice. Problem with Casios is that they put a very accurat mechanism inside of a plastic case, with the acception of a few of their more expensive watches. Heck, I've seen cheap $50 watches with decent metal cases.
@@jtlynn23 100% right there!
Casio Lineage LCW-M100TSE ..
I won't buy another watch without a crown, my waveceptor is troublesome.
Why is it troublesome?
Easiest watches in the world..
Greg would you like to gift me one of this watch 🐥
Casio watches are of the worst quality because most of them fit with 4 bolts in a resin box or plastic those 4 holes are overcome when you change in the second battery and as careful as they do and you can no longer dive it into the water a great decision the Cassios with bolts
The nice thing about these Wave Ceptor watches is that you don’t have to change the battery. I have one which has been running for over 15 years and I have never had to open the case. So the holes are just fine. The water resistance is just fine. Maybe I will need to change the battery in the next 5 years but if I am careful the watch will have no damage from doing that.
@@GoodTimekeeper I have a few Wave Ceptor and G-Shock radio controlled .. one from 2001 and one 2007, not changed the battery ..
No, that is wrong. I opened my m630 just for fun, then after a bit inspecting it, carefully closed (with a bit car oil to oil the rubber seal ring and screws - never tightening them much, just until a little sudden tork is on the tip of driver), 2 years ago. I swimmed and dived with it many times this year. I use it since 2016.
Looks so cheap. The titanium is better.
Yes.. for 100$ it is so overpriced