alterego Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Dear fellow members. I am in love with a new watch. This is a gen Citizen Chrono Time with radio controlled adjustmwent. (AT) The watch is beautiful and I'd like to get one but I don't know if this will work fine in zones where there is not an atomic clock to send the signal to it. I know there is an atomich clock in the USAas well as in Europe and Japan, but, what about if I travel to other parts of the world ? I'd be very be happy to hear some tips on this matter, before I take the plungo, which is not that deep ($ 895 retail for a quartz watch) but which I cpuld spend in one of those super reps that one see in the Trade section of the forum. Thank you for reading my question and I hope to get some answers. Cheers Alter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Give a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_clock#List_of_radio_time_signal_stations I would be concerned anyway: I don't know if a watch that is able to synch with a 60 and 77.5 kHz (UK, Jap, US - Germany) can, for instance, synch also with a 5MHz antenna in Argentina. Anyway, I'm wearing now a radiocontrolled Analog+Digital Casio watch (my battle horse one) and I'm far from any antenna (I'm south of Naples for work) and it's working as a normal quartz watch. Same for my 2 weeks in Lagos (Nigeria) last January. (Not my wrist): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alterego Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Hi GenTLe: Thank you for your comment on my question. I think there should be no problem i purchasing the watch if this is going to work as an analog quartz watch, regardless tyhe proximity of the radio signal. My concern is if the Citizen will work without a close signal, as your Casio does. Cheers ! Alter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 I would say yes it will just not sync with signal to verify time, just keep chugging along! GenTLe like that thanks off to price one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Hey for 69 bucks I can use to set my other watches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 I have a couple of G-Shocks that just carry on regardless if they can't sync and I'd imagine all the atomic sync watches are the same. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Actually they MUST be the same: they've a synch mechanism added to a quartz watch = they're normal quartz watch with something more added Otherwise they couldn't work at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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