The radio signal is an AM radio signal. AM radio basically utilizes long range induction to transmit sound. The signal from ft. collins is at a certain frequency that gets modulated in a certain pattern that the watches decode, like a VERY slow telemetry stream. The app is getting the time from a server and then using the speaker coil to create an RF field at the same frequency as the radio signal and mimicking the modulation. Really, really smart. Put a portable AM radio next to your gshock and press the mode button to trigger some beeps. On any AM frequency, you'll hear the beeps, at the same exact note and octave. Cool, huh?
Great information and presentation shared this with a friend he was working with some others synch issues in the same sort of area as you. So thanks for this I think it will really help.
You my friend are a wizard !!!! I have the Dw6900 as well and it won’t sync no matter where I am I finally got it to sync using this tip !!!!! Not the same app tho i used a free one ! Thank you !
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Finally!!! It worked with the app! Thx mate!! I have the gwg-1000 and never updated until now!
It worke!!! I live in the Caribbean, nowhere near any of the antennas available, although it was worked a few days ago. I tried this with a different app in my Android devive (radio watch sync) and after around 4 mins it synced. Thank you for this.
I am very stoked right now as I believe that this app indeed help synched my watch. Whenever I roughly set it when I first got it earlier today I set it to my car's clock. Which is positively not accurate. About 3 minutes faster. When my watch finally synched it is displaying the exact time shown on time/gov, up to like 0.2 seconds. So it did work. I don't know the heck how. Judging by how you need to hold the watch to the speaker it must affect it via sound, i don't think g shocks have microphones.(that would be terrifying). It seems to first use the much more powerful smartphone antenna to lock onto the radio station then somehow broadcast the info to the watch. How the heck does it do it with sound? I wish I know better. But that was a great relief and learning experience! Again thanks for sharing!
Hey George, glad it worked out for you! The signal the watch receives is a radio one so the phone emits a similar frequency to mimic the radio wave. its cool but there is no microphone in the watch!
WoW I can't believe it! I really can't believe there is such a thing! I've been using a controlled radio for a while now and I was very dependent on the German radio antenna now that I've seen your video, WoW!Being at a distance (I say quite large) from the antenna, I did not calibrate the time so often, but now with this application ... excellent!On the Android the app is radio watch sync .
Yeeeee ha, perfect ! Just got this App sensational…… what a week, purchased a mint condition GW -9400 Blackout for £105, I looked back on the Sync it hadn’t updated for over a month, within less than 2 minutes boom, done. Thanks a million 👏🏽
I got a free app that does the same thing (Clock Sync) for my Casio Oceanus S-100 and it synced in less than 2 minutes. All I had to do was set the watch to R (ready), turn up the volume on my phone to max, place the speaker end to touch the watch, and after a bit, the second hand went to W (work), signifying that it worked. Easy peasy. I only got one successful sync with the Ft. Collins radio wave by placing my watch within my Terk stereo antenna and facing it to the window but it never worked again. Some folk have success by placing or hanging the watch on large metal objects like barbells, pull up bars in hallways, etc. This seems to be the best hack.
Awesome! I am lucky enough to live about 70 miles from the Ft Collins station so I never have any issues receiving a signal, but I was wondering about these apps when the rumor was going around that the government was going to cut funding for the atomic clock broadcast. Good to know this works in case that ever actually happens.
I live in Portland which is about the same distance from the Ft. Collins clock as you are. Manual reception is always harder during the day because of other interference to the broadcast signal of the tower. That’s why when my Atomic watches sync with the clock they do it at around 2:00 AM when the signal transmission is strongest due to atmospheric conditions and reduction in interference from other radio waves. You should also keep your watch away from electrical lines in your home because they also operate at 60 Hz. I set my Casio on a table with the bottom or what would be the 6:00 portion of the dial facing the window and it receives and syncs with the Ft. Collins clock every single night without fail at around 2:00 AM. Yes, manual syncing is harder, but that’s because you’re trying to do it during the day when there’s far more interference. I also have a Sharp Atomic wall clock that also syncs every night without fail. Cool app though. I’ll check it out.
Hi Steve, thanks for commenting. I have no success where I live getting the signal. Mine I think searches for it at 2am also. I must have cut that out of the upload. maybe because I live in a fairly densely populated area
The Casual Watch Reviewer well it’s not so much population density but the electronic signal infrastructure that comes along with living in densely populated area. Population in my location is 2.5 million. You might also try a different cardinal direction in your house. When my watch is on the West side of my house it can almost never get a signal. But East or North is no problem. And the electrical lines run along the West and South sides of my house. The West is where the line from the street comes into my home. Keep that in mind too. Anytime voltage is running through a line, it’s generating a 60Hz sine wave signal. The higher the voltage, the stronger the signal. When you set the watch to manually receive, try walking around the perimeter of your house and see if the signal gets any stronger in certain directions. I’ve also found that sometimes it takes multiple attempts before the receiver in the watch can lock onto a signal. Good luck.
In California you most likely benefit from the sky wave the most vs the ground wave. If the path between Fort Collins and your location is dark(nighttime), there would be less attenuation of the radio signal by the ionosphere, as it reflects back to surface. As has been mentioned, keep your watch away from electrical noise generators, such as fluorescent lighting, light dimmers, computers, leaky cable tv feeds, etc. Thunderstorms in the reception area can affect reception quality. Too, your home building materials will attenuate the signal. If possible, pop the watch in a window in the direction toward Colorado. Another trick to improve watch reception is to attach the watch to a ferrous(iron) metal rod, which might help to pick up more signal. WWVB reception info: tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/wwvbmonitor_e.cgi Randy-IL
I am planning to purchase a g shock model GWM530A-1. I live in the Dominican Republic and I am wondering if the signal is strong enough that when I purchase the watch, it can be able to sync from here with one of the atomic clocks
I made a surprising discovery when I swapped out the regular bracelet with a magnetic mesh one and was able to connect to an atomic time tower in a region where there's none. Didn't need an app to do this as I guess the metal mesh bracelet and magnet has become an antenna to amplify the signal gathering.
I discovered this app several months ago and use it all the time with my G-Shock collection, …it’s great! However, it NEVER works on Sundays for some weird reason, and no matter how many times I’ve tried with any of my watches, daytime or nighttime, on Sundays I always get an error message, …any idea why this is the case?
Really nice to know I have the same watch but I don't have any problems I live in New York I put it up by a window at night and like magic it updates every night
im planning on getting an atomic watch but I live in the middle east and I won't be receiving any atomic clock radio signals there!! will the app fix that?
Probably uses tiny emp from speaker coil. Then all thats needed is to generate a 60 hz carrier wave and modulate the carrier with same information format the radio stations use. Or the phone itself is receiving desired signal, with superior speed and reception of 5g, it's probably able to do real-time transmissions. I don't know how time is established via internet.
I can not believe it actually worked. Just picked up a gwf1000 from a bloke nearby. Had to drive about 5 hours round trip. Dropped five bills. So really hoping its worth it. Dude looks honest and doesn't smell like a snake, watch looks great, everything seems to be working. Then I realized the auto EL doesn't work. Solar panel responds to light and that but the screen doesn't show 8888 when I tilt it under the specific test mode. Now I'm stuck on the verge. Is this a high end counterfeit or just has a rather common defect in its tilt sensor?? Only way to find out for sure is to see if it receives. Been running around town the whole afternoon trying to get a good reception. The signal level will fluctuate but never ever got a successful receive. Was getting a bit bummed until I saw your video. Downloaded a free version of such app and wroked on the second time. Now My watch clearly indicates that it has rced radio waves on 10:04 pm. Thank you so much for allowing me to sleep easy tonight.
As shown in this upload you hold down the start/stop in timekeeping mode. If you have a different watch you can find the manual online here world.casio.com/manual/
I have to oay for the app for just about 2 dollars, but it is worth it... It works!.. Just place your watch on top of your iphone on the upper speaker but do not place it exactly on top of the speakers to avoid magnetism frm the magnet of the speakers.. just place it 1 cm below the upper speakers just enough for the watch to hace L3 signal...
Glad it worked out. Magnetism is a concern but only for mechanical watches so no need to worry too much about digital ones. Unless it’s an extremely strong magnet.
I heard if you attach your earphone to your phone it will amplify thus make the watch syncing time getting easier, probably earphone act like antenna like when you open radio in your phone... Is that true?
Erm, I personally wouldn't have thought so. Its picking up the sound the app is emitting. It works really well as it is. I just set my speaker to max. I don't think it works like those old school portable FM radios where the antenna was the headphones.
I've watched this video through twice, and it sure would be NICE if you'd give a mention of the app you're using to accomplish this amazing feat! Going by your accent I gather you're a Brit. We Americans need things spelled out for us a bit plainly. So how bout it, sport? Give us a hand here mate? 😎
Hi Jerry, I feel like you insulted both British people and your own countrymen there 🤣 The app is linked in the description of the video. There are several apps that do this so if you don’t like the one I originally linked you can just search for ‘atomic clock’ on the App Store.
@@CasualWatchReviews No insult meant. But if a says he's traveled clear across country to pay what I consider a kings ransom for a commonly available item, forgive me if I personally think that's just a little bit...... uh, what would YOU call it? We all have the same things, one butthole, one opinión. I've shared one to show I'm the other. Satisfied?
with my casio mtg there is another step needed. i cannot do a time sync command on watch unless home country is set to a country where one of the transmitters is. i in new zealand. what i do is set my home city to tokyo and second time zone to wellington. in home city mode i receive the signal and then swap back to second city wellington. app works well.
Hey, yes I found this totally by chance. I have a Japan only Citizen on its way that will only set itself off the japan clock.I nearly didn't bother getting it till I found this so fingers crossed it works!
I've tried syncing my Casio G-shock with this app, but it doesn't work. I even tried to put the watch inside my Bose QC35. However, when i hanged the watch on my curtain rod, it worked flawlessly
Sorry to hear that Anders, I’m surprised this didn’t work, you can see from the comments on this upload how well it’s worked for the majority of people. I’m no affiliated with the app, just think it’s cool!
@@CasualWatchReviews I have a casio gw a1000. Could it help if i set my timezone to ie Tokyo? I’m living in Stockholm/Sweden and are covered by the German Mineflingen DCF77
I am always amazed at not only how much effort humanity has a whole have put into keeping track of time but also doing so as precisely as possible on a global scale. And we all share it, expect North Korea of course..
hello there is a solution to that place your watch on a metal tube place the watch on it as if it were in your wrist and you will receive an atomic signal every night, I do it so, I live in Ecuador South America and I receive a signal from Ft Collins station 😊😊
@@CasualWatchReviews You can definitely manually get the signal. Works on a bike frame, radiator etc. Best if you can touch the case back to the metal. It works on the amplified antenna principle.
In this video, aren't you holding the watch next to the microphone input, down by where your mouth goes, instead of the speaker output, up where your ear goes? If I know how cell phones work, it sure looks like it to me. Anyway, thanks for this video. It helped me synchronize my watch.
If I bought an atomic timekeeping watch that I had to set manually I would be pissed. Satellite watches are more reliable at receiving the signal, but they’re not without mishaps.
No, it’s the local time of your phones clock, if you watch this upload you will see I set a watch that only sees the Japan mast to my home timezone in the US Citizen PMD56-2952 Titanium Eco Drive - Fantastic Everyday Watch JDM Version ua-cam.com/video/EwSkn8n5D9c/v-deo.html
Well my watch is now over 8 months behind. Tried a few Android apps. They don't fix anything. Unfortunately this appears to be an app that might work if I get $1,000 phone to set my $100 watch.
I thought this was going to be great, but honestly how is this really any better than setting the watch yourself? If you prize precision to the second, fine. But if you just want a hassle free watch the fact that G-shocks won’t update on their own is a problem. I wish they would just increase that atomic clock signal output.
This is sync with the phone time, not atomic. Gosh, enter your phone clock app. Make sure it shows seconds, click the adjust button on the watch, wait until your phone shows 55 seconds, place your finger on the lower right button and begin counting along with the watch. Press the button when you feel it must be zero. If needed adjust minutes. Well done. Your time is synced.
Hi, thanks for watching. This upload has over 25k views, a 97% like percentage and I regularly get comments from people thanking me for making this… or amazed they have never seen this app before. Your the first one to write anything sarcastic.
@@CasualWatchReviews don't confuse sensible and sarcastic. And I didn't know that app is yours. Wasn't watching carefully. You made an app but not a difference. Using my method it took me less than a minute to do the same. Can you app do so? By the way, your app doesn't make atomic adjustment. Not only is it useless, but also misleading.
It’s not my app, I actually said that in the upload. This app was very useful on a watch I reviews later on the channel. A citizen field watch that could only be set via the Japanese atomic clock. Full review on the channel. I had to use this app as I’m in the US. This is a very useful app so I created this upload to show other collectors, who struggle with this same issue. What have you done for the watch collecting community?
The radio signal is an AM radio signal. AM radio basically utilizes long range induction to transmit sound. The signal from ft. collins is at a certain frequency that gets modulated in a certain pattern that the watches decode, like a VERY slow telemetry stream. The app is getting the time from a server and then using the speaker coil to create an RF field at the same frequency as the radio signal and mimicking the modulation. Really, really smart.
Put a portable AM radio next to your gshock and press the mode button to trigger some beeps. On any AM frequency, you'll hear the beeps, at the same exact note and octave. Cool, huh?
Great information and presentation shared this with a friend he was working with some others synch issues in the same sort of area as you. So thanks for this I think it will really help.
Glad it helped and thanks for watching!
I’m glad u found this app I love it use it every time and every day for perfect time keeping
You my friend are a wizard !!!! I have the Dw6900 as well and it won’t sync no matter where I am I finally got it to sync using this tip !!!!! Not the same app tho i used a free one ! Thank you !
Finally!!! It worked with the app! Thx mate!! I have the gwg-1000 and never updated until now!
Yep, its really cool this app
What app! WHAT APP??
@@jerrygeorge3604it's in the description but it sucks honestly
Awesome video, thanks. PLEASE tell me how reach the "get" screen. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much !!!! This worked great !!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad it helped!
It worke!!! I live in the Caribbean, nowhere near any of the antennas available, although it was worked a few days ago. I tried this with a different app in my Android devive (radio watch sync) and after around 4 mins it synced. Thank you for this.
That’s great! Glad it worked out!
Very cool! Thank you Sam 😊👍
Hey Jeffrey! Thnaks!
It works , thanks 😊
Useful. Thanks Sam.
Appreciate you watching and glad you found it useful!
Great info!
Oh great, glad it was useful
I am very stoked right now as I believe that this app indeed help synched my watch. Whenever I roughly set it when I first got it earlier today I set it to my car's clock. Which is positively not accurate. About 3 minutes faster. When my watch finally synched it is displaying the exact time shown on time/gov, up to like 0.2 seconds.
So it did work. I don't know the heck how. Judging by how you need to hold the watch to the speaker it must affect it via sound, i don't think g shocks have microphones.(that would be terrifying). It seems to first use the much more powerful smartphone antenna to lock onto the radio station then somehow broadcast the info to the watch. How the heck does it do it with sound? I wish I know better.
But that was a great relief and learning experience! Again thanks for sharing!
Hey George, glad it worked out for you! The signal the watch receives is a radio one so the phone emits a similar frequency to mimic the radio wave. its cool but there is no microphone in the watch!
@@CasualWatchReviews ive been trying to wrap myhead around it all night. made me question my eight year worth of physics education.....
nice .. it worked on my Rangeman ..where did you get that strap for the 6900 ? iv got one id like to put one on
WoW I can't believe it! I really can't believe there is such a thing! I've been using a controlled radio for a while now and I was very dependent on the German radio antenna now that I've seen your video, WoW!Being at a distance (I say quite large) from the antenna, I did not calibrate the time so often, but now with this application ... excellent!On the Android the app is radio watch sync .
Right?! Works really well!
Yeeeee ha, perfect ! Just got this App sensational…… what a week, purchased a mint condition GW -9400 Blackout for £105, I looked back on the Sync it hadn’t updated for over a month, within less than 2 minutes boom, done. Thanks a million 👏🏽
Oh cool! Yep I even used it this week to set a watch I was reviewing, it’s some crazy magic but works a treat!
Thanks Sam!
Thanks Tod!
Was frustrated getting my gshock to download from the atomic clock. Download this app based on your video and it worked.
Yep same thing happened to me!
I got a free app that does the same thing (Clock Sync) for my Casio Oceanus S-100 and it synced in less than 2 minutes. All I had to do was set the watch to R (ready), turn up the volume on my phone to max, place the speaker end to touch the watch, and after a bit, the second hand went to W (work), signifying that it worked. Easy peasy. I only got one successful sync with the Ft. Collins radio wave by placing my watch within my Terk stereo antenna and facing it to the window but it never worked again. Some folk have success by placing or hanging the watch on large metal objects like barbells, pull up bars in hallways, etc. This seems to be the best hack.
wow, love it!
Its work thx
What a brilliant video,
Just tried it on my new Pro Trek pre 35
Works like charm
Thanks
PRW-35-1AER
Thanks for watching!
I love that watch
Very cool, heard you talking about this in your latest podcast!
He Miguel, Yep I never knew this app existed. I bought a japan only citizen so this will help when that arrives!
Hello sir recently I bought rangeman gw 9400 so how to get manual signal in India
I was really skeptical but it actually fixed my WallarGe clock!
Awesome! I am lucky enough to live about 70 miles from the Ft Collins station so I never have any issues receiving a signal, but I was wondering about these apps when the rumor was going around that the government was going to cut funding for the atomic clock broadcast. Good to know this works in case that ever actually happens.
Hey Tim, I spent some time in Fort Collins in 2010, about 3 months and I loved it. It would be high on the list if we ever moved from California.
You're awesome!
I live in Portland which is about the same distance from the Ft. Collins clock as you are. Manual reception is always harder during the day because of other interference to the broadcast signal of the tower. That’s why when my Atomic watches sync with the clock they do it at around 2:00 AM when the signal transmission is strongest due to atmospheric conditions and reduction in interference from other radio waves. You should also keep your watch away from electrical lines in your home because they also operate at 60 Hz. I set my Casio on a table with the bottom or what would be the 6:00 portion of the dial facing the window and it receives and syncs with the Ft. Collins clock every single night without fail at around 2:00 AM. Yes, manual syncing is harder, but that’s because you’re trying to do it during the day when there’s far more interference. I also have a Sharp Atomic wall clock that also syncs every night without fail. Cool app though. I’ll check it out.
Hi Steve, thanks for commenting. I have no success where I live getting the signal. Mine I think searches for it at 2am also. I must have cut that out of the upload. maybe because I live in a fairly densely populated area
The Casual Watch Reviewer well it’s not so much population density but the electronic signal infrastructure that comes along with living in densely populated area. Population in my location is 2.5 million. You might also try a different cardinal direction in your house. When my watch is on the West side of my house it can almost never get a signal. But East or North is no problem. And the electrical lines run along the West and South sides of my house. The West is where the line from the street comes into my home. Keep that in mind too. Anytime voltage is running through a line, it’s generating a 60Hz sine wave signal. The higher the voltage, the stronger the signal. When you set the watch to manually receive, try walking around the perimeter of your house and see if the signal gets any stronger in certain directions. I’ve also found that sometimes it takes multiple attempts before the receiver in the watch can lock onto a signal. Good luck.
In California you most likely benefit from the sky wave the most vs the ground wave. If the path between Fort Collins and your location is dark(nighttime), there would be less attenuation of the radio signal by the ionosphere, as it reflects back to surface. As has been mentioned, keep your watch away from electrical noise generators, such as fluorescent lighting, light dimmers, computers, leaky cable tv feeds, etc. Thunderstorms in the reception area can affect reception quality. Too, your home building materials will attenuate the signal. If possible, pop the watch in a window in the direction toward Colorado. Another trick to improve watch reception is to attach the watch to a ferrous(iron) metal rod, which might help to pick up more signal.
WWVB reception info: tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/wwvbmonitor_e.cgi
Randy-IL
RT Curtis Hey Randy, appreciate you adding all that thanks!
Portland, you live in Oregon? I'm Italian but I'm about to move to Oregon (Medford)
Righteous, I just purchased an atomic citizen only to find that I couldn't get it to receive. Then your video saved the day!
Glad I could help!
Great find..by accident or genius!..Well Done.
Works great with any metal bar,can of shaving cream or obviously a bike.
Thanks for sharing!
I would love to say it was genius 😂
I am planning to purchase a g shock model GWM530A-1. I live in the Dominican Republic and I am wondering if the signal is strong enough that when I purchase the watch, it can be able to sync from here with one of the atomic clocks
Yep I have to use the App sometimes for this watch.
Hi Alex. Try the bike frame or radiator method.
I made a surprising discovery when I swapped out the regular bracelet with a magnetic mesh one and was able to connect to an atomic time tower in a region where there's none.
Didn't need an app to do this as I guess the metal mesh bracelet and magnet has become an antenna to amplify the signal gathering.
where do you live, and what time zone it sync to?
What strap adaptors are those? Tks
I actually got them from AliExpress but I have also seen them on eBay
I discovered this app several months ago and use it all the time with my G-Shock collection, …it’s great! However, it NEVER works on Sundays for some weird reason, and no matter how many times I’ve tried with any of my watches, daytime or nighttime, on Sundays I always get an error message, …any idea why this is the case?
The timekeeper doesn't work on the sabbath :)
Really nice to know I have the same watch but I don't have any problems I live in New York I put it up by a window at night and like magic it updates every night
Yep that makes it a lot easier!
@@CasualWatchReviews Do you have to do something to the watch to get it ready to accept the signal?
im planning on getting an atomic watch but I live in the middle east and I won't be receiving any atomic clock radio signals there!! will the app fix that?
Yes
Probably uses tiny emp from speaker coil. Then all thats needed is to generate a 60 hz carrier wave and modulate the carrier with same information format the radio stations use. Or the phone itself is receiving desired signal, with superior speed and reception of 5g, it's probably able to do real-time transmissions. I don't know how time is established via internet.
60 kHz...😉
Really couldn't believe that this works. But I tried it (in Germany) and it dies the trick. WHAT a hack. Thanks 1000 times!!!
You and me both! I thought I was making a video to prove it was all a practice joke but it does work!
I can not believe it actually worked. Just picked up a gwf1000 from a bloke nearby. Had to drive about 5 hours round trip. Dropped five bills. So really hoping its worth it. Dude looks honest and doesn't smell like a snake, watch looks great, everything seems to be working. Then I realized the auto EL doesn't work. Solar panel responds to light and that but the screen doesn't show 8888 when I tilt it under the specific test mode. Now I'm stuck on the verge. Is this a high end counterfeit or just has a rather common defect in its tilt sensor?? Only way to find out for sure is to see if it receives. Been running around town the whole afternoon trying to get a good reception. The signal level will fluctuate but never ever got a successful receive. Was getting a bit bummed until I saw your video. Downloaded a free version of such app and wroked on the second time. Now My watch clearly indicates that it has rced radio waves on 10:04 pm.
Thank you so much for allowing me to sleep easy tonight.
You paid 500 quid on a watch you could get from Amazon for less than 150? Oh me, oh my. What. A. Massive. Rippoff !
@@jerrygeorge3604 maybe lay off whatever meds you are taking buddy.
Have you ever encountered an issue where your can't manually engage the atomic radio? I have a 5510 and it's not working.
No I cant say I have?
@@CasualWatchReviews I figured out the problem....my time alapse was on 🤦🏾♂️
It converts electromagnetic waves to sound waves for the conversion.
Yep I struggled to find out a ton of information about how it exactly worked so thanks for adding that!
Sadly it won't work with my old MrG which is set to receive tones from Japan and the USA with their time zones.
It does work for all of them. Set the mast to Japan and it will still set to the time your phone is set at
How did you force the watch to go into manual mode?
As shown in this upload you hold down the start/stop in timekeeping mode. If you have a different watch you can find the manual online here world.casio.com/manual/
I have to oay for the app for just about 2 dollars, but it is worth it... It works!.. Just place your watch on top of your iphone on the upper speaker but do not place it exactly on top of the speakers to avoid magnetism frm the magnet of the speakers.. just place it 1 cm below the upper speakers just enough for the watch to hace L3 signal...
Glad it worked out. Magnetism is a concern but only for mechanical watches so no need to worry too much about digital ones. Unless it’s an extremely strong magnet.
I heard if you attach your earphone to your phone it will amplify thus make the watch syncing time getting easier, probably earphone act like antenna like when you open radio in your phone...
Is that true?
Erm, I personally wouldn't have thought so. Its picking up the sound the app is emitting. It works really well as it is. I just set my speaker to max. I don't think it works like those old school portable FM radios where the antenna was the headphones.
@@CasualWatchReviews okay, thank you very much for your answer sir!
I've watched this video through twice, and it sure would be NICE if you'd give a mention of the app you're using to accomplish this amazing feat! Going by your accent I gather you're a Brit. We Americans need things spelled out for us a bit plainly. So how bout it, sport? Give us a hand here mate? 😎
Hi Jerry, I feel like you insulted both British people and your own countrymen there 🤣 The app is linked in the description of the video. There are several apps that do this so if you don’t like the one I originally linked you can just search for ‘atomic clock’ on the App Store.
@@CasualWatchReviews No insult meant. But if a says he's traveled clear across country to pay what I consider a kings ransom for a commonly available item, forgive me if I personally think that's just a little bit...... uh, what would YOU call it? We all have the same things, one butthole, one opinión. I've shared one to show I'm the other. Satisfied?
Will this app works for my atomic wall clock?
I have no idea but let me know if it does work!
Is it important which station we choose? Or must we choose the closest one to our city?
As far as I know, it doesn’t matter what one you choose. I had a watch that only would recognize the Japanese masts so for that I picked that one.
with my casio mtg there is another step needed. i cannot do a time sync command on watch unless home country is set to a country where one of the transmitters is. i in new zealand. what i do is set my home city to tokyo and second time zone to wellington. in home city mode i receive the signal and then swap back to second city wellington. app works well.
Thanks for adding that! I still used this app today for another gshock I have.
I never had any luck with my G-Shocks receiving the signal either. This is very interesting. I probably will try to se if this works.
Hey, yes I found this totally by chance. I have a Japan only Citizen on its way that will only set itself off the japan clock.I nearly didn't bother getting it till I found this so fingers crossed it works!
Just put on a radiator or bike frame.
I was able to receive Japan's JJY from the roof of my apartment building Chiang Mai, Thailand in the middle of the night about 2 or 3 AM.
I've tried syncing my Casio G-shock with this app, but it doesn't work.
I even tried to put the watch inside my Bose QC35.
However, when i hanged the watch on my curtain rod, it worked flawlessly
Sorry to hear that Anders, I’m surprised this didn’t work, you can see from the comments on this upload how well it’s worked for the majority of people. I’m no affiliated with the app, just think it’s cool!
@@CasualWatchReviews I have a casio gw a1000. Could it help if i set my timezone to ie Tokyo?
I’m living in Stockholm/Sweden and are covered by the German Mineflingen DCF77
@@CasualWatchReviews When setting the default timezone on the watch to Tokyo, and selecting station JJY, it worked 🤔
Yep you set it to JJY and it takes the time from your phone’s clock, so your local time?
Hi dose that app work with multiband 5:)
I think so!
@@CasualWatchReviews tysm
I am always amazed at not only how much effort humanity has a whole have put into keeping track of time but also doing so as precisely as possible on a global scale. And we all share it, expect North Korea of course..
Is there an option, to automatically set the app, to transmit the signal? Thanks a lot
I don’t think so but that would be good. I sold this and am looking at a Bluetooth one for this reason! Thanks for watching
@@CasualWatchReviews Casio makes BT watches. If you find something different please reply, I am interested too!!
I don’t think so but that would be good. I sold this and am looking at a Bluetooth one for this reason! Thanks for watching
@@CasualWatchReviews You replied twice…I’ve read your comment already
Sorry not sure why that happensd
hello there is a solution to that place your watch on a metal tube place the watch on it as if it were in your wrist and you will receive an atomic signal every night, I do it so, I live in Ecuador South America and I receive a signal from Ft Collins station 😊😊
Oh that is interesting, can you get it to manually search with that method?
@@CasualWatchReviews you must put it in a metal tube and leave it in automatic reception works best at night do the test
@@CasualWatchReviews put by the window I do it like that and I receive a signal every night
@@CasualWatchReviews You can definitely manually get the signal. Works on a bike frame, radiator etc. Best if you can touch the case back to the metal. It works on the amplified antenna principle.
In this video, aren't you holding the watch next to the microphone input, down by where your mouth goes, instead of the speaker output, up where your ear goes? If I know how cell phones work, it sure looks like it to me. Anyway, thanks for this video. It helped me synchronize my watch.
Hey, yep that’s where the speakers are for when you put your phone on ‘speaker phone’ or you play music from your phone.
@@CasualWatchReviews I had no idea. Thanks.
How accurate is the time on your phone, though?
The same, it sets off the atomic clock. Is you go to the url Time.is you will see
This is the GW-6900
There is no atomic clock in my region, what if i choose local time zone??
You can choose any other tower and it will set to the local time of your phone
@@CasualWatchReviews thanks for the info
Anybody have the android app name
Junghans
App didn't work for me, but I tried two different ones.
Which strap is that
Hey Chris, I got it with the adapters actually from AlliExpress
If I bought an atomic timekeeping watch that I had to set manually I would be pissed. Satellite watches are more reliable at receiving the signal, but they’re not without mishaps.
What happens if i use the the American or the Japanese signal but I'm in Italy?
It set you to the local time of your phone.
@@CasualWatchReviews so it's not gonna set japanese or american time?
No, it’s the local time of your phones clock, if you watch this upload you will see I set a watch that only sees the Japan mast to my home timezone in the US
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Thank you so much! I have a GW-M5610-U!
Why is the German tower (DCF77) the only one actually working? I tried the other ones but nothing...
I don't find this application!? Why?😢
I just checked it’s still there on the US iOS app store
@@CasualWatchReviews thanks 👍
Thanks, eh? 😉🇨🇦
Well my watch is now over 8 months behind. Tried a few Android apps. They don't fix anything. Unfortunately this appears to be an app that might work if I get $1,000 phone to set my $100 watch.
It worked for me every time, do you have the volume loud enough!
@@CasualWatchReviews I was under the impression this was an iPhone app.
Is there an android one that does that ?
Hey, Mike, there looks to be a few on the playstore, I don't have an android to test on unfortunately
Yes there is by the creator "mokyuu"
synced mine with JYY Emulator which is atomic sgnal located in Japan
Junghans
I thought this was going to be great, but honestly how is this really any better than setting the watch yourself? If you prize precision to the second, fine. But if you just want a hassle free watch the fact that G-shocks won’t update on their own is a problem. I wish they would just increase that atomic clock signal output.
Yep, I hear you there!
Chicago..ZNAJDZIESZ ZNAJDZIESZ MNIE-???????
use Junghans for Android
This is sync with the phone time, not atomic. Gosh, enter your phone clock app. Make sure it shows seconds, click the adjust button on the watch, wait until your phone shows 55 seconds, place your finger on the lower right button and begin counting along with the watch. Press the button when you feel it must be zero. If needed adjust minutes.
Well done. Your time is synced.
Hi, thanks for watching. This upload has over 25k views, a 97% like percentage and I regularly get comments from people thanking me for making this… or amazed they have never seen this app before. Your the first one to write anything sarcastic.
@@CasualWatchReviews don't confuse sensible and sarcastic. And I didn't know that app is yours. Wasn't watching carefully. You made an app but not a difference. Using my method it took me less than a minute to do the same. Can you app do so?
By the way, your app doesn't make atomic adjustment. Not only is it useless, but also misleading.
It’s not my app, I actually said that in the upload.
This app was very useful on a watch I reviews later on the channel. A citizen field watch that could only be set via the Japanese atomic clock. Full review on the channel.
I had to use this app as I’m in the US.
This is a very useful app so I created this upload to show other collectors, who struggle with this same issue.
What have you done for the watch collecting community?
JAI HIND 🇮🇳🇺🇳
It's not a free app 🤔
They started charging for it? Thats a shame
It's actually 60 kHz not 60 Hz. Only out by a factor of a thousand so I'll let you off. 😁
Oh yep if I made that mistake then thanks for correcting it? I will check it back over to see where I slipped up