New York Standard Watch Men's NYSW-SS41-SV01 Solar Atomic Analog Digital Watch

Terrible quality. Fell apart internally a couple months after purchase. UGH! The watch looked nice, but not much use when the pieces are floating around under the crystal.

Doesn't work. Can't receive radio signal from atomic clock.

The watch is elegant, though quite bulky. It looks solid and well built. It has simple and rational commands actuated by two buttons only.The watch I received had no problem in synchronizing with the atomic time station during the night but, similar to other atomic watches here in New York City, it had to be put near a window to do so. The only issue I can mention is about the recharging time. In two weeks since I have got it, the watch has simply been unable to reach the full charge status, despite being exposed to daylight all day long (and a few hours of artificial light at night). It indicates a medium-hi charge level and never gest to the full charge level.UPDATEThe watch lasted only one year ! Yesterday all of the sudden it died. I feel I have wasted my money, don't waste yours now..

Had the other fellow who has written a review read the directions carefully and charged it properly he would have changed his opinion and given this watch 5 stars. This is a smart watch that works once you get it charged up, and charging it up fully takes awhile. There is a small digital display. It can show the day of the week or the month and date or seconds so you can check if the analogue second hand reads the same as the digital one. You can also see whether the watch has successfully synchronized with the atomic clock in Colorado or the battery level. When I received it the watch was not running and the battery indicator displayed insufficient charge. I placed this watch in a secure location in my backyard as soon as it came in the mail, even though it was cloudy. By night time it still showed no charge. The next day I put it out there again, and the sun finally came out. However, by noon I went out to check and even though the digital indicator still said it had only a quarter of a charge, amazingly the second hand was spinning around at a rate about one full revolution every 2 seconds. Very cool to see. The watch finally stopped at the wrong hour and by following instructions I found it was set to Pacific time (I live in Central Time USA). I followed the instructions to reset my timezone to central time (CHI aka Chicago time), and the second hand spun around and around until it arrived at yesterday's time, i.e. standard time, not daylight savings time, which began that very morning at 2AM. Furthermore the second hand was 5 seconds off from the digital display. There is a way to reset the second hand in the directions. I followed the instructions to reset the second hand and that worked perfectly so that the second hand is perfectly synchronized with the internal digital display. The digital display also said the watch had not yet successfully synchronized with the atomic clock in Colorado. Instructions do say this happens at night more reliably than day time. By night time the watch did sync correctly with the radio signal from Colorado and did correctly set itself for daylight savings time, so everything works perfectly. However, after all that, the watch battery indicator says it has only a quarter charge. The directions did say clearly that if the battery is run completely down it may take two or three days to fully charge up. The watch is again sitting in my back yard in direct sunlight trying to get a full charge. Last I looked it was up to half. With a full charge the directions say it will last 11.5 months, but the directions also recommend you place it in direct sunlight or bright fluorescent light once a week. This watch works great, looks great, but the initial charging of the solar powered battery takes two or three days in bright sunlight. Be prepared to not use your watch for several days when you first receive it, place it in the sunlight, and read instructions thoroughly. Do not let that discourage you however, because once you get it fully charged up you will never have to go through that again. Just leave it on a windowsill once a week and you're good to go. This is a solar powered atomic watch. If you just want a watch that you receive and you're good to go, then don't get a solar watch. If you want a watch that's always accurate and never needs a new battery but you have to wait a couple of days for it to fully charge initially, then this is the watch for you!

The other reviewers aren't lying: this thing is *very* bulky and it takes a long time to charge. Too long for me. After keeping it in continuous bright fluorescent or bright sunlight for 80(!) hours, the watch still was not fully charged, and still did not have a lock on the correct time or date. It eventually did set itself, but the time was incorrect. I walked through the lengthy and complex reset procedure twice to no avail.Back to the size. Only a few of the links can be removed, so this watch is strictly for gorilla arms. Even then, this is not an everyday watch. Maybe it's a weightlifter's watch. But not when weightlifting, nor running, nor moving much. It's probably a great "sit around and smoke cigars with my gigantic solar atomic watch" type of watch.If you happen to get one with a functional battery, your wrists contain dinosaur bones, and you're able to get a fix on an atomic clock radio signal, this might be the watch for you.I returned mine.