Why does my radio controlled clock/watch not receive the time signal immediately after a battery change?
Radio-controlled clocks typically check the time only every hour, or every two hours, and radio-controlled watches only perhaps three times a day. This is to conserve the battery, as the reception unit takes more power than the clock/watch mechanism. In some areas of poor reception the signal may not be obtained until the watch/clock is left overnight as radio traffic is often reduced in the early hours Will my watch still function abroad? All radio controlled watches will operate as a standard Quartz accuracy watch once outside of the range of their transmitter. When moving from one time zone to another the watch will not automatically adjust and must be offset by the user. Most radio-controlled watches are designed to revert to the previous setting (allowing for the pause) after an unsuccessful attempt to re-synchronise. This may give the impression that the attempt has been successful. Some radio-controlled watches will ignore a request to re-synchronise if they have been set to a t
