It's kind of miraculous that wristwatches can pick it up at all given how little space they can dedicate to an antenna. I live at the very outer Northwestern ed

It's kind of miraculous that wristwatches can pick it up at all given how little space they can dedicate to an antenna. I live at the very outer Northwestern edge of WWVB's coverage, in the Seattle area, and my similarly equipped wristwatch reliably gets the signal -- but only at night, and, curiously, only if I'm wearing it! My theory, which I've never done any research on, is that the conductive metal backing of the watch allows some of my own body to serve as an antenna.