Citizen Men's BJ2115-07E Eco-Drive Depth Meter Chronograph Imperial Rubber Dive Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)I literally spent days looking for the right watch for me. To be honest, buying a watch online is a lot like choosing a mail-order bride. You never really know how one is going to look until you take the plunge and buy it.

I recieved the Citizen BJ2115-07E on 7/1. It is now 7/21 (yes I did just look at the watch I am reviewing to check the date) and I still love this watch. From the second I opened the watch, I have been in love with it.

The watch case is large, but not too large. It is just large enough to be noticed on my wrist, but it doesn't completely engulf my wrist like some fossil watches do. The face of the watch is bold and beautiful without being too complicated. The shimmery, almost pewter-like face catches the light perfectly at every angle, really accenting the elegance of this watch. The blue accents on the watch (to be honest, the main selling point for me) really lend a lot to the watch's overall character.

The one thing I will say about this watch is that it is HEAVY. I'll be honest, when I first started wearing this watch, my wrist was a little sore for the first few days. I personally like the weight of this watch, but others might be a little put off by it. However, by no means is it overwhelmingly heavy. You can still do your work...you'll just know you're wearing this watch. I really enjoy the gurth of this watch when compared to some of the other watches I've worn/tried (an Eric Edelhausen Ganymede which felt like it wasn't even there). I love the weight and look of this watch. In my opinion it really gives off the image of "look at me, I'm a total badass".

I am constantly recieving complements on my watch in the workplace. Even though the band is rubber, the face and case of this watch are so elegant that observers don't seem to notice the band. I was skeptical at first, but over time I've grown to love the rubber watch band. It comes in handy to not have to worry about cleaning the metal/drying the leather after washing your hands or even jumping in the lake/pool.

Overall, Citizen has made a great watch here for the price. Whether you're a diver or not,this is a buy I highly encourage anyone with an interest in this watch to make.

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For active men and water sports enthusiasts, Citizen Men's Eco Drive Rubber Strap 200M Watch is a high-quality timepiece with a stainless steel case and unidirectional, stainless steel bezel. The bold black dial has full chrono function and a tachymeter with striking, sky-blue accents. Ideal for divers and outdoor adventures, the ISO-certified Citizen Men's Eco Drive Rubber Strap Watch is water resistant to 660 feet (200 meters) and features a depth display to 125 feet. The durable rubber watchband has a stainless steel buckle and the mineral crystal window is scratch resistant for rugged wear. Powered by Japanese quartz movement and fueled by natural and artificial light, the Citizen Men's Eco Drive Rubber Strap 200M Watch is ecologically friendly, functions without a battery, and features a 60-day power reserve when fully charged.

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Citizen Men's JY0064-00L Eco-Drive Blue Angels Skyhawk A-T Chronograph Rubber Strap Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)Very nice timepiece. Unfortunately, you will have to cut the band to adjust its length. Also, the different sub-functions (e.g. alarms, timer, stopwatch, etc.) are accessed by pulling the twist pin out one stop. This is sometimes difficult while the watch is worn. Despite this, I still love it.

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Powered by light, the Men's Blue Angels Skyhawk A-T Chronograph Rubber Strap Watch from Citizen Eco-Drive is environmentally friendly, chock full of features, and comfortable enough to wear every day. This rugged timepiece features atomic time keeping, (automatically set by signals from North America, Europe and Asia), and offers a GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) display, world time with 43 cities, and two alarms. A 1/100 second chronograph measures up to 24 hours, and there's also a 99 minute countdown timer, perpetual calendar, and rotating slide rule bezel. For protection against damage, a non-reflective, hardened mineral crystal guards against scratches. And a blue dial with silver-tone hands and markers and digital display looks sleek and modern, while a rubber strap feels secure and relaxed on the wrist. Designed for long-term wear, this Citizen Eco-Drive original arrives in a gray box, along with a manual, and information CD.

Summary of Features:

Atomic timekeeping with radio-controlled accuracy
World time in 43 cities
2 alarms
1/100 second chronograph that measures up to 24 hours
99 minute countdown timer
Digital display light
Greenwich Mean Time display
Rotating slide-rule bezel
Non-reflective mineral crystal
Power-reserve indicator

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Citizen Men's MA9024-24E Hyper Aqualand Two-Tone Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)I have had this watch for 6 month now and really enjoy it. I have taken it on multiple dives in both salt and fresh water and it has worked flawlessly. The light, while somewhat dim, is what can be expected on a watch of this style. The only thing I would add to the watch, that isn't already there, is a stopwatch funtion.
The docking station is another story. Citizen should move into the 20th century and supply a docking station with USB capabilities. The software that is packaged with the watch could also use a make-over. While still useful, I merely dump the info onto the software and manually input it into the digital logbook that I already have.
I really enjoy the watch and would buy another if I had to do it over again, despite the short-comings of the add ons.

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Get more out of our dives with the Citizen Eco-Drive Hyper Aqualand stainless steel men's battery-powered digital watch, which features a dive computer with connectivity to Windows-powered PCs. It offers water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet), suitable for scuba diving. It has a wealth of dive measurement functions, including:

Depth display to 260 feet in digital format, with current and maximum displays
Water temperature display and memory (current and maximum)
Dive start, finish, and elapsed time (to 199 minutes)
Alarms for ascent rate, low battery
Elapsed surface time after dive for safety

After your dive, you can connect to your home PC and transfer dive log data, print dive data and graphs, record diver names and locations, and then retrieve previous dive profiles by date and diver name. This silver-tone watch features a gold-accented, coin-edged bezel and comfortable black rubber strap.
Warranty
It's backed by Citizen's 5-year warranty (from original date of purchase).
About Citizen
One of the world's largest watch makers, the Citizen Watch Company was founded in 1924 in Japan from its beginnings as the Shokosha Watch Research Institute. The first watch released by the company was named "CITIZEN" and its name was selected so that it would be "close to the hearts of people everywhere." Today, Citizen is recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced timepiece technology, from the world's slimmest LCD watch to the first voice recognition watch to the world's first professional dive watch with an electronic depth sensor. Citizen was also the first to sell watches made with titanium in the world, which is not only light and durable but also non-allergenic (as stainless steel can be to some wearers). Most recently, Citizen has released watches powered by its Eco-Drive, which runs continuously in any kind of natural light or artificial light for a lifetime of use without changing a battery.

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Citizen Men's JV0030-19F Eco-Drive 20th Anniversary Aqualand Orange Imperial Dive Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great watch that looks great, is rugged and gets a lot of compliments. However, the paint on the metal scratches easily, so beware of rough or sharps surfaces. I do volunteer work in a museum and often have bumped it up against things, so it doesn't look as good as it did a month ago. It must be handled with kids gloves.

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Powered by light, and offering a 180-day power reserve, the 20th Anniversary Aqualand Watch #JV0030-19F from Citizen's innovative Eco-Drive Collection includes a digital dive log and an ergonomic design that's ideal for diving. Easy to operate even when you're wearing gloves, this striking timepiece with a bold black dial and bright orange ProDive band measures the surface interval, as well as the time and depth of each dive to 300 feet, features a 20-dive memory, has an auto-start DiveMode, and displays water temperature. It's also constructed of durable rubber and stainless steel, boasts the precision of Japanese-quartz movement, has a convenient day and date box.

Summary of Features:

Current depth display in digital format
Depth display to 300 feet
Measures depth and time of dive
Measures maximum depth and duration of dive
Dive log memory for up to 20 dives
Auto-start dive mode
Water temperature display and memory for current and lowest temp
Measures surface interval
Calendar
3 alarms
12/24 hour time
Travel time (42 cities and UTC, 29 time zones)
Electro-luminescence backlighting
Battery charge level indicator

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Citizen Men's BJ2004-08E Eco-Drive Aqualand Two-Tone Black Rubber Strap Dive Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)This is the second Citizen Eco-Drive watch I have purchased, having been very pleased with my Caliber 2100. I was looking for a nice dive watch with an analogue dial, a rotating bezel, and good luminosity. I have a fondness for mechanical watches, but for sport diving I wanted a cool gadget with a depth guage to use as a back-up, and those only come in electronic watches. Since I already trusted Citizen's workmanship and design, I picked this one out.

The watch has a tough stainless steel case which is large enough to be a good dive watch but not as ridiculously large as some of the ugly watches on the market. The case is not very thin, but because of the design with its beveled case back and bezel ring, it feels thin and it's not a problem putting my hand in my pocket. The two-tone rotating bezel has a solid, snappy feel to it, but is not too tight to turn with dive gloves on. The function buttons should not be pushed under water, but there is no reason to as the depth guage activates automatically when wet and the bezel is external. The brass crown is a strong screw-down device which sticks out a bit far, which is good for grasping but bad for catching on things.

The dial is a bit busy, but the minute and hour hands are not too hard to find at a glance, and the luminious hands and markers are very bright and highly visible. Unlike the Caliber 2100, however, the luminous paint is a green color rather than blue, and while it is very bright, it does not stay bright as long. In deep water it's still easy to see and shining a flashlight on it for a few seconds brightens it back up.

The date is easy to read, and so is the red multi-function hand, which serves as the depth guage needle when submerged, when dry as a battery charge indicator, and in chrono mode as a stopwatch second hand. The bottom subdial is the small seconds indicator for normal time-telling, and the left-hand subdial is a 24-hr hand. The top subdial is the chronograph minutes dial, which runs to a maximum of 50 minutes.

The chronograph function is odd since it's not very useful. To activate the chrono mode you have to hold down the lower function button for a few seconds and then wait for the multifunction hand to wind around to the zero position, and only then can you start the chrono by pushing the upper function button. The chrono only runs for 50 minutes. If you don't start it after a few minutes it unwinds and goes back to normal mode. This means you can't start it quickly and you can't keep it at the ready for very long. Fortunately, this function is not needed for diving but is only an extra feature.

The rubber strap is long enough to fit around the wrist of most wet suit arms, although a thick wet suit and gloves together make it difficult. There is a no-decompression limits table on the strap, a sturdy stainless buckle and two stainless keepers.

I've found the watch to be very accurate, as expected for an Eco Drive. It's comfortable and fairly good-looking, and the anti-reflective mineral crystal is effective. I put it to the test in deep, murky, ice-cold quarry lake water where I took it to a maximum depth of 75 feet and repeated shallower dives thereafter for 2 days. The depth guage worked as advertised, matching my dive rig guage, and the last dive recorded feature also worked great. The dial was acceptably readable even in the deep murkiness. I've worn it in swimming pool and once I took it into a hot spa before I realized what I was doing, but it didn't seem to harm it, although I don't recommend that kind of abuse for any watch.

I am very pleased with this watch. It's not as upscale or fashionable as a Tag Huer or an Omega Seamaster, but it's got a quality high-accuracy Citizen quartz movement, it's light-powered so you don't have to open the watertight case for a battery change, and it's got the depth guage, which is one of the most useful and cool complications a dive watch can have. Even if you already have one of the Swiss luxury divers, this might make a good solid back-up watch for the next dive trip, and it's not bad-looking in the office, either.

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The Citizen Eco-Drive Aqualand stainless steel men's chronograph watch will make a powerful statement when worn with both business and casual dress, but it's made to take the punishment of deep-water diving with its 660 feet (200 meters) water resistance. It also features a depth sensor that provides an accurate reading to 125 feet and will also record your maximum depth into memory.
This watch has a large, round silver stainless steel watch case--which measures 41mm (1.59 inches) wide and 14mm (0.56 inches) deep--that's topped by a unidirectional rotating bezel with black engraved elapsed time markings and gold-tone highlights. The black dial background features three subdials (for the 50-minute chronograph, 24-hour display, and seconds), large luminous dial markers, luminous white-tipped hands (with red seconds hand). It's completed by a comfortable, durable rubber strap. Other features include a date display at 3 o'clock, scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating, and screw-back case, screw-down crown.


This watch is powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. With regular exposure to light, the Eco-Drive continuously recharges itself for a lifetime of use. This watch's Eco-Drive provides a 60-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 2 hours of exposure to light.


Summary of Features:

Depth display to 125 feet
Maximum depth memory
Unidirectional rotating elapsed-time bezel
50-minute chronograph
12/24 hour time
Screw-back case and screw-down crown

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Citizen Men's AV0031-59A Eco-Drive Calibre 2100 Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)I am a collector of watches, to my wife's dismay... But, this is a beautiful watch that I am very proud to own.This is my third Citizen watch (among many others), but my favorite of the bunch.It is a bit on the thick & heavy side, but that is what I was looking for; something with substance.The luminescent hands are very bright and long lasting.The watch takes a good amount of sunlight to fully charge, but even in a partially charged state, it works just fine.Once fully charged, it rarely, if ever moves off of the fully charged indicator.
I have the stainless steel band and it has proved to be durable and attractive.The titanium is tougher but has a satin finish rather than a glossy finish.
I tend to be hard on my crystals and so far, so good.This one has a flat, hardened crystal and looks great.
Get this one, you will love it!Amazon has a great price on it and Citizen stands behind their products.

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One of the most advanced chronograph watches made by Citizen, the Eco-Drive Calibre 2100 men's stainless steel watch also offers stylish lines that nicely complement both business and casual couture. The chronograph timing function includes 60-minute, 12-hour, and independent second-hand subdials, as well as a center sweep 1/5-second hand. It also has a reset button that instantly returns all the chronograph registers to zero.
This large, round watch has a thin, flattened bezel with an exterior tachymeter reading in gray. The patterned silver dial face is accented by black subdials, and it offers gray luminous Dauphine hands (with seconds hand) and a date function at 4 o'clock. The stainless steel bracelet band is joined by a fold-over deployment clasp. Other features include a screw-back case, screw-down crown, scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating, and water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet).


This watch is powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. With regular exposure to light, the Eco-Drive continuously recharges itself for a lifetime of use. This watch's Eco-Drive provides a 240-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 3.5 hours of exposure to light.


Summary of Features:

Assembled by hand
1/5 second chronograph measures up to 12 hours
Power reserve meter
Alarm
Date
Non-reflective mineral crystal
Screw-back case and screw-down crown

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Citizen Men's JR3080-51L Eco-Drive Blue Angels Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this watch because I wanted a solar-powered watch with analog-digital display (plus the usual things that go with a digital watch, i.e. alarms, stopwatch, and countdown timer). The only analog-digital solar watches I found included the Citizen Skyhawk, Citizen Sailhawk (JR4000 and JR4010), Citizen JR0006 (discontinued, but still available on some sites), the Casio atomic WVA430xxx (there are several incarnations, thus the 'x's'), Casio WVA510x, Casio AWS90x, and the Casio PAG60 line (watches that sport barometer, thermometer, and compass functions).The Casios (those I could find in stores) all seemed rather bulky and "plasticky."The discontinued JR0006 had a more primitive power management system and lacked a coordinated analog and digital display, and I didn't need the Sailhawk's yacht racing timer.I went with the Skyhawk in stainless, because I had read that titanium was more prone to surface injuries and I didn't think the weight would be a problem.The watch looks great and, indeed, the weight doesn't bother me, even though my benchpressing limit is probably about 20 pounds. The power save function really works. A moment after I took it out of the box, the hands started to spin around until they came to the right time; it had kept the time correctly for however many months or years it had been sitting in that box! It is NOT true, as many people have written, that this watch lacks luminous coatings, or that they lose their glow very quickly. The coatings seem very similar in brightness to those on my Seiko Diver's watch (which are very bright), and remain visible all night long. However, it IS true that the luminous regions are very small in area, so the overall impression is that the watch is a bit dim at night. The circular slide rule on the bezel is very cute. I'm not going to need it to calculate fuel consumption, but I will use it to calculate tips. There are a few things, however, that make this watch less than perfect.First, as others have observed, the watch face is attractive, but not particularly readable. The 24 hour and UTC subdials are adorable, but I can't see that I will ever need either (for any application that requires UTC, I would want to read the time off the more accurate digital display), and if the subdials weren't there the minute marks could have been made larger and more readable.Second, there's no backlight for the digital display, so the digital functions are useless at night. (Casio somehow manages to have a backlight in their solar-powered watches.) Third, it only works with full-hour time zones, so the watch isn't going to work properly in those parts of the world with half-hour time zones. Fourth, in most modes the two buttons are given over to the change-time zone function. If you want to do things like set the alarm or the countdown timer, you have to fiddle with the crown. But the crown is so beautifully protected that you pretty much have to remove the watch from your wrist before you can manipulate it. Frankly, I might need to change time zones once every couple of months, but I need to set alarms a couple of times a day, and it would have been better if the commonest operations had been the easiest to perform.Fifth, the countdown timer only goes to 99 minutes, which is too short for a lot of timer applications.The timer function display is actually redundant; Citizen might have been able to make better use of the LCD display to allow one to set countdown times in hours and minutes. Sixth, the alarm is very quiet. It won't wake anyone from sleep, and probably won't be heard in a noisy environment, either. In contrast, the alarm on my old Timex Expedition is many times louder, goes into a more insistent mode if ignored, and repeats after an interlude of a few minutes if not cancelled. In sum, buy this watch if you want an attractive analog-digital, solar-powered watch, but recognize that there is a lot of room for improvement, and something better is bound to come out, someday.

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Give a special gift to that special man with an eye on the sky with the Citizen Blue Angels JR3080-51L stainless steel watch that honors the Blue Angels, the legendary US Navy precision flying team, with an official Blue Angels insignia on the caseback. It's powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. The fast-forward timekeeping features include time and calendar in twenty-two time zones, thirty cities, three world time alarms, a 99-minute countdown timer, one-touch interchangeable analog/digital time, and 1/100-second chronograph that measures up to 24 hours. The large round navy-blue bezel offers a bi-directional rotating slide rule with yellow triangle accents. The stainless steel bracelet band is composed of brushed and polished links. The navy blue dial background features large silver-tone hands and Arabic numerals. It also features water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet) and a scratch-resistant, non-reflective mineral crystal.

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