Sarah Steveson

Tough service/dress watch

This is a beautiful service/dress watch. The Eco Drive system works well and keeps accurate time. The luminous feature works excellently and the watch is built like a tank. I appreciate the use of mineral glass in place of sapphire crystal for impact resistance as I am an avid mountaineer and constantly deal with scrambling up boulders, ice shelves, etc.This thing will definitely keep ticking for at least 20+ years. I exercise hard with it on and that includes a fair amount of sharp movements and shaking a of the wrist. So far no problems. I am grateful they tried their best to have a watch durable enough for diving without making the watch the size of a dinner plate. If you work with your hands, having something with a smaller profile like this watch, lends itself to function as opposed to solely a dress piece. For durability, appearance, and the size being just right for me, this gets 5 stars.Ver más

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Maverick Janes

More than pleased

This watch has got to be one of the best watches I’ve ever purchased. The color is absolutely stunning, it’s a bit of a head turner. The silicone band is pretty nice I know some people in the comments don’t seem to like it but it’s comfortable, doesn’t look bad and it’s durable. Also what some people have mentioned about the seconds hand skipping twice is just the watch in Low power mode. When you just removed it from a box and a container the eco drive watch has been kept in the dark. It takes a few hours for the watch to go into a normally charged state. I took this watch for a dive this weekend and have had no problems with it whatsoever. Even if you don’t go on dives this is a must have watchVer más

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Patrick Gleason

Classic, Tough, Affordable, Great Looking Diver

It has been a tradition for the last few cruises that I buy a watch onboard. This time I would have, and this was the watch I planned to buy, but they didn't have it in blue, so I abstained on the ship, and ordered this one the day I got home.So why this one? A couple of reasons.1.) It just has that classic diver look to it.2.) A friend of mine has this watch, and EVERY time I see it when we hang out, it catches my eye. He abuses his, and years later it still looks great, which is a testament to its durability.3.) Feature packed.Ok - so let's talk about the features.1.) Eco Drive - this is a time-tested technology, and I have several Citizen Eco Drive watches, to include a 1st Gen Eco Drive purchased in 1996 that STILL takes a charge and runs when I get it out.2.) Mineral glass window - not the scratch resistance of sapphire, but TOUGH.3.) Accurate movement. Prior to DST, I set the watch about 3 weeks prior and it had gained a grand total of 2 seconds. That's about +3 seconds a month. You can't find an automatic that will do that.4.) Water resistance to 200 meters with a screw-down crown.5.) Hacking movement - when you pull the stem to the 2nd click, the second hand stops, and that allows you to sync it to the exact second to another time source.-- Side note on movement. I considered getting the version of this watch with the automatic/self-winding movement, but the movement in that watch is the Miyota 8204, which is a 21.6k movement (rather than 28.8k) that only has an accuracy guarantee of +/- 20 seconds/day. I have other automatics that are considerably more accurate than thatBottom line - this watch looks great, and it's built to last. I know I'll get a lot of years of use out of this timepiece.I've included two pics of this watch. One with the stock blue rubber diver's strap, and another with an aftermarket bracelet that is specifically fitted for this watch case. I'd name it here but I think that would invalidate the review. In any case, it's pretty easy to find if you prefer that aesthetic, and it isn't terribly expensive - the stainless bracelet is well worth the investment and it gives the option of either aesthetic.Ver más

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DapperDan

9 de julio de 2026

Nice watch. Very accurate for an inexpensive watch

I bought this watch on May 25, 2026, for $199.00 dollars, and I wear it a couple of times a week. It is a nice watch. It keeps great time. It looks good. No complaints. I would buy it again.

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Eric

5-Year Work Watch update

Overall, one of the best pieces of work gear I have ever invested in, for my line of work.I am a swimming pool technician, a pool guy, and have been for the last 10 years of my life. I work for one of the largest pool maintenance companies in SoCal and am now a Route Manager, overseeing over 800 individual pools.My everyday has and still consists of many different jobs.Cleaning swimming pools, where I am CONSTANTLY submerging my hands in chlorinated and salinated (salt) water, which does have a corrosive and/or oxidative effect on certain metals.Interacting hands-on with different corrosive and oxidizing chemicals, all of which gets on my hands and wrists at some point everyday.Maintaining, cleaning, and repairing various pumps, filters, plumbing, heaters, automation/electrical pool systems, and valves. This frequently places my hands in uncomfortable, tight spaces where I will bang, scrape, and smash my watches against concrete, metal, and other hard materials in the equipment areas I am working in.I have worn this watch every weekday for the last 5 years for this job. I replaced the original rubberized strap for a nylon/cotton blend NATO strap so it would dry quickly and breathe better. The watch face paint has stood up very well considering how rough my job is on it, with what would be considered as understandable wear and tear. And in my opinion, it gives a worked-in quality of character to the watch.The crystal itself has a few MINOR scratches, which I’m surprised hasn’t cracked or been marred even further, given that I have truly had it banged around hard in my line of work. None of these scratches affect the readability of the watch face at all. You actually have to look in an angled reflection to notice them.The lume of the glowing hands and digits are still VERY strong and last a pretty dang long time. I’m in the sun all day long and so the glow lume gets charged like crazy all day, then lasts for hours into the night.I can also say with certainty that I have NEVER had a battery issue, being that it’s an Eco-Drive and it gets a full belly of sun every working day, I’m not surprised at all. I don’t know when it will ever need a power cell replacement, but it's probably going to be a WHILE being that my line of work puts it in a recharging state at all times.Lastly, the steel body of the watch itself is as solid as when it arrived. It does have some scratch marks, but no gouges. And just in the last 6 months or so, a very light showing of rust-colored oxidization has been showing on the inside of the bezels. I’m surprised its taken THIS long to finally show some signs of oxidizing with how often its been scratched and banged, then plunged into salt and chlorine water and exposed to various chemicals.Overall, I am very pleased with the performance and durability of this watch. In a job where I quickly go through footwear, shorts/pants, sunglasses, hats, multitools/knives/handtools, and other pieces of gear, this watch has stood out as the most rugged and long lasting piece of gear I have bought for my job. I have no doubt it will last a further 5 years easily in the exact same conditions, especially if I give a light polishing for any oxidized areas (which I still haven’t yet).Highly recommend this watch for someone looking for a durable timepiece that can take a beating and still look classy and handsome. I also highly recommend switching to a NATO strap for an even more secure retention (watch won't fall off your wrist if one of the strap bars breaks or pops out).

Matt

Lightweight dive watch with just a few drawbacks

This is a great watch overall. It looks nice, has a dependable and sustainable Citizen Eco-Drive movement, and perhaps best of all, it’s lightweight. Much lighter than I was expecting. Dive watches are typically heavy and bulky. This is a bit lower profile at 12mm thick and much lighter than you’d think it would be, even at 12mm case thickness. I have a slew of dive watches and they’re all rather heavy and thick and I’m honestly starting to get tired of it so this is a refreshing, welcomed addition to my dive watch collection. I’m also looking forward to not replacing batteries or finding a place in my automatic watch case for it to live when I’m not wearing it. I am a little surprised that this only has a 200 meter water resistance considering it’s an ISO compliant dive watch. I’d have expected a bit more resistance with that title. After all, I have a Timex from the 90s that has a 200 meter resistance. Anyway, I don’t do much diving so I guess it’s not much of a drawback.As nice as this watch is, it does have a few drawbacks.1. The watch strap…sucks. It's junk. It’s made of a stiff, rigid, uncomfortably hard rubber. Almost like a dry rotted rubber, to be honest. Very little flex. Why they didn’t opt for a much more comfortable silicone material is beyond me. Who makes rubber straps anymore? I have thin wrists so I go all the way to the second to last hole on this watch. Unfortunately, the strap keeper stops where the strap begins to widen and leaves about an inch of strap just hanging out that to get snagged on clothing, which is pretty annoying. Realizing how much I was going to hate this strap, I placed an order for a NATO style one immediately. But for someone who doesn’t want to invest more money on top of a brand new watch, this could be a real negative. The 20mm lug width was another drawback, for me at least, because all of my other watches are 22mm so I had no spare straps I could use and had to buy one. But it looks and feels a lot better with the new strap.2. I think the dial would’ve looked better with a sunray finish instead of matte black one. The matte black is kind of boring looking and unimaginative, and honestly doesn’t even look true black. It looks like a really dark gray in the sun, like a graphite. I considered getting the green one for this reason but I already have two green dive watches so I refrained.3. Lastly, the packaging and presentation of this watch is just plain gimmicky. I have to imagine a good portion of the price of this watch is paying for the stupid faux air cylinder. All it does is contribute to the rampant plastic waste in this world, which is ironic considering this boasts an eco friendly battery. What's the point if you're just going to pollute the world with plastic packaging that has no other function beyond initial presentation? Companies need to start being more eco conscious with things like this. Just place it in a regular watch box and save us both some money and the environment.But overall I do like the watch and I will keep it. I may even buy the blue or green one next time they’re on sale. If you’re patient, they drop in price substantially for Prime Day, which is when I scored this.