Since its foundation in 1930, CITIZEN has promoted a multi-cultural mindset that fosters excellence and creativity. The very name of the brand conveys a deep respect toward craftsmanship and considered as familiar by citizens the world-over. So as a “citizen” of the world, we bear the responsibility to help cultivate a culture of positive change and on-going evolution through our craft. We take that mission seriously and steadfastly welcome what the future may bring. As a true manufacture d’horlogerie, CITIZEN integrates a comprehensive manufacturing process from creating individual components to a watch’s final assembly. It’s an artisan’s approach to watch making based on pushing forward the boundaries of technology and leveraging our experience toward exploring new possibilities. One pivotal technological breakthrough was the development of a light-driven watch. CITIZEN pioneered this engineering innovation well ahead of other watch manufacturers as early as 1976, which led to the launch of the highly acclaimed Eco-Drive in 1995. Utilizing electrical power converted from virtually any light source, this extraordinary innovation changed forever the way watches could be powered. Eco-Drive eliminated the need to ever replace batteries, which made it especially beneficial to areas where such specialist batteries were not obtainable. This leveled the field for citizens of virtually every country to be able to experience unrestricted joy of wearing and using a CITIZEN watch. The product development policy, “The Fusion of Technology and Beauty,” remains a constant motivation for us to merge cutting-edge technology with perfection of design beauty, which as a consequence inspires people to strive to be their best at any time. CITIZEN launches a new campaign in collaboration with Wieden+Kennedy, Better Starts Now. This is the simple belief that no matter who you are or what you do, it is always possible to make something better — and now is the time to start doing it. We believe that better and now are both infinite, and that there is always a next ‘better’ and a new ‘now’ in which you can start pursuing it. It was clear from the onset of this project that we are dedicated to this ideal…not to the past but to the present, and all the way we can improve it. To help communicate this belief to the world we have created a new global CITIZEN brand movie, brand identity and brand website that represents out Better Starts Now philosophy. Citizen breaks the boundaries once again in satellite technology with the launch of the Satellite Wave-World Time GPS in stainless steel with blue dial. Featuring satellite GPS timekeeping system with worldwide reception area, world time in 27 cities (40 time zones), perpetual calendar, daylight savings time indicator, power reserve and light level power indicators, day and date.
H**K
Great, high quality watch
Fantastic watch. Nice size and thickness. Really clear crystal. The band has easy to release buttons.I haven't spent this much on a watch before, but i always wanted one of these eco-drive models. Well worth it and would buy it again.it sets itself with just a press of the buttons...the hands move to the correct time. The date came set already; the watch can run on low power for years, or so it says in the manual, and it charges by any light source.This is the easiest to read watch I have owned. In low light/dark the hands glow nicely and the markings, etc. are really nicely marked so in the dark (and in the light), it's easy to read the time.The blue is also very subdued, meaning it's not a bright blue, it's a little lighter than navy. Really sharp looking and good contrast with the silver bracelet.I'm not a watch or jewelry person, but I wanted a nice watch, with a perpetual battery that looks professional enough for the office and easy to read. This one hit all the points I was looking for.
R**N
On Balance It's Just an OK Watch
The solar power feature is extraordinary......Put this watch on a sunny window sill for a few hours every couple of months and it stays perfectly charged and always accurate. That said, the "blue" dial is so dark that it looks black except in direct sunlight. Also, since this is a GPS watch (not one of the atomic clock models), it doesn't know when it's on daylight savings time. That would be no big deal, except that manually adjusting the hour is kind of a pain in the neck involving multiple steps and button pushes. Also, your contact with a GPS satellite often goes haywire. It's a good looking watch, but my atomic watch version in the Eco line is much more reliable.
G**C
Best watch I've ever had
I've owned many nice watches (Rolex, G-Shock Wave-Cepter, Renato, Accutron, Seiko, etc) but nothing like this one. It is an understated looking watch, beautiful, and amazing. Push one button and it will figure out where you are in the world, then adjusts the exact time to that time zone. Since it syncs with satellites it uses the atomic clock to give you an accuracy factor of better than one millionth of a second. If you'd like to manually sync the watch once you've let it figure out the time zone, it finds the satellites in about 3 seconds. It also charges itself on whatever light is available. Once fully charged (there's a meter for that) it will go for about 2 years before running out of battery. If you were to stick it in a drawer (fully charged) it would stop turning the hands after 3 days to save power, but continue to keep the time internally for 7 years. You won't want to stick this in a drawer though. It's too cool to be anywhere but on your wrist. Since it has so many features, I recommend either reading the manual fully, or watching one of the you-tube videos explaining the features. Actually I read the manual AND watched the videos.
F**R
Watch looks great, however I have spent all weekend attempting to ...
Watch looks great, however I have spent all weekend attempting to correct the date and I am giving this watch low marks for ease of use. I have read and reread the manual, have manually adjusted the date, but each time I subsequently sync the time, the date reverts to an incorrect day. Frustrating.
H**Y
very nice, a bit on the heavy side
very nice, a bit on the heavy side, would be more to my liking if it were titanium. otherwise no issues.
A**R
Very nice watch, have only had it for a few ...
Very nice watch, have only had it for a few days. I am in between sizes on the bracelet which is frustrating, wish they had a leather band that would fit it, I would change. Not simple to figure out all the functions, but doable, and satisfying when it works. My wife likes the looks, so do I. Would recommend it with more enthusiasm if I could get a leather band. Will be my everyday watch.
G**R
Exciting addition
I am excited about adding this watch to my list of watches. Like the idea of the GPS time keeping plus the solar cell power. Haven't played with a lot of the different features, but so far I am impressed with all of this watches features and abilities.
D**P
This Citizen is my most favorite watch! I was spoiled by the Casio Wave ...
This Citizen is my most favorite watch! I was spoiled by the Casio Wave Ceptor watches decades ago and have used varieties of them over the years. I liked the functions and the accuracy. BUT. The battery replacement task was a nuisance (even 'tho rare). With this Citizen I never need to worry about batteries, still have great accuracy, illuminated watch hands for dark viewing and day/date info. Other features like stop watch and timer were rarely used on the watch and are now available thru the iPhone. My other Citizen watches have been ultra reliable but do not have the features aboard this model. I highly recommend the watch.
H**A
Nice watch.
I thought it is a nice watch. The blue dial is not too bright which is a good thing. Even though it automatically searches for local time it was not able to give correct summer time automatically,you have to do it manually. I did not realize that it was coming from the US even though it is Amazon.ca, I have to pay $50 custom fee which adds to the total cost( it wasn't funny).
M**S
Excelente Reloj !
Sin duda uno de los mejores relojes que e adquirido, muy buena calidad y la función de GPS excelente ya no te preocupas por dejar tu reloj con la hora exacta !
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