Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Sport Luxury World Chronograph Atomic Time Keeping Watch

There are a few reasons I think the AT-series watches represent the BEST of the Citizen Eco watch line, and are even better than their much more expensive JY series watches: 1) The numbers and paint on the exposed bezel of the JY series watches have a tendency to wear off and/or fade after a few years. You will NOT have this problem with the Citizen AT series watches as the rotating outer bezel is BENEATH the glass and cannot be rubbed off (the outer bezel fully rotates in either direction by turning the little knob on the lower LEFT hand side of the case). 2) Citizen uses cheaper mineral glass on the JY series watches to protect the watch face. Again, you'll not have that problem with the AT series because Citizen uses its much better SAPPHIRE crystal to protect the faces. The other thing that sold me on this particular Citizen AT models was the atomic timekeeping. It LITERALLY ticks to the second with the Atomic clock in Boulder Colorado. It's pretty impressive to have a browser open to the NIST web page on your computer and see your own wrist watch matching the movements second by second with perfection. The JY series also has atomic timekeeping but it's much more difficult to program all of its various options. A pull, a turn and a click of the crown are all it takes to change to another time zone on the AT series watches. Regarding aesthetics, this all blue watch is understated elegance, and with the yellow trim around the ring and the other yellow accents it's exceptionally sporty. Also, the blue leather strap is very comfortable. IMPORTANT NOTE: please note that the watch band that comes with the AT8020-03L is genuine leather with a water-resistant coating. While that coating will extend the life of the band against rain and sweat, the coating is NOT water proof however and despite the 200m water resistant capabilities of the watch itself this band should not be soaked continuously in water or you'll shorten it's useful life. And yes, you CAN get genuine Citizen 23mm replacement bands specifically made for this watch but they run about $45. The only other downside to this watch is that readability is a little poor in low-light conditions. The hands are luminous however and when it is completely dark out the hands will hold a small charge all evening. I've been able to read the time on this watch by holding it about 6 inches from my eyeball in the wee hours of the morning and there is no difficulty telling the time. It would be sheer awesomeness for Citizen to consider putting tritium gas tubes on their watches but that might be a little too showy. I'd also love to see Citizen trade in the nearly-worthless 24-hour subdial and use it for a 24-hour alarm. Ah, the wish list. When compared to other similarly-priced brands, the Citizen Eco Drive is so much nicer than any Seiko Kinetic (which requires HUNDREDS of shakes a day to keep time) or Seiko Automatic (which requires the user to wear the watch as MINIMUM of 8 hours a day to keep the springs tight according to their manuals). It's hard to convey the value of having a watch that ALWAYS works in ANY light (for MONTHS in the dark if necessary) until you've had one! Without hesitation, I love the Citzen AT-series watches...

This is my favorite watch ever and I am very close to retirement age. I have been wearing a watch 24/7 since I first learned to tell time. Mine is 10 yrs old and has been worn 24/7/365. I have had zero issues w/it. The manual is very easy to follow, which is saying a lot b/c this watch can perform so many tasks. Again, this watch is FANTASTIC! 10 yrs of 24/7/365 and still looking and running perfectly. When I first purchased this watch, I also purchased a blue silicone watch band as I wear it in the shower, beach, ocean, etc. the band appears/has stitching so it looks like a regular, non-silicone band. I have now been wearing this watch for 10years! 24/7, except when I need to charge it w/a lamp I have during late fall and winter. I haven’t had a single issue. My bedroom faces NE, so mostly don’t receive the nightly updates. I just wait until the 9 hour tick is facing west and update it manually. Always works and w/o atomic signal keeps excellent time.

This is my first citizen watch. It looks amazing! The interesting thing is that slide rule bezel is controlled by the "button" by turning it. The grip on the button is good enough to turn with one finger. It basically didn't come with a manual, but it came with a link to a pdf version of it. It normally sets itself thanks to the atomic timing, but if you don't live in a place that does it, be sure to reset the watch to zero before you set the time. Follow the instructions exactly. Some acronyms on the watch I had to look up. The left side of the bottom dial is whether you have the radio signal (RX) OK or NO. The top dial on the right side (SMT) Summer time or Daylight savings time on or off, which is when you set the time manually. The time zones, the acronyms are airport codes of places in those time zones. The date has a deep indentation, so the watch has to be looking directly at you to see the date in its entirety. It doesn't bother me since the numbers are uniquely different. The strap is really nice and comfortable. However, when you first get it, the section with the circles are very stiff, so you have to make the leather get use to your wrist so it forms to you. An extra strap is almost $70, so I bought an aftermarket silicone strap from Barton for $25, so I can preserve the original strap. The problem is that if you look at the end of the citizen strap, it has a curve so you have to force it in there. It's a bit of a pain, but it's doable. But something to keep in mind. Overall, it's a fantastic watch. It has a sapphire crystal with slide rule, with the Blue Angels logo on the back. The colors are great, once the strap is formed to your wrist, it's really comfortable. Once you set the time properly, with the month and year, you basically never have to adjust it (from some videos they say you have to maybe once a couple months).

Very beautiful watch, great colorway.

L’orologio è bellissimo. Funziona alla perfezione. Questo modello è difficile riferirlo in Itala, grazie a Amazon sono riuscito ad averlo. L’imballaggio era perfetto ed è arrivato prima del previsto. Il suo prezzo è nella media dei citizen di quel livello.

Excelente produto e com alta qualidade.

I've actually been scoping this watch since before I really got into watches, almost 8 years ago- never found a price I liked and always put it off. Never thought the retailer that would eventually tempt me to pull the trigger would be Amazon, but at $339CAD before tax this is the lowest I've ever seen this watch sell for, new, from a trusted seller. I'm pleased to report that even after learning a bunch about watches in the last 8 years these specs still hold up. Here are just some highlights: -The sapphire crystal is immense and slightly raised above the bezel. -Being solar powered and radio controlled, you ostensibly never have to set the watch. Mine came out of the box with daylight saving mode enabled, and sure enough, the last DST End date passed and I woke up to find my watch reflecting the new time. -Alignment on the slide rule is quite good, and has the conversion indices you would expect to see on a pilot's slide rule. Use it to convert between Imperial and Metric, or Statute and Nautical, but mostly use it if you want to show off that you know how to use an E6B. -Despite my slim 180mm wrist the watch doesn't appear gigantic. Normally my cut-off size for wristwatches is 42mm but this watch doesn't look out of place on me. This is thanks in large part to a trick the watch pulls, which I'll get to shortly. -Switching timezones is real simple- once you learn how you won't have to consult the manual for it again. Great for travellers. -200m water resistance makes this a real do-anything, anytime tool watch. -Mine came with perfectly aligned hands right out of the box, but if yours doesn't you can actually change the zero position of the hands without opening the watch! Dig through the manual to find out how. And here's some things to be mindful of: -That trick the watch does to appear smaller? Yeah it does that by having the lug holes drilled as close as possible to the case without the springbars actually touching it. Give up on matching this with a nice aftermarket bracelet because it simply won't fit. If you're committed to making it work like I was, I suggest taking some longer 24mm springbars and bending them slightly to position the bracelet's end-links away from the case. Even then that bracelet is going to mar your case from constantly rubbing against it. -speaking of straps good luck finding a 23mm strap that matches the Blue Angels colours. I've contented myself with 22mm woven straps, but I'm sure you can get a 24mm NATO strap in there too. -a NATO strap will not thread effortlessly through the watch- you need to take the springbars off first. They're just that close to the case. -I live in Ottawa, ON and the time-correcting radio signal that should reach me nightly only gets through to the watch once every 6 or 7 days, and never when I try to call upon it "on demand". Perfectly fine for my purposes, but it makes me wonder what reception is like farther north. You can set the watch manually, you just need the manual or some practice to do it; it is not intuitive. -The smaller markings are really, really small. You won't be able to use the slide rule in the cockpit, or any moving vehicle. The chronograph's 60-minute subdial is very hard to read when the needle is in-between the 5-minute indices. I would've preferred a 30-minute subdial in its place, maybe replacing the 24hr subdial with a chrono-hour subdial. -The leather strap is attractive, but it does wear out and is expensive to replace. I'm finding the Marine Nationale-style straps to be comfortable, lower-profile and easy to take on and off- no hunting for the right buckle-hole. Plus they really fit with the theme of the watch. I've yet to try them but Ericasoriginals.com has a really nice blue strap with yellow stitching in 23mm- I'll try it next. -The lume on this thing is downright bad- if you turn off the lights in a windowless room you won't be able to read the time until your eyes adjust a bit. In daylight however, the watch reads great, even in spite of the busy dial- all twelve hour indices are there and they catch the light magnificently. TLDR; If you live up north, don't count on being able to get that time-correcting radio signal. Also don't bother with replacement metal bracelets, just get a NATO or MN strap. Finally, if you can get this for below $350 then absolutely go for it.

Llevaba mucho tiempo queriendo este reloj y fue un acierto, es muy bonito y funciona de maravilla