I don't hate quartz watches, myself. I have several in my collection. Quartz is an amazing feat of engineering, and it's also the most accurate way to tell time. How could somebody not appreciate that?
The engineering behind a quartz watch is a lot easier than that behind a mechanical one. It's some electronics and physics we didn't have 100 years ago.
@@phil2082 lol what ? Same could be said about automatics ....just a bunch of gears and springs put together . Quartz is an amazing feat same as with any electronic , the fact that is easier to produce doesn't mean is something simple ....or are you gonna tell me an smartphone is just "meh" just because it can be mass produced for cheap nowadays ?
@@Gave-rf1hr "A bunch of gears and springs" made that tiny? It is exponentially harder than sticking a battery, a crystal, and one gear together. There is a reason why the mechanisms cost so much less money. They are not fancy engineering at all, and usually mass produced in China for a reason.
@@phil2082 if its exponentially harder to do then why this could be done all the way back to the 17th century or so? Given that logic quartz should have hit the market first , mechanical watches are and art by themselves but that doesn't mean Quartz is not amazing technological feat .... People diss it because it can now be mass produced for cheap and take it for granted
@@Gave-rf1hr Normal people can't make gears at all, let alone tiny ones. Physics discoveries from the 1960s and 1970s are not difficult to implement now. Making gears and springs work reliably is. Can you make a synthetic sapphire?
I recently got the Grand Seiko competitor to this (SBGX265) and I totally agree with your assessment. After wearing mechanicals for a long time its great to have a high-end, luxury quartz. I love the watch. Luxury quartz truly is the way to go, I've seen the light. Reliable, amazingly made, as luxurious as any high-end swiss brand and deadly accurate. A true set it and forget it watch.
Hey Jodi , I'm an 80s baby and like you I have come full circle, I started with casios ,which is my favourite brand , I came of age and collected automatics for a long time mostly luxury pieces which I have now sold off ,all except my Rolex explorer, now I'm a Tissot prx quartz owner , and I'm eyeing up a grand Seiko quartz I'm now high accuracy quartz all the way
Have to agree with you Jody. I have had the same experience over the years - quartz for dependability and consistency and mechanical for the horological art-appreciation 😊
I was previously looking for a HAQ, a GS in particular and I stumbled across your video captioned 'Grand Seiko Killer' Owning a couple of Satellite Waves that I particularly adore, I was very enthusiastic to learn about the Chronomaster (and I now own one or two.....ahem). However, one thing that you don't seem to have touched on is that normally a quartz watch will update the minute hand every 10 seconds by 1⁰ (3600 seconds in an hour divided by 10 seconds = 1 complete circle), while the Chronomaster will update the minute hand every second by 1/10⁰ which is very satisfying to observe. Then there's the anti-backlash mechanism and periodic alignment checking - superb! Thanks for revealing this masterpiece in both technical achievement and beautiful design and finishing.... it's certainly changed me too!
When I started watch collecting automatics and mechanical where the cool "new" thing as growing up I always had quartz. 4 years later I'm back to quartz. They're always set to the right time and when I'm working I don't have to worry as much about breaking the movement.
@@daleyfamily2179 the guy probably means that during his work he may accidentally touch the watch or drop it (perhaps he is a builder). Modern mechanical watches are quite durable, but quartz watches are much more durable - there is nothing to break in them (there is only one electric plate inside). And there are a lot of small parts in mechanical watches, the breakdown of even one gear can disrupt the operation of the entire mechanism. Try dropping a Rolex or some cheap Casio quartz watch from a great height on the asphalt - I'm sure Swiss watches won't survive this XD
@@righthandedtrex5933 I already broke a movement, one sapphire crystal, and knocked the 6 o'clock indices off of two different watches. I'm in construction and also a mechanic. I've been wearing a cheap Cassio the past couple of months and haven't broken it yet. The only problem I have with Cassio is that it's ugly.
Hi , I have a collection of watches which include hand wind , automatic , g shock , eco drive , but the most time on my wrist has a Tag Heuer Kirium Quartz [ ETA movement ],with blue dial made in 1998 , I bought it last year and it is my daily watch since then , for practicality and for design , lovely watch .
The Citizen Chronomaster! I knew it!! In a similar way I love my Junghans Max Bill Megasolar which is always ready to go and +/- 8s per year. But not quite as practical as your Citizen though!
Similarly, the Casio Waveceptor I bought a couple months ago has become my absolute favorite watch. It's simple, reliable, solar, radio time, looks good, and makes me feel good wearing it. I also have found that I actually enjoy wearing a bit of a lighter watch a lot. I share the fetish for automatics, but in the end, nothing is as easy as slipping on something like that!
Agree. I was never a fan of "soulless" quartz watches until I got a Casio solar/radio watch. The thing is always running and always giving me the EXACT time and date. I never have to worry about it; it's always ready to wear whether that's daily, or once every few months. I paid
Helloooo, Jody, and thanks. You had a previous show with " you made me do it ". Well....you made me do it! At least in part. I'd been eyeing The Citizen for quite a while and recently found a 4030 51A here in the U.S. I pulled the trigger on it, and your personal experience with yours, and in depth reviews, were helpful in making my decision. I've had it for a spell now and this is absolutely a " feel good " watch for me. It is such a pleasure having it on my wrist. As one poster noted, I will probably end up neglecting my other watches though. Cheers.
i used to hate quartz as a vintage watch restorer. eventually i fell in love with the accuracy and not having to constantly reset, and sit on a watchwinder. as you, i have found Citizen having some of the very best quartz...not just because they have the best divers (which is all i purchase now), but their second hand hits right on, on the markers. that is essential. i love my light driven Citizen quartz divers. while your watch is not a diver, it is classic and beautiful.
Agreed! I have grown to love and really appreciate quartz. In fact I find the way they operate amazing, it's crazy to me that a quartz Crystal has the innate properties to be able to so accurately be used for time telling. Thanks as always for the excellent content!
Just last night (on impulse) I got a CITIZEN "Promaster" 5502-F50352. It's a mid-size diver, quartz movement. I'm so excited to have it. As a daily SKX wearer, sometimes, just sometimes, I need accuracy to time punches at work. I still can't believe I haven't heard of this particular CITIZEN, it's just so damn good looking and utilitarian.
Promaster, always a good choice. I don't think I knew about this particular model mostly because I don't usually see anything about this tier of Citizen watches. It must be kind of Citizen's version of Seiko's Grand Seiko line. Agreed, it is a real stunner and I'm a sucker for the perpetual calendar function.
@coetroy It looks like these quartz Promasters are not being made anymore, though I could be wrong. It's just criminal how underrated these CITIZEN watches are.
@coetroy no yeah I like the automatics, my only gripe is that the Miyota 8xxx movements have a LOUD ass rotor. That's the reason my NY0040 is for sale.
I haven't bought any watches since I own the black UK only Ray. Since 2019 it is always with me when travelling abroad. The red or green washi dial Citizen is my new future grailwatch.
So many of us start out eschewing quartz but come around after a while. On the lower end, cheap and cheerfull Ali watches with the Seiko VH31 quartz movement have been a revelation.
The Escapement Time watches are fantastic. I've got the King Seiko homage and love it. I actually changed the battery in it 2 days ago, it's not the most accurate quartz watch I've got but certainly miles better than autos and nicer looking than most quartz
The timing of this video couldn’t be more perfect. I bought a Seiko solar 38.5mm diver about 5 months ago, and feel the exact same way! It’s barely left my wrist, and my nicer mechanical watches have basically not come out of the watch box.
I find myself wearing my Casio Oceanus T200 much more than any other watches in my collection. They are amazing in many ways: finish, dial, comfort and I specifically love how sun plays on floating indices. It's not 5 seconds a year, but they have a bluetooth to sync with ,y phone few times a day so they are always accurate automatically adjusting DST and time zones as needed. Speaking about Citizen quartz acuracy - while it sounds awesome on the paper, manual DST adjustment (2 times a year in Sydney) makes that 5 seconds a year thing something way beyond my actual requirements. Every time I adjust DST on my Bulova Lunar Pilot (10s a year) I clearly understand that I messed accurate time by hacking the movement while adjusting the time.
I've had my eye on the Casio Oceanus for a while now. That and another automatic. It will most likely be the next quartz watch that I purchase. Besides maybe another cheap quartz. I enjoy some cheap quartz watches as well, don't know why. Did you go with the white or the black version? Both of them are so beautiful in my opinion!
My Citizen Promaster Titanium Ecodrive gets more wrist time than my auto/mechanical watches - not something I expected before I bought it, but for similar reasons it just works, and works extremely well! Great video Jody, all the best from Sunny Glasgow
I’ve had a black ecodrive chronograph for almost 10 years now. Been on my wrist while working on semi trucks, wood work, pool work and many others. The things a tank, keeps perfect time and holds up tremendously. Can’t go wrong with a Citizen
I earn my living as a pipe welder. Conditions can get pretty rough on a watch and the Citizen Promaster automatic I wear everyday is a tough watch. I have two, a Pepsi and a full lume dial. I put them on comfortable silicone straps and they are the one most comfortable watches I've ever worn.
Nice vid. I’ve got a soft spot for quartz too, when I was young my brother got me a Tag Heuer 2000 which I wore for decades. Having gone through various automatics (including a couple of Rolex I got bored of and sold), I have just two watches now, and one of them is quartz. I went with the PRX dark green - love it (nice fit my 7 inch wrist). Citizen eco drive is great.
Great video Jody. I have to agree and have unloaded all of my auto’s except for an SKX. Too OCD for the constant attention that they require, never mind the accuracy issues and delicate movements.
I've used My CELLPHONE more than my watch but it's still nice to know I've got a mechanical watch on the wrist . Something romantic about all those springs & gears keeping time. Cheers to the guy who invented the mechanical watch .
Congrats on finding something you enjoy so much. When I got into watches not too long ago, I thought I would only go mechanical, but your “waffling” on quartz watches is definitely changing my mind. Thanks for sharing!
I know the solar quartz isn’t the most economical price wise but I got a few citizen eco drives. One was a field watch I wear at work because it’s light and easy to read, and always ready to go. Can’t beat it!
Bravo, Jodie. Well said. My quartz Omega Seamaster Pro 200m sat on my wrist 35 yrs and never missed a beat in deserts, up mountains in the tropics & under three oceans. Love quartz (and mechanicals!)
My daily right now is a citizen/mont bell eco drive radio controlled that was once owned by random Rob. It too is Ti. I can’t seem to take it off. I have a watch box full of divers but this is the watch I grab in the morning. I’m in NY and it syncs every day which satisfies my OCD for accuracy.
Thanks to your first video on it, i've serached and found a great deal on a Chronomaster too, the AQ4024-53Y, 37,5mm two tone version, and i love it so much, wear it everyday since i've got it ! By far my biggest purchase but absolutely no regrets, that Washi dial looks so exceptional
After my mechanical watch collection grows in size I started appreciate quartz watches more and more because you just grab them put them on the writs and off you go. No day/date or time adjustment, always accurate (well within any mechanical standards), and always reliable.
@murraycharters6102 First of all, they will let you know about the battery way in advance by hand skipping seconds. Secondly, replacing the battery is way easier and cheaper than full service every 5 years or so.
Having a quartz eco-drive ready in vicinity is always a good thing. I like when I need to go in hurry I just grab it without having the need to adjust the hands like the automatic after I left it for several days due to favoring more the other wathces at that time. It's like a reliable partner you can forget, but he/she won't forget about you.
Plus seven seconds per year, Jody? Completely unacceptable! That's why I went for a watch capable of staying within one second every *100,000* *years.* Yes, I'm talking about my Seiko Astron SSH003J. We don't have the automatic timekeeper signal down here in OZ as you know, and the nerd in me was fascinated by the engineering that went into the Seiko caliber 5X53 to allow synchronisation with the GPS satellites. Truly a technical marvel. If I was only permitted to wear one watch the SSH003J would be it, but fortunately, I always have room for just one more watch!
A superb choice! When it comes to timekeeping the mid to high end Japanese solar quartz movements are unbeatable. Pay a thousand dollars and have seconds per year accuracy. Pay more and have exotic materials and finishing to rival the very best available anywhere in the world. Pay a hundred dollars and you can still get the timekeeping accuracy in a plastic case and strap. Truly the Japanese understand what a watch actually needs to do and that is keep accurate time while surviving the rigours of everyday wear.
Thank you Jody first, for bringing to us your profeciency about this world. This piece got it all, in fact, reminds me my grandpa's watch he wore for decades and this model perfectly can be as well. Bravo for Citizen, for giving us still a lot in many cases for few instead. Great piece! Saludos!
I love Quartz watches, Miyota 2035, and 2115’s work perfectly for me. Casio MRW-200H, Duro, and my new MTP-1302D Tiffany Blue really are my go to daily watches. I just ordered a Addiesdives Submariner with my favorite 2115 Quartz movement. 👌🏼
I value your opinion. I'm fairly new to collecting. I love the art and engineering that goes into a mechanical watch. But also love quartz reliability and accuracy. Being a snob is pointless especially when we all have the same hobby. Great watch. Great video.
Great video. I,ve been into mechanical watches for over 30 years and I find myself liking my vintage seiko quartzes more and more. There is a snobbery about quartz that I dont get any more. This watch is a beauty. Thanks for sharing
Watch some of your vids and Ben's too, and those convinced me to get my first solar watch Seiko SNE141P1. Looking forward to making this my new GADA watch.
The first “nice” watch I bought myself was a ln EcoDrive ProMaster. It just works. I have more attachment to some of my other mechanical watches, but this is the one I know I can just grab put it on and it’s gonna be the right time, every time. Plus, it looks really nice!
Same. Most of my daily-drivers are Citizen quartz/eco-drives. Love them. Grab and go, they're always ready. Nice piece you have, glad you're happy with it.
Hi Jody! I saw your initial video a couple months ago and found your take on the chronomaster very interesting. As a starting watch collector back then, as usual i was 100% about mechanical movements. But your video intrigued me and i started to look at high accuracy quartz watches more often as the time went by. And eventually i pulled the trigger and ordered a citizen AQ 4100-57l, which should arrive any day now. And even without having it yet on my wrist, i know it will become the watch that ill wear every day for a long time. The accuracy, the solar, the titanium, the perpetual calender... Feature wise Its just another league compared to anything offered by mechanical watches. So, seeing that you uploaded this video and its message just made me happy, because im having the same epiphany. And now, days before i get my new citizen, you just reconfirm your initial statement from back then and im even more excited. Thats awesome!
The stealth luxury aspect reminds me of the Mercedes 6.9, which could do 140mph and was for a long time the fastest production car available. The only thing that visually distiguished it from a 300SDL - just for example - was the 6.9 on the trunk, and nicer wood trim inside.
These have been on my radar for years, and finally I got some wrist time with several models while in a Citizen boutique in Taipei. Immediately one of them hit me like watches rarely do once on wrist -- but I wasn't prepared to pay the full retail price (even with discount) at that time. I also try to reserve new watch purchases for important milestones nowadays; a small but important limit towards making the items in my collection more meaningful. Thanks to your multiple videos now on this watch, it's 100% certain -- the Chronomaster that won me over will be the one that celebrates that next milestone. It's wonderful to hear both your initial take, and developing love for the watch. You wear it well!
I went for a pink snowflake for my 50th. I never thought I'd spend that much on a watch especially a pink one!! Overall I love it, but I find myself picking on it, thanks to you. Bracklet - no micro adjustment! What were they thinking!! Can't wait to compare it to the Assent. That's going to my son for his 21st, along with a starter watch collection. Thanks for not doing too much on the case back as its just right for engraving. When are you going to cover some more vintage watches. The Baltony 23/26 or the Hub turbine or bigish pilot. The 23/26 have so many movement options its a shame no one's reviewed them all together..
The Promaster Dive BN0150-28E kicked off my watch collecting! Bough second hand mint condition from Amazon. It works, it keeps excellent time, it’s very dive proof. Always ready to go, paired with a Black/ Orange neoprene strap.
When I passed the bar exam I bought a Bullova Seastar and I still have it and use it despite my having what my wife says are too many watches. The best part, it's grab and go, and I don't need to set things. They just work. I like the mechanicals and enjoy playing around, but sometimes you need ease and speed like a Casio (for laundry). I have a Citizen eco in titanium (a gift) that too is a nice quick grab and go but is blue face so easier to read. So I agree with practicality. It's a good purchase. Nice review and commentary as per usual!
My views on quartz watches have changed a lot, when I started my collection I was sure I would not add one to it. But a few slipped in over time, one with a movement that was nearly as smooth as an automatic one, then a PRX with mint dial etc... The latest one has been a Bulova Jet Star which (for my specimen) has an accuracy of about +- 1 second per month and a completely smooth sweep (16 ticks per second), I really love that one. I like your Citizen, too. The dial looks great as well as the hands, it has Grand Seiko vibes. I can relate now to why a quartz watch can be just as great.
I m rebuilding my dad’s old seiko BFK (those kinetik divers) with sapphire, new bezel, strap etc and now I jealous… quartz with a rotor.. pretty cool movement and a fantastic beater
I feel the same way about my Longines VHP Conquest GMT. It is the most impressive watch in my collection by far. It's probably the most affordable high accuracy quartz watch out there right now. It's ridiculously underrated.
Fantastic watch and great revisiting review. I Have about 15 watches in my collection, mainly autos but I’ve changed over the past year : my Seiko quartz chrono-alarm now has the majority of wrist time now. The convenience of not having to worry about resetting the time every few days, adjust it for accuracy plus the good looks makes it the easiest choice for everyday wear.
That's an awesome watch. Looks fantastic! I must admit, I love my Citizen Eco drive watches. All of the quartz advantages without even worrying about a battery change. I picked up one of the new eco-drive 365 watches recently and its pretty much a great daily wear.
I was just watching the original video for this the other day. My last two watches have been quartz. A Citizen Orca Eco-drive reissue and a G-shock MTG b3000 and both now get more wrist time than my mechanicals. The movement in the MTG is an amazing piece of technology developed from the Oceanus line.
Stunner! definitely on the radar for potential next purchase. I love Citizen where they can go from this style, being dress/sport watch to then a tool watch like the Nighhawk.
I had a slightly smaller 37.5mm version in a limited edition red washi paper dial that I sold last year in order to fund a speedmaster. Watching your video really makes me miss mine. Unfortunately it was a limited edition of 200 pieces (so actually limited) and it will likely be a while before another one is back up for sale
Great watch. My Chronomaster has a blue dial, but no lume. I like the titanium construction and-at least for mine-38.5 mm size. I bought mine used for $1600 USD. A satisfying deal for this Dutch Calvinist. lol
Good looking watch! A Citizen started me down the rabbit hole back in 2019. The Grand Classic NB3010-52A , an automatic with similar bracelet and white dial. Blued hands though make it a bit more legible. A Citizen eco drive was also added into the 20 plus watches later, Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer. Both are beautifully finished and less than half the price of your quartz model here in video. My eco drive model has been surprising with how inaccurate it has been for a quartz. Doesn't get much wrist time but always has a full charge. I'll pick it up at times and the date is off by a few days or the time is off by a couple hours. Head scratcher there! Last addition and my new daily is a quartz as well. Longines Conquest Vhp. It has the same accuracy of +/- 5 seconds per year and a perpetual calander as well. Again, half the price of this Citizen. Great review as always Jody! Cheers
Just bought a PRX quartz after much deliberation. With the £300 I saved I bought another Tissot, with an automatic movement. A twin tone automatics lll. Quartz can be good! Also, proud owner of an eco drive titanium diver. Surely, the fun is mixing it up a bit.
It's a semi-sweeper keeper. Lovely watch, and it has a special function, that right, tells the time, brilliant! Great share Dr. J.! I think it is a great watch.
Just back from Japan, I tried on this watch (black dial version) and loved it immediately. Ended up buying the Oceanus S100 tho because I get an atomic clock signal here and the S100 is really lovely as well (and much cheaper haha).
I’ve got a few dozen watches acquired over the past several decades and what do I wear most nowadays? A quartz VAER field watch I bought a few years back. It’s light , it’s ledgeable , it’s 100m water resistant and it’s always ready.
Absolutely bang on the money, Jody; I have a pretty healthy collection including various autos and hand-wound watches, but in all honesty I reach for my quartz-powered ones the majority of the time. I would like to see more (reasonably) affordable quartzes with a lot of complications. Accurist used to do the Greenwich edition watches which were superb, but that was a long time ago and they are extremely rare. Keep up the superb work, Jody - best wishes from a fellow Scot in the UK.
i have a citizen eco drive quartz diver that i love! i also got a oceanus recently and i feel the same way about that that you feel about the chronomaster. thanks Jody! cheers!
Good day Jody! I have been following your channels since the static JOMW logo in the intro days. I collect mostly homage Automatic watches, and I mean the Parnis, Didun Design, Pagani Design stuff, because honestly, I'm never going to get a mechanical watch serviced. However I have some cool mecha, and standard quartz pieces as well. By far my favorite watches have always been my Echo-Drive Citizen PCAT (AT4106-52x) and AT (BL5400-52A) Chronographs. I got them for a great price >$400 several years back and so far I've never had to do anything other than clean them. They are always 100% ready to go. Where I live we switch from Day light Saving to Standard time each year and as much as I love my other quartz pieces just resetting them each season is a pain. As for my mechanical watches, well I don't have anything in a watch wider so they are only on wrist when I've planned ahead and set them the night before. The aq4030-51a is an outstanding watch for sure. Its out of my price range but can see why its taken over your wrist time. Citizen is a company that I feel has something for everyone is every price range. Cheers!
My favorite watch in my collection is the citizen 8620-s116716 ecodrive my wife bought for me last Christmas. I also have a Blackhawk and another ecodrive. Just a small part of my collection of automatic, manual wind, and quartz watches. Great video Jody. Thank you!
I have to come back to this video. I watched this the next morning of it being published and this planted an idea in my head about buying an Eco-Drive Citizen. The very same weekend also turned out to be the best weekend of this year for me. Now a few weeks later I bought a Citizen AW1750 with a blue dial and really like the watch. The watch now commemorates a very enjoyable and memorable weekend and honestly I probably wouldn't have bought it without this video. So thanks Jody!
The fact it is quartz is not a turn off...it is very practical movement and makes a lot of sense. However, seeing the prices for this one on ebay, I am more inclined to stretch that dollar for a Grand Seiko quartz....just my thoughts...
Talk about great timing. I was just sitting down to adjust the date on my old Vostok, a 10-minute task when your video started. I love the old watch but I also love my G-Shocks because of the quartzness. All the G's are just ready to go. They are more like a TV while the Vostok is more like a steam engine. Still love it though
I'm into watches for years, as the years go on, i appreciated Citizen more and more, especially "The Citizen" line. It shows craftmanship, accuracy, high quality,.... About the price, it is definitely worthy, you'll get so much more compared to Grand Seiko. I actually love the model that you are wearing, i'll buy it someday, it's my dream watch.
Same here, I unplugged my watch winder months ago and have been alternating between my Citizen Promaster and a sick G-Shock Gravitymaster that I stole off of eBAY. I'm sure I'll plug the winder back in as soon as my Erebus Origin Purple arrives though 😉
My " always ready to go " choice is my quartz Scurfa Diver 1. I will always have a quartz in my collection. What I am gravitating towards now is the GADA style watches.
I am really glad that you are highlighting a quartz watch! And a Citizen watch no less! The Chronomaster is really cool and I would definitely buy one if it weren't so expensive. But you asked about other highly accurate quartz watches out there. Two come to mind. Bulova's proprietary quartz movement that is in the Precisionist line and other watch lines also have a similarly level of accuracy. Surprisingly, these watches have a smooth second sweep like an automatic. Being Bulova, the prices are very reasonable as well. The second brand is Swiss, surprisingly! Longines used to make the Conquest VHP, which has the same 5s/yr accuracy. Unfortunately, Longines has stopped making it, most likely because luxury Swiss watch buyers typically aren't looking for quartz. But they are still on the gray market for well less than $1k USD.
I'm with you on this one Jody. Was never a Citizen fan, but recently bought a Citizen EcoDrive Worldtimer (don't have the model nr now) and was super impressed with the finishing quality. Unfortunately it was too large for my small wrists so had to sell it again. But compared to my TAG Formula 1 it was so much more of a watch!
Jody, the most practical watch I own (Bulova Lunar Pilot) is a quartz. My watch on average gains 1 second every six months. I reset it every six months because of Daylight savings time.
I have a agree with about quartz. Hated by many in our community and for not good reason. I got a GS 9F quartz earlier this year and it has robbed wrist time from my automatics. So darn versatile, maintenance free, bang on accurate and beautiful on the wrist. Would be cool to see HAQ watches from more of the big name brands. Feel like they stopped due to not having the constant servicing income that automatics bring them and becomes a one time sale with them. Would love to see another update in a years time on your continued experience and adventures it has been on.
- I found a 40 yr old Seiko quartz watch in an antique shop on Cape Cod this summer and it is the watch I reach for the most when I take off my work beater. And it only cost me $20.
Incredible review! Too few people really consider their relationship to a watch and what they need from it. I have a Citizen Solar Chronograph that is over ten years old and is dead on accurate, and has never been away from light long enough to stop. It also gets me loads of compliments. This white dial citizen is super versatile with almost any mode of dress or fashion. Great summer look with that shirt your wearing!
I have found myself wearing Casio digital watches for some of the same reasons. I have found I like a light comfortable watch. I also like my Timex Expedition quartz- It’s light and looks good with some character nicks:)
And this is why I wish Bulova upped their game. I love the 262khz movement sweep and regular quartz ticking bothers me visually. (So does the hands length on that one) So I wish there were good looking, sapphire Crystal watches with solar meca-quartz.
Excellent defence of a quartz, Japanese, popular brand watch ! Now I do catch "atomic" radio signals (both UK and Germany) so I stick to Casio - Oceanus OCW-S100. Same basic specs - sport-dressy, 10 ATM, coated titanium and all, plus quick traveller world time added. Yes, including 1/2h for India or Aussie bush! But some US$ 600 from Japan.
I love mechanical watches too but bought a Seiko Astron GPS 7 years ago which became my daily watch. Striking looks combined with exact, and I mean exact, GPS time. I race on yachts and need hyper accuracy, to the fraction of a second. It’s great having absolute confidence that your watch is spot on. But I still love my mechanical watches!
I agree, i like my handful of automatics but i am babysitting them all the time. I think less than 5 is all i can handle/want. But i could get more quartz and collect those and not worry about setting the time. I have become a big casio fan recently.
I like Citizen watches, and I really like super accurate quartz watches. This one looks great, but the legibility seems like something that would really bother me on it. Not just the silver hands on white dial, that you mentioned. The hands are too short, and the minute markers on rehaut (almost) never make for a good legibility. They should have at least made the hands long enough to touch the minute markers, or, even better, put the markers on the dial instead of rehaut. Hands that fall short of minute markers really bother me on a watch. Other than that, it is a great piece.
A lovely looking watch, i wold take the black or blue one. Ive been banging on on here for ages about Citizen. That grab and go ability has kept Omegas off my wrist. 5 Citizens, 2 G Shocks, a Pagani Moonwatch and, heaven forbit, a QUARTZ Omega 300m have also helped keep the Autos in their box. Excellent video. How about some Quartz BB58s..😂
This made me realize I usually have a quartz watch on my wrist. Either the casio aq-800, baltany 1926 oyster quartz, gshock gwb5600, or my citizen exceed. I've only been taking out my mechanical watches on special occasions. Edit: also my bulova precisionist
I have 2 Citizen Eco Drive watches - the Ecozilla and the Corso - and they’re the most accurate watches I have in my collection. They’re also the least maintenance out of all of them. I like mechanical watches, but they require some work and money to keep running.
I collected a Citizen Titanium Eco Drive watch with bluetooth connectivity, as well as my Casio G Shocks with radio signal function and I absolutely love 'em! They are really set and forget, plus charging themselves. Always there when I need them and I like this kind of technology better than a smartwatch 🎉🎉
Well done Jody. I'm also an accuracy "freq", but I still have a more intimate relationship with automatic/mechanical movements. Having said that, I enjoy my Bulova (Citizen's) high frequency (262 kHz) movement, with the smooth running second hand. I do wish Bulova could leverage the Citizen Eco tecnology for these Bulova high Feq movements. That would be a winner in my book. P.s. I'll be in Australia in a few months. :)
I have a quartz Grand Seiko model SBGV207. Pitch black minimalist dial, 44GS style case. Accurate to 10 seconds per year. Wonderful finishing, mesmerizing brushed dauphine hands which seem to reflect light in rainbow colours. I have had it for 4 years and absolutely love it, it has the most wrist time along with my Tudor BB58. If I didn’t already have my quartz GS, I would be very tempted to buy that Citizen.
I've had a somewhat similar experience with my Casio LWS2200H-1. It's one of the cheapest watches I own, but I've found that I basically wear it all the time and that most of the rest of my collection goes unused unless there's a "special occasion" for me to wear them for. And the reason is kind of similar to what you talk about here - functionality. Except, in this case, this particular watch is a step tracker, and I've gotten addicted to knowing what my step count is each day and trying to hit my goal for the day, or get a new Personal Best, etc, whenever I'm wearing it. It's also extremely legible, accurate, and has another feature I use fairly often, being a ten-minute countdown timer. So... any time I put another watch on, I'm missing those features, especially the step tracker. I'm tempted by the idea of getting a more advanced fitness watch as a step up from this one, but all my other watches are basically left unable to compete because this one has a feature which I'm using all the time and which I miss when I don't have it.
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I don't hate quartz watches, myself. I have several in my collection. Quartz is an amazing feat of engineering, and it's also the most accurate way to tell time. How could somebody not appreciate that?
The engineering behind a quartz watch is a lot easier than that behind a mechanical one. It's some electronics and physics we didn't have 100 years ago.
@@phil2082 lol what ? Same could be said about automatics ....just a bunch of gears and springs put together . Quartz is an amazing feat same as with any electronic , the fact that is easier to produce doesn't mean is something simple ....or are you gonna tell me an smartphone is just "meh" just because it can be mass produced for cheap nowadays ?
@@Gave-rf1hr "A bunch of gears and springs" made that tiny? It is exponentially harder than sticking a battery, a crystal, and one gear together. There is a reason why the mechanisms cost so much less money. They are not fancy engineering at all, and usually mass produced in China for a reason.
@@phil2082 if its exponentially harder to do then why this could be done all the way back to the 17th century or so? Given that logic quartz should have hit the market first , mechanical watches are and art by themselves but that doesn't mean Quartz is not amazing technological feat .... People diss it because it can now be mass produced for cheap and take it for granted
@@Gave-rf1hr Normal people can't make gears at all, let alone tiny ones. Physics discoveries from the 1960s and 1970s are not difficult to implement now. Making gears and springs work reliably is. Can you make a synthetic sapphire?
I recently got the Grand Seiko competitor to this (SBGX265) and I totally agree with your assessment. After wearing mechanicals for a long time its great to have a high-end, luxury quartz. I love the watch. Luxury quartz truly is the way to go, I've seen the light. Reliable, amazingly made, as luxurious as any high-end swiss brand and deadly accurate. A true set it and forget it watch.
Hey Jodi , I'm an 80s baby and like you I have come full circle, I started with casios ,which is my favourite brand , I came of age and collected automatics for a long time mostly luxury pieces which I have now sold off ,all except my Rolex explorer, now I'm a Tissot prx quartz owner , and I'm eyeing up a grand Seiko quartz I'm now high accuracy quartz all the way
Have to agree with you Jody. I have had the same experience over the years - quartz for dependability and consistency and mechanical for the horological art-appreciation 😊
I was previously looking for a HAQ, a GS in particular and I stumbled across your video captioned 'Grand Seiko Killer' Owning a couple of Satellite Waves that I particularly adore, I was very enthusiastic to learn about the Chronomaster (and I now own one or two.....ahem). However, one thing that you don't seem to have touched on is that normally a quartz watch will update the minute hand every 10 seconds by 1⁰ (3600 seconds in an hour divided by 10 seconds = 1 complete circle), while the Chronomaster will update the minute hand every second by 1/10⁰ which is very satisfying to observe. Then there's the anti-backlash mechanism and periodic alignment checking - superb! Thanks for revealing this masterpiece in both technical achievement and beautiful design and finishing.... it's certainly changed me too!
When I started watch collecting automatics and mechanical where the cool "new" thing as growing up I always had quartz. 4 years later I'm back to quartz. They're always set to the right time and when I'm working I don't have to worry as much about breaking the movement.
Breaking the moment lol? Ok. That one minute must really ruin your day.
@@daleyfamily2179guy might do a physical job and the vibrations could break the movement.
@@daleyfamily2179 the guy probably means that during his work he may accidentally touch the watch or drop it (perhaps he is a builder). Modern mechanical watches are quite durable, but quartz watches are much more durable - there is nothing to break in them (there is only one electric plate inside). And there are a lot of small parts in mechanical watches, the breakdown of even one gear can disrupt the operation of the entire mechanism.
Try dropping a Rolex or some cheap Casio quartz watch from a great height on the asphalt - I'm sure Swiss watches won't survive this XD
daleyfamily2179 - movement, not moment.
Doh!
@@righthandedtrex5933 I already broke a movement, one sapphire crystal, and knocked the 6 o'clock indices off of two different watches. I'm in construction and also a mechanic. I've been wearing a cheap Cassio the past couple of months and haven't broken it yet. The only problem I have with Cassio is that it's ugly.
Hi , I have a collection of watches which include hand wind , automatic , g shock , eco drive , but the most time on my wrist has a Tag Heuer Kirium Quartz [ ETA movement ],with blue dial made in 1998 , I bought it last year and it is my daily watch since then , for practicality and for design , lovely watch .
The Citizen Chronomaster! I knew it!! In a similar way I love my Junghans Max Bill Megasolar which is always ready to go and +/- 8s per year. But not quite as practical as your Citizen though!
Similarly, the Casio Waveceptor I bought a couple months ago has become my absolute favorite watch. It's simple, reliable, solar, radio time, looks good, and makes me feel good wearing it. I also have found that I actually enjoy wearing a bit of a lighter watch a lot. I share the fetish for automatics, but in the end, nothing is as easy as slipping on something like that!
Agree. I was never a fan of "soulless" quartz watches until I got a Casio solar/radio watch. The thing is always running and always giving me the EXACT time and date. I never have to worry about it; it's always ready to wear whether that's daily, or once every few months. I paid
Helloooo, Jody, and thanks. You had a previous show with " you made me do it ". Well....you made me do it! At least in part. I'd been eyeing The Citizen for quite a while and recently found a 4030 51A here in the U.S. I pulled the trigger on it, and your personal experience with yours, and in depth reviews, were helpful in making my decision. I've had it for a spell now and this is absolutely a " feel good " watch for me. It is such a pleasure having it on my wrist. As one poster noted, I will probably end up neglecting my other watches though. Cheers.
i used to hate quartz as a vintage watch restorer. eventually i fell in love with the accuracy and not having to constantly reset, and sit on a watchwinder. as you, i have found Citizen having some of the very best quartz...not just because they have the best divers (which is all i purchase now), but their second hand hits right on, on the markers. that is essential. i love my light driven Citizen quartz divers. while your watch is not a diver, it is classic and beautiful.
Which model?
Agreed! I have grown to love and really appreciate quartz. In fact I find the way they operate amazing, it's crazy to me that a quartz Crystal has the innate properties to be able to so accurately be used for time telling. Thanks as always for the excellent content!
Just last night (on impulse) I got a CITIZEN "Promaster" 5502-F50352. It's a mid-size diver, quartz movement. I'm so excited to have it. As a daily SKX wearer, sometimes, just sometimes, I need accuracy to time punches at work. I still can't believe I haven't heard of this particular CITIZEN, it's just so damn good looking and utilitarian.
Promaster, always a good choice. I don't think I knew about this particular model mostly because I don't usually see anything about this tier of Citizen watches. It must be kind of Citizen's version of Seiko's Grand Seiko line. Agreed, it is a real stunner and I'm a sucker for the perpetual calendar function.
@coetroy It looks like these quartz Promasters are not being made anymore, though I could be wrong. It's just criminal how underrated these CITIZEN watches are.
@@winstonlanda7731 yeah it looks like they're now doing a variation on them.
@coetroy no yeah I like the automatics, my only gripe is that the Miyota 8xxx movements have a LOUD ass rotor. That's the reason my NY0040 is for sale.
I can 100% relate: wearing my Citizen “Ray Mears” exclusively for little over a year. Unbeatable!
I haven't bought any watches since I own the black UK only Ray. Since 2019 it is always with me when travelling abroad. The red or green washi dial Citizen is my new future grailwatch.
So many of us start out eschewing quartz but come around after a while. On the lower end, cheap and cheerfull Ali watches with the Seiko VH31 quartz movement have been a revelation.
Mecha quartz is the worst thing in the world. Worse than AIDS.
The Escapement Time watches are fantastic. I've got the King Seiko homage and love it. I actually changed the battery in it 2 days ago, it's not the most accurate quartz watch I've got but certainly miles better than autos and nicer looking than most quartz
The timing of this video couldn’t be more perfect. I bought a Seiko solar 38.5mm diver about 5 months ago, and feel the exact same way! It’s barely left my wrist, and my nicer mechanical watches have basically not come out of the watch box.
I find myself wearing my Casio Oceanus T200 much more than any other watches in my collection. They are amazing in many ways: finish, dial, comfort and I specifically love how sun plays on floating indices. It's not 5 seconds a year, but they have a bluetooth to sync with ,y phone few times a day so they are always accurate automatically adjusting DST and time zones as needed.
Speaking about Citizen quartz acuracy - while it sounds awesome on the paper, manual DST adjustment (2 times a year in Sydney) makes that 5 seconds a year thing something way beyond my actual requirements. Every time I adjust DST on my Bulova Lunar Pilot (10s a year) I clearly understand that I messed accurate time by hacking the movement while adjusting the time.
I've had my eye on the Casio Oceanus for a while now. That and another automatic. It will most likely be the next quartz watch that I purchase. Besides maybe another cheap quartz. I enjoy some cheap quartz watches as well, don't know why. Did you go with the white or the black version? Both of them are so beautiful in my opinion!
My Citizen Promaster Titanium Ecodrive gets more wrist time than my auto/mechanical watches - not something I expected before I bought it, but for similar reasons it just works, and works extremely well!
Great video Jody, all the best from Sunny Glasgow
I've become a huge Citizen fan recently. And this piece is certainly stunning. Love the shirt btw!
I’ve had a black ecodrive chronograph for almost 10 years now. Been on my wrist while working on semi trucks, wood work, pool work and many others. The things a tank, keeps perfect time and holds up tremendously. Can’t go wrong with a Citizen
I think they now become more overprice like seiko,
Love those JDM models. got a AT8040-57L recently and love it
@@patrickjames661 nice! That's some pretty good mileage on it.
@@meizuc9504 it depends really. I've bought a Tsuyosa for $160 recently. That's GREAT value for such a watch.
I earn my living as a pipe welder. Conditions can get pretty rough on a watch and the Citizen Promaster automatic I wear everyday is a tough watch. I have two, a Pepsi and a full lume dial. I put them on comfortable silicone straps and they are the one most comfortable watches I've ever worn.
Nice vid. I’ve got a soft spot for quartz too, when I was young my brother got me a Tag Heuer 2000 which I wore for decades. Having gone through various automatics (including a couple of Rolex I got bored of and sold), I have just two watches now, and one of them is quartz. I went with the PRX dark green - love it (nice fit my 7 inch wrist). Citizen eco drive is great.
Great video Jody. I have to agree and have unloaded all of my auto’s except for an SKX. Too OCD for the constant attention that they require, never mind the accuracy issues and delicate movements.
I've used My CELLPHONE more than my watch but it's still nice to know I've got a mechanical watch on the wrist . Something romantic about all those springs & gears keeping time. Cheers to the guy who invented the mechanical watch .
Congrats on finding something you enjoy so much. When I got into watches not too long ago, I thought I would only go mechanical, but your “waffling” on quartz watches is definitely changing my mind. Thanks for sharing!
I know the solar quartz isn’t the most economical price wise but I got a few citizen eco drives. One was a field watch I wear at work because it’s light and easy to read, and always ready to go. Can’t beat it!
Somewhere is a channel called Just One More Tshirt, and every episode he's wearing a different watch but doesnt talk about it.
Bravo, Jodie. Well said. My quartz Omega Seamaster Pro 200m sat on my wrist 35 yrs and never missed a beat in deserts, up mountains in the tropics & under three oceans. Love quartz (and mechanicals!)
I think a good quartz watch is a thing of wonder 👍thanks Jody good video
I feel the same about my Casio Oceanus and Bulova Jet Star, great grab and go watches finished to a good standard.
My daily right now is a citizen/mont bell eco drive radio controlled that was once owned by random Rob. It too is Ti. I can’t seem to take it off. I have a watch box full of divers but this is the watch I grab in the morning. I’m in NY and it syncs every day which satisfies my OCD for accuracy.
Thanks to your first video on it, i've serached and found a great deal on a Chronomaster too, the AQ4024-53Y, 37,5mm two tone version, and i love it so much, wear it everyday since i've got it ! By far my biggest purchase but absolutely no regrets, that Washi dial looks so exceptional
After my mechanical watch collection grows in size I started appreciate quartz watches more and more because you just grab them put them on the writs and off you go. No day/date or time adjustment, always accurate (well within any mechanical standards), and always reliable.
Right. I also don't worry so much about magnetism or drops. The carefree nature of quartz is hard to fault.
@murraycharters6102 First of all, they will let you know about the battery way in advance by hand skipping seconds. Secondly, replacing the battery is way easier and cheaper than full service every 5 years or so.
@murraycharters6102 eco-drive is your friend.
Having a quartz eco-drive ready in vicinity is always a good thing. I like when I need to go in hurry I just grab it without having the need to adjust the hands like the automatic after I left it for several days due to favoring more the other wathces at that time. It's like a reliable partner you can forget, but he/she won't forget about you.
Plus seven seconds per year, Jody? Completely unacceptable! That's why I went for a watch capable of staying within one second every *100,000* *years.* Yes, I'm talking about my Seiko Astron SSH003J. We don't have the automatic timekeeper signal down here in OZ as you know, and the nerd in me was fascinated by the engineering that went into the Seiko caliber 5X53 to allow synchronisation with the GPS satellites. Truly a technical marvel. If I was only permitted to wear one watch the SSH003J would be it, but fortunately, I always have room for just one more watch!
A superb choice! When it comes to timekeeping the mid to high end Japanese solar quartz movements are unbeatable. Pay a thousand dollars and have seconds per year accuracy. Pay more and have exotic materials and finishing to rival the very best available anywhere in the world. Pay a hundred dollars and you can still get the timekeeping accuracy in a plastic case and strap. Truly the Japanese understand what a watch actually needs to do and that is keep accurate time while surviving the rigours of everyday wear.
Thank you Jody first, for bringing to us your profeciency about this world. This piece got it all, in fact, reminds me my grandpa's watch he wore for decades and this model perfectly can be as well. Bravo for Citizen, for giving us still a lot in many cases for few instead. Great piece!
Saludos!
I love Quartz watches, Miyota 2035, and 2115’s work perfectly for me. Casio MRW-200H, Duro, and my new MTP-1302D Tiffany Blue really are my go to daily watches. I just ordered a Addiesdives Submariner with my favorite 2115 Quartz movement. 👌🏼
I value your opinion. I'm fairly new to collecting.
I love the art and engineering that goes into a mechanical watch. But also love quartz reliability and accuracy. Being a snob is pointless especially when we all have the same hobby. Great watch. Great video.
Great video. I,ve been into mechanical watches for over 30 years and I find myself liking my vintage seiko quartzes more and more. There is a snobbery about quartz that I dont get any more. This watch is a beauty. Thanks for sharing
Watch some of your vids and Ben's too, and those convinced me to get my first solar watch Seiko SNE141P1. Looking forward to making this my new GADA watch.
My first diver was the Promaster and I've been a fan ever since. Really love the Ecodrive, is so accurate. Always end up getting wrist time.
The first “nice” watch I bought myself was a ln EcoDrive ProMaster. It just works. I have more attachment to some of my other mechanical watches, but this is the one I know I can just grab put it on and it’s gonna be the right time, every time. Plus, it looks really nice!
Same. Most of my daily-drivers are Citizen quartz/eco-drives. Love them. Grab and go, they're always ready.
Nice piece you have, glad you're happy with it.
Hi Jody! I saw your initial video a couple months ago and found your take on the chronomaster very interesting. As a starting watch collector back then, as usual i was 100% about mechanical movements. But your video intrigued me and i started to look at high accuracy quartz watches more often as the time went by. And eventually i pulled the trigger and ordered a citizen AQ 4100-57l, which should arrive any day now. And even without having it yet on my wrist, i know it will become the watch that ill wear every day for a long time. The accuracy, the solar, the titanium, the perpetual calender... Feature wise Its just another league compared to anything offered by mechanical watches. So, seeing that you uploaded this video and its message just made me happy, because im having the same epiphany. And now, days before i get my new citizen, you just reconfirm your initial statement from back then and im even more excited. Thats awesome!
The stealth luxury aspect reminds me of the Mercedes 6.9, which could do 140mph and was for a long time the fastest production car available. The only thing that visually distiguished it from a 300SDL - just for example - was the 6.9 on the trunk, and nicer wood trim inside.
Love the delve into watch philosophy/psychology and what really makes us choose what we choose to wear and why. More ten minute diatribes please!
These have been on my radar for years, and finally I got some wrist time with several models while in a Citizen boutique in Taipei. Immediately one of them hit me like watches rarely do once on wrist -- but I wasn't prepared to pay the full retail price (even with discount) at that time. I also try to reserve new watch purchases for important milestones nowadays; a small but important limit towards making the items in my collection more meaningful.
Thanks to your multiple videos now on this watch, it's 100% certain -- the Chronomaster that won me over will be the one that celebrates that next milestone. It's wonderful to hear both your initial take, and developing love for the watch. You wear it well!
I went for a pink snowflake for my 50th. I never thought I'd spend that much on a watch especially a pink one!!
Overall I love it, but I find myself picking on it, thanks to you.
Bracklet - no micro adjustment! What were they thinking!!
Can't wait to compare it to the Assent. That's going to my son for his 21st, along with a starter watch collection.
Thanks for not doing too much on the case back as its just right for engraving.
When are you going to cover some more vintage watches. The Baltony 23/26 or the Hub turbine or bigish pilot.
The 23/26 have so many movement options its a shame no one's reviewed them all together..
One of my favourites too, along with the seiko 9f series. Citizen are so under rated.
I'll definitely add a 9F at some stage.... Maybe the gmt?
@@JustOneMoreWatchI’m definitely considering GS quartz GMT as well in black dial
The Promaster Dive BN0150-28E kicked off my watch collecting! Bough second hand mint condition from Amazon. It works, it keeps excellent time, it’s very dive proof.
Always ready to go, paired with a Black/ Orange neoprene strap.
When I passed the bar exam I bought a Bullova Seastar and I still have it and use it despite my having what my wife says are too many watches. The best part, it's grab and go, and I don't need to set things. They just work. I like the mechanicals and enjoy playing around, but sometimes you need ease and speed like a Casio (for laundry). I have a Citizen eco in titanium (a gift) that too is a nice quick grab and go but is blue face so easier to read. So I agree with practicality. It's a good purchase. Nice review and commentary as per usual!
My views on quartz watches have changed a lot, when I started my collection I was sure I would not add one to it. But a few slipped in over time, one with a movement that was nearly as smooth as an automatic one, then a PRX with mint dial etc... The latest one has been a Bulova Jet Star which (for my specimen) has an accuracy of about +- 1 second per month and a completely smooth sweep (16 ticks per second), I really love that one. I like your Citizen, too. The dial looks great as well as the hands, it has Grand Seiko vibes. I can relate now to why a quartz watch can be just as great.
I m rebuilding my dad’s old seiko BFK (those kinetik divers) with sapphire, new bezel, strap etc and now I jealous… quartz with a rotor.. pretty cool movement and a fantastic beater
I feel the same way about my Longines VHP Conquest GMT. It is the most impressive watch in my collection by far. It's probably the most affordable high accuracy quartz watch out there right now.
It's ridiculously underrated.
Fantastic watch and great revisiting review. I Have about 15 watches in my collection, mainly autos but I’ve changed over the past year : my Seiko quartz chrono-alarm now has the majority of wrist time now. The convenience of not having to worry about resetting the time every few days, adjust it for accuracy plus the good looks makes it the easiest choice for everyday wear.
That's an awesome watch. Looks fantastic! I must admit, I love my Citizen Eco drive watches. All of the quartz advantages without even worrying about a battery change. I picked up one of the new eco-drive 365 watches recently and its pretty much a great daily wear.
I was just watching the original video for this the other day. My last two watches have been quartz. A Citizen Orca Eco-drive reissue and a G-shock MTG b3000 and both now get more wrist time than my mechanicals. The movement in the MTG is an amazing piece of technology developed from the Oceanus line.
Stunner! definitely on the radar for potential next purchase. I love Citizen where they can go from this style, being dress/sport watch to then a tool watch like the Nighhawk.
I had a slightly smaller 37.5mm version in a limited edition red washi paper dial that I sold last year in order to fund a speedmaster. Watching your video really makes me miss mine. Unfortunately it was a limited edition of 200 pieces (so actually limited) and it will likely be a while before another one is back up for sale
In my experience, one or two appear a year. Believe a green one is on C24 now, asking gobs of money.
Great watch. My Chronomaster has a blue dial, but no lume. I like the titanium construction and-at least for mine-38.5 mm size. I bought mine used for $1600 USD. A satisfying deal for this Dutch Calvinist. lol
You bought the same chronomaster but in blue for 1.600 dollars instead of 3.000 dollars?How did you do it?
@@Sam_Leo1 I bought it used!
Good looking watch! A Citizen started me down the rabbit hole back in 2019. The Grand Classic NB3010-52A , an automatic with similar bracelet and white dial. Blued hands though make it a bit more legible. A Citizen eco drive was also added into the 20 plus watches later, Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer. Both are beautifully finished and less than half the price of your quartz model here in video. My eco drive model has been surprising with how inaccurate it has been for a quartz. Doesn't get much wrist time but always has a full charge. I'll pick it up at times and the date is off by a few days or the time is off by a couple hours. Head scratcher there!
Last addition and my new daily is a quartz as well. Longines Conquest Vhp. It has the same accuracy of +/- 5 seconds per year and a perpetual calander as well. Again, half the price of this Citizen. Great review as always Jody! Cheers
Just bought a PRX quartz after much deliberation. With the £300 I saved I bought another Tissot, with an automatic movement. A twin tone automatics lll. Quartz can be good! Also, proud owner of an eco drive titanium diver. Surely, the fun is mixing it up a bit.
It's a semi-sweeper keeper. Lovely watch, and it has a special function, that right, tells the time, brilliant! Great share Dr. J.! I think it is a great watch.
Just back from Japan, I tried on this watch (black dial version) and loved it immediately. Ended up buying the Oceanus S100 tho because I get an atomic clock signal here and the S100 is really lovely as well (and much cheaper haha).
Forgot to mention: thanks for bringing attention to these awesome watches!
Ah, I was just thinking of mixing a holiday to Japan & looking at the black dial - plus the tourist tax benefit .
Hope you're enjoying your Oceanus.
I’ve got a few dozen watches acquired over the past several decades and what do I wear most nowadays? A quartz VAER field watch I bought a few years back. It’s light , it’s ledgeable , it’s 100m water resistant and it’s always ready.
Wish it had a mechaquartz. Still stunning, though!
Absolutely bang on the money, Jody; I have a pretty healthy collection including various autos and hand-wound watches, but in all honesty I reach for my quartz-powered ones the majority of the time. I would like to see more (reasonably) affordable quartzes with a lot of complications. Accurist used to do the Greenwich edition watches which were superb, but that was a long time ago and they are extremely rare. Keep up the superb work, Jody - best wishes from a fellow Scot in the UK.
i have a citizen eco drive quartz diver that i love! i also got a oceanus recently and i feel the same way about that that you feel about the chronomaster. thanks Jody! cheers!
Good day Jody! I have been following your channels since the static JOMW logo in the intro days. I collect mostly homage Automatic watches, and I mean the Parnis, Didun Design, Pagani Design stuff, because honestly, I'm never going to get a mechanical watch serviced. However I have some cool mecha, and standard quartz pieces as well. By far my favorite watches have always been my Echo-Drive Citizen PCAT (AT4106-52x) and AT (BL5400-52A) Chronographs. I got them for a great price >$400 several years back and so far I've never had to do anything other than clean them. They are always 100% ready to go. Where I live we switch from Day light Saving to Standard time each year and as much as I love my other quartz pieces just resetting them each season is a pain. As for my mechanical watches, well I don't have anything in a watch wider so they are only on wrist when I've planned ahead and set them the night before. The aq4030-51a is an outstanding watch for sure. Its out of my price range but can see why its taken over your wrist time. Citizen is a company that I feel has something for everyone is every price range. Cheers!
A morning (in Texas) upload! Great way to start post-op recovery. Thanks, Jody!
Mooooorning Texas! Hope you are feeling better mate.
Still standing, so I’ve got no complaints.
My favorite watch in my collection is the citizen 8620-s116716 ecodrive my wife bought for me last Christmas. I also have a Blackhawk and another ecodrive. Just a small part of my collection of automatic, manual wind, and quartz watches. Great video Jody. Thank you!
I have to come back to this video. I watched this the next morning of it being published and this planted an idea in my head about buying an Eco-Drive Citizen. The very same weekend also turned out to be the best weekend of this year for me. Now a few weeks later I bought a Citizen AW1750 with a blue dial and really like the watch. The watch now commemorates a very enjoyable and memorable weekend and honestly I probably wouldn't have bought it without this video. So thanks Jody!
Love that watch! Have had my eye on The Citizen line for some time now. The fit, finish, Eco-Drive, and +/- 5 seconds per year. What’s not to love!
The fact it is quartz is not a turn off...it is very practical movement and makes a lot of sense. However, seeing the prices for this one on ebay, I am more inclined to stretch that dollar for a Grand Seiko quartz....just my thoughts...
Talk about great timing. I was just sitting down to adjust the date on my old Vostok, a 10-minute task when your video started. I love the old watch but I also love my G-Shocks because of the quartzness. All the G's are just ready to go. They are more like a TV while the Vostok is more like a steam engine. Still love it though
I'm into watches for years, as the years go on, i appreciated Citizen more and more, especially "The Citizen" line. It shows craftmanship, accuracy, high quality,.... About the price, it is definitely worthy, you'll get so much more compared to Grand Seiko. I actually love the model that you are wearing, i'll buy it someday, it's my dream watch.
Citizen is not even close to Grand Seiko. 😂🤣 😂
Same here, I unplugged my watch winder months ago and have been alternating between my Citizen Promaster and a sick G-Shock Gravitymaster that I stole off of eBAY. I'm sure I'll plug the winder back in as soon as my Erebus Origin Purple arrives though 😉
You've put one of these on my list of checkout watches. This will be a part of my eventual 10 Watch Collection.
Love this watch! Reminds me of the Seiko “snowflake” or Sarb with those lines🔥🔥🔥
My " always ready to go " choice is my quartz Scurfa Diver 1. I will always have a quartz in my collection. What I am gravitating towards now is the GADA style watches.
I am really glad that you are highlighting a quartz watch! And a Citizen watch no less! The Chronomaster is really cool and I would definitely buy one if it weren't so expensive. But you asked about other highly accurate quartz watches out there. Two come to mind. Bulova's proprietary quartz movement that is in the Precisionist line and other watch lines also have a similarly level of accuracy. Surprisingly, these watches have a smooth second sweep like an automatic. Being Bulova, the prices are very reasonable as well. The second brand is Swiss, surprisingly! Longines used to make the Conquest VHP, which has the same 5s/yr accuracy. Unfortunately, Longines has stopped making it, most likely because luxury Swiss watch buyers typically aren't looking for quartz. But they are still on the gray market for well less than $1k USD.
I'm with you on this one Jody. Was never a Citizen fan, but recently bought a Citizen EcoDrive Worldtimer (don't have the model nr now) and was super impressed with the finishing quality. Unfortunately it was too large for my small wrists so had to sell it again. But compared to my TAG Formula 1 it was so much more of a watch!
Jody, the most practical watch I own (Bulova Lunar Pilot) is a quartz. My watch on average gains 1 second every six months. I reset it every six months because of Daylight savings time.
I have a agree with about quartz. Hated by many in our community and for not good reason. I got a GS 9F quartz earlier this year and it has robbed wrist time from my automatics. So darn versatile, maintenance free, bang on accurate and beautiful on the wrist.
Would be cool to see HAQ watches from more of the big name brands. Feel like they stopped due to not having the constant servicing income that automatics bring them and becomes a one time sale with them.
Would love to see another update in a years time on your continued experience and adventures it has been on.
- I found a 40 yr old Seiko quartz watch in an antique shop on Cape Cod this summer and it is the watch I reach for the most when I take off my work beater. And it only cost me $20.
Incredible review! Too few people really consider their relationship to a watch and what they need from it. I have a Citizen Solar Chronograph that is over ten years old and is dead on accurate, and has never been away from light long enough to stop. It also gets me loads of compliments. This white dial citizen is super versatile with almost any mode of dress or fashion. Great summer look with that shirt your wearing!
Citizen Classic Open Heart has been my fav piece in my collection!!
I have found myself wearing Casio digital watches for some of the same reasons. I have found I like a light comfortable watch. I also like my Timex Expedition quartz- It’s light and looks good with some character nicks:)
And this is why I wish Bulova upped their game. I love the 262khz movement sweep and regular quartz ticking bothers me visually. (So does the hands length on that one) So I wish there were good looking, sapphire Crystal watches with solar meca-quartz.
Excellent defence of a quartz, Japanese, popular brand watch ! Now I do catch "atomic" radio signals (both UK and Germany) so I stick to Casio - Oceanus OCW-S100. Same basic specs - sport-dressy, 10 ATM, coated titanium and all, plus quick traveller world time added. Yes, including 1/2h for India or Aussie bush! But some US$ 600 from Japan.
I love mechanical watches too but bought a Seiko Astron GPS 7 years ago which became my daily watch.
Striking looks combined with exact, and I mean exact, GPS time. I race on yachts and need hyper accuracy, to the fraction of a second.
It’s great having absolute confidence that your watch is spot on.
But I still love my mechanical watches!
I agree, i like my handful of automatics but i am babysitting them all the time. I think less than 5 is all i can handle/want. But i could get more quartz and collect those and not worry about setting the time. I have become a big casio fan recently.
I like Citizen watches, and I really like super accurate quartz watches. This one looks great, but the legibility seems like something that would really bother me on it. Not just the silver hands on white dial, that you mentioned. The hands are too short, and the minute markers on rehaut (almost) never make for a good legibility. They should have at least made the hands long enough to touch the minute markers, or, even better, put the markers on the dial instead of rehaut. Hands that fall short of minute markers really bother me on a watch. Other than that, it is a great piece.
A lovely looking watch, i wold take the black or blue one. Ive been banging on on here for ages about Citizen. That grab and go ability has kept Omegas off my wrist. 5 Citizens, 2 G Shocks, a Pagani Moonwatch and, heaven forbit, a QUARTZ Omega 300m have also helped keep the Autos in their box. Excellent video. How about some Quartz BB58s..😂
This made me realize I usually have a quartz watch on my wrist. Either the casio aq-800, baltany 1926 oyster quartz, gshock gwb5600, or my citizen exceed. I've only been taking out my mechanical watches on special occasions.
Edit: also my bulova precisionist
I have 2 Citizen Eco Drive watches - the Ecozilla and the Corso - and they’re the most accurate watches I have in my collection. They’re also the least maintenance out of all of them. I like mechanical watches, but they require some work and money to keep running.
I collected a Citizen Titanium Eco Drive watch with bluetooth connectivity, as well as my Casio G Shocks with radio signal function and I absolutely love 'em! They are really set and forget, plus charging themselves. Always there when I need them and I like this kind of technology better than a smartwatch 🎉🎉
Love this video, Quartztastic, I'd love the black version. A dive version would be amazing, too.
Well done Jody. I'm also an accuracy "freq", but I still have a more intimate relationship with automatic/mechanical movements. Having said that, I enjoy my Bulova (Citizen's) high frequency (262 kHz) movement, with the smooth running second hand. I do wish Bulova could leverage the Citizen Eco tecnology for these Bulova high Feq movements. That would be a winner in my book. P.s. I'll be in Australia in a few months. :)
I have a quartz Grand Seiko model SBGV207. Pitch black minimalist dial, 44GS style case. Accurate to 10 seconds per year. Wonderful finishing, mesmerizing brushed dauphine hands which seem to reflect light in rainbow colours. I have had it for 4 years and absolutely love it, it has the most wrist time along with my Tudor BB58. If I didn’t already have my quartz GS, I would be very tempted to buy that Citizen.
I've had a somewhat similar experience with my Casio LWS2200H-1. It's one of the cheapest watches I own, but I've found that I basically wear it all the time and that most of the rest of my collection goes unused unless there's a "special occasion" for me to wear them for. And the reason is kind of similar to what you talk about here - functionality. Except, in this case, this particular watch is a step tracker, and I've gotten addicted to knowing what my step count is each day and trying to hit my goal for the day, or get a new Personal Best, etc, whenever I'm wearing it. It's also extremely legible, accurate, and has another feature I use fairly often, being a ten-minute countdown timer. So... any time I put another watch on, I'm missing those features, especially the step tracker. I'm tempted by the idea of getting a more advanced fitness watch as a step up from this one, but all my other watches are basically left unable to compete because this one has a feature which I'm using all the time and which I miss when I don't have it.
Watch on one wrist, sport band on the other 😉
@@carlosnl I could do that... I think I would feel a little self-conscious, though...