Had this watch about a year now: unbeatable value for the price. A no-brainer - one of the best looking, functional, accurate and comfortable watches I've had the pleasure to wear.
I worked for an old French guy who used to be an underwater engineer - diving to repair and maintain underwater parts on research vessels. He swore by this, alongside a proper dive computer.
Case is 44mm, 48mm at the crown, and 49mm lif to lug. You're not likely going to get a nicer timepiece at this pricepoint. I put an Angus jubilee on mine and it looks and wears like a much more expensive piece. Recommendation; buy it.
Top watch in this price segment, got a Citizen JP200 08B, which is diving with me for years almost every day, as I am a Diving Instructor and work in the Maldives. Never let me down, built like a Tank.
Owner of Seiko, Orient and this is my 1st Citizen. I can say it is the best VFM...in the world !! Still can't believe that I hit this bargain, amazon offer under $140. And by the way, congratulations for the above video.
Good morning friend and I'll be honest with you. The Orient I own is a black Ray II and it is really beautiful. But as an automatic (+5 minutes per month which is acceptable), it needs regulation (date & time) as well as a good service every five years which is expensive. So this will be my last automatic ever. The Citizen is very very accurate, you do not need to regulate, awesome in hand, but the most important is the eco-drive machine. You just leave it under the sun for a couple of days and you have energy for the next six months !! Not to mention that I will have to change the capacitor after ten or maybe...twenty years. I am very happy and pleased with the Citizen. So the choise is yours. (Between us, the best of the best of the best VFM watch in the world ever made is the Casio G-Shock, even the cheapest model it will last forever. But ok not the most beautiful !!). I hope my thoughts will help you.
I own the black version of this watch and I love it. I swapped out the strap for the Citizen bracelet with the slide lock adjustment. Really took the watch to the next level for me.
One word a man should never use..........comfy! I picture a woman drinking not tea with her bathrobe and fuzzy slippers on! So we are going to have to revoke Your man card lo! J\k
bro I love this watch the illumination is super I LOVE IT is too bad I can't use it every day at work because Im electrician and I use my g shock .. this citizen is very comfortable . i own the blue one also and I love it .
I love this watch. It gets more wrist time than any of my other watches. It's also the watch I travel with and it has been snorkeling with me in Key West. It's the only quartz watch I own where the second hand lines up with all the ticks on the chapter ring. The only detractor is the band. It's a bit stiff. I replaced it with a rubber Borealis diver's band and now it's perfect.
I have the same problem.While the watch is superb ,i find the band somewhat too stiff and its a bit annoying to wear in warm summer weather.I am searching for a more comfortable band and have not found one yet (tried a canvas blue band ,but it was worse ...) Maybe i ll check on the Borealis diver u suggest.Thanx!
I have had the auto version of this watch for more years than I can remember and I took it for it's first service just a few months back, fabulous watch in my humble opinion.
I own one ( I dive ) it is an awesome diver's watch . You can't get anything better than that at that price …… by the way , amazingly beautiful Seiko Turtle and the quality of your video is superb . Congratulations . As a note , I will add that the blue one looks way better then the black one .
I own an SKX, a couple of Vostok Amphibias, but my Citizen BN0151 gets five times as much wrist time as the others combined. It is accurate (+2 seconds/month), convenient (doesn't need winding, or adjusting) is very well made and looks great. For the price, it is a solid gold steal...
This is my first citizen eco drive but my second is on layaway it’s the at4127-52h perpetual chrono with atomic time can’t wait to get it granite ion plated case is black with sapphire blue accents!! Thank you to my wife for a balated 25th anniversary gift!!
Kyle V. R I have a Ray 2 and this watch. And I definitely like this watch better. It is better built and looks more expensive and it is crazy accurate, and it never needs a battery, and it looks great. I own a black one and a blue one.it’s the perfect watch
@@imabeliever85 I'm actually trying to decide between this and the Ray 2 now also . This definitely looks better but I'm partial to automatics . Though the blue Ray2 is always readily available at around $120 ...but the Promaster usually goes for near $200 or above these days. Right now today I see it's on sale for $120 on amazon in the U.S. ..That's the lowest I've ever seen the blue Promaster go..I did read that it went down to $99 last year on Prime day..it may never go that low again. Hmmm I'm thinking about it.
The reason I watch these videos is to see the watch on a wrist so I can gauge size. No matter what the specs say about size, it's all about how it looks and wears. Great video, Thank you.
Picked one up just now, for this year's spring/summer (jogging, swimming etc.). It's almost surprising how overlooked this watch is - for a solar-powered 20mm-lug diver, or really any solar-powered diver - this seems to offer the most value by far... It beats out Seiko's solar tunas on value and (most likely) on bezel/chapter-ring alignment too :)
Excellent watch. I have it : this is tough, indestructible, no change of battery, super precise and quite beautiful for the price. I have fancier automatic watches in my collection (Seiko Prospex, Christopher Ward for example) but when I need a watch for *tough jobs" where I may damage my fancier watches, I take this one.
I have it and i love it. The glowing in the dark is fantastik. If you have in in a bright place and go to dark corner the glowing can be seen clear. I changed the band to a leather band with an iron buckle. So there is never a question in which hole to fix the mandrel.
I own this watch and love it. Great looking, comfortable, bulletproof. Great lume. Always ready without fiddling about like my automatics. Great grab and go beater watch.
Is not bulletproof, but is a great watch ... The bezel is ALu witch is not that great with sand, but with little WD40 is ok. The strap is stiff and ugly ... better with Omega-style Nato. The lume is great and is nicer than (cheap) Seiko's ... the color is turquise-ish ... not green-ish ...
@@BogdanDulgheru Oh okay. Was thinking of that one but didn't know it would work with this blue watch.I have several dark blue/striped NATO's for this driver though.
@@liamvisser01 The gray is the thing: works very well with the case of the watch. The black is only the background ... You have a black strap with 2 stripes of gray. You can use marine with gray stripes ... If You have the black dial watch the Black-gray combo is great; în blue dial is a little "off" but is the original Omega style combo of tones. Omega has black dials in general...
Great, great, great watch. Without a doubt the best VFM out there. Tank-like construction and unbeatable movement. Just wish it was a tad bit smaller. At 41/42mm it would be perfect.
I own this watch in black and love it. It's my daily wear watch. I own an omega seamaster and I wear this watch more ( working, exercising, gardening, etc )...
I have this watch,,,loved it at first sight,,,the lume is the brightest i have seen on a watch and glows for days,,,extremely accurate once u set the time,,,im very pleased,,,i heard that this watch is also italy navy seal watch?....perfect everyday watch
Great watch good review, just found your channel. You mentioned ‘Normal’ people, I think you meant desk divers! Promaster range often used by divers around the world as back up to computers and gauges and for everyday wear, as mentioned in previous comments. I think they are outstanding.
You are absolutely right about the diameter being 43m. I bought one three years ago. Depending on wear you measure the diameter from: bezel to bezel from each edge or across the back of the case - that would give 43m.
The hard plastic band can be uncomfortable if you have skinny wrists. I switched out the plastic band for a Nato strap of the same color. It think it looks better than the SKX 009J that I also have.
Nice review. Got one last month - beautiful and powerful looking watch which lives up to expectations, really well finished. Keeps great time. The strap is ok but I changed it for an after-market one.
Great review! Love that Seiko on your wrist. I own the Citizen, its fantastic. I recommend paying a bit more for the bracelet as it is a very high quality bracelet (the best I've seen for under 500). Currently I wear it with a dark brown thick leather strap, it looks fantastic.
My favorite beater watch I have ever owned! I beat it up pretty bad but it still looks great. Btw, they have oyster bracelets for this watch on Ebay for around 30 bucks 👍
Will you be kind enough to post the link where you bought this from? It's over 200 dollars everywhere I see and the packaging seems to be very different.
Hi, yeah the ND tables is something that all good SCUBA divers should know off the backs of their hands, so the figures printed are somewhat gimmicky for real divers. If one had to rely upon looking at that small table in order to calculate a no deco dive then u could be screwed. I have the previous model eco drive, still going strong almost 17 years! This model is much larger and of course has the offset crown. Just upgraded to a Seiko ProSpex and reviewed it too. Thanks for showing!
@@tobias_dahlberg No probs, yeah thanks for posting the review. I've been thinking myself about getting one LOL but just got a new Seiko this time around!
As a former search and rescue diver for the county sheriffs department I think the band could be good for newer divers but I like the band and I think the ND on it looks cool! I probably will buy a cpl different bands for this and have fun with it! I never owned a dive watch as a Rescue diver in Ohio because 99% of all water I dove in was black water, you can’t see your hand if you put it directly on you mask! All done by feel but 20 years later I decided to buy one and got this one and glad I did!!
@@brianbuchert6382 Hey yeah I can believe what you say there re the zero viz in your previous job. If this model is as good as the one I still have running, then you'll get another 20 years of diving out of it.
I'll echo what everyone else is saying. Fantastic watch for the price. In fact, I bought and sold 3 SKX's but kept this watch. For the price and accuracy, it can't be beat!
For those of us who can’t afford expensive watches I find it kind of an insult to call a very capable watch a beater watch ! Not trying to be overly sensitive but I work and I bring in 2 incomes into my house and to spend a cpl hundred bucks on a watch is a big deal to me and it’s my prized possession as far as watches go. I won’t be rude and use the term watch snobs for those who disrespectfully call this a beater I understand choices in your life may be different than mine which I’m glad for you but this watch deserves to be called more than a beater watch! I was a search and rescue diver for my country sheriffs office and am retired but anyway I love this watch and am proud to say that it’s definitely no beater watch!
It's all a matter of a simple misconception. For you, beater is a derogatory term, but it isn't for me. When I say beater, I mean it's such a capable watch that it'll withstand most everything you throw at it and do a good job of telling the time at the the same time. I do not mean that it's a 'cheap' watch and so you can throw it around, not at all. We've just got different definitions about what beater means. I hope I cleared things up. Have a nice day, Tobias
Wound Up - Watch Reviews yes that makes perfect sense and I appreciate your honesty! I guess I’m just used to getting trampled on certain watches I own so my sincere apologies for assuming the worst I’m going to sub your channel and again I shouldn’t assume anything from people I don’t know and can appreciate your honest review!
@@brianbuchert6382 steady on! if you use it for search and rescue, then its a beater - beater means to bang it up. bushwalking. diving. yard work. whatever. its a couple hundred bucks, sporty and durable as heck. its a beater if you want it to be. what confuses me is the w*** on a facebook group i follow who are looking at $4000 Oris watches for a beater.
Hi Brian. I sort of agree with you...the term beater in the context of a watch is not generally meant in the same way as beater for a car i.e. a wreck or cheap banger (as it's known in England), however it's an unfortunate coincidence of words and it's origins aren't clear in watchspeak. People would do well to think about buzzwords before adopting them, consciously or otherwise. Sir, I salute you.
The orange color on the minute hand on mine has faded so much. The bezel has faded too. This watch isn't very UV resistant. Still keeps good time though.
Very very nice. The only "improvements" I'd make to this watch are a) titanium case b) standard genuine caoutchouc rubber strap c) optional titanium band.
I have quite a few divers in my collection. I have the black version of this on my wrist right now. The only watch I have that I like more is my Seiko King Turtle. I also paid well below retail price.
Is it antimagnetic being stainless steel? I own a promaster diver in titanium and it is antimagnetic by default. I like the fake tank! I got my promaster without it being a sleeper model with orange dial.
Mine arrived to today in the same packaging. I like it! I paid $244 for mine. If one is looking for a cheaper dive watch they should look at the Casio Duro which is nice but I like the Citizen better.
@@tobias_dahlberg People can say what they want about quartz movements but a quartz movement that never needs a battery change is perfect for a beater. :)
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I have an automatic and frankly I prefer my eco drive for its accuracy.
It is ISO 6425. Always a good thing to mention when reviewing a "dive watch". 6425 is pretty good at this price point. Considering Bell & Ross make a true tool watch with the same ISO. Thanks for your review. Well done! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Resistant_mark
This watch made me sell my SKX which I swore I'll never do !!! Now I own both this ECO Drive and the Citizen ProMaster NY0040-50E. Citizen is so underrated. Big Big mistake.
I had same choice & went with Citizen. If SKX had NH35 series movement, I might have chosen it at the time. Knowing what I know now, I would choose Citizen even over SKX with windable movement (I have a Seiko 5 with windable movement).
I'm about to buy it, but before I do I wanna make you a question: How much would you pay (tops) for this watch? or rephrasing, Do you think it's still a good value to purchase it for 200 US$?
Thanks for the video. Nice presentation and nice watch. For anyone stumbling upon this video at this moment.l, right now this is available for $120 + tax on amazon. Hopefully someone finds this message buys one like I did 😄
I had that watch but I sent it back, It looked really small on me. I got an eco-zilla instead. That being said, it's a nice watch and I was disappointed that I didn't keep it. Might buy it again.
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Had this watch about a year now: unbeatable value for the price. A no-brainer - one of the best looking, functional, accurate and comfortable watches I've had the pleasure to wear.
Have worn this exact blue promaster as my daily for several years. Love it, very strong timepiece.
I worked for an old French guy who used to be an underwater engineer - diving to repair and maintain underwater parts on research vessels. He swore by this, alongside a proper dive computer.
You mean he wore?
@@diegocanale1124 your English 😂
@@diegocanale1124 s, tuyệt,
Been wearing a Citizen Titanium Eco Drive on a daily basis for about 5 years and love it!
Case is 44mm, 48mm at the crown, and 49mm lif to lug.
You're not likely going to get a nicer timepiece at this pricepoint.
I put an Angus jubilee on mine and it looks and wears like a much more expensive piece.
Recommendation; buy it.
CyberRabid where can I see your watch with the angus bracelet?
@@CyberRabid. what is the band width?
@@77ctaylor 20mm
Its 139$ today
@@CyberRabid.Maybe not for me, But TNX！！！ Very goog looking !! One of the best combination I think.
Top watch in this price segment, got a Citizen JP200 08B, which is diving with me for years almost every day, as I am a Diving Instructor and work in the Maldives. Never let me down, built like a Tank.
Great to hear that these watches stand up in the water like they should. Thanks for watching :)
Owner of Seiko, Orient and this is my 1st Citizen. I can say it is the best VFM...in the world !! Still can't believe that I hit this bargain, amazon offer under $140. And by the way, congratulations for the above video.
Good morning friend and I'll be honest with you. The Orient I own is a black Ray II and it is really beautiful. But as an automatic (+5 minutes per month which is acceptable), it needs regulation (date & time) as well as a good service every five years which is expensive. So this will be my last automatic ever. The Citizen is very very accurate, you do not need to regulate, awesome in hand, but the most important is the eco-drive machine. You just leave it under the sun for a couple of days and you have energy for the next six months !! Not to mention that I will have to change the capacitor after ten or maybe...twenty years. I am very happy and pleased with the Citizen. So the choise is yours. (Between us, the best of the best of the best VFM watch in the world ever made is the Casio G-Shock, even the cheapest model it will last forever. But ok not the most beautiful !!). I hope my thoughts will help you.
I bought a citizen wr300 ecodrive (1992) in 93, it required a new power cell in 2017. Super reliable.
I own the black version of this watch and I love it. I swapped out the strap for the Citizen bracelet with the slide lock adjustment. Really took the watch to the next level for me.
One of the best watches I own and I have a very large collection!! Superb quality for price, supper comfy, well worth it. I own the blue one.
I find it a little bit hard to dress on everyday, casual for work, for those lines about depth and stuff, is it?
One word a man should never use..........comfy! I picture a woman drinking not tea with her bathrobe and fuzzy slippers on! So we are going to have to revoke
Your man card lo! J\k
bro I love this watch the illumination is super I LOVE IT is too bad I can't use it every day at work because Im electrician and I use my g shock .. this citizen is very comfortable . i own the blue one also and I love it .
Got 1 today and I'm impressed with the build quality of the watch and the strap, nice watch
I love this watch. It gets more wrist time than any of my other watches. It's also the watch I travel with and it has been snorkeling with me in Key West. It's the only quartz watch I own where the second hand lines up with all the ticks on the chapter ring. The only detractor is the band. It's a bit stiff. I replaced it with a rubber Borealis diver's band and now it's perfect.
I have the same problem.While the watch is superb ,i find the band somewhat too stiff and its a bit annoying to wear in warm summer weather.I am searching for a more comfortable band and have not found one yet (tried a canvas blue band ,but it was worse ...) Maybe i ll check on the Borealis diver u suggest.Thanx!
@@OverdrivePacing Strap code FKM rubber strap is an exact match for this watch!!!!!
I have had the auto version of this watch for more years than I can remember and I took it for it's first service just a few months back, fabulous watch in my humble opinion.
You mean ny0040?
@@MrDanijelho yup.
I have the NY0040 as well. I believe I bought it in 1997 before I got open water certified in 98.
I own one ( I dive ) it is an awesome diver's watch . You can't get anything better than that at that price …… by the way , amazingly beautiful Seiko Turtle and the quality of your video is superb . Congratulations . As a note , I will add that the blue one looks way better then the black one .
Yeah but the black one is more expensive
I own an SKX, a couple of Vostok Amphibias, but my Citizen BN0151 gets five times as much wrist time as the others combined. It is accurate (+2 seconds/month), convenient (doesn't need winding, or adjusting) is very well made and looks great. For the price, it is a solid gold steal...
I Got one myself about four weeks ago very happy with the watch so far this is my second eco-Drive watch
Cool! Yeah they seem to make great watches.
This is my first citizen eco drive but my second is on layaway it’s the at4127-52h perpetual chrono with atomic time can’t wait to get it granite ion plated case is black with sapphire blue accents!! Thank you to my wife for a balated 25th anniversary gift!!
I have this watch and the fit and finish is amazing for the price! Way better than Seiko.
Stephane Chenier certainly way less $ than a $850+ Tuna
Is it a better choice than an Orient ray 2 or Kano?
Kyle V. R I have a Ray 2 and this watch. And I definitely like this watch better. It is better built and looks more expensive and it is crazy accurate, and it never needs a battery, and it looks great. I own a black one and a blue one.it’s the perfect watch
I have both the 004 and the Fugu but always pick the Seiko SKX 007 to wear.
@@imabeliever85 I'm actually trying to decide between this and the Ray 2 now also . This definitely looks better but I'm partial to automatics . Though the blue Ray2 is always readily available at around $120 ...but the Promaster usually goes for near $200 or above these days. Right now today I see it's on sale for $120 on amazon in the U.S. ..That's the lowest I've ever seen the blue Promaster go..I did read that it went down to $99 last year on Prime day..it may never go that low again. Hmmm I'm thinking about it.
The reason I watch these videos is to see the watch on a wrist so I can gauge size. No matter what the specs say about size, it's all about how it looks and wears. Great video, Thank you.
Same! I have smaller wrists
Picked one up just now, for this year's spring/summer (jogging, swimming etc.). It's almost surprising how overlooked this watch is - for a solar-powered 20mm-lug diver, or really any solar-powered diver - this seems to offer the most value by far... It beats out Seiko's solar tunas on value and (most likely) on bezel/chapter-ring alignment too :)
Seiko came undone with putting those cheapo plastic shrouds around their solar tunas
Excellent watch. I have it : this is tough, indestructible, no change of battery, super precise and quite beautiful for the price. I have fancier automatic watches in my collection (Seiko Prospex, Christopher Ward for example) but when I need a watch for *tough jobs" where I may damage my fancier watches, I take this one.
I have it and i love it. The glowing in the dark is fantastik. If you have in in a bright place and go to dark corner the glowing can be seen clear. I changed the band to a leather band with an iron buckle. So there is never a question in which hole to fix the mandrel.
This watch, besides being beautiful, is excellent in quality.
I have a 12 year old Eco-Drive diver….looks and runs like brand new. I still like the LH crown Automatic more. But I wear both often. Nice buy.
I own this watch and love it. Great looking, comfortable, bulletproof. Great lume. Always ready without fiddling about like my automatics. Great grab and go beater watch.
Is not bulletproof, but is a great watch ... The bezel is ALu witch is not that great with sand, but with little WD40 is ok.
The strap is stiff and ugly ... better with Omega-style Nato.
The lume is great and is nicer than (cheap) Seiko's ... the color is turquise-ish ... not green-ish ...
@@BogdanDulgheru what colours does a Omega like NATO have?
@@liamvisser01 Black-gray. Stripes ... Search for Omega and James Bond in web 😉
@@BogdanDulgheru Oh okay. Was thinking of that one but didn't know it would work with this blue watch.I have several dark blue/striped NATO's for this driver though.
@@liamvisser01 The gray is the thing: works very well with the case of the watch. The black is only the background ... You have a black strap with 2 stripes of gray. You can use marine with gray stripes ...
If You have the black dial watch the Black-gray combo is great; în blue dial is a little "off" but is the original Omega style combo of tones. Omega has black dials in general...
Citizen one off the only manufacturer's that actually get the seconds hand to fall on the markers! Even Swiss watches can't do it....
Great, great, great watch. Without a doubt the best VFM out there. Tank-like construction and unbeatable movement. Just wish it was a tad bit smaller. At 41/42mm it would be perfect.
I own this watch in black and love it. It's my daily wear watch. I own an omega seamaster and I wear this watch more ( working, exercising, gardening, etc )...
Will you tell us where you bought it for that price including shipping and import fees. That is a very reasonable price.
This is an excellent watch. Plus Crystal Times offers a sapphire crystal for it. Perfect!
I have this watch,,,loved it at first sight,,,the lume is the brightest i have seen on a watch and glows for days,,,extremely accurate once u set the time,,,im very pleased,,,i heard that this watch is also italy navy seal watch?....perfect everyday watch
Ny0040 automatic italy navy
The lume is just ok when compared to a mid tier Seiko like the Sumo.
many people dont know how to measure case size even in shops and online stores... glade you got it correct
Great watch good review, just found your channel. You mentioned ‘Normal’ people, I think you meant desk divers! Promaster range often used by divers around the world as back up to computers and gauges and for everyday wear, as mentioned in previous comments. I think they are outstanding.
Well I'm a gang banger 😎 and I LOVE IT
You are absolutely right about the diameter being 43m. I bought one three years ago. Depending on wear you measure the diameter from: bezel to bezel from each edge or across the back of the case - that would give 43m.
Fits like a 41 to 42 to me still a nice watch
Mine came in the yellow and bigger tank. It's a great everyday watch. Good price as well.
Ah, cool!
The hard plastic band can be uncomfortable if you have skinny wrists. I switched out the plastic band for a Nato strap of the same color. It think it looks better than the SKX 009J that I also have.
You got a great price on this watch. They went up. I just got the black one (BN0150) on Amazon for $226 USD and the blue one like yours is $262 USD.
Nice review. Got one last month - beautiful and powerful looking watch which lives up to expectations, really well finished. Keeps great time. The strap is ok but I changed it for an after-market one.
did you get the same oxygen tank packaging?
No, very basic small box but packaging doesn't bother me too much: I received all the necessary paperwork though.
Awesome watch I have the same version but mine came without the canister. Looks great on a orange strap.
There's no doubt putting a Citizen watch video on your channel will grow your channel very well. Gj
Just bought mine today for $139 at online auction. Jumped at it for the price. Looks beautiful in your vid. Can't wait to wear it.
Great review! Love that Seiko on your wrist. I own the Citizen, its fantastic. I recommend paying a bit more for the bracelet as it is a very high quality bracelet (the best I've seen for under 500). Currently I wear it with a dark brown thick leather strap, it looks fantastic.
Citizen is the best watchmaker.
Ordered one in black for $90 on "Black Friday". Can't wait!!
Ken Weller me too!
@@lookingupfilms may I ask where from? Thank you in advance
Can I ask where from? Many thanks
shalamar kazwank Amazon. It’s not on sale anymore though...
@@lookingupfilms thnx for lettin me know.
It's a great looking watch. Very nice specs too. I'm amazed it cost less than $150 USD! It looks a lot more expensive than what you paid for.
I bought the black there 250 now
🤩I have one and loved it❗⌚
It's very precise, comfortable and elegant❗👌🏼
My favorite beater watch I have ever owned! I beat it up pretty bad but it still looks great. Btw, they have oyster bracelets for this watch on Ebay for around 30 bucks 👍
yeah a link would be great
www.ebay.com/itm/20mm-CURVED-STAINLESS-STEEL-OYSTER-BRACELET-FIT-Citizen-BN0150-28E-BN0151-09L-/192296830783?
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Very Helpful. I am looking for a new Citizen Dive Watch and you sold me.
Will you be kind enough to post the link where you bought this from? It's over 200 dollars everywhere I see and the packaging seems to be very different.
Great review, what wesite in the USA can I order one for $145 please??
Hi, yeah the ND tables is something that all good SCUBA divers should know off the backs of their hands, so the figures printed are somewhat gimmicky for real divers. If one had to rely upon looking at that small table in order to calculate a no deco dive then u could be screwed. I have the previous model eco drive, still going strong almost 17 years! This model is much larger and of course has the offset crown. Just upgraded to a Seiko ProSpex and reviewed it too. Thanks for showing!
Yeah I figured it's not very useful. Just a cool touch for us that don't dive I guess ;)
Thanks for watching!
@@tobias_dahlberg No probs, yeah thanks for posting the review. I've been thinking myself about getting one LOL but just got a new Seiko this time around!
As a former search and rescue diver for the county sheriffs department I think the band could be good for newer divers but I like the band and I think the ND on it looks cool! I probably will buy a cpl different bands for this and have fun with it! I never owned a dive watch as a Rescue diver in Ohio because 99% of all water I dove in was black water, you can’t see your hand if you put it directly on you mask! All done by feel but 20 years later I decided to buy one and got this one and glad I did!!
@@brianbuchert6382 Hey yeah I can believe what you say there re the zero viz in your previous job. If this model is as good as the one I still have running, then you'll get another 20 years of diving out of it.
I'll echo what everyone else is saying. Fantastic watch for the price. In fact, I bought and sold 3 SKX's but kept this watch. For the price and accuracy, it can't be beat!
I believe I own the same watch in black. I've been wearing it well over a year and I love it. It looks great for such a cheap watch.
Joseph Simko is day cheaply priced but not cheap
how's the lume??
Edmund Ng the lume in this is excellent once “ charged”
For those of us who can’t afford expensive watches I find it kind of an insult to call a very capable watch a beater watch ! Not trying to be overly sensitive but I work and I bring in 2 incomes into my house and to spend a cpl hundred bucks on a watch is a big deal to me and it’s my prized possession as far as watches go. I won’t be rude and use the term watch snobs for those who disrespectfully call this a beater I understand choices in your life may be different than mine which I’m glad for you but this watch deserves to be called more than a beater watch! I was a search and rescue diver for my country sheriffs office and am retired but anyway I love this watch and am proud to say that it’s definitely no beater watch!
It's all a matter of a simple misconception. For you, beater is a derogatory term, but it isn't for me. When I say beater, I mean it's such a capable watch that it'll withstand most everything you throw at it and do a good job of telling the time at the the same time. I do not mean that it's a 'cheap' watch and so you can throw it around, not at all. We've just got different definitions about what beater means.
I hope I cleared things up. Have a nice day,
Tobias
Wound Up - Watch Reviews yes that makes perfect sense and I appreciate your honesty! I guess I’m just used to getting trampled on certain watches I own so my sincere apologies for assuming the worst I’m going to sub your channel and again I shouldn’t assume anything from people I don’t know and can appreciate your honest review!
@@brianbuchert6382 steady on! if you use it for search and rescue, then its a beater - beater means to bang it up. bushwalking. diving. yard work. whatever. its a couple hundred bucks, sporty and durable as heck. its a beater if you want it to be. what confuses me is the w*** on a facebook group i follow who are looking at $4000 Oris watches for a beater.
They should save themselves some money and pick up this beauty!
Hi Brian. I sort of agree with you...the term beater in the context of a watch is not generally meant in the same way as beater for a car i.e. a wreck or cheap banger (as it's known in England), however it's an unfortunate coincidence of words and it's origins aren't clear in watchspeak. People would do well to think about buzzwords before adopting them, consciously or otherwise. Sir, I salute you.
I LOVE the look of this thing just pulled the trigger on a black one from Amazon on black Friday for 160 now there 250
What code did you use , did you buy from the site????
The orange color on the minute hand on mine has faded so much. The bezel has faded too. This watch isn't very UV resistant. Still keeps good time though.
Very very nice. The only "improvements" I'd make to this watch are a) titanium case
b) standard genuine caoutchouc rubber strap c) optional titanium band.
Earthian I’m not sure why you’d need a titanium case S this watch is super light but I will admit I’m a titanium fan!
can you provide the link where you bought it from, please?
I have quite a few divers in my collection. I have the black version of this on my wrist right now. The only watch I have that I like more is my Seiko King Turtle. I also paid well below retail price.
Thanks for the great video! I just ordered mine!!
Is it antimagnetic being stainless steel? I own a promaster diver in titanium and it is antimagnetic by default. I like the fake tank! I got my promaster without it being a sleeper model with orange dial.
Quick question please, how long does lume last? Hours i hope😁
where did you buy this watch from?
Can i ask which website did yoi purchase, my friend?
can you please share the info of the place you bought it from? thanks
Please tell me where can i buy this watch for that price. On ebay it cost about 200-250$.
I have the same one but in black i putted a nato strap and it is just perfect. I recommend to everyone worth every penny!!
Link for Shopping Please!!!
Do u have the link where u bought the watch?
I just bought one of these. I like it. It's a good value for the money.
where did you buy it from? and how much did it cost you?
I bought mine off Ebay.com. Only buy from a seller with a 99% or 100% rating. Mine cost 112.50 USD
@@KRW628 Thanks. can you post that link you bought it from? That's a great price for this watch!
Ebay.com should do it
I bought one for my dad. He loves it. Bought it off of Amazon.com
I have a citizen and I think that they are very good for the money 💰 🙂
Good video man !Iis it suitable for a small wrist ?
Soo, where did you buy it from?
🤩Gonna buy one soon. I am not too fond of the plastic band but I would replaced it with a nice brown genuine leather band.
So soon mine is coming ❗⌚👌🏼
Nice video I got one and is great on a nato strap very good watch
Mine arrived to today in the same packaging. I like it! I paid $244 for mine. If one is looking for a cheaper dive watch they should look at the Casio Duro which is nice but I like the Citizen better.
Seems hard to beat at that price point. With that Eco-Drive movement it more or less bulletproof.
Yeah exactly, very hard to beat.
@@tobias_dahlberg People can say what they want about quartz movements but a quartz movement that never needs a battery change is perfect for a beater. :)
I have an automatic and frankly I prefer my eco drive for its accuracy.
Link to where you purchased?
It is ISO 6425. Always a good thing to mention when reviewing a "dive watch". 6425 is pretty good at this price point. Considering Bell & Ross make a true tool watch with the same ISO. Thanks for your review. Well done!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Resistant_mark
Great watch have one myself.I did get a brown leather strap looks awesome.
Is this watch better than the Citizen Eco Drive BN0191?
Please can you provide me with the link where you've purchased it from?
Nice watch, please put the ebay link for purchase, thank you
Hello.. can you share link where you buy it?
Citizen delivers amazing quality for a fair price!
My cousin got that watch! It’s so nice!💕👍
Can you please provide the Amazon link?
This watch made me sell my SKX which I swore I'll never do !!! Now I own both this ECO Drive and the Citizen ProMaster NY0040-50E. Citizen is so underrated. Big Big mistake.
I had same choice & went with Citizen. If SKX had NH35 series movement, I might have chosen it at the time. Knowing what I know now, I would choose Citizen even over SKX with windable movement (I have a Seiko 5 with windable movement).
Whats the difference to the BN0151-17. Because they look the same. Want to buy one but I'm not sure now. Could someone help?
I'm about to buy it, but before I do I wanna make you a question: How much would you pay (tops) for this watch? or rephrasing, Do you think it's still a good value to purchase it for 200 US$?
What vendor did you buy from?
Thanks for the video. Nice presentation and nice watch. For anyone stumbling upon this video at this moment.l, right now this is available for $120 + tax on amazon. Hopefully someone finds this message buys one like I did 😄
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where did you get it for 150?
Great review! What’s the website name to purchase the watch? Thanks
Just bought one !
Just got this watch. Love it
There stated case size clearly means with the crown
I had that watch but I sent it back, It looked really small on me. I got an eco-zilla instead. That being said, it's a nice watch and I was disappointed that I didn't keep it. Might buy it again.
You must have arms like a gorilla because my wrist is 225 and its perfect but with a new XL strap from Gecko. I suppose its just about perception.