I love Citizen, however this is a fail. The strap is ridiculously small. I'm a 5'6" guy and would have to use the LAST hole in the strap. It's basically worthless. The crystal is mineral. For this price point? Not acceptable! Guess I'll go back to Seiko.
This is a great looking watch. The face is big and open and the color scheme is very pleasant. People are right the band that comes with it kinda sucks. I’m used to buying separate bands on account of big wrists. Plus I prefer nato straps where feasible. I put a Blushark khaki strap on it and it looks and first wonderfully. I just got it so I can’t speak to the ruggedness but I’m not expecting it to be a banger.
I like that you can wear this watch for any activity. Looks great in a pair of jeans and the durable Cordura fabric strap is indicative of the quality you would expect from Citizen.
I would not recommend any field use for this military inspired watch. Although the look would suggest ruggedness, the durability is sub par. I have had this watch for less than 2 weeks and already have a nice scratch across the crystal face. Meanwhile, I have worn my other watch daily for 10 yrs and the face is still flawless. Love the look, very disappointed in quality.
The watch strap is too short for the average adult male in the USA. Why would Citizen design such a short strap for this watch? I can barely strap on the watch, and I think I have an average size American wrist!
I own two Citizen watches! The Skyhawk and the Chandler chronograph watch with the olive green wristband. I love the Skyhawk because I do some flying. I love the options it has and the wristband fits is great. But when I am not flying I wear the Chandler chronograph watch. With the exception of the wistband being a tad to short it’s a great watch. So I set out to get another watch that was military in nature. This watch caught my eye. But after purchasing it and bringing it home it’s not what was expected! Like my other Chandler the wristband is a hair to small. I don’t understand why Citizen makes such small wristbands. They must think that all men are short and small. Also instead of having illumations on every hour it’s just on every quarter hour and there is no back lighting. So if you are the dark I hope you have good vision because you won’t able to tell time unless it’s on the quarter hour. Also the wristband color is very deceiving. On the internet and the catalog the color is portrayed as a desert tan. But actually it’s more of a taupe to a light green.
I work in Emergency Services and needed a quality watch that looked field ready and this watch was exactly what i was looking for. The band matched our required uniform colors and i do not have to worry about scratching the band.
This watch looks great for everyday casual wear,easy to read and set up,downside and this is why 4 stars not 5 very short strap and hands do not glow in dark.
Bought this watch and have loved it from the moment I received it