The watch is stunning. I feel the watch bezel should be slighter larger. Overall I am satisfied with my new watch. Cannot go wrong with an Eco Drive. Keep it in the sun
Purchased as a gift for my boyfriend, he absolutely LOVES it.
I purchased this sleek looking watch while on a cruise in Nassau. I had my prescription sunglasses on in the store, so I thought that was the reason the watch seemed extra dark. When we arrived back at the ship and I wore my regular glasses, the dials were still extremely difficult to read indoors. Much to my dismay, the watch was challenging to read outside as well. I can only wear the watch in complete daylight. I would only use the watch as a daytime watch. The dials are not luminous in dark conditions, so don’t purchase it if you are looking for a do it all watch. This watch is just for outside on the brightest day.
Hard to read. He likes it, I would’ve returned it. All in personal preference I guess. It feels like quality, we’ll see!
I absolutely love this watch. Yeah, it’s black.. its supposed to be.. the blue accents I find set the deep black off perfectly. For my young generation eyes, I have zero problems seeing the dial. I could see it being difficult to read for someone that has lesser quality vision. I guess I don’t see why anyone would post anything negative about it. What you see is what you get, and I love it!
Citizen Response
I receive a lot of compliments wearing it and I personally like the look because it can be worn in any situation. It also is all blacked out and does not have much contrast as others have mentioned but I do like that since it makes it look more cool and for me it is not hard to ever tell time with the watch.
Great watch, very accurate, the only disappointment i found it the crystal mineral glass that scratch easily and affect the reading ! Would be better if they offer Sapphire replacement screen, because this watch is very very durable.
It looks cool, but is basically unusable. Cannot see anything, so we are returning. So bummed, b/c wanted an all black watch.
I’ve owned this watch for a few months now and what a beautiful watch it is. I initially noticed this watch when I purchased my first ever Citizen, but I didn’t have the money at the time to get it. With black being my favorite color in many things, I knew I wanted to own this watch one day. Now that I do, I’m very happy with it. My only complaint (like many other peoples) is that the watch can be hard to read at times. However, I don’t mind much as I have many other Citizens that aren’t blacked out and are easier to read. Another small gripe is the ion plating. I don’t wear this watch as much as some others I own because I’ve seen pictures of how other Nighthawks and how terrible their bands look when scratched. So for that reason, this watch inevitably won’t be an everyday wear for me.
I love the overall design of the watch, its very nodern and matches well with many outfits. I'd say this is a versatile watch that has use a daily driver. The only problems I have with it are that the chronometer dials are a bit hard to read and there's little to no luminescence on the dials of the watch for nighttime use.