Watch is artistically coherent. It is an abstration of a moon crater: flat bevel turning at an angle with marks oriented down sloping towards dial, carbon-black color of space, the dial itself with pattern resembling meteorite or moon surface, subdials as various smaller impact sites in a crater. Dial scheme is designed to matches the pattern on bracelet middle-links, links made from reconstituted titanium. I have Omegas including moonwatch, Rolex, A Lange. They are considered my jewelry watches. But this line of watch embodies a different philosophy. It is less symbol of intentional antiquated design or statement of leisure, but more a modern interpretation of time in a sophisticated, ever punctual, and increasingly connected cosmopolitan world. Always in sync with official time, anywhere, its embodies essense of what time means to any businessman in a culture where train punctuality is measured in seconds. It provides a sense of stability and respite: here this ticking on my wrist, it is constant, as a constant of the universe, it oes not varies by seconds from day to day --it is accurate, for all time, and anchors and quantifies time concretely in an increasingly confusing world. In terms of value, it strikes all the essential facets. In addition to being made of Super titanium which already is light but tough, the Hakuto-R is coated specifically with DLC version of Duratect, almost 1500 on Vick scale of hardness. World time. Dual time. Date. Day. UTC. Perpeptual Calendar. Chronometer mode. Plus a quantitatively extremely accurate light level indicator that, on testing, correctly compares intensity of different sun lamps across distances. Our cell phone listens to cell tower on the ground, and cell tower listens to satellite. This watch bypasses towers and itself *directly* listens to satellite, even on a air plane, as long its dial can face unobstructed sky. And since it is Eco Drive, all it fits behind a dial that uses sunlight to charge. There is an impressive amount of tech and modern human inguinity dedicated to the art of Time, its passage, measurement, display.
Just a amazing Time Machine it’s perfect for my collection. The perfection of the craftsmanship is amazing. Overall I love it.
I have two other Citizen watches and this one is a nice addition. Looks elegant even as a dress watch. I only wish it had eliminated hands and dial especially at this price point.
Light weight, scratch resistant. The related Hakuto-R Mission 2 rover landing on the moon is sometime in 2025. The watch is light weight and grows on you. I enjoy a mechanical watch. But an omega meteorite has rose gold hue on tachymeter bevel. This on the other hand, dial almost resemble aesthetic of meteorite. Its got the technology, sattelite tracker anywhere on the globe, impeccable light level indicator, light, scratch resistant, and a more 21st century bevel with world time instead of a tachymeter. The second hand, anytime I look at it, tracks complete with second hand of universal time. As I fidget with various watch functionz, watching second hand pivots to indicates an output [light level, current time zone etc] then rotate back not to its prior location but to the calculated second hand position so that it continues matching universal time down to the second, is a marvel. I think many of us forget that, when Breitling made the navitimer and added a sliding bezel, or when Rolex created first original waterproof case (Oyster), watchmakers were at forefront of technology --not tradition. CITIZEN carries on this spirit. This will be the watch on wrist as a travel. It is cosmopolitan, understated, beautiful work. A modern day art that crystallizes some of the best of CITIZEN. It belongs in your collection.