It would've got five stars, but it's gonna take me a while to break in this strap. The lum is fantastic, 10 out of 10, best of all my watches.
I absolutely love this watch. Many similar options and functions of other watches I own but much easier to use and navigate through. It has the ruggedness I was looking for but still stylish and classy. My only reason for not giving it five stars is because of the band. The band is great looking but should be slightly longer. I do have thicker wrists and am using the last or second to last hole. Normally I’d be on the third hole. The band gets thicker closer to the watch which digs into my wrist when first putting it on. The band is great looking and compliments the watch well so I’d rather not get and aftermarket band but may have too. Other than that it’s a fantastic watch.
Great watch but most modern analog/digital watches have a function that allows the user to hit the button and move the hands away from display so they can see the display. This watch does not have that.
In an attempt to disconnect from the "smartwatch" realm, I bought this for field work. I'm military, and I work outside from time to time. This timepiece is solid. It's effective as a digi/ani watch. However, the band is a huge gripe. It legitimately makes my wrist go numb with the lack of pliability. The hands do get in the way of the digital display, which can be a little frustrating until you consider that the point is to be dual-function for multiple ways to read the time. All in all I will make this watch work and will test it in the field soon.
Watch is quite bulky and weighty. On top of that the wrist band barely fits and is uncomfortable. Last thing, I swear when I researched the watch there was a photo of the watch glowing in the dark, Which is important for me as I work night shift. Anyway, either by mistaken research or not the watch is barely visible in the dark. Will more than likely not get much use out of it. I really like the style but for what I paid I should not have to buy another band to wear it.
I recently purchased an eco-drive because I had good experiences with a previous purchase. I prefer automatics but didn't have the cash for the watch I want. I don't like buying batteries every year or two for quartz watches. This watch meets my requirements but the band leaves much to be desired. I wanted a tough military style band. This band is too stiff and very uncomfortable. I am trying to get used to it but am seriously considering replacing the band.
The watch has a very sharp design and looks really cool, but the wrist band, which is made of canvas, is loose and doesn’t hold a shape, so it doesn’t hold the watch face securely on my wrist. It’s always sliding to the side, which is very annoying and not what I expect from a $700 watch.
When you can finally access instructions they are difficult to follow. Should be simple to setup watch but it is anything but.
I like the style but the watch is complicated to set up. Nice quality also the design it looks amazing, but way to complicated to manage.
This watch has the typical Citizen high quality. But there are some glaring design flaws. Firstly is the digital display, it’s too small to see clearly, and it’s in the wrong position. The hands obscure it during certain hours. The backlight is a joke. It is so weak that it barely can be seen to illuminate the display in the dark. A much brighter LED should have been used. Another miss was not having Bluetooth to allow a phone to easily set the time and other features. Having to go through series of buttons pushes is more difficult than it needs to be. The bottom line is, Citizen should have put more time into its design. I’m not happy with it.