Great Value And Function With One Flaw

I bought this as a gift for a family member, and I own several GMT watches myself. I generally love the eco-drive platform, especially as it's evolved to charge with any light (not just sunlight). The dial is easily readable and the blue color is cool and distinctive. The nato strap is comfortable and appears to be durable/high quality. My only complaint and the reason for knocking off one star is that the GMT mechanism does not allow for moving the hour hand backwards, only forward. So if you are traveling from a later to an earlier time zone, you have no choice but to go through a full rotation of the hour hand, which means you then are off on the date by one day, requiring going through the whole month to set it correctly. Is it a huge deal for a relatively inexpensive watch? Hardly, but it seems like something that could easily be and should have been addressed in the design and function of the movement at any price point.

just not as “special” as I would expect

So I have mixed feelings on this watch. There’s something about it that just looks…. Cheap? Maybe I’m just not used to domed crystal watches is all, I’m not sure. I also wasn’t expecting it to be so thick… it’s not a thin watch even compared to a smart watch. The good things, it does have a screw-down-crown There is Zero reflection from the face The crown feels substantial and has very smooth control of the hands. Very clear and easy to read. I struggled to decide if I liked this watch at first, but the more I wear it the more i liked it. I’m mostly keeping it due to the utilitarian designs, (I needed a screw down crown as I have bent the crown on 2 other citizen watches) and the sapphire crystal is wonderful. I would have preferred a watch without the textured face, and a color option of green would have been fantastic. I would love to see a garrison with a more protected screw-down-crown… that’s what I would have preferred, but this seems fairly close…

Eco-Drive GMT winner

Really liked the dial color and texture, markers are clean and legible while allowing the hands to exist with the yellow GMT hand comfortably. Screw down crown operates smoothly and the bezel shares the space well. Watch wears a bit smaller than the size indicates. The strap is LONG! I trimmed it down as the overhang on my 6.5" wrist was significant.

Pretty cool watch but strap is a bit bland.

This is a pretty cool watch. It's very easy to read and the lume is fantastic. It's a bit tricky to set it and I don't see easy instructions on the webpage but I'm starting to get the hang of it. I'm not a constant world traveler so it's mostly "set and forget" for me, but if I traveled a lot I'd probably figure out how to easily set it. It's set up so that you set the main dial for the "new" time zone you're in and leave the GMT hand at your "home" time zone. But I rarely travel so I have it set the opposite, which makes it a tad bit trickier to set. My only grip is the price (although you do get a great watch that is very durable and cool-looking) and mostly the bland watch strap it comes with. But I love the curved sapphire crystal (I'm really hard on watches and scratch mineral crystals almost immediately) and the really legible dial, so I would buy it again. I just bought a bunch of aftermarket straps that I can easily swap out to suit my mood. I would definitely buy this watch again.