Looks pretty nice to me.

 

I agree.

Enjoy it.

 

Thanks, I enjoyed reading your balanced review. It is certainly very nice looking and the materials are quite excellent, but I can understand that sometimes despite those things a watch can leave one underwhelmed.

 

It looks like a solid everyday watch or beater watch given the sapphire crystal and duratect case. Thank you for your balanced review.

 

Nice mate.

 

Very nice package.

 

Love the look! More interesting than an explorer, if you ask me.

Edit: meant Expedition, but both are true. [emoji16]

 

Seems like a good deal for what you get (Ti, Sapphire). Surprised they oriented the triangle at 12 o'clock pointed up instead of down. Seems to point down more frequently, especially in Citizens.

 

Citizen is a great value proposition all around. You could almost put a luxury brand label on it and people would pay out the arse for it. Enjoy! .

 

Great Watch, thanks for sharing it with us I bet you'll warm up to it

 

Congrats on your new Citizen. For me, the Citizen titanium model looks to be well designed when it comes to the dial layout and one solid looking watch. Enjoy your new Citizen.

 

Reporting back after a week: Good everyday watch overall, biggest complaint is the lume, it's pretty bad, almost as bad as those Casios.

 

Is it a push/pull or screw down crown?

 

push pull, only 100m WR.

 

Looks good to me. Excellent for the price. Enjoy it!

Reminds me a little of this, ref. AW1410-08E. On a crafter blue strap. 44mm case, 200m water resistant, guarded screw-down crown, mineral glass. Average lume. I like the number style on yours better than these football jersey numbers.

 

Hi - when you say the lume is bad is it just weak overall or that it does t last a long time? Thanks

 

It's bright if you zap it with flashlight, but goes away pretty fast. Does not last whole night even if you give it a shine before bed, I wasn't able to read time after a few hours.

 

Congrats on your classic.

 

Overall I feel the watch is better on paper. In person I was a bit underwhelmed.

Good:

• Materials: Sapphire, Titanium case and bracelet, Duratect
• Functions: Eco-drive, 100m WR, Day/Date
• Build quality: Solid yet lightweight, I'm not very particular on fit/finish. Second hand hit all the marks spot on, no bounce.

Underwhelmed:

• Day/date window top to bottom is a bit too narrow, affects legibility.
• Overall look is a bit flat and plain, from afar, very similar to a $40 Timex Expedition.
• Lume I'll test out tonight. First glance, it's NO dive watch lume, far worse than BN0150, might be similar to Nighthawk BJ7000, those are the two Citizens I've owned. Anyway will report back.

I guess it could be more impressive, but for $200 with that materials and quality, I cannot complain too much.

I recently picked up the white (off-white) version, BM8560-88XE; and I agree with your assesment: "a bit underwhelmed, but for $200 with that materials and quality, I cannot complain too much."

Up close it's got some nice detail; but from further away, it's much flatter and low-contrast (I tried to capture that in the 2nd picture). Overall I like it.

 

Looks like the seconds hand doesn't hit the correct seconds marking.