7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's a good sturdy watch, but might not impress watch snobs., August 13, 2008
This review is from: Citizen Men's BJ2060-58E Eco-Drive Aqualand 200 Meter Professional Diver Watch (Watch)
I'm a diver, and my wife wanted to buy me a watch to replace my cheapo watch. I wanted a big geeky dive watch, my wife wanted a nice watch that would look good with a suit. We both liked this watch.
In the past, I've never had a watch last more than a year. I'd buy watches that claimed to be waterproof to 300 meters, and the first time I'd dive with them would usually be the last. Sometimes it would only take a swimming pool to kill them.
All that changed when I got this watch. I've had it for almost 4 years now, and it just keeps going.
I dive with a dive team. We dive at least once per month. I've dove in water from 34 degrees up to 82 degress, and depths to at least 75 ft. In the last 4 years, this watch has gone with me on every dive. I remember one cold water dive where my dive computer's lcd screen went blank from the extreme cold. My Citizen watch kept going without a hiccup.
Our team does swiftwater rescues also. This training involves swiming down whitewater rapids and bouncing our bodies off rocks for fun. This watch stands up to that abuse too.
I can't imagine anyone questioning it's waterproffness. It's an AQUALAND! They are DIVE WATCHES! Not fancy watches that are supposed to look like dive watches.
If you want a fancy watch that does everything, this may not be the watch for you. But if you want a watch to tell the time, the depth, how long you've been in the water, what the max depth of your last dive was and the date, this watch fills the bill and looks good on your wrist doing it.
Pluses:
The glow-in-the-dark spots make it easy to read the time in low light.
The titanium is hypo-alergenic. Most stainless watches make me break out. This one doesn't
It's lighter than it looks (it's the titanium)
There's a section of the watch band that slides out to accomodate a diver with a wetsuit. Neat idea.
Two hours of light (doesn't even have to be sunlight) runs the watch for a month.
The band is comfortable, and stiff enough that it stays put. It doesn't rotate around your wrist like some of the other watches I've owned.
The only minus I'd mention is that the face is a little busy, which can make reading the time a challenge at certain times. I've gotten used to it.
If the link pin on your band fell out, somebody screwed up when they sized it. There are little rings inside the links that capture the pin. If you aren't carefull (or don't know about them) they can easily fall out when you have the pin out. Once they fall out, the pin won't stay in the link and will work itself loose. Have a jeweler size the watch for you. If the pins fall out, find another jeweler that knows what they are doing.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
4 years and still going strong...., November 25, 2008
This review is from: Citizen Men's BJ2060-58E Eco-Drive Aqualand 200 Meter Professional Diver Watch (Watch)
I bought this watch for my husband - a dive shop owner and instructor - in 2004 to replace his previous Citizen Aqualand (which he had for 5 years before that!)
The watch performs beautifully even after years of 2-tank salt water diving, teaching sessions in pools etc. He has never had any problems with his watch whatsoever, and it still looks great, whether he's wearing it in the water, or to a meeting.
If he ever had a problem with the one he's got, he assures me that the next thing he'll do is go right back out and buy another...
Problems with the watch as reported are probably due to improper sizing, or not ensuring the knob is screwed in properly before entering the water...
Worth every penny!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly great watch, June 10, 2009
This review is from: Citizen Men's BJ2060-58E Eco-Drive Aqualand 200 Meter Professional Diver Watch (Watch)
This watch is great! Its light, its easy to set up and it gets lots of second looks. The downside is the magnified date lense; it extends past the watch crystal and sometimes gets caught on stuff as it moves. The conern is that it might crack sometime. Other than that it is strongly encouraged for anyone who wants to combine a work and dive watch.
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