Customer Reviews

Citizen Men's JY0075-54E Eco-Drive Promaster Carbon Chronograph Stainless Steel Watch

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I just received this great watch today. It's better than I expected, and the pictures online don't do it justice!! The things that sold me on it included the Eco-drive; multi-band, radio controlled atomic timekeeping; separate UTC and world time functions; 200 meter water resistance; its overall great design; the stainless steel construction and the perfect size - a 45mm case. (the 45mm case looks fine on my 7.25 inch wrist; but I probably wouldn't want to go any larger than that, personally) I wanted a good looking, rugged watch that will always keep good time, and the part about never needing to replace the battery is awesome! The hands and markers on the dial are also luminescent, and show up nicely in the dark. Both the watch face and the band are beautiful, and make this watch look like it's worth every penny I paid for it. (and more) On top of that, you get a 5 year warranty when buying from amazon, so what's not to like?!! I'm very happy with my purchase and expect this watch to be a favorite of mine for a very long time.

I'm starting to become a pseudo-watch collector, and this is the first Citizen watch I've owned. But judging from this one watch so far...it won't be the last!

My Promaster Carbon showed up a few days ago. I've been using a Citizen Skyhawk for about 8 or 9 years. The two greatest features of that watch are the Eco-Drive solar power and the really slick way you can change timezones. The Promaster takes all the best features of the Skyhawk, adds the radio controlled accuracy, and improves on some things.

It is a bigger watch, but the dial is easier to read. It has luminous marks for all the hours, plus a luminous reference spot on the rotating bezel. The hands are nice and big and have good luminous characteristics.

The Promaster has a feature on the bracelet that allows you to expand the size from you normal adjustment in case you need to wear it over one layer of clothing. This watch has the Citizen fold-over latch which helps prevent accidental openings of the bracelet.


One thing I never needed/used on the Skymaster was the rotating calculator thingy -- which just cluttered things up and didn't rotate all that well anyway. I'll let the pilots up front figure out the time:distance stuff -- hopefully they won't be squinting at teeny-tiny numbers on a watch bezel.

To change modes on the Promaster you to pop the crown out one click, which solves the problem that the Skyhawk has -- self mode-changing through normal wearing (modes change with the crown in the home position).

Since buying the Sykhawk I've been a fan of Citizen watches. The Skyhawk lost maybe 15 seconds a year the first 5 years of use (checked with a GPS). Eco-Drive just makes sense. I've had Seikos which had some of the most bizarre controls, and Casio seems to overreach with features that are flashy, but which don't work all that well -- and that you probably don't need anyway.

The Promaster is one of those watches you look forward to using for many years to come.

I've had this watch for about a month and so far I love it. It's big and bulky and definitely not light weight if that is what you are looking for. Some of the other Citizen watches have titanium bands that would probably make them lighter weight, but I prefer the overall look and durability of stainless. The carbon fiber bezel is really slick looking and gives it a very unique look. I also love how the band is click adjustable. I removed enough links to get the band comfortable on my wrist right in the middle of the adjustability. That way I have equal room to go longer or shorter. This is a nice feature that I've never had on a watch before. Our wrists are never a constant diameter and it's nice to be able to quickly and easily adjust the band slightly so it's not uncomfortable at certain times like when working out. Compared to some other multi-function watches I've had, I have to say the instructions are pretty straightforward and using the watch is pretty intuitive overall. It's got a nice bright orange LED back light for the two LCD screens. The solar powered battery is great and so is the radio-controlled atomic time synchronization that automatically synchronizes every night. These are by far the two best features of the watch and were my main criteria when searching for one. I'll never have to replace a battery and never have to adjust the time. Plus, the watch comes with a 5 year warranty, which is pretty unbeatable nowadays.

I only have a couple of very minor complaints. It'd be nice if there was another small white LED light that illuminated the rest of the watch for when the glow-in-the-dark paint is too dim to help read the time the dark. It'd also be nice if you could get it to display the date for the home timezone. It only displays the date for the world timezone, so unless you set your world timezone to the same as your home timezone, the date could be off by a day depending on how many hours different your world timezone is set to.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this watch and it blows away my friend's TAG Heuer watch that cost over a grand. It looks better, it has WAY more features and it's a great price at just under $600.

This watch is just downright manly. It looks very professional and is built the same. Love the features and the looks.

Citizen's Eco-drive Promaster Carbon Chronograph is by far one of the best watches I've ever owned. Citizen has imbued it with both easy functionality and rugged style. The pictures online are great but really don't do it justice. Upon receiving my Promaster Carbon Chronograph, I immediately went online and utilized Citizen's interactive instructions to set the watch. While this is not entirely necessary, Citizen does provide a booklet and mini-disc with the instructions in the box, it is a lot more entertaining to follow along as your watch does exactly what the one pictured on the screen does. It only took a few minutes to check the Promaster Carbon Chronograph's dial alignment, use the radio signal to automatically set the watch, and then set up the remaining options to my liking.

Again, the the Promaster Carbon Chronograph's style is amazing. The carbon fiber detail provides pleasing aspect to the bezel. In addition, the hands and markers on the dial are extremely luminescent and show up nicely in the dark while bright orange LEDs provide light for the two LCD screens.

Now all I have to do is keep myself from buying the Promaster SST Titanium as well!

I am an avid citizen watch supporter (and purchaser). To date, this is my most favorite watch ever purchased. It looks amazing on your wrist or even just sitting there. It is big, but not too big. The carbon fiber bezel adds a great touch. Both a polished and rugged look. I would recommend adding this to any collection.

What can be said except this is by far one of my favorite watches. I was not sure when I purchases it having not actually held it in my hands. And I dont know if you noticed but its really hard to buy this watch. They stopped making them which is another reason I really wanted this. And I did alot of research on the watch, they stopped making it due to the poor profit margin. So it was not due to some defect or anything.

This watch syncs up every night with the atomic time even in the case.
I love the features, and yes I actually use all of them. I found myself just making up reasons to use all of them. The alarms on them go off 15 seconds but they are pretty loud. Same goes for the count down. Its cool because both alarms and the count down have their own different sounds.

This light just lights up the digital displays, which to me is all you need.

The design of the watch is very eye catching.
Oh, and I love the solar power feature. I put it under my bed light for a day and its been on full power ever since.

I really can not say enough good things about this watch. I have had it now from about 6 months and I find myself just looking at it saying "damn that's a nice watch".

If you can buy this watch do it.

I wanted a classy watch that was highly functional. I travel a great deal across several time zones and needed something that would work for me. I also have a fetish about accuracy. Easy to change and swap home time zones and the atomic time signal keeps my watch accurate. The solar power thing is awesome and keeps a good reserve. It is complicated to a degree, but a bit more intuitive than my other Citizen. This U600 movement is really tops. The watch itself is, well, massive. Extremely masculine and certainly makes a statement. My wrist is relatively small, but it was no trouble with a watch pin pusher to remove a couple of links. The clasp allows minor adjustment so you can get it to the perfect fit with no trouble at all. Some have complained the LEDs don't light up the entire dial, but don't believe it was intended to. Still gives enough light to see the hands in the dark in case the luminescence has gone down.

This watch is one of many designs Citizen created using both Eco-Drive and Radio Controlled technology and in my opinion, it's the best of all. At least for me because all the others, such as the Blue Angels edition, have slide rule dials and bezels. The busy, busy faces of the slide rule/tach styles overwhelm their appearance and few of us use the features they provide. So on my son's recommendation (he's a Citizen freak) I went shopping for this beauty to replace the Casio G-Shock radio controlled (atomic clock accuracy) watch that I have been totally disillusioned with. That's a whole other story and I believe I have reported on that previously.

I should stop here because it is unlikely you can find a new Promaster Carbon Atomic Chronograph unless you buy from Europe or Asia. Citizen, for some mysterious reason, took this watch out of production and I got one of the last in the U.S. from Reeds in North Carolina (with the help of Amazon.com, of course.) You could try there if you wanted this really great timepiece.

I should be telling you of all the great virtues of the Promaster Carbon but others have done a splendid job already. If you are high on deadly accuracy and really good style, this is a watch to have and hold onto. It would be worth trying to locate one. BTW, I am a watch nut and have some very fine time pieces from the likes of Breitling, Rolex (the Sub), Ulysses Nardin, Anonimo, Hublot and others and I am not ashamed to say that this Citizen gets as much wrist time as any other.