Nice thorough review. I've been a GMT/travel watch collector for many years (mechanical mostly) and to be quite honest, I'm tiring of dealing with fluctuating accuracy and power reserve issues with mechanicals. Another thing is having to worry about getting mugged/robbed/killed for nice watches in so many places these days. It's taking a risk wearing a nice watch, sadly! This Citizen has my #1 prerequisite for a GMT watch...that independent adjustable hour hand (making it a true "travel GMT"). I can't stand GMT watches that don't do that and only have the adjustable 24hr hand. I'm going to have to seriously consider adding this watch to my stable. Again, great review. Thanks!! p.s. there IS NO SUCH THING as a "one watch collection"!! 😂😂 (and I'll always need to know the time in Honolulu . It's where I live!! 😉😎)
Delighted to hear you enjoyed it! And no (intentional) shade on Honolulu! I'd heartily recommend this watch, it is still one of my all time favourites, it just looks so put together and so clean.
I posted this elsewhere but I think it is worth Sharing. Here's how to correctly use the GMT function of this watch. You are going to set your local time and the time in a secondary city which I will call the "reference" time. This may be a city you frequently travel to, or have family, whatever. For this example my local time is NYC and my reference city is Paris. 1. Set the GMT hand to the time of the "reference city" using the 24 hour scale (a quick google will bring up world time web sites). Right now it is 10:00pm in Paris so I am setting the GMT hand to 22. (10+12). Note that the hour, minute and GMT hand are all coupled. 2. Move the minute hand into position, the GMT hand will adjust too. If hacking set the minute hand to the next minute and push the crown at 0:00 time. 3. Set the crown to position 1 and set the hour hand for the local time. You must do this step last. Adjust the date as needed. So now you see your local time and the time of your reference city. Only the local time uses the hour hand, Your reference city uses the GMT hand in 24:00 scale. You can see these two times at a glance, any time of the day. Now comes the good part. Rotate the bezel so that your reference city (Paris) aligns with the GMT hand. Do you see what just happened? All the cities on the bezel are now showing the correct GMT time in their time zone!! In this example it's 22:00 hours in Paris, 02:00 in Karachi and 14:00 in Denver. The GMT hand is always correct for Paris but if I want to know the GMT time for anywhere else, you must realign the bezel so that GMT hand is pointing to Paris. Turn the bezel in either direction, it doesn't matter. Your local time needs no further adjustment. Of course if you are traveling, you need only adjust the local hour hand in position 1, but always leave the GMT hand referenced to Paris. Now I see the local time, the reference time, and after bezel realignment still read NYC time on the 24 hour scale. And that's how it's done! Remember, you need to rotate and realign the bezel anytime you want to know GMT time anywhere in the world.
Probably the best explanation/tutorial on how to utilize these remarkable functions….I just ordered mine today. It’s very difficult to get a true GMT for under $5000USD and this Citizen ECO Drive checks all the boxes for it (and for under $300USD). I cannot understand for the life of me why Citizen would discontinue this model, I had to order mine from the UK. Thanks again for the tutorial and for the video!! Cheers!!
Since I am a radio operator who communicates across time zones, I set the GMT hand on the actual GMT (UTC) time. Now you always know what UTC time is at a glance. If you want to know other cities, just rotate the bezel to line up with London and the GMT hand and you will have all the times of the cities in the world correctly displayed.
Thanks. I bought this about 3 months ago. One watch collection is right. Fun factor/useless function for most, World Time. I have my GMT hand set to local so I just rotate the bezel to see around the world. Bracelet is basic but definitely a step up. Great value. Great one watch.
You are 100% correct, this is a great pilot's watch if guys in my community could get past the snobbery! I constantly look for the this JDM model every time I visit Japan. Eventually I'll manage to find one in stock.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews I'm sure there's a sapphire that'll fit that case. Just depends on how much $$$ it's worth for you to upgrade and find a watchmaker.
a Swiss Ronda quartz movement I would prefer to solar - no capacitor to get permanently run down should the thing get lost in the darker nether regions of a man cave - put great for a one watch collection that gets used daily. You don't want these just sitting to decay.
Thanks! Citizen don't get as much love as the likes of Seiko and Orient, but with watches like this one, I really don't get why. Like I said, I do feel this has One Watch Collection potential for a lot of people. Maybe this and a G shock for any dirty work👍
Nice review. I love this watch but I wish they had not done this crown exceed so much from the case. I have a bit bigger wrist than yours but many times I find the crown annoyingly stuck in my skin. It's a pity because it's an awesome watch, comfortable bracelet and really nice finishing, that full brush.
I don't plan on traveling abroad any time soon but I just love this watch, love the bezel and do wonder what time it is elsewhere, and for the money you can't go wrong. Think I really like the black model. Might just pull the trigger on one. Thanks for a great review, everything I wanted to know was explained very clearly and no BS. 👍👍 SUBSCRIBED
Got mine in japan last year and i trally enjoy it's legibility and gmt function. I switched to nato strap , this improved subtancially how it fit in wrist .
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews my wrist is about 6.5 inch. Regarding size it fits well but my issue is how it feels for everyday use, On bracelets I found it is bit heavy on the other hand it gets very comfortable on NATO strap. I acknowledge the brazalete is top tier quality.
I will have my one next Monday to Sweden by DHL from Singapore. Gonna take only 7 days.. I am used to Ali express delivery time.. Hopefully I will like it the same as you did. But I am not a fan of metallic bracelets so I have to find something else 🙂 Like your videos by the way!
Great selection! I think a black strap suits it, be it leather or silicone or NATO. I liked mine on a silicone strap for sure, NATO might be a bit thick for every day wear. Thanks for watching!
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews couldnt agree more.. i want to sell my Tag Heuer Grand Carrera, Glycine Combat Sub as well. but this Citizen and the seiko will stay.. and actually i am looking out for a good Seiko SSC009/11/13.
O relógio é mesmo bonito e interessante. Eu o apreciei porque ele se mostra esportivo e também elegante. E é um capricho de brasileiros também! Como assim, um capricho de brasileiros? Ele tem 3 cidades brasileiras na catraca dele! Não perceberam isso ainda? RIO DE JANEIRO, MANAUS E FERNANDO DE NORONHA! FANTÁSTICO! E o Citizen tem ainda uma tecnologia de autorrecarga chamada "ECO DRIVE". A pulseira metálica também tem a facilidade de botões laterais no fecho dela. Ela abre fácil pelos botões. E o botão principal do relógio, ele tem essa textura áspera que também agrada muito na estética esportiva. Acho que o relógio é bonito por vários detalhes. A tampa traseira também tem um desenho típico da Citizen que parece ser uma "cartografia". E o relógio é 200 m! E também não custa tanto assim.
Since the hour hand is only able to jump forward on this movement, if you have to go back an hour or two, do you just advance it all the way to the needed position? But wouldn't that advance the date as well, since it is linked to the hour hand (rather than to the GMT hand), requiring you to advance the date wheel by 30 positions? And that's every time you need to jump the hour hand backward. To me that's a major flaw and the one reason why I passed on this Citizen, which is really unfortunate. Or am I missing something here?
So, the way it works is normally you set the orange hand as your home time zone, and the white hour hand is used to tell the time in the time zone of the country you're in, as this hand jumps when you set it.
The manual is in Japanese I'm afraid! So I can't tell because I don't speak or read Japanese. However, I believe what you're supposed to do is use the orange hand to track your home time zone, and use the white hour hand as your "local" time zone when abroad.
This would have definitely been one for the collection, but personally I would have preferred a black bezel with white script, rather than the stainless bezel with black script. To me is just does not look right.
Totally personal opinion, but I like the steel bezel. Don't have too many plain steel bezels so this one fits in nicely to my collection. Cheers for watching!
There's a comment from Cal Lefty he left on this video that explains in incredible detail how to set it. Basically, the idea is when you are travelling, the orange GMT hand tracks your home time zone, and the white hour hand is set to local time in the country you are in.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews No, not bad at all. I have a couple of Citizens in the same boat (a Blue Angels Nighthawk and basic field or flieger style -- I think it's called a Garrison? Or maybe Chandler?). Missing a few indices is far from a deal-breaker on such otherwise nice (and affordable) watches! But just as we have to be honest about Seiko's problem with misaligned chapter rings and bezels, we have to be honest about Citizen Eco-Drives not hitting all the indices.
Agreed, but here's the thing. Seiko can easily sort those issues, as there's a lot less moving parts to sort. Getting a quartz/solar quartz to hit every indice is much more difficult, as the movement would have to tick EXACTLY the same amount with zero stutter/bounceback. That, or each dial would have to be made in such a way to match each individual movement. I'm not disagreeing, but people give Seiko s##t because their issues are sloppier. Citizen's not hitting all indices but hitting most is more time consuming and costly to resolve, and likely adds more to the price than the value
Citizen watches are so underrated. Their QC blows Seiko away
Totally agree.
Nice thorough review. I've been a GMT/travel watch collector for many years (mechanical mostly) and to be quite honest, I'm tiring of dealing with fluctuating accuracy and power reserve issues with mechanicals. Another thing is having to worry about getting mugged/robbed/killed for nice watches in so many places these days. It's taking a risk wearing a nice watch, sadly!
This Citizen has my #1 prerequisite for a GMT watch...that independent adjustable hour hand (making it a true "travel GMT"). I can't stand GMT watches that don't do that and only have the adjustable 24hr hand.
I'm going to have to seriously consider adding this watch to my stable.
Again, great review. Thanks!!
p.s. there IS NO SUCH THING as a "one watch collection"!! 😂😂
(and I'll always need to know the time in Honolulu . It's where I live!! 😉😎)
Delighted to hear you enjoyed it! And no (intentional) shade on Honolulu! I'd heartily recommend this watch, it is still one of my all time favourites, it just looks so put together and so clean.
I posted this elsewhere but I think it is worth Sharing. Here's how to correctly use the GMT function of this watch. You are going to set your local time and the time in a secondary city which I will call the "reference" time. This may be a city you frequently travel to, or have family, whatever. For this example my local time is NYC and my reference city is Paris.
1. Set the GMT hand to the time of the "reference city" using the 24 hour scale (a quick google will bring up world time web sites). Right now it is 10:00pm in Paris so I am setting the GMT hand to 22. (10+12). Note that the hour, minute and GMT hand are all coupled.
2. Move the minute hand into position, the GMT hand will adjust too. If hacking set the minute hand to the next minute and push the crown at 0:00 time.
3. Set the crown to position 1 and set the hour hand for the local time. You must do this step last. Adjust the date as needed.
So now you see your local time and the time of your reference city. Only the local time uses the hour hand, Your reference city uses the GMT hand in 24:00 scale. You can see these two times at a glance, any time of the day. Now comes the good part. Rotate the bezel so that your reference city (Paris) aligns with the GMT hand. Do you see what just happened? All the cities on the bezel are now showing the correct GMT time in their time zone!! In this example it's 22:00 hours in Paris, 02:00 in Karachi and 14:00 in Denver. The GMT hand is always correct for Paris but if I want to know the GMT time for anywhere else, you must realign the bezel so that GMT hand is pointing to Paris. Turn the bezel in either direction, it doesn't matter. Your local time needs no further adjustment. Of course if you are traveling, you need only adjust the local hour hand in position 1, but always leave the GMT hand referenced to Paris. Now I see the local time, the reference time, and after bezel realignment still read NYC time on the 24 hour scale. And that's how it's done! Remember, you need to rotate and realign the bezel anytime you want to know GMT time anywhere in the world.
You're the first one who has made sense of that for me, thank you.
Probably the best explanation/tutorial on how to utilize these remarkable functions….I just ordered mine today. It’s very difficult to get a true GMT for under $5000USD and this Citizen ECO Drive checks all the boxes for it (and for under $300USD). I cannot understand for the life of me why Citizen would discontinue this model, I had to order mine from the UK. Thanks again for the tutorial and for the video!! Cheers!!
Since I am a radio operator who communicates across time zones, I set the GMT hand on the actual GMT (UTC) time. Now you always know what UTC time is at a glance. If you want to know other cities, just rotate the bezel to line up with London and the GMT hand and you will have all the times of the cities in the world correctly displayed.
Just bought this and love it. It's so well made,being a JDM. I've a large number of Citizen GMT'S and this is one of my favourite ones
It's still well within my top ten favourites 🥰
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews I had the steel version and got the titanium
Perfect every day mate
It fills so many boxes. If it had sapphire, it might well be perfect!
Thanks. I bought this about 3 months ago. One watch collection is right. Fun factor/useless function for most, World Time. I have my GMT hand set to local so I just rotate the bezel to see around the world. Bracelet is basic but definitely a step up. Great value. Great one watch.
You are 100% correct, this is a great pilot's watch if guys in my community could get past the snobbery! I constantly look for the this JDM model every time I visit Japan. Eventually I'll manage to find one in stock.
It's still one of my absolute favourite watches. If it had sapphire it would be so close to perfect
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews I'm sure there's a sapphire that'll fit that case. Just depends on how much $$$ it's worth for you to upgrade and find a watchmaker.
Looks super clear and realy well built. I would expect the movment to be a few steps above the run of the mill quartz.
a Swiss Ronda quartz movement I would prefer to solar - no capacitor to get permanently run down should the thing get lost in the darker nether regions of a man cave - put great for a one watch collection that gets used daily. You don't want these just sitting to decay.
Nice one and a nice review! Love Citizen watches.
Thanks! Citizen don't get as much love as the likes of Seiko and Orient, but with watches like this one, I really don't get why. Like I said, I do feel this has One Watch Collection potential for a lot of people. Maybe this and a G shock for any dirty work👍
Nice review. I love this watch but I wish they had not done this crown exceed so much from the case. I have a bit bigger wrist than yours but many times I find the crown annoyingly stuck in my skin. It's a pity because it's an awesome watch, comfortable bracelet and really nice finishing, that full brush.
I don't plan on traveling abroad any time soon but I just love this watch, love the bezel and do wonder what time it is elsewhere, and for the money you can't go wrong. Think I really like the black model. Might just pull the trigger on one. Thanks for a great review, everything I wanted to know was explained very clearly and no BS. 👍👍 SUBSCRIBED
Cheers! Still enjoy wearing this after the honeymoon period, great watch.
Just ordered 1
Still absolutely love mine, don't think you'll regret it
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews i wanted the grey/black color but it was expensive so opted for this one,,,but thnx 4 review mate,,,
Wearing mine today.
It's always a good choice! 😎Might throw mine on tomorrow, had a review watch on today
Got mine in japan last year and i trally enjoy it's legibility and gmt function. I switched to nato strap , this improved subtancially how it fit in wrist .
Out of curiousity, do you have a very small wrist? I actually found the bracelet on this to be quite good.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews my wrist is about 6.5 inch. Regarding size it fits well but my issue is how it feels for everyday use, On bracelets I found it is bit heavy on the other hand it gets very comfortable on NATO strap. I acknowledge the brazalete is top tier quality.
I will have my one next Monday to Sweden by DHL from Singapore. Gonna take only 7 days.. I am used to Ali express delivery time..
Hopefully I will like it the same as you did.
But I am not a fan of metallic bracelets so I have to find something else 🙂
Like your videos by the way!
Great selection! I think a black strap suits it, be it leather or silicone or NATO. I liked mine on a silicone strap for sure, NATO might be a bit thick for every day wear. Thanks for watching!
I couldnt agree more.. the only other one i would add to is the Seiko Flightmaster SNA411 but that doesnt have worldtime bezels!
This is still a favourite of mine. I've bought more expensive watches and sold them, but this has remained. Such a great grab and go
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews couldnt agree more.. i want to sell my Tag Heuer Grand Carrera, Glycine Combat Sub as well. but this Citizen and the seiko will stay.. and actually i am looking out for a good Seiko SSC009/11/13.
O relógio é mesmo bonito e interessante. Eu o apreciei porque ele se mostra esportivo e também elegante. E é um capricho de brasileiros também! Como assim, um capricho de brasileiros? Ele tem 3 cidades brasileiras na catraca dele! Não perceberam isso ainda? RIO DE JANEIRO, MANAUS E FERNANDO DE NORONHA! FANTÁSTICO!
E o Citizen tem ainda uma tecnologia de autorrecarga chamada "ECO DRIVE". A pulseira metálica também tem a facilidade de botões laterais no fecho dela. Ela abre fácil pelos botões. E o botão principal do relógio, ele tem essa textura áspera que também agrada muito na estética esportiva.
Acho que o relógio é bonito por vários detalhes. A tampa traseira também tem um desenho típico da Citizen que parece ser uma "cartografia". E o relógio é 200 m! E também não custa tanto assim.
Vey nice review! Thank You mate.
Thanks!
Need! ..... I travel nowhere but I still need for my greed 😃
It's a kick ass watch! Still absolutely love mine. Might even make it on holidays next year!
Since the hour hand is only able to jump forward on this movement, if you have to go back an hour or two, do you just advance it all the way to the needed position? But wouldn't that advance the date as well, since it is linked to the hour hand (rather than to the GMT hand), requiring you to advance the date wheel by 30 positions? And that's every time you need to jump the hour hand backward. To me that's a major flaw and the one reason why I passed on this Citizen, which is really unfortunate. Or am I missing something here?
Tried buying one today and couldn't find them anywhere except eBay from Japan or Spain. Too risky.
I got mine from Japan, they are a Japanese Market Import. It's not risky, just make sure to check the seller feedback.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews Thanks for the reply, in the end I got a BN0191-80L and very happy with it.
Merry Christmas and thanks again!
A nice choice too!
i didn’t understand properly how to set the time and the gmt function, could you please explain it again?
So, the way it works is normally you set the orange hand as your home time zone, and the white hour hand is used to tell the time in the time zone of the country you're in, as this hand jumps when you set it.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews thank you!
What is the Strap Width? I couldn't source any information for this particular model.
From memory, it's a 22, but I mention it in the review, just after the unboxing
You need to check new Corgeut omaga moon homage watch whit Seiko VK movement and small bezel 40mm, they have green dial option for 55$
That sounds like an interesting idea! A green dial moon watch? Thanks for the tip!
I'm about to buy the blackish version. Does the manual have a detailed explanation of how to best use the GMT function?
The manual is in Japanese I'm afraid! So I can't tell because I don't speak or read Japanese. However, I believe what you're supposed to do is use the orange hand to track your home time zone, and use the white hour hand as your "local" time zone when abroad.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews thanks! Yeah I'm probably ending up with the same manual. It ships from Japan to Canada.
This would have definitely been one for the collection, but personally I would have preferred a black bezel with white script, rather than the stainless bezel with black script. To me is just does not look right.
Totally personal opinion, but I like the steel bezel. Don't have too many plain steel bezels so this one fits in nicely to my collection. Cheers for watching!
I can NEVER get this thing set correctly, can anyone help... My GOD
There's a comment from Cal Lefty he left on this video that explains in incredible detail how to set it. Basically, the idea is when you are travelling, the orange GMT hand tracks your home time zone, and the white hour hand is set to local time in the country you are in.
The seconds hand appears to miss the indices on the other side of twelve, though.
I reckon it misses a few, but hits a lot more than it misses. I reckon it's a 70:30 split, maybe even 80:20. Not bad.
@@TheWatchtowerWatchReviews No, not bad at all. I have a couple of Citizens in the same boat (a Blue Angels Nighthawk and basic field or flieger style -- I think it's called a Garrison? Or maybe Chandler?). Missing a few indices is far from a deal-breaker on such otherwise nice (and affordable) watches! But just as we have to be honest about Seiko's problem with misaligned chapter rings and bezels, we have to be honest about Citizen Eco-Drives not hitting all the indices.
Agreed, but here's the thing. Seiko can easily sort those issues, as there's a lot less moving parts to sort. Getting a quartz/solar quartz to hit every indice is much more difficult, as the movement would have to tick EXACTLY the same amount with zero stutter/bounceback. That, or each dial would have to be made in such a way to match each individual movement.
I'm not disagreeing, but people give Seiko s##t because their issues are sloppier. Citizen's not hitting all indices but hitting most is more time consuming and costly to resolve, and likely adds more to the price than the value
Hi, do you know the weight without the bracelet?
Hey mate, just took it off an weighed it for you, with no bracelet it's 83g. Hope this helps!
Thanks, that's helpful, not too heavy when changed straps.
Nope, definitely not. Although I will say, the bracelet is very very comfortable
GMT function not explained...
What do you mean? How to set it is explained, it's to track a second time zone?
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