The best vintage chronograph at an affordable price!
I fell in love with many racing chronographs from Yema, Hamilton and Dan Henry. After looking for something more affordable I bump into this citizen and automatically fell in love. At less than $200 this is good daily watch. I know with my OCD If I spent 1500+ I would not enjoy the watch as much trying not to beat it up.
Pros:
Vintage Look
Affordable
Doomed crystal
Eco-Drive: I like mechanical watches but Eco-Drive is the cream of the crop on affordable quartz it's solar and battery last from 7+ years.
Nice build quality
100m of water resistance
It's a Citizen! (No cheap made fashion brands with no history)
Cons:
To stop the tachymeter the button doesn't have a nice click more like a mushy feeling
The date window is on the small side to takes a little longer to know the date
Citizen Promaster Automatic Men's Black Stainless Steel Watch 44MM NY0158-09L
Oct 02, 2023
A Classic watch from Citizen at an affordable price.
When it comes to dive watches seems Rolex, Omega get most of the praise and Seiko in the affordable market. Most people forget about Citizen and their promasters lineup especially their underrated Fugu line. After years of wishing Citizen listens to the their customers and bring their automatics watches to the U.S they finally listened!
The Pros:
Price
Build quility
great color dials
wears smaller than 44mm (more like 42mm)
Bezel action it's smooth
At 20mm is quite a strap monster.
Cons:
44mm even if it wear smaller still quite big in 2023 standards
The rubber strap can be a bit on the stiff side
Strap is a bit long for small wrist peeps like me
The crown in the opposite site can be weird to set the time while wearing it