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(More customer reviews)This is a dive watch that I bought for everyday use to replace my spendy mechanical watches. I wanted something rugged and functional, ideally with an alarm, day/date calendar, time zones for traveling, and depth/temp/time functions for free diving and scuba. I bought it sight unseen a couple of weeks ago from Amazon/mytimepiece.com. Super fast service and great price.
Likes: I love the look of the watch and am very happy I bought the asymmetrical version. It's big, but not as clunky as the Suunto's. Fits my skinny wrist very well. The shape, coloring, and mix of old-school analog hands + depth indicator + digital window give it a modern, up-to-date look. It isn't as finely detailed as the best mechanical watches, but the look and feel suggest a quality product. I dig the solar-powered eco-drive, and watching the hands move when setting various functions or diving is mesmerizing. The diving functions (current depth, max depth, temp, time under water, log) are excellent.
Dislikes: I have three complaints. First, there is no chronometer or timer function for land use. The other day I was parked in Santa Monica and wanted to track my parking meter time with the watch. Ain't no easy way to do this, although with a bit of fiddling you could set one of the alarms with the meter expiration time. With a mechanical dive watch you just rotate the bezel and you're on your way - and you can easily see how much time you have left. The Aqualand does have a timer that automatically activates when more than four feet under water (the analog hands go to the midnight position and then the minute hand records the dive time), but there isn't a way to access this feature out of the water. Perhaps it's a safety issue, but I feel that a chrono feature should be available considering the price of the watch and the fact that it already contains the necessary technology.
Second, the watch is hard to read at night. The analog hands have large surfaces and they glow brightly when freshly juiced, but fade during the night. There's a light for the LCD display, but it only stays on for a second or two, and the default setting for the LCD shows day and date, but not time. To display the time in the LCD window you have to get tricky and set the LCD window to the `Travel' function, and then designate your local time as the `Travel' time zone. Goofy. Some sort of electroluminescent/'indiglo'-type light should be standard at this price point.
Third, the alarms are too quiet to be useful as a travel alarm clock. Taking the watch off at night helps a bit; adjustable volume would be better.
Bottom line: A great looking watch with superb features for diving.
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Citizen celebrates the 20th anniversary of its professional-quality Aqualand diving watch with this special analog/digital Eco-Drive edition, which features a backlight and dive log memory. It offers water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet), suitable for scuba diving. And it's powered by Citizen's exclusive Eco-Drive technology, which charges the battery from both indoor and outdoor light. This model sports a high-tech look with a sleek asymmetrical case and coded buttons for the ultimate in form and function. It has a wealth of dive measurement functions, including:
Depth display to 300 feet in digital format, with current and maximum displays
Measurement of depth and time of dive
Current and lowest water temperature display
Surface interval measurement
Dive log memory for up to 20 dives
Other timing functions include world time in 42 cities, 29 time zones, ability to track time in two different time zones, three alarms, 12/24-hour time display, and three alarms. Other features include a comfortable rubber strap, electro-luminescent backlighting for low-light visibility, screw-back case, screw-down crown, and a scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating.
This watch is powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. With regular exposure to light, the Eco-Drive continuously recharges itself for a lifetime of use. This watch's Eco-Drive provides a 180-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 1.5 hours of exposure to light.
Summary of Features:
Current depth display in digital format
Depth display to 300 feet
Measures depth and time of dive
Measures maximum depth and duration of dive
Dive log memory for up to 20 dives
Auto-start dive mode
Water temperature display and memory for current and lowest temp
Measures surface interval
Calendar
3 alarms
12/24 hour time
Travel time (42 cities and UTC, 29 time zones)
Electro-luminescence backlighting
Battery charge level indicator
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