CitizenMen's Analogue Automatic Watch with a Rubber Band Promaster Marine

Citizen Promaster - Been looking for a reasonably priced automatic watch for a while and this one came up on sale for £160 and i'm so glad i got it. Love the dark blue face and black bezel. Its a bit smaller than i thought it would be which is good as i don't like bulky watches. Build quality is excellent, hasn't lost any time since i got it. Seen some negative comments about the strap but to be honest i don't mind it; for the money its fine and looks ok. I've ordered some nato straps anyway as i prefer them - for a tenner a strap it transforms the look of the watch. Bezel movement is firm and requires effort to turn, again this is good i don't want it turning every time my sleeve catches it or i knock it; i don't sit there spinning it like a fidget toy and if i need to measure time i'm confident it wont move. Overall i love the look of it, the crown at the 8 position is a nice feature too, more comfortable and you don't catch it on your wrist. Lume is good as far as i'm concerned ive had no issue reading the time in any light. Automatic movement is also great; nice and quiet and hasn't stopped or lost time since i got it. Overall this is a great watch that looks the part and doesn't break the bank. Even at over £230 i'd still consider it.

I might still be in the honeymoon phase but I felt compelled to write about my experience with what must be the best value mechanical diving watch currently available. With its rival the Seiko SKX’s availability dropping and prices rising, the Citizen gives a comparable, sometimes superior experience for a very good price - it has a distinguished history having been adopted by the Italian Navy in the late 90’s. The movement has proved very stable and accurate, generally good fit and finish. There’s a little bezel play but not enough to quibble over – alignment is spot on. This one of these watches that looks so much better in person than in pictures. On the blue version, which I have, the dial is wonderful. It is a subtle blue/grey sunburst and I can find myself staring at it as I move my wrist to catch the light! I didn’t care for the rubber strap so have changed it out for a chocolate leather NATO which I think suits it down to the ground. With the blue of the dial being quite subtle you could pair this with any colour NATO. The lume is excellent and who can resist that ‘underpants’ 12 o’clock marker! In short, buy with confidence, it’s a phenomenal deal.

I have a few watches in my collection but no automatics. Mine are all quartz, I have three 'God Tier' Casio watches one of those is a G Shock, and I have a Timex Expedition that is pretty bulletproof.For my birthday a few months ago I wanted to buy myself my first automatic dive watch. I looked at Citizen, Seiko and Orient I really like all three brands but couldn’t workout what I wanted. I don’t have a huge amount of disposable income so wanted something really nice.I kept coming back to the Citizen Promaster, because I really liked the look of the bezel grip and the crown at the eight.I looked at the NY0086-16LE which is the Pepsi bezel and the NY0040-09W which is the yellow lume face. Sadly at the time on Amazon there were none of these available, then I saw the NY0040-17LE and I discovered I could do instalments on the payments. So, I decided that’s the one.When I opened the box and looked at the metallic dark blue dial, I was really happy with my choice, it is a really lovely watch. The blue rubber strap also was a factor in my choice and loved that too. Unfortunately, my eczema reacted to the rubber strap after a couple of weeks, but that’s not a huge problem as all my watches are on Nato straps anyway and I have loads in the draw so swapped out for a grey Nato and it looked really good. Then I looked at what straps work with the watch and nearly all the colours I have work, at the moment I have an army green strap and it looks fantastic with the blue face and yellow lumes.I have one gripe with this watch which isn’t a deal breaker but is just a bit annoying is the day-date window. Its white text on a black background which makes it a bit hard to read. I have a Casio MTD-1079D-1AVEF that I love and it has a black on white day-date window so…I am really pleased with my watch. This looks great, is comfortable the accuracy is very good too. Plus, I get a lot of compliments about it. When I had it on the Bond black and grey strap people really noticed it.