Citizen Watches...Any Good?

Ha. I'm surprised the Citizen Campanola series didn't come up in this discussion. Fine, gorgeous timepieces that I've almost bought myself.

 

I was happy it bumped or I would have created a new thread. I have had lots of friends suggest buying a good brand of watch vs a luxury brand. Citizen has quite a history and the new Eco-Drive series has some very appealing models IMO.

 

It was just an observation.

 

I got one 6 years ago from my company on my 5 year anniversary. Been great as far as reliability and durability. I think it's got enough style without being overly flashy and most people know its a sensible timepiece.

 

You have every right to be excited.

I have a simpler face titanium version of the Citizen A-T watch and am 100% pleased with it! It is the CB0030-56E Citizen Watch Company ? Citizen Eco-Drive / US, Canada, UK, IrelandCitizen Watch

My wife bought mine at the same local jewelery shop where she regularly shops and their prices and service are wonderful. The one below was my Father's Day present last year.

I have had three Citizens to date and have already passed one of the Eco-Drives on to my fifteen year old son. He wears it daily now. For the money, my experience is that the Citizen watches appear to be very durable, reliable and accurate. The atomic feature (synchronizing with the broadcast standard) is wonderful. In about a year of ownership, I have yet to notice it off by even a second.

So yes, they are good watches. It is possible to buy a better watch than a Citizen but at a price point will be likely be quite a bit higher.
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I like mine, BUT its a major pain in the ass to change the date, time or to even turn the alarm off. I tried using the owners manual to change the time and somehow I turned the alarm on. Every single damn day for months it's would chime at 5pm. I had to find the owners manual again to try and figure it out how to turn it off. It took me about 15-20 minutes to figure out how to change the time and turn the alarm off.
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The Citizen Manuals confuse me also. I longingly look at the Blue Angles Skyhawk but then count the buttons and features and figure that it could take me years to learn the button combinations.

It looks like that are publishing a one page summary for a watch face quite similar to yours here: http://c01.coacdn.com/calibers/E870_condensed.pdf
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I've worn a lot of Citizens and some g shocks, seikos, lately an omega speedy chronograph...

For better-than-average performance with everyday use, hard to beat a Citizen.

IMO, Citizen EcoDrives with perpetual calendar are the watch equivalent of the Acura NSX. It just works like it's supposed to and looks pretty good doing it. Not the most exciting thing out there but it does what it's supposed to do, flawlessly.

 

On my second Citizen now, wearing it today. I wore the first for many years until it simply stopped. Probably just needs a good service, but I haven't done anything with it. This new Signature Series is gorgeous, absolutely love wearing it and I get plenty of compliments.
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I posted on the first page saying I have 2, I now have 4.

Great watches and have had zero problems with any of them. The Eco-drive is great.

 

If I had to choose only one watch of mine to have to wear for the rest of my days, this would be it.
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I have a Citizen Campanola Cosmosign and a Citizen Astrodea (a lot cheaper). Both are very nice watches, and somewhat unusual.
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i dont like that electronic stuff but i have one Citizen Chronograph in my mechanic chrono collection. very strange looking thing but with automatic movement.
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