Citizen Skyhawk Titanium JY0010-50E Watch £366
May 25, 2011 by Admin
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Citizen Sky Hawk JY0010-50E just £366.30
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Citizen Men’s Eco-Push Skyhawk A-T Titanium Check out #JY0010-50E
- Piolet Watch
- Solar Electrical power Atomic Aviation
- Titanium Chronograph
- Gents Bracelet Observe
Citizen Skyhawk Eco-push Gents Chronograph Observe, Black Batons Dial with Digital Show, Perpetual Calendar, Titanium Circumstance and Bracelet, Water Resistant up to 200 Metres
Record Cost: £469.00
Value:
53L: www.watchshopuk.com 02L: www.watchshopuk.com
Video clip Rating: 5 / five
The Ultimate Technology Watch,
I have had this watch for over 2 years now and it has to be seen to be believed. Prior to owning this I had looked at previous Skyhawk watches and wanted to buy one, but never quite got around to it. The solar power and multifunction dials always appealed to me, but they never had as many functions as this version.
When this version came out I could not believe the specification! As well as the usual stuff: Stopwatch, alarms, multiple time zones, solar power and no battery change, two other features blew me away, namely the atomic time, which means this watch is always accurate and the fact that it is titanium making this huge watch extremely light. Not to mention the slide rule dial which can be used for calculations.
One other thing that only becomes clear after wearing this is the quality and precision of the dials and the huge amount of finely printed text on this watch. Believe me there is alot of tiny print, but the quality is absolutely second to none and all the surfaces are machined to an incredibly precise finish. I have owned many watches but never seen anything which looks so precise.
Although none of these functions is unique, I do not know of any watch which comes close in functionality, except maybe a Casio or Tissot touch and I have heard that many people have had problems with the Tissot, which is aimed at trekkers rather than a world traveller or pilot and Casio have never quite shaken the cheap disposable image of years gone by.
This watch has been faultless and 100% accurate for 2 years now. It will never be regarded with the same respect as any of the Swiss timepieces all the purists rave about, simply because it is a Citizen, but it simply blows them all away for accuracy and functionality. Most of all it works without any problems and does it at a price they could never compete with.
There are lots of functions on this watch but only two buttons and a crown, which has to be pulled out to use some of the functions and some people object to this, but overall the watch is an absolute revelation.
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|The Best Pilots’ Watch Currently Available.,
I have owned this watch for 3 months now and I am very impressed. As a fighter pilot having an accurate time hack is very important to me and the best aspect of this watch is that it receives a radio time hack in the middle of the night every day. You can also manually order the watch to re-hack itself from the radio signal. The ability to receive a time hack in America and Europe (plus the Far East too) is invaluable. The radio reception was strong in Ridgecrest, California and OK in Tucson but was very weak in Las Vegas. I had to go outside to receive the signal so the overnight automatic update did not receive indoors. In the east of the UK the signal is maximum strength.
Other than this, the watch has numerous additional features which make it indispensable.
The slide rule bezel is remarkably useful on the ground, not only for planning missions, but also for currency conversion, long division and percentages. Furthermore on a trail back from the US recently it was extremely useful for calculating fuel burn when the gas was a bit tight. I will definitely not own a work watch without a slide rule bezel again.
The light is bright and the watch hands are also luminous and easy to read in low light. Whilst this is a large watch (I suggest you go and try one on before purchasing), the titanium version is remarkably light. I like its purposeful looks too.
The build quality of the watch is excellent. Whilst it sounds like a small point, the second hand points exactly at each second mark on the dial as it rotates (it really annoys me if the second hand points halfway between them). Furthermore, if the hands are not correctly aligned you can manually adjust them. This is the first watch that I have owned with this functionality and whilst it arrived perfectly aligned, it is indicative of the quality and attention to detail of the manufacturers.
The watch is maintenance free too, as it is powered by an Eco-Drive (effectively a solar panel on the watch face). Mine arrived fully charged and it has remained so over the past 3 months without me having to leave it to charge in direct sunlight. I have simply worn it everyday. Coupled with the automatic radio reception time hack, it means this watch requires no effort from you. All you have to do is wear it – the watch does the rest.
Like everything, there is room for improvement. Whilst I like the watch styling in general, I think that the use of orange in the writing was a little misguided. However, there is an identical Japanese version of this watch in black with white writing so if the colour bothers you I’m sure you could track down that version.
There are 2 smaller clocks which display UTC (very useful) and a pointless 24hr clock – a pilot who doesn’t understand the 24hr clock system is going to be hard to find! Given that this is marketed as a pilot’s watch it is a ridiculous addition. Making the UTC display bigger would have been a much better design, freeing up space for a dedicated calendar display. The watch can either show an alternative time zone on the LCD display or the date, but not both simultaneously. Additionally another LCD display is used up showing you what your home city is set to. Personally I would have made the UTC clock larger, removed the 24hr clock and added a dedicated date display.
However these points are minor when compared to the quality, styling and overall utility and functionality of the Citizen Skyhawk A-T Titanium. I researched various pilots’ watches before buying this, including allegedly dedicated specialist watchmakers. None came close to this watch. As a pilot it offers the near perfect solution to my chronograph requirements and I unreservedly recommend it.
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|Excellent watch,
The watch is superb, really well made, the strap is comfortable and with being titanium is not excessively heavy, in fact everything about the watch is superb. Would have been happier if it had received the UK atomic signal, but seems to pick up the German signal ok.
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|@2dayleftovers You can read about the mechanisms on Citizen’s website. What you can’t read about is what they look and feel like.
the metal strap rattles too much………………….and titanium scratches more easily than steel
The first one I bought for my dad for christmas 2010. I hope he will like it.^^
Boring video. I’m thinking about getting the 02L for my hubby and I wanted to understand the gadgetry of the watch, but this video doesn’t show me anything except the cosmetics and someone’s very bad cuticles who should of sprung for a manicure before subjecting us to ugly nails – total waste of time
I have the titanium one…its very nice
I own the model with the leather strap
it is 42.9 millimeters no 46
@waylifetruth i wish they did to
Those are very nice indeed. Cant beat Citizen and Seiko for quartz watches. I have a few Citizens too and I’d buy another one if they only started to use sapphire crystals.
very nice time pieces