 "Great Travel Watch" | 2009-10-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: AH3MCFDSI4Q3D |
| I frequently travel and wanted a watch that would allow me to iew two time zones simultaneously. This watch meets the bill with a push of a button. The watch is beautiful and I definitely recommend the titanium as it is much lighter than stainless steel. I enjoy being able to see times around the world and find this particulary helpful when I travel. There are many functions which most will never use. The other feature I like is the CD that provides step by step instructionds for setting the watch (manual is confusing). |
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 "great watch" | 2009-08-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A11PVJYV49ZRL7 |
| This is a great watch that keeps perfit time ! the little day date window is to small to read without glass's if your a old timer like me lol ! the band is very stiff ! the best thing is no battery . |
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| "Citizen Blue Angels Watch" | 2009-06-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A36QBXKXAKXV16 |
| I purchased this watch for my boyfriend as a birthday day present. He has been wanting this watch for many years and was very excited to receive it. The watch was delivered on time, so I don't have anything bad to say. He loves how the hands automatically adjust to the different time zones and also how it glows in the dark blue instead of the typical green. His father loved the watch so much, that he bought one just like it. |
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 "Pretty commemorative watch but NOT a flier's tool!" | 2009-04-19 |
| - Reviewed By User: AI8AZ8ZEVECIF |
| A gift, Blues Angels Ecco Drive AT, bought to replace a prior Blues Angels model, that by the way, often needed repair for balky dials and condensation. I'll try to keep this brief. I fly. I also know a 25,000 hr RETIRED airline pilot who own's this. When he flew jets, he did not need a watch as cockpits have an array of computers. He wears this for style. I fly VFR and do not need "to the second" precision. I DO need easy access and ergonomics because my watch needs to be a useful tool. I wear a Vibralite, a G-Shock, any analog chrono with subdial, any analog with rotating bezel and obvious marker to act as a timer. I do not like 6mm wide windows with smaller numerals often hidden by watch hands that need removal of the watch to access the crown which must be pulled one tiny notch, rotated to the function then pressed in again just to access the chrono feature, and then the same for another function like the timer. Finger acrobatics to distract me in flight. I do not need a backlight to see another timezone yet does not function when in chrono mode. (read the small print in the manual first!). See where I'm going with this? If you like a conversation piece that will tell people you like airplanes and maybe fly them, sure it's a nice piece, no doubt about it. NOT recommended as a pilot's tool. There are much much better, smarter choices. |
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| "handsome watch" | 2009-02-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: AZF7A44AW3K0I |
Got it in June 2004.
Very handsome watch. Titanium is the version to get.
I leave it by the window when not in use. It loses about 30 seconds after six months.
I love the many alarms.
I never had any problems with battery losing power. One time the charge state went down to about 30% and so I placed it near the window.
I opened up the watch and drain the hell out of the single button cell just to see how it charges. It was less than an afternoon. I don't remember and I'm not doing it again because it will ruin the battery.
This watch is not for rugged use, so don't play football with it. The seconds hand needs to be zero (0) adjusted when the watch is shocked (banged).
This watch is also quite complex to learn to use. I sometimes have to refer to the manual for certain adjustments. But it is much easier to adjust time than more pretty watches. The days/months/year, hours/min/seconds are all independent. In some pretty watches, to adjust the day of the month, you have to adjust the 24hour hand 30 times if you miss your day.
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| "This is an excellent watch" | 2008-11-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1TGGPJW2ZCX3 |
| I've owned this watch for over five years, and am now about to purchase another one with the atomic clock upgrade. Some people have expressed concern over the watchband, crown, scratches, useless internal dials, power, etc. First off, I'm in the Air Force and travel all over the world frequently. This watch has been wonderful, as it is extremely easy and quick to adjust between timezones. I work in aircraft maintenance and believe me, this watch has taken A BEATING over the years. My face is scratched, but they are barely visible unless you are looking under good light and really searchign for them. Nothing has ever broken on this watch, including the crown and no real noticable scratches on the band. When not in direct light, my watch automatically goes into power saving mode which is great, I can still tell time I just lose the digital displays and the second hand, both of which jump right back to life the second light hits the face. This watch was mostly charged when I purchased it and the power level indicator has never dropped below 3 bars, and I have never formally tried to charge it - just through normal use it has mantained its battery level and never run out of juice. Illumination is a bummer, but the hands themselves have some illumination so it is possible to read in low light but difficult. As for useless functions, if you are in the military (this is basically an aviators watch) you constantly have to jump between whatever time zone you are in and zulu time, which is actually UTC. So the extra UTC dial is very helpful to me when I'm working on aircraft systems which are based entirely on UTC and I'm sure pilots really enjoy it. Overall, buy a watch based on what you need it for, not becuase it looks cool. If a watch has way to many functions for you to use, buy something cheaper with less options. Accuracy is great, I'm really anal about my clocks being accurate and check them once a month against the atomic clock in colorado and have only had to adjust this watch once or twice a year by a couple seconds. Bottom line, this is a great watch, very rugged, very appealing to the eye, very functional. If you like the looks and can actually use the options it comes with, you will be happy with it for a long time. (unless your a moron like me and want the one with the atomic clock reciever) |
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