Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000M Watch Review

Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000M Watch Review

Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000M Watch Review

Within the ocean of retro-inspired watches for diving launched 

Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000M Watch Review

During Baselworld 2017, Citizen was out among the number of brands that dared to produce something significantly new. The Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000m may be the world’s first solar-powered watch capable of saturation diving - along with the Japanese brand’s second 1,000-meter diver. We provide an in-depth review during this feature from WatchTime’s November-December 2017 issue.

The Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000m (Reference BN7020-09E) was 1 of 3 major Promaster additions introduced in Basel this season and, because of its uncompromising look along with a 52.5-mm-large and 22.2- mm-thick titanium situation, also the one which unquestionably was the most. Possibly more to the point, it’s among the couple of watches that rightfully fall under the course of “extreme watches for diving.” Quite simply, it’s a modern day tool watch. Its primary function would be to withstand even extremes of pressure and also to securely measure passed time under water, for saturation divers, and certainly to not fit within French cuff dress shirt.

The brand new Promaster 1000m follows within 

The actions of Citizen’s first 1,000-meter diver, the 2002-introduced Promaster 1000m (Reference NH6931-06E and NH6930-09FB) with 48-mm titanium situation, unofficially nicknamed the “Autozilla” (following the imaginary Japanese giant monster). But rather of their predecessor’s removable bezel, the brand new model posseses an additional locking system which has a visual indication to exhibit once the timing bezel is unlocked. (When the orange strip at 7 o’clock is seen, the 120-click ratcheting bezel could be rotated counterclockwise.) There's an identical indication to exhibit when the crown, ergonomically placed at 4 o’clock, is open or securely screwed-in.

Theoretically, a dive watch (or any diving instrument) can't ever be one that is too safe, therefore the additional ring to lock the bezel can certainly certainly be a clever feature (and it is really very easy to operate). The truth is, a unidirectional bezel has already been a security feature, so it’s reliable advice the solution Citizen chose is yet another good illustration of the over-engineering that entered this watch. More to the point, the secure permitted Citizen to equip the bezel on the top from it with only six large sawtooth-like elements, which makes it among the easiest bezels to function, even if putting on mitts. And talking about mitts, Citizen is among the couple of brands to provide a very practical solution for divers putting on a dry suit. The Pelican situation-like box the timepiece is delivered in also includes yet another strap extension that’s lengthy enough for many divers’ wrists and suits.

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For that first twenty minutes around the bezel, Citizen has utilized a bigger font (and for the 30 and 45 markings). This visual distinction might help a scuba diver keep better tabs on the very first twenty minutes of the dive (which could behave as an indication for that point-of-no-return throughout an average dive having a standard 200-bar scuba tank). However, an expert saturation diver may even work at greater depths for lengthy amounts of time and it is about as a long way away from recreational diving because the Promaster 1000m comes from being subtle around the wrist. A saturation diver resides in and operates from the pressurized atmosphere for approximately several days, and it is decompressed to come to light pressure just once, in the finish of his tour. Quite simply, to start dating ? indicator all of a sudden becomes a lot more highly relevant to a saturation diver than the usual 60-minute diving bezel in conjunction with a leading minutes hands. The same thing goes, again theoretically, for that integrated helium-release valve.