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The fastest and most secure way to protect the watches you love.
We've minimized the paperwork and maximized protection, so you can stop worrying about your watches and focus on enjoying them.
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Wherever you are on planet Earth, your watches are protected. Rest easy and travel safely.
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An easy-to-love, back-to-basics skin diver from Citizen.
Citizen has a long, proud history of dive-watch production. But you don't have to take it from me – our friend and diver extraordinaire Jason Heaton goes so far as to place "the original Citizen Aqualand in the pantheon of great dive watches, alongside the first Fifty Fathoms, the Rolex Submariner, and the Doxa SUB 300." That's high praise from the man who knows dive watches better than pretty much anyone.
The latest release from Citizen should be right up the alley of anyone who appreciates dive-watch history. The new Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m consists of an ISO-certified pair of mechanical dive watches, each placed in a nicely sized 41mm × 12.1mm case that's constructed of Citizen's proprietary Super Titanium, a lightweight alloy that's received a surface hardening treatment to increase its scratch-resistance up to five times that of typical stainless steel (as well as being up to 40 percent lighter). The watch's abrasion resistance is enhanced even further by the use of sapphire crystal on top of the dial.
The movement inside the new watches is Citizen's caliber 9051, a Miyota variant (Citizen owns Miyota) that runs at 4 Hz and offers a 42-hour power reserve. We first saw the caliber 9051 last year during the launch of Citizen's Series 8 collection. Citizen doesn't specify but states the caliber 9051 utilizes anti-magnetic materials for the balance spring and escapement to increase the watch's daily-wear potential.
The appearance of the Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m is directly inspired by Citizen's Challenge Diver series that was released all the way back in 1977. The Japanese company goes so far as to highlight a particular example as a reference for the new Promaster models. Apparently, in 1982, a Challenge Diver was discovered in Australia, on Long Reef Beach outside of Sydney, covered in barnacles. Citizen says that, based on the sheer amount of barnacles attached to the watch, it had been submerged in the Pacific Ocean for a numbers of years – lost but still keeping accurate time beneath the waves. This unique, barnacle-encrusted watch has remained in Citizen's archive ever since, and the latest Promaster models use that backdrop to pay tribute to the hardwearing spirit of Citizen's dive and sport watches.
The 2022 Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m is the same diameter as the original 1977 Challenge Diver but is a slightly thinner, thanks to the slimness of the modern self-winding caliber 9051. Citizen is producing the new dive watch in two different colorways at launch – there's a grey dial that comes with a urethane rubber strap, or a blue dial that's paired with a three-link bracelet made of matching Super Titanium. Citizen has provided a projected starting price of $795 for the new dive watches.
I sure would like to play with these pieces in person, but I've just arrived in Geneva for Watches & Wonders 2022 – and Citizen's not here. For years and years, Citizen was an exhibiting member of Baselworld, where the Japanese company would introduce its latest releases to the gathered press and retailers. With the unfortunate demise of the annual Basel fair, and the unexpected appearance of the Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m models in my inbox last week, it appears that Citizen is no longer interested in taking part in the Swiss trade show calendar.
That's too bad. Citizen is one of very few watch brands today with what I'd call universal reach and appeal; I wouldn't be surprised if everyone reading this has either owned or had some sort of hands-on experience with a Citizen at one time or another. (I'm fairly sure my first ever watch was either a Citizen Eco-Drive or a Baby-G G-Shock.) But for far too long, it seemed like the only Citizen-branded watches available outside of Japan were solar-powered Eco-Drive models. While there's nothing wrong with those, I'm loving the recent spate of mechanical Citizen releases.
I'll be interested to see how expensive the new Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m models end up being. With the Super Titanium case and mechanical movement, a price tag under $1,000 would result in these being a more-than-solid value proposition. I'll be even more interested, however, when I'm finally able to see one of these watches in the metal. I appreciate many of the details that are visible off the supplied imagery – the lack of crown guards, the lollipop-style seconds hand, the blockish numerals on the undirectional bezel, and the embossed hour markers filled with lume all really speak to me. The Mercedes-style hour hand is an unnecessary affectation that I could do without – but c'est la vie.
I'm hoping we'll be able to bring you a hands-on, barnacle-free report on this pair of Citizen dive watches sooner rather than later.
Brand: Citizen Model: Promaster Mechanical Diver 200m Reference Number: NB6021-17E, grey dial; NB6021-68L, blue dial
Diameter: 41mm Thickness: 12.3mm Case Material: Super Titanium, with Duratect TiC treatment Dial Color: Grey; blue Indexes: Embossed Lume: Yes, on hands and hour markers Water Resistance: 200 meters Strap/Bracelet: Urethane; Super Titanium bracelet
Caliber: 9051 Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, unidirectional bezel Diameter: 25.9mm Thickness: 4.1mm Power Reserve: 42 hours Winding: Automatic Frequency: 28,800 vph / 4 Hz Jewels: 24 Chronometer Certified: N/A Additional Details: Based on Miyota caliber 9015; ISO 6425 compliant
Price: NB6021-68L, $995 (projected); NB6021-17E, $795 (projected) Availability: Summer 2022 Limited Edition: N/A
For more information about Citizen, visit their website.
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