Citizen Promaster - References, Prices and Owners' Reviews

I present to you the reissue of the famous NB6021 diver's challenge watch from the Citizen manufacturer. The Citizen Fujitsubo nicknamed like that because in 1977 a diver's challenge watch was lost on an Australian beach and a person found it in 1983 on the same beach not far from Sydney completely covered in crustaceans, barnacles (Fujitsubo in Japanese), marine crustaceans which, as adults, attach themselves to rocks and the hulls of boats. And the battered watch was still working 5 years later, I really like this watch in super titanium, a patent filed by Citizen, 5 times harder than steel and half as light, the Duratect process, a real diver in direct competition with the SPB143 62 Mas from Seiko. It is very comfortable to wear with a silicone strap that is supplied with the watch. It has a sapphire crystal and a diameter of 41mm and the famous high-end movement from Citizen, the caliber 9051. Its price is 650 euros.

The ideal holiday watch. For less than €200 we have here an automatic watch, waterproof to 200m with screw-down crown. It is a real adventurer with its indestructible Miyota series 8 movement which proves to be quite precise. I had been looking for a diver's watch for quite some time for my collection but I didn't want to break the bank either. I hesitated a lot with the Mako 3 from Orient with which this watch is often put in competition in this price range. The advantage of the Orient is its sapphire crystal while the Citizen has a simple mineral crystal. What made me prefer the Promaster to its competitor is its design which I find more original. I particularly like its slightly "roots" notched bezel and I really like the integration of the date and day windows with a black background on a black dial. A little coquettishness, the crown at eight o'clock gives a really unique look to this diver's watch. The luminova is generous on the indexes and hands and proves to be very effective. A small Tropic instead of the silicone strap and off we go on an adventure! I was lucky enough to find this Promaster reference NY0040-09EE for less than €160 which is just unbeatable in terms of quality/price ratio. Made in Japan as we like it!