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| | Features | Ecologically friendly, solar powered Eco-Drive Caliber C650 movement; Charges in natural sunlight or indoor lightMax power reserve: 90 days to 4 Years with Power Save; Low charge warning: 1.5 days; Charge time from stop state to max charge: Incandescent Light - 29 hrs, Outdoors, Cloudy (10,000 Lux) - 9 hrs, Outdoors, Sunny (100,000 Lux) - 5 hrsDurable, hardened mineral crystal; Case diameter: 44 mmStainless steel case; Black dial; Chronograph, time & calendar (30 cities) function; Chronograph functionsWater-resistant to 100 M (330 feet)
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| | Description | The Citizen Eco-Drive Eco-Drive Skyhawk Flight Chronograph is designed to soar with unbridled stealth precision. This men's Eco-Drive timepiece lifts off with time and calendar for 22 time zones, three world time alarms, 1/100 second chronograph that measures 24-hours, 99 Minute Countdown Timer, one-touch interchangeable analog/digital timing, rotating slide rule bezel, and power saver function all within a highly polished stainless steel case. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 4.9 inches | | Product Width: | 4.4 inches | | Product Height: | 3.9 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.95 pounds | | Package Length: | 4.9 inches | | Package Width: | 4.4 inches | | Package Height: | 4.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 23 reviews |
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| | Watch Information | | Crystal Material: | Mineral | | Clasp: | fold-over-push-button-clasp-with-safety | | Case Diameter: | 44 millimeters | | Case Thickness: | 14 millimeters | | Case Material: | stainless-steel | | Band Material: | stainless-steel | | Bezel Material: | stainless-steel | | Dial Color: | black | | Movement: | japanese-quartz | | Calendar: | calendar | | Water Resistance Depth: | 330 feet |
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 Great Watch May 31, 2010
Nice flight watch, well built
Advantage
You get 3-4 times with one quick look
24 hour local time
24 hour GMT - ZULU time
Local time in AM PM format
Optional ability to set to display another time zone for 4 at once.
No battery change needed
Disadvantage
Not the most intuitive watch to change the settings on
I can just imagine using the slide rule at night in heavy IFR mountain flying.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Flying Economy Class on Skyhawk Air Apr 10, 2010
My first problem with this watch: Citizen makes some gorgeous and innovative timepieces - see for instance the Caliber 2100. Unfortunately, the company has its models arrayed in such a way so as to emphasize that you need to spend more to get more. The face design, color palette, and band of this "base model" Skyhawk are all meant to remind the buyer that he (no women buying this thing I am guessing) is sitting in the cheap seats. The far more costlier atomic time models are MUCH nicer, and the slightly pricier "Blue Angels" models are also more attractive. (Problem there is that you are basically wearing a slightly more adult version of a Batman watch, an inherent problem with all "branded" timepieces. And do you really think the Blue Angels team wears this watch? I am sure the slide rule comes in handy as they are calculating fuel consumption while doing barrel rolls at 3 Gs...)
Anyway, besides the tin can silver color palette, and intensely busy bezel with oodles of small numbers on it, there are two relatively more serious crimes against aesthetics here. First, the band. Of the six watches I own, this was the second most expensive one, and the band looked the worst of all. There is no design to it, it felt light and cheap, and had no lustre. Next issue: the miserable lume! After hours of daylight exposure, the miserable afterthought application of lume on the face and hands looked pitiful and faded quickly in the dark. Again. of all my analog watches, this more costly model was at the bottom of the barrel in this relatively important test (for all you pilots out there who will be using this for dangerous midnight flights across the continent..._
So besides being dull, bland, and badly illuminated, we come to my Second Problem... This is not really an analog watch. Every significant function from time adjustment to chronograph use is DIGITAL and is displayed on some wee tiny screens. The sub-dials display UTC (Zulu) time and a second alternate time zone (in a 24 hr face with a single hand) and other than these rather useless functions (as one of the little digital windows is slaved to the alt time subdial so you always have duplicate info between the screen and the dial) the subdials are not used at all. I think I would have liked this watch better if at least the stopwatch was assigned to a subdial like an actual analog watch) but instead all the timekeeping functions are in a digital window the size of half of a pinky nail.
I should add the watch is fairly complex to use, and the directions are about 80 pages long. That said, you can probably figure it out easily enough, as many of the procedures in the instructions are rather arcane and useless (i.e. to delete cities from the standard list of available time zones ("I hate Auckland! Begone!") or to change the three letter abbreviation for these cities ("I think "AUK" is much better than "AKL"...). I would suggest though that you avoid buying this if reading manuals and following rather detailed instructions is not your favorite way to interact with your timepiece.
So upshot - if you like analog watches, or are buying this as a gift for someone who does, rethink. This watch has a analog veneer grafted onto a digital heart. Now this would not in itself be a problem if Casio did not exist... but of course they do. If you hunt carefully through the many Casio Waveceptors and G Shocks, you can find analog - digital hybrids that offer every feature that this Skyhawk does (including solar charging) at roughly one half to two thirds its price. Now if you are thinking all the Casios that are similar are tacky plastic watches with "G SHOCK RULEZ!!!" emblazoned on them in glaring red, (the normal Casio problem!) I can assure you that the brand has evolved to the point where they have relatively subtle designs and even metal bands available. All of these offer the same (or better) functionality of this Skyhawk (some of the Casios even offer atomic timekeeping) and some are more attractive, even by adult standards.
The usual reason to buy a Citizen over a Casio is that the purchaser wants to look more sophisticated. That reason falls flat here, as the blandness and mediocre design of this Citizen model will not look notably superior to a Casio of comparable feature set and lower price. If you really love this design for some reason, spend more and get a Blue Angels or atomic time model so the watch will at least look worth the price on your wrist. To buy this model would only mean paying an added premium for non-existent superiority in design and quality over a less expensive product from a competitor. And Citizen ain't Rolex - no need to pay any premium at all for this name!
Wow!!! what a watch Jan 30, 2010
This watch is one of the best purchases i did in my life, as i am a traveler it is important for me to be able to move from timezone to timezone fast and quick and still know what is the time at home!
the product worth between 300$ - 500$ depends where you buy but i paied just 120$ in Amazon!!!
it is working like magic it looks nice it is not too heavy, it needs some experties to tune it but the manual which you can download in the internet is pretty strait forward.
i recommend this watch to travelers that requeires nice looking and muli timezone watch .
 Excellent watch for pilots! Dec 23, 2009
I'm a private pilot working towards his instrument, commercial, and multi-engine certificates, and I love my watch. There are two gripes I have:
1) The band, even on the stainless, sucks. I'm not hard on my watch at all, and the forward side (I wear it on my left wrist) is full of wear marks and scratches from only resting on tables as I sit and read or do work. I'm pretty unhappy with that fact, and think that for a $[...] watch the band should be more scratch resistant. I haven't had this problem with other metal band watches.
2) There is no light. You wouldn't think it would take much to add two small LED's and an extra button for a light for night use. The "glow in the dark" hands stop working after a half hour-ish of darkness and you can't read anything without some light source. I haven't found this to be too much trouble for night flying since I have an overhead red light that I can hold the watch up to, but it's inconvenient and potentially hazardous since your taking your attention off of flying for that much longer. For a true aviator's watch you'd think they'd have thought this one through.
Gripes aside it's an excellent watch. I researched long and hard for a good aviators watch, and I settled on this one. While others may have better features (i.e. better looking, different layout, etc.) this one had the best of most of what I was looking for. I wanted something that I could use as my timer, a backup E6B, my zulu time (although I don't use it much and find myself doing the math in my head just as quick), my watch...and for future use if I become a professional pilot I can keep track of time with time zones. The Eco-drive is an excellent feature that although I haven't had it long enough to know how well it really works, in theory it is excellent for the environment, and for piece of mind knowing that you'll never need to worry about a dead watch at and inconvenient time. Also, the alarm clock feature is excellent. There are three separate alarms that are easy to set up, turn on and off, and use. I don't use that in the airplane, but I do use it for work and it is awesome; not too noisy, and not too quiet, but I doubt it's audible in the airplane. I don't think there's much more to say besides if you're looking for an inexpensive REAL aviator's watch this is about the cheapest you'll find, and it will have all the features and then some that you'd ever want.
Citizen, replace my band with something that doesn't scuff up so easy and this watch gets 5 stars from me.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Long-time, satisfied Citizen customer Sep 24, 2009
I purchased the Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Skyhawk Chronograph Watch #JR3000-51F because I've owned it's predecessor: the Navihawk Chronograph. My Navihawk died after about a dozen years of satisfactory service. As I discovered the hard way, breaking the case seal of the Navihawk to replace the battery (which was necessary three times over it's lifetime) created a pathway for humidity and skin oils to penetrate and corrode the interior. (This despite the fact that I never swam nor showered while wearing the Navihawk.) The cost to repair my Navihawk was almost as much as the purchase price of a new Skyhawk.
I compared the JR3000-51F with the titanium version... Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Titanium Skyhawk Chronograph Watch #JR3060-59F...as well as the model that synchronizes with an atomic clock signal...Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Skyhawk A-T Watch #JY0000-53E. Having been accustomed to the weight of a stainless case and bracelet, I didn't think that the titanium version offered me much added value for the price differential, particularly since some other reviewers had noted that the titanium model was susceptible to scratches. I came to a similar conclusion regarding the "AT" model. My experience with the very accurate time-keeping qualities of the Navihawk led me to believe that the JR3000-51F would satisfactorily meet my needs. The "Eco-Drive" feature clinched my decision to purchase the Skyhawk as opposed to competitors.
Upon receipt of my Skyhawk (which arrived earlier than the projected delivery date), it worked right out of the box. The time was off by a couple of minutes, but the interactive instructions (on the CD in the box) made it a snap to correct the time. My prior experience with the somewhat idiosyncratic process of adjusting the Navihawk probably helped me get off to smooth start with the Skyhawk. Count me as a happy camper.
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