>Worst characteristic of watch: Over focus on depth meter functionality prevents dial from looking as sharp as possible. >Friend weвЂ™d recommend it to first: Diving enthusiast that wants a reasonably priced depth meter watch they can wear both in and out of the water. >Would reviewer personally wear it: Sometimes. >Model: Eco-Drive Promaster Aqualand Depth Meter ref. Retail price for the Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster Aqualand Depth Meter BJ2128-05E is $695. On land the watch is perhaps a bit overkill, but doesnвЂ™t lack any of the daily features most people want in a watch. The quirks are somewhat endearing, especially since most people will want to use it as a backup device while having another dive computer. It looks much better than the previous generation and Citizen clearly focused on an appealing style to wear in and out of the water. Overall I like this watch a lot as a tool watch enthusiast. Essentially this means that the central seconds hand cannot move independently of the upper sub dial. This is because the chronograph hands are geared together. This means the hands have to circle the dial a number of times to reset their positions. It is also important to note that due to the gearing of the hands, there is no quick transition from chronograph to other modes. Having said that, you donвЂ™t actually need to put the watch in dive mode, as it will automatically start tracking your depth once it is taken about a meter under water or more.

It would have been great if Citizen allowed you to keep the watch in chronograph mode so that the orange hand stuck at the top of the dial. It is a useful feature and shows that Citizen is focused on safety, but again it is really only necessary when diving вЂ“ which is an argument to keep the watch with your dive gear (albeit in light so that it is charged when you want it). LV.1 means that there is charge for about one hour of diving at a maximum depth of 20 meters, and Lv.2 means you are good for all types of diving (within the functional range of the watch). The battery indicator is segmented into three areas that are вЂњLV.2, LV.1, and NG.вЂќ I assume the latter means вЂњno goвЂќ because it is a warning that the battery is not charged enough to sustain the depth meter function when diving. If you put the watch into chronograph mode, it eventually reverts back to battery level indicator mode. That means that rather than be symmetrically aligned at zero, the orange hand is always oriented a bit to the left. Chronograph mode must be entered into by pressing down on the lower pusher. It is negative because the timepiece uses the central orange hand as the power reserve indicator by default вЂ“ not as the chronograph seconds hand. This is both a positive and negative feature. The watch essentially includes a warning system designed to let you know if there is enough battery power to dive. These latter two functions are important to understand because they work together.

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