A little bit too late for the diving season here, in the Northern hemisphere, the Japanese brand Citizen has presented its new Citizen Promaster Sea Eco-Drive (Ref. BN0100-51E) diving watch. Powered by their trademark Eco-Drive caliber (a quartz movement that recharges itself using solar radiation and doesn’t need its battery changed during the whole lifetime of the engine), the watch is offered in a surprisingly discrete body and is rated for whole 200 meters of water resistance: more than enough for an average skindiver.

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Summer is still far from over and the Japanese watchmaker Citizen has a nice model to offer the constantly growing crowd of budget conscious amateur divers. Their new Citizen Scuba Fin Eco Drive diving watch comes equipped with the “green” solar-powered quartz movement that runs for almost whole six months after being fully charged and its built-in battery never needs to be replaced. Claimed to work for as long as 20 years without losing its properties, the battery has a good chance of outliving the watch itself.

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The recently introduced Citizen Eco-Drive Signature Perpetual Calendar diving watch has immediately sparked controversy among watch enthusiasts and bloggers.

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If you think that Atomic Timekeeping is cool, think again! The Japanese watchmaker Citizen is going to start selling its beautiful Citizen Eco-Drive Satellite Wave limited edition watch that captures the day, date and time signals directly from GPS navigation satellites!

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Thinking about yet another Swiss or Germany made B-Uhr clone? The new Citizen Alterna Pilot Eco-Drive is an inexpensive pilot’s watch that sports a refreshingly cool dial layout and a high-grade Japanese Eco-Drive Cal. 8637 quartz movement. And its medium-sized stainless steel body, which is attached to the wrist with a black NATO strap, is treated with cool-looking black PVD coating.

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Summer is in full swing and people are flocking to the seaside to swim, and dive, and have fun. And some are still not sure what kind of diving watch should they get before going underwater.

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