Citizen promaster or seiko diver? Which is 'better'?
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If i'm not mistaken, this is a copy of the Seiko who did the origional.
Even the Seiko one is very slightly different from their origional. You can still get the black bezel or the blue and red one.
I prefer the Seiko and have a had a couple amoungst my collection. They are the origional and slighty better in my opinion.
They also come in Auto or Quartz.
Even the Seiko one is very slightly different from their origional. You can still get the black bezel or the blue and red one.
I prefer the Seiko and have a had a couple amoungst my collection. They are the origional and slighty better in my opinion.
They also come in Auto or Quartz.
Edited by armynick on Saturday 4th July 19:50
I have no business being in this forum as I'm a watch dumbkopf, but as I've stumbled in shouldn't a divers watch say 'Diver's 200m'? My Promaster does anyway.
Aside from the strap flaking out after a couple of years mine's been fine since 2000...
:checks watch:
...oh s
t no it isn't. 2nd hand is moving 2 seconds at a time. Time for a new battery methinks!
Aside from the strap flaking out after a couple of years mine's been fine since 2000...
:checks watch:
...oh s
t no it isn't. 2nd hand is moving 2 seconds at a time. Time for a new battery methinks!I have got that citizen (but with pepsi bezel) and the quality seems fine, the dial lume is a bit weak and the Seiko dial is the nicer out of the two, bezel has a nice action and not much slop. For £45 slightly second hand I consider it a bit of a bargain, certainly cheaper than the Seiko. Stick it on a nato style strap and it will be pretty much loss proof too.
A pic to show the lume, this is really as bright as you can get it to go, long exposure to show it as well.
A pic to show the lume, this is really as bright as you can get it to go, long exposure to show it as well.
dutchgray said:
I have got that citizen (but with pepsi bezel) and the quality seems fine, the dial lume is a bit weak and the Seiko dial is the nicer out of the two, bezel has a nice action and not much slop. For £45 slightly second hand I consider it a bit of a bargain, certainly cheaper than the Seiko. Stick it on a nato style strap and it will be pretty much loss proof too.
A pic to show the lume, this is really as bright as you can get it to go, long exposure to show it as well.
Any idea where best to look for a second hand one of these?A pic to show the lume, this is really as bright as you can get it to go, long exposure to show it as well.
When I was working at the RN Dive school we had both of these on trial, the old milsubs had been phased out, we had a small batch of seiko's that were to be discontinued, the CWC auto' things never really cut the mustard & even though they got approval I never saw one issued. In the end as a short term fix the Navy bought small batches of both Seiko & Citzen models which were issued without NSN's for about 4 years before the CWC quartz model got signed off which is still current. For the record I got one of the Citizens issued and it's never missed a beat, never been serviced, & still holds great time. It's now over 20 years old and although my Seamaster is by far better looking and cosmetically made there is no way I can fault the citizen, apart from the glass appears to be amde of cheese and has lots of scratches.
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