The New Citizen Aqualand Promaster 40th Anniversary Edition

In sure very particular conditions, one’s life may very a lot rely on a watch, particularly on the subject of environments people are usually not good at surviving with out help. And that is the place instrument watches can, actually, play an important position. Plunging ourselves into the depths of the ocean, as an example, is a nice instance of the place we want somewhat help. All through historical past, the dive watch has developed from a easy time-only watch to a state-of-the-art pc. There are some although, that may be labelled iconic, such because the Citizen Aqualand. Often called the primary dive watch on this planet with an digital depth meter, it revolutionised diving. Now, 4 many years on, Citizen honours that feat with the slightly cool Aqualand Promaster Fortieth Anniversary Restricted Version.

We’ve gone over your complete historical past of the Citizen Aqualand main as much as this launch, so we gained’t repeat ourselves an excessive amount of, nevertheless it serves a vital position within the historical past of diving. The Citizen Aqualand was launched in 1985 with Ref. C0023, and it was the primary profitable try at merging a dive watch with an digital depth gauge. Fitted with Calibre C022, the Aqualand displayed not solely time, but in addition the depth of your dive in a digital show within the higher half of the dial. The asymmetrical watch had a depth sensor on the left aspect of the case (unattainable to overlook) and an array of pushers to navigate via varied settings. Even at present, lovers and collectors hunt for authentic specimens from the early days of the Aqualand.

To commemorate this monumental watch, Citizen mainly recreates the unique. In an nearly one-to-one remake, the brand new Aqualand Promaster Fortieth Anniversary Restricted Version is available in that very same 50.7mm by 14.8mm asymmetrical form. The case is made in metal, with a matte gray end similar to the unique. Again within the day, it was accessible in full metal (C022), metal with gold accents (C033) or black PVD-coated titanium (C029). For this anniversary version, Citizen opted for probably the most hanging of the bunch, including a gold-plated screw-down crown, pushers, unidirectional bezel and depth sensor to the muted case, just like the Ref. C033 from the Nineteen Eighties.

Checking previous (above, left) versus new (above, proper) aspect by aspect reveals solely minute variations up entrance, principally discovered on the dial. The now sunray brushed black base dial comes with gold-outlined luminous hour markers, outsized hour and minute arms (of which the latter is vibrant orange) and a central gold-coloured seconds hand. The printing on the dial additionally reads “Citizen Quartz” up high, but modifications from “water 200m resist” to “Diver’s 200m” on the backside. Up high, there’s once more the digital display for all of the capabilities the Aqualand is able to displaying, and surrounding the dial is a really steeply sloped minute observe.

The caseback screws into the case by itself, so no pesky tiny screws wanted right here. Adorned with a particular engraving to rejoice the watch’s Fortieth anniversary, it hides Calibre C520. This quartz-powered motion not solely shows operating time, but in addition has a calendar perform, a day by day alarm perform, a 60-minute chronograph perform correct to 1/one hundredth of a second, an ascent alarm perform, a diving timer perform, and, after all, the depth indication. Battery life is alleged to be 2 years, and it’s correct to ±20 seconds per thirty days.

Worn on a BENEBiOIL ™ biomass-based black polyurethane strap with signature wave-section, the Citizen Aqualand Promaster Fortieth Anniversary Restricted Version retails for EUR 497. It’s restricted to five,800 items worldwide and accessible as of now.

For extra info, please go to CitizenWatch.com.