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71 of 75 found the following review helpful:
 Great watch but they skimped on the crystalJul 19, 2006
By T. Connelly
This watch would be perfect if they used a sratchproof sapphire crystal rather than an easily scratched mineral crystal. They put sapphires on their Asian Ti models.... Sapphire can only be scratched by sapphire, Ruby, or Diamond. Mineral can be scratched by almost anything. Mineral is a bit better shatterproof, but the tradeoff is not worth it considering most people scratch their crystals rahter than shatter them. The dial is HUGE and I have to wear it carefully. Having a sapphire would be much less stressful. Put it this way, you vould drag a sapphire crystall watch against concrete and it wouldn't scratch the crystal. Try that with mineral. BTW the sapphire crystal is NOT that expensive and I have seen them on $300 watches.
That aside, the watch is awesome. The Ecodrive is an awesome technology. This and Seiko's kinetic is the ONLY quartz I would buy. I couldn't be bothered with battery changes. I usually stick to mechanical watches, with focus on Swiss and German, but Citizen's Eco Drive has earned a place in my collection.
The detail is unbelievable, from the dial to the case and bracelet. The Titanium is so light and unlike steel it doesn't make my wrist smell bad when I sweat. My skin must react stinkily with steel where Titanium is more neutral of a metal. So far the braclet hasn't scratched either. The Titaniukm carbide coating is so tough that its all the more shame that they didn't go all out with a scratch proof sapphire crystal. With that this watch would be bulletproof.
Maybe when the majority of the American watch buying public learns the difference between mineral and sapphire and wants to pay a few dollars more for it things will change.
Other than that a great watch. Solid, Heavy, ecodrive, quartz accurate yet no battery changes needed. The chrono seconds hand has a smooth sweep for a quartz. The true seconds hand ticks but its small in a subdial. The large seconds hand is the stopwatch hand and that one moves nicely. That is what convinced me to get this watch. BTW one minor issue for some is that apparently the chronograph part of the movement is not shock proof, so if you were timing something and it got jarred badly it could cause the hands to not realign. The watch has a cleaver "reboot" function but the manual states that sometimes this doesn't work for the chrono misalignment due to shock. That shocked me. Citizen should fix that. The entire movt should be shockproof. So, we have a great looking sport chrono where the chrono isn't shockproof and the crystal is easily scratchable.... Fix that, Citizen. I'll pay more for it, just fix it in these 2100's.
The night time lume glow is great and a nice blue color. This is a great watch for the price asked. Basically Citizen does this by putting their Japanese technology into a Chinese manufactured good. The manufacture is very good. Citizen must oversee the manufacture in China or Hong Kong. (which also is China)
Citizen's US customer service is top rated bar none. I have dealt with them and their 5 year warranty is the best in the business. Buy a Citizen with CONFIDENCE. The Swiss and even Seiko can take a lesson from Citizen USA.
30 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Great Watch! I love it!May 18, 2006
By Kevin Y. Cheng
Was little worry about purchasing this watch. This my first Citizen.
Got the watch today, the size of the watch is about 10-15% bigger than regular watch sold in the market. Due to it's size, I would only recommand you get it in Titanium...unless you build like Aronold. S.S. Version is about 6.5oz more than 1/3 lbs
Big Watch has it's advantage of being easy to read. The Picture on Amazon does not do Calibre 2100 Titanium Watch any justice. It look much better in person.
The Craftmanship was superb, one of the few watch that's still being hand assembled in Japan. Links was well designed.
5 Star Watch
**Note**
This watch come with 5 years warranty...other company only give you 1-3 years warranty.
For those who worry titanium gonna scratch easy..compare to S.S. version...Citizen taking care of the problem by using TICC (Titanium Carbide Coating)
The E2100 Chronograph has Citizen's own TICC (Titanium Carbide Coating). Titanium is virtually rust proof and is allergy free. The coating achieves a hardness of 1,000-1,200 Hv, making it almost scratch proof. As a result, it will stay unblemished and maintain its appearance for many years.
30 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Striking WatchJul 07, 2006
By Philip J. Pollina
Just received it, immediately struck by the size (large) and the weight (light). I brought it to my jeweler to have the band sized and he liked it so much that he took the model down to order some to sell at his shop. The eco-drive is very cool and the watch is very visible in the dark. Highly recommended.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
A good looking watch with lots of featuresAug 10, 2006
By A. Greene
Good looking piece of time keeping. I was looking for an upgrade from my all purpose watch, and decided that I didn't want to just pay for a name, or something made in Switzerland that I could climb Everest wearing without the lubricant freezing, or wear while scuba diving to the Titanic. Looked at several brands and compared options and reviews. I wanted something that had an alarm, chronograph, decent water resistant depth, and didn't need batteries. When I came across the 2100 I really liked the look. I tried on the stainless version and found out it weighs 5lbs. I liked the features and look so much I decided to get the 2100, but get the titanium version. I do like the look of the ss version better, but overall the titanium is a good looking watch. The titanium weighs about the same as my 3/4 size all purpose watch so it doesn't feel how big it looks. The alarm is straight forward and easy to use. The chronograph shows 1/4sec increments which is good (if you could push the button that fast). The watch even showed up 3/4 charged and set to the correct time and date (12hrs off though). Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase, and would recommend this watch to anyone.
32 of 37 found the following review helpful:
Awesome watchApr 10, 2006
By lee morgan
Titanium for super light weight, eco drive for no battery, Breitling styling for short money and incredibly acccurate to boot. An extraordinary watch at an extraordinary price. You can't miss with this one (and I have Italian and European watches that retail for three to four times the retail price of the Calibre.)
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