Citizen JR3090-58L Reviews

Great watch!
by Nathan E. Britt from Louisiana, 2010-08-13

I made sure to do my homework before purchasing this watch. I have been very happy with my choice. The watch looks great, doesn't need a battery replacement, and does a ton of stuff I will probably never use! Great as a casual as well as dress watch. Only downfall is that I wish it had a light but is not a deal breaker. Great watch great price!

Love the 'Hawks
by Chris O from Texas, 2010-08-07

I am a huge fan of the Citizen ____hawk watches. They're all easy to set and adjust (especially when you hop time zones like I do), they're solidly built, and they look really nice.

I've owned four of them over the last decade or so and this one is mostly the same as all the others, excepting the nice blue and yellow color scheme. The fact that this is the same as all the others work in its favor, since I really like what this line does and how they look.

I took a flyer on the titanium model this time and I'm mostly happy. It feels like it's about half the weight of the stainless steel models I've owned and that's both a good and bad thing. Good, because it's ~really~ light, and bad because I tend to like the heaviness of the stainless watches (and they are HEAVY) on my wrist.

If there was one thing I would change it would be to either throw some tritium on the dial (or at least a better glow paint that held its luminescence for longer than a few minutes) or light the LCD displays. This watch is pretty much useless in the dark. Other than that, it's a near perfect watch for me.

For what Amazon is charging for the watch, it's a steal...especially considering it was going for twice that the last time I looked at the Blue Angels model a couple years ago.

Its an improvement
by Timothy D. Mccullough , 2010-08-04

I'vehad other similar citizen watches, and this one is better. The easier to use larger buttons are a step up. I also like the lighter titanium band. On the downside I am disappointed that a watch of this price is not more waterproof or that the hands do not light up or glow (very much) in the dark.

Great watch
by John Lavack , 2010-07-11

Really enjoy the watch. Originally bought the version in stainless steel, but returned it as it was too heavy. Only thing lacking is illumination to read time more easily in the dark.

Excellent watch BUT two annoying problems
by Srivatsan Desikan from USA, 2010-07-04

I have had this watch now for 6 years and its fantastic save two annoying problems.

PROS:
Works great and still looks as new as when I purchased it. No fading, no corrosion, no scratches on the crystal glass despite rough handling.

CONS:
* It does not support 30 min timezones. So for example, you cannot set India time(GMT + 5:30) in the world clock. Instead you have to choose Karachi time (GMT +5:00) or Dhaka time (GMT + 6:00). So when I travel to india, my watch is always 30 min slow or fast depending on what i choose
* Daylight savings time needs to be set manually and for each time zone. So come summer or winter time, I have to manually switch it on or off in my watch. Secondly, If I switch on DST for US Pacific Time and I check the time in New York (US Eastern Time), the time will be incorrect unless I manually switch on DST for the US Eastern timezone too