Citizen Eco-Drive Men's Nighthawk Chronograph Watch

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The angled section now contains the inner fixed track for the slide rule, while the outer rotating track appears on the section of the chapter ring that sits parallel to the underside surface of the crystal. The double ended 24-hour hand has two tiny pointer heads resembling a tiny aircraft, the shorter hand has a white pointer while the longer side is colored red.

Powering the Promaster Nighthawk is Citizen’s Eco-Drive B877 movement, which is part of the brand’s range of solar-powered calibers that are capable of charging themselves with any light source and can last for up to six months in total darkness once fully charged.The Citizen Promaster Nighthawk is a modern and feature-packed professional pilot’s watch that pairs a dual time zone display with a solar-powered movement and ample water resistance to create a rugged and highly-capable timepiece that’s designed for crossing time zones and traveling the skies. When you talk about the Nighthawk, you can’t help but spend most of your time talking about the very intensely information-laden dial and internal slide rule bezel. The crown at 3 also screws down, facilitating the 200m water resistance, and is adorned with a Nighthawk logo. The hybrid movement was also expensive to manufacture and Citizen later decided to drop its Eco-Drive Duo models altogether.

I think the Nighthawk also had other versions you can find online – sapphire crystal for sure, think there was a titanium version too? I wear my brown dial (Asian market, BJ7010-24W) Nighthawk on a FFF leather strap; it is far too thick to push through or use with fat bars, but with standard bars it was easy to install. The build quality is decent enough, it doesn’t feel cheap or light, but at the same time doesn’t feel like an expensive bracelet. Some feel that the Nighthawk’s dial is cluttered as it is and could do without the additional “Nighthawk” text. The Navihawk range of pilot styled watches are battery operated as opposed to the more expensive Skyhawk range, which are Eco Drives.

Am Wochenende bestellt, am Montag nachmittag in England zur Lieferung und am Dienstag Mittag an meinem Arm in Deutschland. These unique and great looking timepieces feature the aviation slide rule along with a 24 hour hand which can be used as a separate time-zone. It might interest you that even high end Swiss models are not spared of this phenomenon – not even the Omega Seamaster quartz is 100% dead-on the markers.

I’m more interested to find vintage Seiko watches and I hope the Batutulis Market will have the calibers and models that I want. It is an interesting form that emphasizes the aviation roots of the watch, and gives it a unique and modern look. Anyone looking for more detailed videos on utilising the slide rule, this particular variant is usually referred to as an E6B flight computer.The numbers are too small to see in a small airplane while in flight, and operating the mechanism takes some finesse (which isn’t available in the wonderful bumpy world below 10,000 feet). The little-double headed GMT hand is also just a great design that looks good, serves a purpose and adds a bit of personality. Credit is provided by V12 Personal Finance, a division of V12 Financed Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. And the added features (like the whiz wheel) add enough cool factor to make this a really interesting timepiece. I have to constantly remind myself that with the Nighthawk, changing the date means anticlockwise direction or I’ll mess up the hour hand’s position.