The movement inside the watch is CitizenвЂ™s Eco-Drive caliber B740.1 quartz movement. If you are going deeper and need to keep track of more variables and especially decompression times, then you are also going to want to wear a full-featured dive computer in addition to a timepiece like the Citizen Promaster Aqualand. Recall, again, that the watch is designed to measure up to 50 meters (or around 125 feet). If you are doing shallow dives (30 meters or less вЂ“ as most people do), then having a watch like this is actually an acceptable replacement for a dive computer. Citizen has designed the Aqualand to be a serious diving tool, but by design, it is going to be more limited in actual dive computer performance.

Indeed, the Promaster Aqualand is rated to dive deeper than its depth gauge can go. Over the dial is a flat AR-coated sapphire crystal, and around the dial is a unidirectional rotating diverвЂ™s style bezel with an anodized aluminum insert (and actually recessed markers, which are nice). The case is water-resistant to 200 meters and is about 17mm-thick, though it does wear thinner given the tapering design of the caseback. With the crown, the steel case is about 52mm-wide, and it has about the same lug-to-lug distance. In this instance, Citizen built a sort of half-guard around the water intake system, which, along with other projecting elements from the case, does give a more or less round-feel to the 46mm-wide case (as Citizen measures it). This is done using some visual tricks because the in-house made module inside the watch is not perfectly round. On this generation of Aqualand, Citizen wanted to opt for a case that felt as round as possible. This is where water is meant to enter the case in order to interact with the membrane. On the left side of the case is a circular structure with small round perforations in it. The largest part is a membrane system which is at the heart of determining the current water depth based upon sensing the water pressure. Citizen tends to be pretty focused on ergonomics - so that makes sense - but wearing comfort is hardly what many people might immediately think when viewing the bold size and interesting shape of these specialized sports watches.Д¬itizen has a good design challenge with its Aqualand models because, in addition to adding all the time-keeping tech inside the case, it also needs to include the diving depth system. My experience with Aqualand models has demonstrated that even though these are quirkier watches in shape, they are always comfy to wear on the wrist. Aside from the color variations (and the addition of the LIFELINE knife tool with this limited edition mode), the various versions of the current generation Aqualand perform the same. The Aqualand BJ2169-88E also happens to be this yearвЂ™s limited-edition model (and comes with a multi-tool diverвЂ™s-style knife), while non-limited edition versions of the 2021 Promaster Aqualand include the black and red bezel BJ2167-03E and the black and green bezel reference BJ2168-01E. So, where does that leave the current-generation Citizen Promaster Aqualand pieces that are new for 2021? While a few color versions exist, this reviewed model is the Citizen Promaster Aqualand reference BJ2169-88E with shades of blue and back mixed with some red accents on the dial - notably the minute hand. It is actually rather interesting to see the various design directions that Citizen has chosen to take with the Promaster Aqualand models from those that are somewhat retro to others that are extremely futuristic. Citizen has been building Aqualand watches since the late 1980s, I believe, and while the look and feel of the watch have changed over time, its core purpose as a reliable diverвЂ™s instrument that you can wear on a daily basis has not changed.ДЄBlogtoWatch has covered a number of Citizen Promaster Aqualand watches in the past. What makes the Promaster Aqualand timepiece family special as a diverвЂ™s watch is the built-in depth meter functionality, which is designed to automatically display your current depth down to 50 meters. The Aqualand is the major Japanese watchmakerвЂ™s most specialized diverвЂ™s-style timepiece among an otherwise wide collection of diverвЂ™s watches. The pandemic has made reviewing the primary special purpose of this latest-generation Citizen Aqualand - its underwater capabilities - impossible.

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