Review of the Citizen JV0010

One big advantage of a solar-powered dive nice watches is that you don't haveto breach the seals to change a battery. Since dive watches have to bepressure-tested, this saves both time and money, probably a few hundreddollars per year at least.I wasn't able to take this watch diving, for which I apologize; itclearly needs a dive to show its true strengths. On land, it's a greatdeal of fun to wear, being large, colorful and easy to read. The thickstrap balances the watch nicely, and the weight is reasonable. I've a7.25" wrist, and the watch didn't feel overly large or top-heavy.On land, you do notice how laser-focused this man watches is on diving.There's no stopwatch and no countdown timer, both of which are deregeur for most multifunction watches anymore. I also noticed thatwhile very bright, the lume fades quickly at night and the digitaldisplay always switches back to day/date/month, so it can be quitedifficult to read in the dark. However, if you're diving, the displayis showing you dive time, depth and temp, while the minute hand anddepth gauge do their thing.I quite like this luxury watches and recommend it for divers who want a big, stylish, fun watch to wear around. The Eco-Drive makes it low-maintenance, and the price is quite reasonable for what it does.List price on the LV0010-08E is $600, with street price around $450.Our thanks to Princeton Watches for their kind loan of this watch for review. Dive-style watches are exemplified by the Rolex Submariner,and are a time-only watch in a waterproof case, usually with aunidirectional bezel. This is how dive watches began in 1953, and many still look that way now. Modern dive computers such as the Suunto D9are full-blown digital computers with bitmapped displays, computer datadownloads and wireless pressure sensors. This Citizen is somewhere inthe middle, since it does log data, but only max/min/temp/time, and doesn'tinte***ce to a computer for downloads. However, it's certainly not a*** time-only watch, either.