Which Citizen Tough is the best?

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Жыл бұрын

I have all six flavors of 2019's Steel Citizen Tough models. (Though there's actually a 7th variant) I felt it could be interesting to do a roundup.
The Citizen Tough has been with us since at least 1999, there have been many different variants over the years. They're designed to be extra durable and have the very distinct monocoque cases.
This set of Toughs are much larger than prior ones - 42mm for the Time only variants, 43mm for the Chronographs. The time only variants are a pretty thin 10.5mm in large part due to not having a case back. The chronos are much thicker at around 14mm.
The six variants in this video are:
CA0727-04E
BN0211-17L
BN0211-09X
BN0217-02E
BN0211-50E
CA0720-54H
The black chronograph model with the camo strap that I do not have is the CA0727-12E.
This site has a good listing of all of the time-only Citizen Tough watches over the years:
thespringbar.com/blogs/guides...
Here's a form post on the Super Tough watches:
www.thewatchsite.com/threads/...
Sorry I didn't put all of these on my wrist - they're not easy to put on or take off.

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@wayneturner1336 Жыл бұрын

I love the simplicity of the promaster tough black dial on bracelet. It’s the perfect field watch in my opinion. Except that lousy date window. It’s the toughest watch I’ve ever owned. The capacitor will be at 80% capacity in 30 years (I’ll be dead) sapphire, 200 meter water resistance, hardened case and bracelet, super durable. Owning this watch caused my hairline to move two inches forward, dropped 3 pants sizes, liked punk rocks again, started dating cheerleaders (wife is super disappointed), survive on a diet of Big Macs and coke, can drink until 7 am and still go to work and then go out that night. The hair fell off my back. I became relevant again. Buy this watch, it will change your life.

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

I wasn't going to bring it up in the video, but the same thing happened to me.

@Evansmustard 9 ай бұрын

im sold

@lulul Жыл бұрын

lucky you! i love the promaster tough, too bad they're going away, maybe some day i'll get my hands on one and make it mine. thanks for showing us all the variants and good job!

@jazzman5598 Жыл бұрын

Cool concept!

@HHIto Жыл бұрын

I love my Citizen OD Green "Tortoise". I rotate it with my Seiko Willard-X SPB153. The new ones have the "day", but, hell, I'm old, retired, and alone,... "shimpai nai"!

@Racerman27410 Жыл бұрын

I purchased a green version shortly after they were released and have worn it as a daily work watch and it still looks perfect after tons of abuse ( i do HVAC). The second hand lands perfect. i really like how legible the watch is with just a glance, strong lume and whatever the anti glare coating is they use on the sapphire, it really works . Since my original strap had seen better days I actually purchased a chrono version on closeout in order to get the sweet knurled bracelet that fits perfectly and really looks fantastic with the green dial. I would love to have a blue dial version but don't remember seeing them here in the US

@edwardfletcher7790 Жыл бұрын

Citizen are kicking Seikos @$$ with watches like this 👍😆

@Jonathan-rz8jk 5 ай бұрын

Very good watch I am a commercial gardener and this watch gets abused and the glass is unscratched and super accurate. I have the green version but wish I had the all black very ninja looking

@lookatwrist 5 ай бұрын

Perfect watch for those that work with our hands.

@folksurvival Жыл бұрын

I have the standard bracelet version. It has been great so far. The green is really nice and would be my second choice, followed by the black. Don't like the blue but it might look better on a black silicone strap. Wouldn't get any of the chronos.

@johngamboa999 Жыл бұрын

I see a likeness to the breitling in those chronos from afar

@glennklepadlo3315 Жыл бұрын

If your eco drive watches are slowing down in used a mag lite flash light or any bright flash light for even 10 or 20 minutes to sort of kick start them it seems to help then put them in sun light

@goutham4678 Жыл бұрын

I have the standard bracelet version, can you recommend any watch straps and which size should it be 21mm or 22mm.

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure these are 22mm. The watch has some heft to it, so I would use a thicker strap to match. Honestly, the stork rubber and fabric blend straps are great.

@stavros_katsopr Жыл бұрын

Let me start by saying that i'm not a fan of analog chronos, still, these plain "though" Citizens are GADA watches for sure. Only the size is tad big, so for me the ultimate (and one of my "grails"/wanna have) is the one you have on the wrist, an amazing tool/watch, with a beautiful dial, great specs, THE GADA watch in my opinion. Thanks for the "tough showcase" mate, be well, enjoy. PS One Citizen doesn't hit the marks... guess it works the other way around for Seiko, right? 😜

@Mr1121628 Жыл бұрын

what's a GADA watch.

@stavros_katsopr Жыл бұрын

@@Mr1121628 Go Ask Different Account 😂 Just kidding, stands for Go Anywhere / Do Anything.

@WatchRob Жыл бұрын

Great video. Do you still have all these models?

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

I kept two or three. I've sold the Chronographs.

@LIONTAMER3D Жыл бұрын

the chronograph bezel is fixed =/

@DayleThackeray Жыл бұрын

Lol...That is THE super tough sat on your wrist at 1:45 ...

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

I know some people call it that for some reason, but I think that one person just recently started calling it that bc of the 300m WR and it caught on. The real super tough in my opinion are the long discontinued PMX56 and BJ8034.

@SlapShotRegatta22 Жыл бұрын

Wish they made version that was smaller.

@LIONTAMER3D Жыл бұрын

i wish they had rotating bezels =/

@micheldepaula8733 9 ай бұрын

They do have a smaller version. Check citizen tough ray mears.

@dimitrisalexandris1948 Жыл бұрын

Where can i find One?

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

At this point, eBay is probably the best bet. I think they are outside of retail by now. Watch selling forums may have them pop up.

@micheldepaula8733 Жыл бұрын

Source the Ray Mears versions

@Mr1121628 Жыл бұрын

Whoever made the decision at Citizen to not have the bezel turn on the chronograph honestly deserves to be fired. Like every watch reviewer criticizes that, and its such an obvious decision to make it work like a normal bezel, that its basically unforgivable to make it not move. What a waste of a watch. I can't stand "fake" watch features.

@Mr1121628 Жыл бұрын

Thats literally the only thing preventing me from buying the Chronograph on the bracelet.

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

It's so weird. Casio does this a lot but Citizen is usually pretty good. I don't know what happened that led to this decision. I'd love to buy a bezel from the non chrono to swap in but its not worth the work and money.

@Mr1121628 Жыл бұрын

@@lookatwrist it’s probably too late by this point, considering the watches came out in 2019 and are now discontinued, but maybe they would do another version and fix some of the issues because the watch itself is very attractive and I could see it being a popular seller. Then again watch geeks probably make up almost none of their profit, so I won’t hold my breath. Yeah swapping the bezel like you mentioned in the video would be interesting but also like you said, idk if I like the watch enough to start modding it. There’s plenty of other great watches out there!

@johnrb9397 Жыл бұрын

I'm thinking of doing the same (having all colors).....hmmmmm

@lookatwrist Жыл бұрын

I'm selling the chronos and keeping the other four, for now. I'll widdle it down one or two watches at a time. They're too nice to get rid of, but it's weird to have four. I think I'll keep the black dial on bracelet, and the black case an nylon.