Almost great

I had been looking at this watch on a discount watch site on several occasions. My wife happened to purchase as a Christmas gift for much more and she didn`t even know I had been looking at this model. It has quite a few features so studying the owners manual is a must. Keeps great time as it gets synced by the atomic clock in Boulder Colorado. My only real complaint is the band. This has to be one of the cheapest synthetic watch bands I had had the displeasure to wear on my wrist. Very stiff and the band holders are always sliding down letting the end of the band flap loosely in the breeze. I looked at getting a new band for this model but that is easier said than done. Where the band attaches to the watch is contoured and fits onto the body of the watch. I have been able to find some Citizen bands that will fit this model but after shelling out too much to begin with I refuse to pay another $100 for a band. It was a gift from the wife and I do like the watch but knowing what I do now about the band I wouldn`t have purchased it for myself.

Nice Aesthetics and Accuracy

The time is instantly legible on this Skyhawk, even with eight analog hands and three inverse LCD zones. Its bezel slide rule and LCDs are subtle so don't distract from the main time display, and I always find a rubber/resin band to be more comfortable. The watch would be even better with a sapphire crystal, like the newest model has. The newest version doesn't have a three-ring slide rule (so far), though, and I'm less fond of the hour and minute hands on the newest model, so I figured this version would be the best compromise of aesthetics, comfort, and function. The second hand and minute hand seem to be physically linked, which means the minute hand advances in much finer, more natural increments than in some other stepper-motor watches. I haven't had a chance to try the automatic daylight savings feature yet, but the documentation suggests automatic adjustment takes priority over manual settings, which I would guess means extra adjustments for those of us based in non-observant areas who travel--I'd love to be wrong about this. Of note: both the stopwatch and the countdown timer are particularly well designed, with intuitive flyback/reset/lap functions. I've seen great timekeeping on this watch, even without synchronization, and the luminescence lasts overnight. If you need UTC it's always available, but calendar mode is the only one showing day, date, and month.

Great Time Piece

Love this watch! Always wanted a Citizen watch. They're a great time piece and looks fantastic.

Can't see dials

It's a great watch my only complaint is you can't see the sub dials, the way it's advertised shows the dials illuminated and that's not the case and for the money I expected to see the whole watch face clearly.