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<\/p>\nYou’d think with my old-age eyesight and need for bigger letters and numbers I’d wear the Citizen watch you see above more often, but the fact is I don’t.\u00a0 I bought it years ago when I was a yuppie, and I wore it a little, but it just hasn’t had much wrist time in the last couple of decades.\u00a0 But it still works well, and it’s still got those big numbers.\u00a0 I need those now.<\/p>\n
The Citizen uses their E101 solar-powered quartz movement and like all Citizens, Seikos, Casios, and Orients that use a quartz movement, it is phenomenally accurate.\u00a0 I’m talking in the range of seconds per month.\u00a0 I never thought I’d need a watch that accurate, and I probably don’t, but I enjoy having one.\u00a0 It’s one of the reasons I almost never wear an automatic (i.e., mechanical) watch anymore.\u00a0 They just don’t have the kind of accuracy I’ve become accustomed to.<\/p>\n
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Another feature on the watch you see here is the lume.\u00a0 It’s incredible.\u00a0 At night, the numbers and those big hands jump out at you.\u00a0 Other than having a backlit Casio or Timex, the lume on this watch makes it one of the easiest to read in darkness I’ve ever owned.<\/p>\n
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Once this watch is charged after being in the light, it keeps running for a long time.\u00a0 If I leave it on the shelf for months, it still keeps running.\u00a0 Evidently, room lighting is enough to keep it charged.\u00a0 When it does run down, it doesn’t take very long for it to come alive when it sees sunlight again.<\/p>\n
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What surprised me is that even though I’ve owned this watch for more than 20 years (it’s probably closer to 30 years), you can still buy this model at a relatively modest price.\u00a0 The exact colors you see here are no longer available, but the basic watch design is, and to me the new colors are just as attractive as the old.\u00a0\u00a0Here’s the same watch in a brushed stainless finish with a canvas strap.\u00a0 I like this look a lot.<\/p>\n
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I’m tempted to buy the watch you see above, but I already have plenty of watches.\u00a0 You can buy the above watch on Amazon for $184, or better yet, from Jomashop<\/a> for a paltry $124.\u00a0 \u00a0That’s a hell of a deal.<\/p>\n
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