Citizen Dive Watch: The Low Tech, Stylin’ Way to Time Your Dives

You need a citizen dive watch, you’ve been certified for a while and you’re tired of having to take off your $900 Tag Heur every time you go out for a dive.

Your wrist feels naked without your watch and you’re tired of your friends asking you what time it is just to watch you look at your bare wrist like an idiot.

It’s time to get a dive watch.

Citizen’s Aqualand Eco-Drive

There’re a lot of different companies out there that offer dive watches, but Citizen offers some of the best.

Their Eco-Drive dive watch line comes in a range of styles from sporty to professional and have the added benefit of never needing a battery as long as you expose them to a light source every once in a while. But what are the features you should look for in a dive watch and how much should you expect to spend? Here’s a comparison of two Citizen dive watches to give you an idea of what features are available and how much you’re looking at cost-wise.

Which Citizen Dive Watch for me?

My personal choice for a dive watch would be the Citizen’s Eco-Drive Professional Diver Titanium Chronograph. This watch usually retails for around $400, but it should be easy to find in the $250 range if you shop around.

One of the main reasons I like this watch so much is that it’s made out of titanium. Not only is titanium so light that you’ll barely realize you’re wearing a watch, but it’s also a low maintenance metal.

Titanium watches are incredibly corrosion resistant and you’ll never have to worry about your watch rusting like a steel watch would, or starting to smell like a watch with a cloth band would.

This watch is also water resistant to 660 feet (200 meters), which is way deeper than you or I will ever go.

For timing your dives, this watch offers a simple one way bezel. Just line up the zero with the minute hand at the being of the dive and you’re good to go!

What about a Citizen dive watch with the latest gadgets?

However if you’re looking for a dive watch with all the latest and greatest gadgets and gizmos, let me introduce you to the Citizen’s Aqualand Eco-Drive as shown in the above picture.

This watch is also powered by any light source and like the Titanium Chronograph it has a power reserve over 150 days.

In addition, this watch has an auto-start dive mode meaning that it will start to log your dive the moment you touch the water. This eliminates the “oh crap I forgot to set my watch” syndrome. The Aqualand also shows you your current depth up to 300 feet (91 meters) and it shows how long you’ve been underwater.

It will also show you the current water temperature and even time your surface interval. Not only will the Aqualand Eco-Drive show you all this information, it’ll also store all the info from your last 20 dives!

Now that’s a cool little feature.

The price on this baby is about $600, but with a little digging you should be able to net one for around $350.

Whether you’re looking for a simple dive watch or a pseudo-dive computer, the Citizen Eco-Drive dive watches are a good place to look. Check them out!

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