Citizen promaster aqualand manual full#
The requirements any timepiece has to be submitted to are so varied and so tough (please find HERE a summary of the test criteria) that even if you will never get to exploit its full potential, the result is a watch much more robust and reliable than a traditional timepiece and this, in the long run, is what counts.
Citizen promaster aqualand manual iso#
I often underlined on the pages of the magazine what the difference between a WR watch and an ISO certified one is, and I will never get tired of talking about the huge difference between the two, as I think it is one of those topics on which it is necessary to spend a bit more time.Ī timepiece that features such a certification (you might easily check it by reading the writing “ diver's” on the dial even if this wording is sometimes not present) has passed a long series of rigorous tests such as, just as an example, an immersion in salted water at 1,25 times the rated pressure, just to mention one. I am especially addressing divers, as the Citizen Promaster Aqualand JP2000-8E is not an everyday common water resistant timepiece but merely an ISO 6425 compliant wristwatch. The most accessible ISO certified diver's watch. Any diver, skipper, athlete peer out there has owned an Aqualand, or is aware of what an Aqualand is.
You might argue I'm a bit of a romantic and I will accept any criticism, but I do think this timepiece really is an icon, or at least a sport icon. Twenty years later, an engineering degree in my pocket, I have a collection of timepieces, I run a watch blog and I have decided to introduce a new column called “ Icon by Horbiter”, by talking about the Citizen Promaster Aqualand JP2000-8E. I bought one, used it, abused it, and it even survived a small accident with a friend's bike and then one day, all of sudden as it is often the case with something you just buy as a fashion item, I placed it into a drawer and lost track of it for good. In 1994 I was 20, I was in my second year of Engineering, I had a Japanese tuned scooter (some of my mates, lucky them, had a motorcycle), and at the same time a diver's sport watch with an asymmetrical case and a strange protrusion on its left side was becoming all the rage in Italy: it was the Citizen Promaster Aqualand JP2000-8E.Įven if I was studying engineering and technical subjects on a daily basis, at the time I never asked myself what that bump had to do with the watch itself I was just eager to own one as it truly was one of the coolest accessories among teenagers, especially the older ones, so I decided to wrap one around my wrist too.
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