Citizen Altichron BN4021-02E
There are many watches with these features, the distinction is in the design. The dial is built on several levels and divided into ” sections ” that allow you to view directions of the compass and altimeter in a totally analog.
This certainly has entailed a very careful study of the latter by the technician’s Citizen, which is then translated into a clock which at first glance appears complicated and impractical to consult (especially if used for hiking), but, which becomes simpler after you understand the use, even if it can in no way be compared to practicality to his ” colleagues ” digital.
Analyzing this product more specifically we find a watch with case diameter 49.5mm Titanium, EcoDrive movement with power reserve of 11 months, sapphire crystal, screwed back and crown, water resistant 20ATM, and amounted to a comfortable Liquid Rubber strap with buckle.
For hours 2:04 there are two rows of adjustment is used to adjust the time, date and acting on the flange of the inner quadrant. Where are screen-printed scale and a compass declination of the stairs of the altimeter. At 9 am you can notice the presence of the sensor, the two keys to the hours 8:10 propel compass and altimeter, and the date window is at 3 o’clock looking at the dial you can see the presence of no less than 5 central hands and a specification for the small counter at 9 o’clock (which in normal condition indicates the power reserve of the watch in altimeter mode while the meter indicates x1000).
We talk about the features in detail :
The compass is the most simple and intuitive to use, pressing the button the red central hand indicates the north.
For the altitude instead must read the data indicated by three hands, the two plants indicate the tens and hundreds of meters, while the counter at 9 o’clock indicates, as already mentioned, the thousands of meters, and if it is a measurement positive or negative.
Personally, I really like this Citizen Altichron BN4021-02E, but I have to say that there are a couple of downsides: I think that anyone who buys this watch does more for the aesthetic qualities than for its functions, I do not think it will be used many times as an altimeter by wrist.
The price is quite high, in my opinion. First of all, because I can easily buy a digital altimeter with specific characteristics even better at about half the price. Secondly, it is true that the materials and design are of the highest quality, but at the same price, staying at home, I can take Citizen watch’s sibling and materials also equipped with radio control, a feature, in my opinion, is more significant than altimeter and compass.
- Eco Drive movement (infinite light charge) with a power reserve of 11 months. Power...
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