Armchair pilots, strap in. Coming in on your six is the Citizen Promaster Navihawk Blue Angels CB5848-57L.
What does it feature? What doesn't it feature!
- Chronograph
- Perpetual Calendar
- Tachymeter
- Compass
- Alarm
- Daylight savings indicator
- Power reserve indicator
- World time indicator for 23 cities
- Radio-controlled timekeeping
- Eco drive, no battery or winding required
- Sapphire crystal
- 44mm case, will look just right over your nomex flight glove
- Mesh bracelet with links for sizing
- WR 200m
- Additional shock resistance
And, no doubt, there is more. So many features you'll auger in working your way through them all.
Best other price I could find was $699 at Starbuy, but it's out of stock anyway. Citizen RRP is the usual optimistic $1,199, the regular going price before it went OOS at most places was around the $800 mark.
Full specs: https://www.citizenwatches.com.au/products/cb5848-57l
The renders don't do the colours justice. Here is some gun camera footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dhPgLNfgiU (Citizen promo video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJL6_w7Xs4
https://youtu.be/d88m6Vuliao
and some big render pictures:
https://iknowwatches.com/citizen/promaster-navihawk-blue-ang…
and photos:
https://bahrain.citizenshop.me/model/CB5848-57L
How many do they have? I'm not sure, one less that's for sure because it is winging its way over to me.
There are quite a few other Citizens on special, I haven't checked them all for how good their prices are, but feel free to have at it:
https://watchfactory.com.au/collections/promotion?filter.p.v…
Here are some that are the cheapest that I could find, or not available elsewhere:
https://watchfactory.com.au/collections/promotion/products/a… - $187 if you don't have enough green watches
https://watchfactory.com.au/products/bl5568-54l - $349 midnight blue perpetual calendar chrono
https://watchfactory.com.au/collections/promotion/products/b… - $599 BFD (big fecking diver) - 46mm, depth memory, rapid ascent alarm
https://watchfactory.com.au/collections/promotion/products/c… - $1,049 - titanium, GPS, sapphire, RRP $2,099, can't find it anywhere else. Another proper-ass diver.
Clear skies, aviators. Kick the tyres and light the fires!
nice detail: the tiny screws and subdial bezels…are they applied or printed?