Citizen Satellite Wave X

Quick specs Citizen Satellite Wave X
Price: $ 1,550 | approx. € 1.400 | £ 1,395 | approx. CHF 1’400
Size: 45.4 mm
Reference:
CC3097-52E (black)
CC3097-52L (blue)

One of the most accurate watches is the Citizen Satellite Wave X, a model that synchronizes the time by GPS satellite. The concept is not new; however, the brand has updated their own 2014 Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100 that could capture a time signal in just three seconds. The new F150 caliber has the same capabilities, with an accuracy +/- 5 seconds per month, without GPS connection. With the worldwide GPS connection, it’s keeping the time perfectly.

The upgrade is a technical one and has to do with how transferred data is handled. In short, the F100 is more basic, the F150 more intelligent to determine and process time, location, and date data. And when you transmit signals into the sky, it makes sense to have a dial that looks like the sky. A starry sky, with glitter sprinkle executed in black or blue, and inspired by the shapes of satellites. You can see a kind of stapled 3D structures around the inner circle of the dial giving it depth.

Spacy looks

The sub dial with function indicator between 7 and 8 looks like the heart of the machine and the skeleton hands and floating indexes create a spacy effect. The flange of the dial shows the city ring of the world timer function and information about the GPS signal.

The 45.4-millimeter case has strong facetted shapes, in Citizen’s extra hard titanium, with a rather small crown and open-worked pushers. It is capable of showing the time in 27 cities and 40 different time-zones with its GMT / World timer function. And it also features a perpetual calendar with day of the week on the flange of the sub dial and the date in an aperture at the 3 o’clock position.

The solar powered Citizen Satellite Wave X has a power reserve of 7 years

The movement of the Citizen Satellite Wave X is Citizen’s Eco-Drive caliber F150, so it is powered by light. When fully charged it can keep the time for about 7 years if you switch on the power save mode. Apart from a GPS function it also has a light function for reading the dial in the dark, and a light level and power reserve indicator.

The watch comes on a titanium bracelet with an “unfolding solar panel” design, integrated in the case. As always with Citizen watches availability is subject to your region. Both models cannot be found on the European website of the brand, but it’s available in the UK (still European though) and the US. And probably in other regions too.