Citizen Proximity Watch - Half a Smart Watch (The Better Half?)

[denarced]

Seems like Citizen is releasing watches that are synced to your phone via Bluetooth to deliver some of the more used features of smart watches. You get notifications about calls and texts. Comparing the latter to smart watches it's a notification instead of the text itself. Personally I like Citizen watches. I have several. I have found that their Eco Drive watches (solar powered) are rock solid. I live in Finland. It's not exactly a sunny place but the watch has never stopped. They claim that their proximity watches never run out of battery because they're also Eco Drive watches so at best it could be better than smart watches on the battery life department; something that @LinusTech has in numerous videos raised as a very important issue with smart watches. This could be for me even thou the price gives me second thoughts (~$600 - $650). It's also a real watch. Something that you're not embarrassed to wear like most of the smart watches although the current models aren't exactly my style. It merely adds some convenient features without making you shake your arm to see the time or constantly keep charging it because it can't make it through the day. I'd be interested to see what the other watch manufacturers have up their sleeve (worst quip ever).

Could be an OK idea for a video.

[Guest]

I can build a pc with monitor and more functionality for that price nope nope. Oh and a copy of windows has clock too

[RollinLower]

looks nice, functionality seems nice, but price is wayyyy beyond reasonable.

my current smartwatch (1st gen moto 360) makes it through the day on a single charge, actually lets me read the texts i'm getting and is very sensitive as to when the disply turns on, so i'm never shaking my arm around like a maniac. also, i bought it for 100 euro's secondhand.

so yeah, i won't be switching any time soon

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I can build a pc with monitor and more functionality for that price nope nope. Oh and a copy of windows has clock too

Up until now and probably for some to come that's my choice as well. Except for the Windows part. Plus a nice shining piece on my wrist  But I'm thinking about that Citizen proximity watch. Eventually I'll buy a new watch. It'll be solar powered. Maybe even proximity watch..

[Guest]

Just now, denarced said:

Up until now and probably for some to come that's my choice as well. Except for the Windows part. Plus a nice shining piece on my wrist  But I'm thinking about that Citizen proximity watch. Eventually I'll buy a new watch. It'll be solar powered. Maybe even proximity watch..

I can make my PC case shiny too though. And even glow

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2 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

looks nice, functionality seems nice, but price is wayyyy beyond reasonable.

my current smartwatch (1st gen moto 360) makes it through the day on a single charge, actually lets me read the texts i'm getting and is very sensitive as to when the disply turns on, so i'm never shaking my arm around like a maniac. also, i bought it for 100 euro's secondhand.

so yeah, i won't be switching any time soon

What are the main functionalities that you use? Read texts obviously. Is the primary function still to check out the time? Something complicated like tweets or facebook?

[RollinLower]

Just now, denarced said:

What are the main functionalities that you use? Read texts obviously. Is the primary function still to check out the time? Something complicated like tweets or facebook?

the only things i use it for now are checking the time mainly, and reading texts and whatsapp messages. to be honest this things was kind of a impulse buy

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I can make my PC case shiny too though. And even glow

Hopefully not radioactive thou

[Space Reptile]

my pebble was 29€ , battery life of 9 days on average and has all i need ,

a timer , a compass ,notifications , call and music control , weather and various other functions that are neat 

 

also casio made a watch like this for like what ? 199 or 299? 

[suicidalfranco]

i vote nope

if it's not self-winding, i'm not interested 

 

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1 hour ago, Space Reptile said:

also casio made a watch like this for like what ? 199 or 299?

Hmm. The first one I found on Amazon is $500: Casio WSD-F10 Smart Outdoor Watch. Seems they have a different approach when compared to Citizen. More of a man-of-the-nature. Plus this seems to be a smart watch although at this point I'm having a hard time making the distinction. At least battery life would suggest that this is a smart because it isn't that great.

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57 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

if it's not self-winding, i'm not interested

Hmm. Solar powered isn't self-winding?

[Space Reptile]

Just now, denarced said:

Hmm. The first one I found on Amazon is $500: Casio WSD-F10 Smart Outdoor Watch. Seems they have a different approach when compared to Citizen. More of a man-of-the-nature. Plus this seems to be a smart watch although at this point I'm having a hard time making the distinction. At least battery life would suggest that this is a smart because it isn't that great.

hmm no thats not the one , might have been a different brand , saw an ad on tv for it , looked similar to the citizen watch but was def. not that brand 

[suicidalfranco]

1 minute ago, denarced said:

Hmm. Solar powered isn't self-winding?

nope

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1 hour ago, Space Reptile said:

my pebble was 29€ , battery life of 9 days on average and has all i need ,

a timer , a compass ,notifications , call and music control , weather and various other functions that are neat

At least as far as battery life goes in smart watches, Pebble is hard to beat. They got that nailed. Haven't heard that any other smart watch came even close.

[dizmo]

Eh I'm still not sold on the whole smart watch thing. I have a Fitbit that I wear that vibrates when I have a call, text or whatever, and I don't even find that overly useful. Then again I'm not really the target market, as I don't really want to be tethered to my device every second of the day.

 

I think Samsung is going to nail the smartwatch first. Their S3 doesn't run off Android Wear, and as a result gets multiple day battery life.

 

If I want to wear a watch, I put on my MontBlanc or Marathon. Something that will last forever without ever needing a battery replacement.

[dizmo]

4 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I can build a pc with monitor and more functionality for that price nope nope. Oh and a copy of windows has clock too

I'd love to see you try and put that on your wrist

[goodtofufriday]

5 hours ago, RollinLower said:

looks nice, functionality seems nice, but price is wayyyy beyond reasonable.

my current smartwatch (1st gen moto 360) makes it through the day on a single charge, actually lets me read the texts i'm getting and is very sensitive as to when the disply turns on, so i'm never shaking my arm around like a maniac. also, i bought it for 100 euro's secondhand.

so yeah, i won't be switching any time soon

I call bs on that. The one i bought brand new lasted maybe 4 or 5 hours with normal use. 

[Centurius]

5 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I can make my PC case shiny too though. And even glow

Watches and PCs can't be compared, the former is very much a fashion statement and compared to some of the other products out there without any smart features $650 is damn cheap.

[Wolther]

I never understood the market appeal to smart watches.. cost the same and does less than smartphones. 

I understand fitness trackers, but those cost 6 times as less. 

Is it that hard to take 1 second to get your phone out of your pocket rather than spend $600 or whatever it is for something that does the same thing 

 

edit: also.. is all it does is give you a notification of a text/call? Why is that a thing if your phone vibrates anyways 

[RollinLower]

10 hours ago, goodtofufriday said:

I call bs on that. The one i bought brand new lasted maybe 4 or 5 hours with normal use. 

Man you probably bought a shitty unit then. mine easily lasts the day, even when i'm recieving lots of messages and calls.

You should look into RMAing yours if it lasts that short

[MrDynamicMan]

Smartwatches are stupid. I have a watch that can go 50m deep, costs $50, and never needs to recharge. Have a notification? Guess what, my phone vibrates? Need to read texts? SURPRISE! I HAVE A FUCKING PHOE FOR THAT.

[The Benjamins]

Just a reminder to everyone is that citizen watches usually cost over $400 so this price for this one is on the lower end for their brand. This is for watch people first. I like it and might consider getting it.