Yes, but more reliable at keeping time and doesn't need servicing at x hundred pounds a pop.

I have usually scratched the glass in my watch by the time it's six months old, but my current Citizen eco-drive, sapphire crystal watch is six years old and unblemished. If it weren't for the fact that I don't need a new watch and don't like the design of this one, I'd have been very pleased to grab this bargain.

Titanium, eco-drive, sapphire glass - top quality and value for £99.

12% Quidco too

nice price for a titanium watch with sapphire glass . too bad the braclet ends are the fixed type

I have usually scratched the glass in my watch by the time it's six months old, but my current Citizen eco-drive, sapphire crystal watch is six years old and unblemished. If it weren't for the fact that I don't need a new watch and don't like the design of this one, I'd have been very pleased to grab this bargain.

an excellent watch. I too frequently damage my watches, but the glass on mine is pristine after many years still.

I have had one similar to this before, excellent, the titanium is so light. It got smashed by my toddler. Tempted to buy this although I have stopped wearing a watch these days, just rely on my phone for the time. Would highly recommend for anyone thinking about it.

heat for sapphire

Bought a Citizens watch from Argos that looked similar to this, titanium strap, sapphire glass, eco-drive for £80 (Down from £130). Over 11 years old now and not a blemish on the glass and still looks as good as new. If anything did happen to the watch I would definitely buy another just like this one here.

If you squint a bit, it's something of a poor mans Omega Seamaster Aqua-terra. Looks good for the money :smiley:

Niiiice

This is really tempting... I just checked this and its about £137 @ creationwatch although out of stock. I would ideally want a radio controlled. This seems to be the cheapest anywhere that I can see.

Titanium, eco-drive, sapphire glass - top quality and value for £99.

topcashback too

To be fair you can get the the Seamaster Aqua Terra as a quartz so would be comparable. But yeah, this is many orders of magnitude cheaper and to anyone except watch enthusiasts, basically looks the same.

The bracelet is designed for this watch. Yes, it can be removed but it would be impossible to fit other bracelet or strap. For example, something like this... Hirsch strap

45mm face diameter = Big wrist needed. Especially with this style of watch.

12% Quidco too

Says it's an ej exclusive?

Is the bracelet on this watch 'flexible', as in being able to lay flat as shown in the following image:


My apologies for the lack of better terms.

Fantastic deal, £87 after cashback. I'm collecting from store so I can get them to adjust the strap for me.

hopefully still instock tomorrow.

How water resistant is it?

Is this definitely sapphire glass? The other very similar more del on their sight specifically states sapphire glass, this one doesn't.

Thank you! :smiley:

Water resistant up to 100m. Suitable for swimming.

​At this price.

Quidco just saying 1% cashback for me....?....

Wonder how they get away with the statement

Yeah almost bought it a month ago but decided on getting a Steinhart I think.

Very good deal in that case

Ordered, thanks OP.

Just Ordered one to collect at store using Quidco.

Can you order via the "delivery" 12% quidco option, then take it into the shop to get it amended to your size ?

To confirm what others have said about Citizen watches, I've had mine for over 16 years now, worn every day, even whilst doing things on the cars, must have knocked it thousands of times, hasn't got a single scratch on the glass even though the metal around it does! If you want a good watch that will last, Citizen are a safe bet.

That's surely worse, paying for the name omega to just have a quartz movement?

Thanks OP ... nice deal.

Thanks OP... I think. Not sure I needed another watch. If someone could post a good cheap watch storage box next that'd be great.

Indeed. A watch is so superflous to requirements these days :smile: Heat for price though.

OOS

Too late :disappointed:

ordered one yesterday, it looks like a rolex oyster perpetual

"Mouth shut and people will only THINK you're stupid. :smirk:

Care to explain further, as I obviously am stupid and cannot possibly be talking from any kind of experience or knowledge?

Back in stock on the website as just ordered one, and apparently the Maidstone branch has it in stock in store according to the site. Don't forget 12% Quidco expires today.

Showing as £96.37 today

My Omega Seamaster Cosmic, bought in 1969 ( for £36 ) has never been serviced at any cost and still keeps very good time.
Try speaking from "honest" experience next time.
Not from what some numpty in a pub told you.

I have not talked to anyone in a pub - what is your problems and why so vitriolic? I made a light hearted comment based on the fact that it is recommended (at least for automatics) by themanufacturer for the watch to be serviced every few years, or at least to check its water resistance - a contributory factor to me selling mine. Great for you, that you haven't followed this and also have not had any problems.

In terms of reliability, I was referencing time keeping and this radio adjusted quartz will best any automatic, no matter how much I admire their engineering. My father-in-law gave up wearing his Omega long ago as he was fed up of it losing time excessively

collected the watch today, there was no seal on the box, no protective film on the front or back and it has a white sticker on the back. and it feels like the strap was adjusted before cause I normally need to short it a little. is that normal?

Showing as £96.37 today

Even better! I paid £76 in early December from Amazon France, I think it was about £86 on Amazon UK.

Is there an Ernest Jones refurbished outlet?

"I'm sorry to advise that your order has been cancelled as unfortunately, at the time of purchase, the item was not available in stock."

Not impressed :disappointed:

That's one fugly looking watch

I'm also a bit concerned about this. I will collect mine later this week. I think a new one should have a protective film as shown in the picture (from the internet). .

Also the cashback from Quidco I received is just £9.90, as the original amount is £82.50, not £99. I guess it is the after VAT price?

does the second hand sweep or tick ? And if it ticks, how many ticks per second ? Thanks

"I'm sorry to advise that your order has been cancelled as unfortunately, at the time of purchase, the item was not available in stock."

And yet it came back in stock after I had bought it.

The case with mine is quite different to the one shown in that picture - mine is cylindrical rather than square.

That is correct, £99.00 is the after VAT price. £82.50 x 120% = £99.00

So the VAT rate is 20%...

"We are sorry that your order had to be cancelled with us due to the item(s) being out of stock. This email confirms that we have cancelled your order for the following item(s)."

The watch is being cancelled.. What a shame

I received the cancellation email as well.

Ditto on the cancellation. :disappointed:

bah. Anyone know of a nice watch that sweeps for not a lot of cash ? I fancy an upgrade on my Seiko 5 which ticks 3 time per seconds, so it almost sweeps. :smiley:

The Bulova (owned by Citizen) Accutron and Precisionist ranges with quartz UHF movements have a second sweep. I don't know if there good deals around, as they tend to be a bit too expensive, trading on previous heritage IMHO.

Agree. Looks a lot better in person than the photos. It also looks a lot more expensive than it is! I've gotten quite a few compliments wearing it :smile:

Ex display stuff! Not happy at all :disappointed:

In an odd twist to my ordering experience after receiving the cancellation advice on Monday, I got a call from the store on Wednesday to say the watch was ready for collection.

I went in yesterday and there it was. I had to pay in-store as they'd cancelled the original payment. The outer box was a bit creased but the inner round box and watch itself were perfect. It may well have been ex-display but in perfect condition and with a 6-year warranty, I'm happy.

I had mine today, again battered box, watch looked fine no stickers, after few hours noticed seconds marks on outer dial are not in line with inner dial, may be looks like returns, hoping to return tomorrow, anyone else got same issue? picture on the website all the lines perfectly line-up.

Mine is as per the website picture - perfectly aligned.

Returned to shop, they have ordered another one from another shop. Outer and Inner dial are not lined, For the price it is a very good looking and light watch.

Collected mine no issues. Good quality watch. Bracelet a bit flimsy bit ok. Decided not to go ahead. I normally wear Chr Ward watches and I felt they were much better despite the higher price.

Sometimes people at hukd baffle me! Why do you endorse this as so many people, like myself have confirmed that this is ex display stuff! it's up to your luck if you receive one in good condition! Having said that, mine was pretty ok, not too obvious marks!

Has the eco drive technology improved enough to be reliable in the winter now? Recall problems with a girlfriends watch which used to run out of juice in the winter but that was about 10 years ago and she had a number of different ones so perhaps the eco drive one was in a dark drawer longer than it should be.

can delivered items be returned instore?

Yes, can be returned to store as per terms and conditions, store staff was helpful to sort things out to adjust or return or replace if you are not happy.

Forget the 6 years warranty, if my 10+ year old one is anything to go by you won't need it. Wear it daily and other than the fact it drains sometimes in winter due to being covered by clothing (put it under a light for a few hours and it's fine again) have had no problems with mine.

Yep - my Speedmaster automatic, now 14 years old, loses 3 minutes per day. Wouldn't mind getting it serviced but the robbing blighters have it stitched up so that EVERY authorised Omega agent wants £450+! Service it outside of the Omega network (cartel) and Omega disown it. Amazed this behaviour is still legal; it isn't for cars and other products.

Do the dials / markings glo in the dark well?

On clicking through to Ernest Jones, it does not mention it's ex-display, also Quidco is only showing 5% unless someone knows different. Nice looking watch I am tempted!:smiley:

Jeeze, that is miles out..... and what a rip off those servicing costs are. I'd be tempted to just open the back and regulate it myself. Its prob just a small lever to move.
Those servicing costs are what stops me buying expensive Swiss auto's.
My 1st gen Seiko Monster was +7 sec, 2nd gen Monster -2 secs and my Orient Mako is +5 secs, all over 24hrs.

I have an older version of this and an even older Eco-Drive dress watch - at least 7 years old. I usually only wear each watch 1-2 days a week - but when not worn I leave it on a cupboard about 6ft away from a window. Never had either of them run down over winter.
The one negative I did find about the Citizen Titanium strap was that it got scuffed badly within a few months - far worse than a 5 year old Seiko Kinetic titanium strap. However, the Eco-drive mechanism itself has lasted much longer than the Seiko Kinetic which packed up after 5 years.

You are the numpty one, bringing to the discussion a £540 (in 2016 money including inflation) automatic watch working +/-10sec per day out of the factory.

Quidco was 12 % last week, may have reduced now. One I had also ex-display with battered box, inner and outer dials misaligned, still I liked the watch so asked to in store to replace with new one.

It's one small lever and you can easily regulate it with a £2 app on your phone, however once automatic starts losing so much time per day it means that many parts are simply worn due to lack of lubrication and you're just beating a dead horse here.

That's exactly why they should be serviced on a regular basis, a bit of oiling every few years saves hundreds in parts in labour. Obviously doesn't apply to cheap watches, my Seiko SARG isn't really worth spending half of its price on servicing so I'll wear it until it dies.

Hi, is this quartz or automatic movement? Thanks!

Quartz. Won't find an automatic for this much! :smiley:

Trying to work out if you mean more or less? Whichever, you can get automatics for both less (e.g Seiko 5 series) or far, far more.

Eco-drive is quartz mech but charges from solar cells so the batteries/charge system are projected to last ten plus years without opening the watch (I'm not sure what you have to do when the thing does die, but ten years worth of battery replacement would just about pay for this!)

Citizen state they are tested to the equivalent of 20 years use.

Not knocking ecodrives as I've had one for about 8 years now and it has never stopped ticking. I have also ordered this one....however....probably due to low power modern components and improve battery technology, Solar power is not always as desirable as it would first appear. My £50 Casio G-shocks has a 10 year battery life.

Is anyone aware whether it would be possible to adjust the bracelet size by having the links removed at a different branch of Ernest Jones other than the branch I collected this watch from?

Plain boring watch imo

20 years? My last ecodrive watch completely died after only 2 years of careful use and then wouldn't charge at all. It also kept running low on charge during the winter months despite leaving it on the window sill to charge whenever possible.

I agree, my Eco-Drive Red Arrows stopped holding enough battery charge in January, inspite of being in a window 24/7. I had to factory reset it several times and nearly sent it back as it wouldn't hold charge until we got a couple of very sunny days a month or so later.
I had it next to my solar G-Shock and Protrek watches, none of which have ever missed a single beat, they all stop the second hand in low light whereas the Eco-Drive just carries on regardless of charge until it dies and won't reset.

Overpriced, under designed rubbish watches.

It's worse than that, it's UGLY.

My Eco-Drive stops the second hand in low/no light.

£9.90 Quidco is correct.
It's 12% exclusive of VAT, so £99 - VAT = £82.50 * 0.12 = £9.90
Bit sneaky if you ask me.

out of stock

I have owned several of the ecodrive watches without a problem. They are that confident in the product they offer a six year warranty.

not really sneaky. its stated in their terms cashback is offered on the -VAT price.

Quidco showing as 5% now, last updated 14th May..

I and presumably most of us bought the watch when Quidco was 12%, and expected £12 cashback not £9.90. Hence my explanation of why.

Back in stock.

Estimated delivery time if ordered to store, 10 DAYS after the order is dispatched !
I've had stuff delivered from China quicker.

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When this was first posted, the watches some were receiving were in bashed boxes with signs of probably being customer returns. Has anyone received their watch for this second batch that came back into stock after the first lot sold out?

i ordered over the weekend and should be getting a couple by the end of the week. will update when i receive them

I hope yours arrive by then. I ordered mine on Tuesday 17th for collection in store. It was dispatched on the 18th at 09:30 and I'm still waiting ! Ive contacted the store a couple of time who've confirmed it hasn't arrived yet.

i ordered 1 on Saturday for home del which is out for delivery today, wont be able to pick up until the weekend. ordered 2 more on sunday which have just been cancelled due to no stock.

I collected it today finally!! Perfect new condition with the plastic protector on the face. It's a keeper and is a nice simple classic looking watch.

i collected two instore today (surrey quays) and finally opened my delivery one. one of the instore ones had a tag with the model number on it attached to the watch, with also white peices of paper under the clasp. none of the other two had anything like that. no plastic on any of the 3 i have. the are all scuff free though, so ill be keeping them. the outer boxes on all three are very slighlty tattered on the bottom edges, im guessing from storage.

None in stock at Dundee store, the display was reserved for someone, tucked away in a drawer, assistant allowed me to try it on though, very nice watch IMO, ordered one and it should be here end of next week.

Managed to find one of these in stock in Southampton. Collected it but it's going back first thing tomorrow as the pins keep falling out from the strap. Luckily it wasn't damaged the first time it happened and fell on to a concrete floor. Put it back together at home but I only have to shake it for a few seconds before other pins start dropping out. Seems to have a major design flaw, are all Citizens made like this?

​Did you have the strap adjusted in store? If so, they did it wrong. There are some REALLY tiny sleeves that hold the pins in place. These can fall out when the pin is removed and must be put back when the pin is re inserted. If you didn't have the strap adjusted, it seems like someone before you did, but has returned the watch !

Yes I had the strap adjusted in store to fit my wrist. I know about the sleeves you are referring to and these are all in place, but the pins still drop out. :disappointed:

they probably put it together wrong. I adjusted mine myself and didn't know about the tiny sleeves until the pins kept falling out. has a feel of the carpet before I found a sleeve. the sleeve goes in on one of the holes (its visibly bigger than the others) and then the pin goes in. mine is holding on pretty well.

I have ordered and mine is on its way to the shop for collection. After reading other people quotes on here I emailed Customer Service and they assure me my one is from their distribution centre and is brand new, and staff have been trained to adjust the watchstraps, any problems will be sorted at the shop.:sunglasses: We will see in the next few days or so.
Still a lot of watch for £99 though.

I ordered it last Wednesday and it was dispatched the next day. I received an email this morning to say that it was ready for collection and I have just returned with my new watch.:sunglasses:
The box inside and out was perfect, and most of all the watch looked excellent, with the right label and paperwork, it all looked pristine to me. Two assistants had a go at removing two links and in the end the Deputy Manager did the job, which seems fine, time will tell. :smirk:
Excellent watch at a great price and good service by Ernest Jones.

At 7.30pm on Monday 11/7/16 this is in stock for anyone that wants it?

Back in stock 2/8/16 at £250!!!

Hoping this comes down again , really want it :disappointed:

does this come on sale regular ?

Adam, it has been on before so keep an eye out for it, it is a lovely watch and a bargain for £99.

​they have brought the price down mate :smiley:

Just wanted to say thanks again to the OP - the watch has been great - it's only lost 5 seconds in the last 5 months and I recently received a message that the Quidco cashback claim has been successful (£11.88), bringing the price paid down to £87.12!