There are two basic types of wrist watches: analogue and digital. What’s the difference between them? A digital watch is a timepiece equipped with a small computer chip and a digital display which simply shows the time as a number instead of a short hand and a long hand pointing towards some numbers on the dial.

How Did It Start?

The first digital watch, a Pulsar prototype, was developed in 1970 jointly by Hamilton Watch Company and Electro-Data. John Bergey, the head of Hamilton’s Pulsar division, said that he was inspired to make a digital timepiece by the then-futuristic digital clock that Hamilton themselves made for the 1968 science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. On April 4, 1972 the Pulsar was finally ready, made in 18-carat gold and sold for $2,100 at retail. It had a red light-emitting diode (LED) display. Another early digital watch innovator, Roger Riehl’s Synchronar Mark 1, provided an LED display and used solar cells to power the internal nicad batteries.

Most watches with LED displays required that the user press a button to see the time displayed for a few seconds, because LEDs used so much power that they could not be kept operating continuously. Watches with LED displays were popular for a few years, but soon the LED displays were superseded by liquid crystal displays (LCDs), which used less battery power and were much more convenient in use, with the display always visible and no need to push a button before seeing the time. The first LCD watch with a six-digit LCD was the 1973 Seiko 06LC, although various forms of early LCD watches with a four-digit display were marketed as early as 1972 including the 1972 Gruen Teletime LCD Watch, and the Cox Electronic Systems Quarza.

A Watch to Everyone

Digital watches were very expensive and out of reach to the common consumer until 1975, when Texas Instruments started to mass produce LED watches inside a plastic case. These watches, which first retailed for only $20, reduced to $10 in 1976, saw Pulsar lose $6 million and the brand sold to competitors twice in only a year, eventually becoming a subsidiary of Seiko and going back to making only analogue quartz watches.

From the 1980s onward, digital watch technology vastly improved. In 1982 Seiko produced a watch with a small television screen built in, and Casio produced a digital watch with a thermometer as well as another that could translate 1,500 Japanese words into English. In 1985, Casio produced the CFX-400 scientific calculator watch. In 1987 Casio produced a watch that could dial your telephone number and Citizen revealed one that would react to your voice. In 1995 Timex release a watch which allowed the wearer to download and store data from a computer to their wrist. Since their apex during the late 1980s to mid 1990s high technology fad, digital watches have mostly devolved into a simpler, less expensive basic time piece with little variety between models.

Despite these many advances, almost all watches with digital displays are used as timekeeping watches. Expensive watches for collectors rarely have digital displays since there is little demand for them. Less craftsmanship is required to make a digital watch face and most collectors find that analog dials (especially with complications) vary in quality more than digital dials due to the details and finishing of the parts that make up the dial (thus making the differences between a cheap and expensive watch more evident).

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Citizen Eco-Drive stainless steel Ec Men’s Chronograph Canvas watch with mineral dial, canvas band and buckle is considered to be durable and accurate. This watch will never let you down.

First of all the watch is produced by the well-known Citizen Company that was founded in 1924 and since then has expanded into a large high standard Company, a so called global brand. Today it is the world electronics leader. Citizen watch collection is varied. Here one can find children’s, men’s and women’s luxuriant and every day watches.

The main feature of a great number of Citizen Watch collection is their Eco-Drive system. This system is based on sunlight or daylight battery charging. It means that the watch owner doesn’t need batteries. All he should do is admire sunny days while his watch battery will be charging.

So what are other watch advantages? The watch is readable even at night due to its luminous hands and easy to set. It has scratch resistant dial, so you may be at ease in your mind about it living your usual active life. The watch has large face and this fact gives it masculine look. Being large it’s lightweight. It is noiseless, as the tick is silent. Noise is a real problem of many as they complain that they can’t sleep with the watch in the same room. With this watch this problem won’t disquiet you.

The watch has a handsome stylish appearance. It even looks a little bit informal. Those men that like to be in the limelight will definitely like it.

As far as its disadvantages are concerned many don’t bear its band. They say it is canvas outside and leather inside. And there are many problems to dry it after washing. Some people don’t like the watch chronograph that stops in 60 minutes.

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When it comes to choosing a wrist watch for a woman you always have to remember that for most women a watch is not just a mere timepiece, or a device for measuring time but rather a piece of jewellery or a smart adornment that may match any of their outfit. Today there is a great variety of watches for women made of different precious materials. But of course golden and silver watches are the most popular among the fashion conscious women.

Silver is a soft, white, lustrous metal. It has been known since ancient times and has long been valued as a precious metal, used to make ornaments, jewellery, high-value tableware and utensils and currency coins. Silver was widely use for making pocket watches which were as a rule supplemented with a chain made of the same metal.

While golden watches sometimes look too smart and bright for everyday wear, silver timepieces can fit both an evening gown and an everyday dress or suit. And while golden watches shine as the Sun at your wrist silver ones exhale mysterious moon light that makes every woman elegant and special. That’s why watchmakers conscious of that fact produce a wide range of women’s silver watches.

Silver is mainly used to make bracelets and dials of watches which are generally adorned with precious and semi-precious stones. You can find women’s silver watches in watch collections by the most famous designer brands as Gucci, Guess, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani and also in collection by the most reputable watchmakers as Fossil, Pulsar, Timex, Citizen, etc.

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Japanese quartz stainless steel Citizen Men’s Promaster Professional Diver Watch with rubber band, mineral dial and buckle is original and very attractive.

The watch water resistance is 200 meters. The dial is round black with large luminous hour, second and minute hands and hour markers.

The watch is made by the famous Citizen Company that was founded in 1924 and has such name in order to be “close to the hearts of people everywhere�. The Company had become successful very soon. Today Citizen is the world’s hugest watch producer and the leading company of advanced technology. That’s why it is very prestigious nowadays to have a Citizen watch because its Eco-Drive system, unique and original designs (from sport to luxuriant models) leave their products one of the most desirable.

Citizen Men’s Promaster Professional Diver watch is considered to be classic diver watch made in the traditional Citizen style. The watch is accurate and durable. The time is quite easy to read even while diving. It has also an understandable manual that makes no problem to make it out.

One of the specific watch features is its green light luminous indicator instead of blue ones that most of watches have.

The main watch disadvantage can be its rubber strap that sometimes dig hairs on the hand and looks not very expensive. From the other hand such kind of strap is practically irreplaceable while staying underwater. And many don’t like the Citizen brand being imprinted on the band. They say it’s vulgar. Well, tastes differ.

The watch is smaller and lighter than it seems to be at the picture.

The watch warranty is 5 years from the date of purchase. By the way the model was created many years ago and there are some lucky men who bought the same watch model even 20 years ago and they say that it still works fine and keeps time well.

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Stainless steel Citizen Eco-Drive Women’s Stainless Steel Watch with black mineral dial and fold over clasp with push button is designed especially for a modern active woman.

The watch is sleek and unique by design. The black dial is eye-catching by its silver hands and Roman numerals. The numerals look very unusual and therefore very attractive. The bracelet is silver stainless steel brushed and polished. It finishes in a push-button with safe clasp. The watch has also a date windowat 3 o’clock position. The watch dial is made of mineral crystal which is scratch-resistant and anti-reflective. The watch water resistance is 100 meters.

The uniqueness of Citizen Eco-Drive Women’s Stainless Steel Watch is that it has Citizen Eco-Drive movement, which takes sunlight or daylight through the crystal of the dial and recharges the watch. It means that you never need batteries. Thus the watch can serve for 90 years! It can work for 178 days without recharging and it needs only 2 hours of light recharged to be ready to work for other 178 days.

To know how much power is left you can by looking at the Low Charge Warning Mode on the dial, which shows the battery power level. The watch can also be powered with a fluorescent desk lamp or an incandescent lamp, but the most effective is sunlight.

The watch is very comfortable. The face is very easy to read, the band doesn’t make any inconveniences. The watch great functions allow one to wear it everywhere: to the swimming pool, to the gym and even to wash the dishes.

And besides all its advantages Citizen Eco-Drive Women’s Stainless Steel Watch is very beautiful and gorgeous. It is not too small and not too big; it will make you get many compliments.

The watch warranty is 5 years since the date of purchase.

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