The rough and tumble associated with my job as the Senior Engineer at a reputed vehicle service centre has quite often taken its toll on the attire and accessories I use. It’s precisely why I make sure to wear a tough and rugged watch to work. Last week however, a minor mishap at the service station completely damaged my watch. I had been using it for several years, so it was after all time to get a new one. It had to be sturdy and functional piece, one that I could wear every day to work.
I am partial to the Citizen brand – I own a couple of Citizen timepieces and love the way they are built. My decision was made – my new, every day watch would also be a Citizen timepiece. Gone are the days when you had to make time to visit brick and mortar stores to find an item of your choice. Today, online stores have made it extremely easy to shop so, I settled down to a bit of online research to find my choice of a Citizen watch.
Citizen is known to produce some very functional and robust timepieces that are popular worldwide. Most of the online watch stores have a massive collection of Citizen watches and frankly I had a tough time making up my mind. But to cut a long story short, Downunderwatches.com had just the piece with the right features.
The all-blackCitizen Eco DriveNylon Strap BM8475-00F Watch looked cool. As a member of Citizen’s military collection, it accentuates the stealthy look. Some might say it isn’t easy to read due to its all-black appearance, however, the design uses different shades of black to improve the readability. The large, bold Arabic hour numerals and hands ensure clarity during the day while the luminosity allows for easy reading of time at night. A mineral crystal covers the large black dial and a black nylon strap completes the picture. The day/ date display is in contrasting white to aid legibility.
Citizen’s environment-friendly technology, namely the Citizen Eco-Drive is used to power the watch. The revolutionary Eco drive technology uses any light source to power the watch. Thus, there are no batteries to replace, reducing the electronic waste polluting the environment.
As a daytime accessory the Citizen Eco Drive Nylon Strap BM8475-00F Watch would complement both casual and formal attire. It was the perfect timepiece for my workplace. Citizen watches are great value for money; they are tough and durable, will last you for years.
If you share my enthusiasm for the Citizen brand of watches, visithttps://www.downunderwatches.comfor more options and varieties from this extremely popular Japanese brand.
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In response to your request for a review on my purchase from DOWNUNDERWATCHES I can say the following, I address myself for this particular watches to DOWNUNDERWATCHES since they claim to be Australia's premier online watches store. This particular model is not available in store in Australia, not that I know off, therefore the advertised Australia's premier online watch store induce me to believe that the item was available in Australia but only from online orders. It turn out not to be so but from Singapore apparently. So, the claim that delivery is made within three days turn out to be three weeks. This detail should be indicated clearly to people in Australia. Other than that the delivery was made by DHL and the watch received in good condition some ten days latter. The watch is exactly as I expected it would be, well packaged, no complaint whatsoever to make about it. It would be better for the retailer to indicate that the delivery to Australia will required two weeks instead of saying next to day of dispatching leaving the impression that the goods is from an Australian distributor which physically it is not. Orient watches are not well represented in Australia by retailers if not at all. Seiko dominates the market amongst other brand. Orient is no more made in Japan as it was in the past, the factory with the name Epson is now in Thailand, the product is still of high quality and genuine as it has been expected from the original manufacturer in previous years from Japan. Epson has absorbed the brand name Orient which remains nevertheless a high quality product originally exclusively from Japan. Orient watches are of high quality until today.
Hi Patrice,
Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed feedback. We’re glad the watch arrived in good condition and met your expectations. We also appreciate your notes about delivery times and origins—this helps us improve how we communicate shipping details for our Australian customers.
The watch was as good as I expected, being refurbished and works accurately with minor blemishes. "Downunderwatches" is Singapore based, so I was surprised to have to pay additional fees for the foreign import.
Hi Herman,
Thank you for your feedback. We’re glad to hear the watch is working well and meets your expectations. We understand the surprise with the import fees and appreciate your understanding regarding international shipping.
Hi,
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you’re happy with the quality and value. It means a lot to us knowing our customers are satisfied.
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Downunderwatches
