JY0010 Citizen Watch
The Citizen JY0010 A-T Titanium ECO Drive Watch is the new, fully loaded Skyhawk 3rd generation timepiece. With radio controlled atomic accuracy and Citizen’s patented Eco-Drive technology, the JY0010-50E takes atomic timekeeping up a notch. Received both automatically and on demand, radio signals keep the Skyhawk A-T keep precision time. The Eco-Drive technology means that the watch recharges itself with solar power or indoor light, so you never have to worry about changing a battery.
Highlights of the JY0010:
- Ecologically friendly, light powered Eco-Drive Caliber U600 Japanese-quartz movement; charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
- Fold Over Clasp
- Double Hidden Push Button Release
- Two Alarms
- World Time for Forty-Three Different Cities
- 24 hour chronograph in 1/100 Increments
- Ninety-Nine Minute Countdown Timer With Alarm
- Water Resistance Up To 200 Meters (660 Feet)
- Dual Displays (Analog and Digital)
- Perpetual Calendar To Year 2100
- Low Charge Warning (Three Days Notice)
- 180 Days of Power Reserve On A Single Full Charge
- Power Reserve Indicator
- Power Save Function
- Included Titanium Case and Bracelet
- 12.80 ounces
The Citizen JY0010 also has a rotating slide-rule bezel, a digital display light, GMT display, and a non-reflective mineral crystal. The case diameter is 48mm, the case thickness is 16mm, and the band width is 21mm. Both the case and band are titanium, making the Citizen JY0010-50E tough as nails. The dial’s color is black.
Typically, an overhead light is enough to keep your watch charged. However, if fully depleted, natural sunlight or a close by artificial light is often needed to re-charge the JY0010. The bottom line, wear the watch outside once in awhile.
A Little History Behind The Citizen And The JY0010
Citizen was established in 1924. The founders of the company chose the name ‘Citizen’ so it would be “Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere” and shortly thereafter took on the company’s formal name, Citizen Watch Company, which it still goes by today.
Beyond the large size of the company, Citizen is also recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced time keeping technology. From the world’s slimmest LCD watch to the first voice recognition watch and the world’s first professional dive watch with an electronic depth sensor, Citizen’s has a long history of “world’s firsts”.
During the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as the global brand that people know them as today. The past twenty-five years have coincided with the company’s rise to its current position as the world’s largest watchmaker, a distinction Citizen has held each year since 1986.
More recently, Citizen has claimed a new position as the leader in Ecologically Friendly timekeeping with its Eco-Drives watches that are light powered. With models ranging from dress models to sports models to professional dive watches, Citizen Eco-Drive runs continuously in any kind of natural or artificial light for a lifetime of use free of replacing batteries. Fueled by light, it never needs a battery. The Citizen JY0010 proudly utilizes the ECO-Drive technology.
The Citizen website has an interactive instructional portal, so that you can see all how all of the functions in the JY0010-50E work. You can see how to reset all, get the chronograph back to zero position, how to get on demand radio reception, manually setting the time, manually setting the calendar, confirming the radio signal update, and getting the right time zone for the radio signal.