I Really Wanted to Like the Citizen Promaster Diver CC5001W

I explain that I'm hopelessly smitten by mechanical divers so that it is nearly impossible to bond with a quartz watch such as the Citizen GPS Satellite Diver, which I have up for sale on eBay:
www.ebay.com/itm/355820580474

[@stevepick9527]

My favorite watch now (to the detriment of all my other Watches) is my Seiko King Turtle with the green “grenade dial”…I love this watch! It checks all the boxes…automatic movement, Sapphire, ceramic bezel, cushion case, unreal lume, +5 seconds/day. All for $400 new! Who woulda thought?

[@daleyfamily2179]

Great watch. Strap sucks. I always change out the Seiko silicone bands. I do love my citizen divers. Yeah you either like it or you don't. I sell them the minute I'm wearing a watch out of guilt for not wearing it.

[@reedpeterson719]

You had me at quartz, lol.

[@evh4611]

I love my spb143 as well

[@woodentulike2no]

I have my 147 on the same strap...except I took the metal strap keeper off and replaced with a rubber one...perfection.

[@alexdiaz2003]

I think you are a Seiko man through and through Mr. McMahon. No other brand is allowed into your very homogeneous watch rotation. Is basically same brand and almost same watch with small variations and I have to agree with the purity of it. Keep the content coming please. Thanks for your insights into watch collecting and life in general. Warm regards from Spain

[@raksh9]

That Tuna is an absolute beauty. Not sure if you have had one, but a vintage 7548-7000 or similar variant is ironically an upgrade from the later SKX007 that came from it. Get one of those babies on an Uncle Seiko Z199 bracelet or GL rubber strap. Vintage is the way.

[@WatchMalaya]

Woww Jeff.. that SPB143 blends awesomely well with the SLA055 chocolate bar rubber strap. I’m gonna do the same! 🔥

[@nedflanders3769]

Oh yeah I’ve had watches I just tried to connect with but couldn’t. Just wasn’t happening and had to move on. 😮 That SPB143 is really cool. If I didn’t have so many watches and had such bad experiences with 6R movements, I might have to try out the 143…

[@tab3Gator]

I prefer the tuna to the Citizen but the 62 MAS remake is a stunner. It’s the perfect skin diver

[@Psysso]

Youre only connected to mechanical SEIKO divers, while that citizen is a beauty, its just to busy...

[@NotThatSlow]

It's probably because it's green. If you're the type that likes certain dial colors like black or blue, the green is one that sticks out, and it'll grow to bother you eventually.

[@nyyyard]

u should try a sbgx335!

[@Bierkameel]

I love my Tuna's You should take a look at the Bulova 96B432 Marine Star it's a quartz watch but with 16 beats per second and an even smoother second hand sweep than a Grand Seiko.

[@watchchimp3102]

Honestly, when I saw you bought that; I didn't wonder if you would sell it, but how long would it be before you sold it. Just didn't look like your style. 😮

[@eurocraftccr]

I think this is a problem when you getting another watch that you haven't seen or tried on in the store. You are simply disappointed but still trying to (connect) with it but ending up liking other watches better simply because are way better. I like green dials but this watch being quartz by having such a cool pieces like this 62mas and quartz but still a tuna makes it hard and 47mm isn't helping ether. I made many mistakes like this and sometimes it will grow on you and you'll like it but most of the time it will end up taking a spot of the watch you won't get because of this one. Sell it, try not to take too much hit on it, forget it and start fresh.

[@Tempusfuget]

McMahon do you ever get tired of divers? Why not the Seiko Presage line or King Seiko? I personally rotate between my turtle and my cocktail time.

[@JeffreyMcMahon]

I can't connect with them. I wish I did, but I can't.

[@Tempusfuget]

@@JeffreyMcMahon I totally understand, those watches are not hero watches so the potency is not there for you. The diver is like classic rock and regular watches are like classical music. Keep on rocking McMahon!

[@twstrchasr]

Sometimes it's not meant to be.

[@vectorgen]

That Citizen is beautiful (quartz or no). Too bad it's 47mm; I could never pull it off.

[@Walterliquori]

My only watch is a pro diver eco drive . I love it . The citizen you have the green is awesome

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

Citizen makes some great watches.

[@imranchowdhury4972]

Solution: Buy expensive quartz like GS, Citizen Chronomaster.

[@Mister19Eleven]

Don't know if you ever owned it before but given how much you love that Tuna but don't really connect with quartz, have you ever just considered buying the automatic version of that Tuna?

[@JeffreyMcMahon]

Yes, the ceramic SBDB013 has tempted me and the Emperor Tuna.

[@chi-towncalifornia5916]

So I can't say with certainty that you and I share this same train of thought, but I have a sneaking suspicion that we both share RIDS: Redundant Item Distress Syndrome. Basically, certain items have certain roles to fill, but if you have more than one item trying to fill the same spot, they end up competing with one another, and the disharmony affects the owner of them items. You didn't keep the Citizen because it was trying to muscle in on a position already filled by another watch: the Tuna. You wanted ONE higher accuracy rugged quartz diver, and you already have one. You have collection harmony, and the Citizen was disrupting that. The SPB143 is your mid sized "palate cleanser" watch, essentially the picked ginger of your watch sashimi plate. This is why I don't call myself a "collector". I don't like owning redundant versions of the same-purpose item, because owning multiple versions of same thing feels wasteful and unnecessary to me.

[@JeffreyMcMahon]

Your comment reinforces my idea to write a book: The Watch Obsessive's Dictionary

[@chi-towncalifornia5916]

@@JeffreyMcMahonPlease do write said encyclopedia, Professor McMahon, and my apologies for the typographical errors.

[@martinharrison4245]

Stop mucking about jeff and get the sla043. Its one of the best divers seikos ever made . And it looks ace on any strap. Its different gravey to that 143 .

[@JeffreyMcMahon]

Would love to try one on my 8-inch wrist. See if it's a good match.

[@Stanjara]

@@JeffreyMcMahon It will be. It's so good. The depth of the dial. The weight.

[@michaelgreenhalgh3369]

I love quartz 😁

[@Mark-sd7fc]

I just can’t get past the color

[@johnrb9397]

I love my quartz MM tuna 😊

[@Stanjara]

I think green is terrible for any watch. It's hard to match with your daily wear and it just looks out of place. Put everything away and just wear one watch for 6 months.

[@jgreen1702]

would you like to trade me for my gwf a1000xc?

[@JeffreyMcMahon]

That G Shock is way too big for me.

[@jgreen1702]

it would be something to see on your wrist​@@JeffreyMcMahon

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

If Seiko can make a tuna with a dome sapphire crystal they might part me with more of my MONEY 🤑

[@Bionic6tothe6]

I use my Citizen atomic quartz watches to set my mechanical Seiko watches. Connection with purpose I suppose.

[@evh4611]

Not my cup of tea, that Citizen