Designed for the future

MANILA, Philippines - Not all watches are created equal.

Citizen introduces “Eco-Drive Satellite Wave,” a limited edition watch with a totally new timekeeping system. This next-generation timepiece searches for the closest of the 24 navigation satellites that orbit the earth. It captures the day, date and time signals the satellite emits from space, 20,000 kilometers above the earth.

Since the satellite signals are controlled by atomic clocks, this watch’s timekeeping is ultra precise. Each of the 24 navigation satellites orbits the earth once every 12 hours, so that this watch receives the signals from any open space, even in the boundless Western Pacific or atop the world’s highest peak.

The metal ring embedded in the glass bezel seems to float in outer space, like a satellite in planetary orbit. The round case, which appears to be independent of the lugs, suggests the image of the earth. These design elements resonate with the technological combination of light power and time/calendar data received from outer space to keep this watch on time, always.

The spiral parts visible from the sides of the glass bezel are both a design motif, suggesting the radio waves that link this watch with outer space, and visible symbols of the light waves that provide Eco-Drive an inexhaustible source of energy. The three-dimensional forms on the watch face evoke the futuristic image of spaceship engines.

Eco-Drive is a proprietary Citizen technology that uses energy from light to drive the watch’s movement. The history of its development began 35 years ago with a search for new sources of energy. This proves to have been successful and longed for in an ever more environmentally-conscious world, as the future choice of an eco-friendly watch.

Rigorous research and development have produced watches that never stop under ordinary conditions of usage, watches sold worldwide to universal acclaim. Today, 80 percent of Citizen watches are equipped with Eco-Drive, and their state-of-the-art design has won the hearts of watch lovers around the world.

(Exclusively available at NoCurfew Watch Stores, Montre Watch Shop and Mytym Watch Hub, Glorietta 3.)