Citizen Radio Controlled Red Arrows Titanium Skyhawk A-T

WOW what a great watch. The service from 1st class watches was also 1st class. Instructions were blob on, easy to understand. The Titanium is light and hypoallergenic which suits me down ti the ground. I have a lot of watches and still own a fair few, but is the icing on the cake.

Amazing watch -JY0110-55E.Great look and irrestible style.I got the best price at FCW so all in all joyful experience.

Fantastic watch stunning to look at with many extra features. A good weight and great value for money.

I have wanted one of these watches for a while and now that I have one I am pleased to say that I am completely over the moon with it, It is far better than I thought. I also am very pleased with the service that I have received from yourselves.

What a great watch in competitive price. Thank you first class watch, for providing such a great item cheaper compared to others. I had been looking this watch for a long time. I bought this because it is eco-drive, radio controlled and 5 year guarantee with Citizen which gives peace of mind. This is titanium version and very light compared to stainless still bracelet. Delivery was on time as informed by the first class and bracelet was adjusted as requested. Thank you first class for excellent service.

The Citizen Skyhawk Red Arrows Watch JY0110-55E.

I have admired this watch for a long lime and finally I had the chance to own one. It is a very striking watch and has many special features which include being Solar Powered and is capable of receiving radio signals to keep the watch extremely accurate.
It has a dual time capability setting with a selection of 32 major cities to choose from !
There is also a Chronograph / Stopwatch and 2 alarm settings which is a very useful addition in this modern world of constant meetings.
The battery indicator on the watch face gives the status of the Solar rechargeable battery and apparently the watch is capable of being stored in the dark for six months without loosing all its battery charge.
The instruction manual supplied with the watch is excellent and easy to follow. It can also be downloaded from Citizen,an option which I find easier to use on some of the setting operations
The only negative (which is minor)I have with the watch is the fact that whilst the hour and minute hands are white and very easy to read, the second hand is red and is sometimes very hard to read against the red areas on the watch face.
Overall this is an excellent watch and is superb value for money.

This is a super sleek & elegant timepiece for all discerning gentlemen out there..!

First Class Service from First Class watches. Easy to order products and fantastic customer service over the phone and via the computer. Watched arrived next day as promised. Couldn't be happier with the service thank you

I live in Italy and first class watches proved to be the number one . I bought the red arrow March 29, 2016 for pre order and I had to wait about six weeks to get it . instead it arrived in ten days . I emphasize the extreme efficiency of the service : an email immediately informed me when the watch is returned to stock , an email informed me of the courier tracking number and I could follow the pack all the way . maximum satisfaction , not to mention the clock that is wonderful .

I live in Italy and first class watches proved to be the number one . I bought the red arrow March 29, 2016 for pre order and I had to wait about six weeks to get it . instead it arrived in ten days . I emphasize the extreme efficiency of the service : an email immediately informed me when the watch is returned to stock , an email informed me of the courier tracking number and I could follow the pack all the way . maximum satisfaction , not to mention the clock that is wonderful .

Recently purchased citizen red arrows titanium at agreat discount price and was pleased to bits that it arrived in less than 2wks I was expecting 6wks.a fantastic watch at a fantastic price.great service.

hi i ve just bought Citizen Radio Controlled Red Arrows Titanium Skyhawk A-T and received it this morning was very impressed with the quick response of receiving the watch and was kept informed when my delivery was due. When i received the watch was very impressed with look of the watch and weight, also the price as checked out other websites and could not find it any cheaper than this site.

I saw this watch in a jewellers when my husband showed it to me. The look on his face made me want to get for him. I went on the Internet and found it at First Class Watches £60.00 cheaper than in the shop! I ordered it and had to wait for it to come back in to stock. I was kept informed by email of its impending delivery. And when it turned up yesterday my husband was delighted. I was impressed with the service that First Class Watches provided and the price. Will highly recommend to anyone shopping for a watch.

i was over the moon with my watch, not only did it look quality, but it felt light and looked great on.

Best watch i had.
Very light, not big or not small. It's a good size to be on your arm..

Good afternoon , team shop class hours . I received my purchase 08 January . All is well , I get pleasure from your actions. A small nuisance that clock is off from accurate running , maybe on the road by a magnetic field . Said so in a watch forum on the Internet ! Probably we can fix it . The success of Your team . And development of Your trade. Sincerely Pavel Saratov, Russia.

I have wanted this watch for about 3 years... At the time, the stainless steel Red Arrows version cost somewhere between £400 and £500. This was more expensive than the Blue Angels version of this watch. The Red Arrows Titanium version obviously cost more.

The two main reasons that I wanted this watch were:

1) Solar Charging
2) Atomic Time (synchronisation)

In 2014 I found a Casio watch with equivalent features but basically at half the price. This is the ECW-M300EDB-1AER. I got this for £200.

This Christmas, at last I got the Citizen Skyhawk Red Arrows Titanium - at a bargain price of £373.

The watch is very light (being titanium strap and titanium back). I'm not sure if the watch case itself is titanium although I assume that it is.

Back light is orange and lights up the 2 LCD displays.

There are 4 small dials and the hour/minute/second hands.

The first dial, top left, has 2 functions. In normal time keeping it shows the battery charge level - there are 4 levels, ranging from dead to maximum. During atomic time synchronisation, this dial points to the area that it is looking for the signal from - in my case, EUR.

The second dial is the UTC dial - irrespective of the country that you are in, this dial shows the UTC time (GMT +0). The hours on this dial are 24 hours and not 12, so basically, (A) the hour hand only goes round this dial once a day (not twice like normal clocks) and (B) it means that when the hour hand is in the 6 o'clock position it is noon. Pretty useless dial in my opinion, especially since it mixes you up with the 24 hour setup.

The third dial, top right, is the morning/night (AM/PM) pointer. Basically it points to the hour (there is no minute hand) in your local time (i.e. the time that the main hour/minute hands are showing). Essentially, when this pointer is on the right hand side of the dial it is morning and on the left it is afternoon/evening.

The dial at the bottom is the function selector. The function is selected by pulling out the crown one stop and rotating (clockwise or counterclockwise). The three red functions at the bottom are (left to right):

1) Date - shows the date in the LCD display on the right;
2) Time - shows the world time in the LCD display on the right;
3) Atomic Time Synchronisation Settings

The rest of the function, in clockwise direction are:
4) Timer (countdown timer that sounds an alarm after a stipulated time set by the user);
5) Chronograph (stopwatch);
6) World Time Settings - allows you to set daylight savings settings for each country, and also setting a time zone offset for a country named "HOM" (home);
7) Alarm 1
8) Alarm 2

There is no chime (i.e. beeping on the turn of the hour) feature on this watch!

The 2 LCD displays:

Left displays the home country (capital city) - I had to set ROM (Rome) since Malta/Valletta is not available.

Right displays time or date depending on what function is selected. It also displays any other settings depending on the function. When going through the functions (by rotating the crown in the first position) you can pull the crown out in the second position in order to get the second set of settings for that function. All these are explained in the user manual.

The watch tries synchronising with the atomic clock (in our case situated in Germany) every day at night (there are stipulated time slots - 1am, 2am and 3am if I am not mistaken). There is an additional slot set by default for 4am but which can be changed by the user.

Pressing the lower right button briefly will show you whether the last synchronisation was successful or not. This is displayed as follows:

1) the first dial moves to point to the area (EUR in our case)
2) the second hand moves to point to:
2a) 11 if the synchronisation was not successful. This is because under the 11, in red (not very visible in my photo) there is "NO" written.
2b) points to a point on the thin red line between 1 and 3 if successful. This line shows the strength of the reception that it got while synchronising. The top part of the red line (slightly thicker) means high reception, the mid-part means medium reception and the bottom part means low reception.

If the lower right button is pressed for 2 seconds - the watch will enter synchronisation mode and will try reading a signal from the atomic clock.

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Comparison between the Casio and the Citizen

Atomic Time - Synchronisation
The casio seems less fussy when trying to synchronise. It seems to synchronise faster and it is less picky about the location where it is placed in order to pick up a signal. The Citizen is somewhat slower to synchronise and more sensitive to reception.

Atomic Time - Diagnostics
I have explained above how one can check whether the last synchronisation was successful or not on the Citizen. However, the Casio is somewhat different. Although the Citizen shows you the signal strength that it synchronised at, the Casio will instead show you the last date that synchronisation occurred. So if for example you leave the Casio in a drawer in your basement and does not manage to synchronise, when you take it out a month later and check, it will let you know how long ago was the last synchronisation as opposed to the Citizen that will only tell you whether the last synchronisation was successful or not.

Weight
The Citizen is much lighter since it is Titanium.

Looks
The Citizen is a winner by far!

Alarms
5 alarms on the Casio vs 2 alarms on the Citizen. Also there is no chime feature on the citizen whereas the Casio can be set to beep every hour. I miss that feature...

LED Illumination
The Citizen illuminates the displays whereas the Casio has an old school LED on the 6 o'clock that illuminates the hands and dial. In my opinion the light on the Casio is more useful as that shows the time, whereas on the Citizen unless you have the right LCD display set to display time (not date like I set it to) and the world time is set to be the same as your home time, it's useless.

Battery life
I have not compared them. The Citizen came with 3/4 charge and I have not bothered to put it in the sun to charge completely yet. The dial has remained on 3/4 charge.

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Overall conclusion

The Citizen is a much nicer watch, especially with the Red Arrows styling. However, I feel that at half the price, the Casio has more features and synchronises with the atomic clock more easily.

Good afternoon ,The First Class Watches team. I have not yet received my ordered watch( Citizen Radio Controlled Red Arrows Titanium Skyhawk A-T JY0110-55E) . Had a small problem with my Bank ,and poor knowledge of English. But I already track the items on the tracker , and we hope soon to become a happy owner of a very interesting and technological chusov . The name Red Arrows. Sincerely Paul. P. S. You in the New Year development and good buyers.Make your web site with Russian translation ,not all ,partial (work, shop safe policy ,) Russian buyers more interested in your marketplace

Love this watch. So light for a big watch. Quality craftsmanship all the way. Great at keeping with radio controlled time keeping. So light with Titanium. Great looking too. Recommend this watch 100%. Just buy it.

The watch I purchased I have been looking at for a long time. The cost being a big factor. I came across First Class Watches by an Internet search for the watch itself. Not only was the cost of the watch less than in the shops but credit was available too. The application was very easy to complete and I was accepted within minutes. The watch was received within 2 days from the application. You can't do any better than that what a service! The watch itself? I am very pleased. The watch was already set up so all I needed to do was put it on! Again thanks to the staff in the shop. I am a very happy customer. First Class Watches have been excellent from start to finish!

The Product :- The Citizen Radio Controlled Red Arrows Titanium Skyhawk A-T JY0110-55E.

Over the years I have acquired a number of Citizen watches all much cherished and loved.
It is often said we have saved the best to last and boy is this watch just superb.
I will not go in to the spec details, being Titanium the weight and size is fine for me.
It is a mans watch very masculine designed to look good one I will be wear with pride.
The sellers service was outstand to be recommended.
I would use them again.

GREAT EXPERIENCE FASTEST SHIPPING I HAVE EVER SEEN!

Great watch from citizen as always i have another skyhawke but this is better being titanium it's much lighter in weight citizen watches are the best, and so is first class watches

Great looking watch, really pleased, very clear instructions and easy to use (excellent Citizen online information). The watch is very light and does not feel too big, the radio time setting works well, not as quick as G-Shock's version but works well. Everything is easy to read on the face, the digital screens are nice and clear. If you plan to adjust the strap yourself, the pins are very small, you need proper tools. Slightly disappointed with the RAF roundall on the face as its not a very good sticker/paint job in my opinion, also the red arrows motif on the rear is not 100% straight but I am very fussy. Overall 9/10 from me so far. FCW also make the purchase very easy.

Bought the Citizen red arrows watch as a gift. On opening the box I was absolutely delighted. Was dubious about ordering something like this on line, but read reviews and decided to make an offer which was accepted in minutes. Fast reliable service, received the watch the next morning. DELIGHTED thank you FCW.