Citizen Aqualand 🤿

This watch is like an inside joke I don't get 🤷‍♂️

It's just funky and cool looking? This is one of the watches I've spotted and when I sparked a conversation it turned out that the guy wasn't a watchnerd like I was SURE he was. He just bought himself a cool watch I guess. Citizen sells lots and lots of watches to muggles.

I'm all about practicality over looks but this watch just looks stupid because there's a more practical way to fit all those features in.. In my humble onion.

It's cool but not a watch I could wear.

Maybe now. But when it was designed there where only worse versions from fancy swiss companies trying to solve this issue. I think you are being a bit overly critical?

Could or would 😉?

I have never seen this watch before in my life. 

You asked if it's a competitor etc. I answered with my opinion.

I assumed we were talking about today. 

I guess if it was the whole Promaster Diver series by Citizen it would have definitely finish up in the Classic category. But this exact one? I don't know. I would vote typical Promaster BN0151 or Orca higher than that one. So for me - of no relevance.

As a competitor for a spot in horological history or potential history? 

Classic, in the sense that the only ones who'd line up for one is the hard techbois watch nerd (or watch hardos as David Portnoy said) and muggles who think it must have been the bees knees. 

I want one. With it I could play Black Ranger every day day with my henshin item.

Ah okay. 

Oh good, I was afraid that I was the only one. I'm going to google this to verify that it is a real thing.

This was the one watch I dreamed about when I was a kid (late 80s, early 90s). Unfortunately it was too expensive and hard to find in Brazil and I ended up buying a Casio.

Now or when you were a kid? Looks more recent. Very cool anyways 😊

I think they are really cool 😍 But I hate having stuff and functions I have no need for. So the depth gauge would probably irritate me.. I diving bezel is useful at least 

I have and love a different AquaLand. 

You can spot a Citizen from a mile away sometimes. This has more in common with the Nighthawk maybe? Stylewise?

Unsure, a tad less busy than a Nighthawk and more of a diver vibe.  However, I agree the Citizen tool watches are rather distinctive.

None of the above? Never seen it before so not qualified to judge really. It does look odd though?

Oh, my sweet naive boy! You have lived a sheltered life 🤭

Quite possibly! I have three citizens but never heard of this? I'm a fairly new boy though!

Citizen has some crazy stuff. That’s why I like them.

I'm at "classic" on the ani-digi Promaster line.  

Not an expert, but was anyone else doing this in the mid 80s?

I voted classic, mostly because I believe it was one of the early depth gauge dive watches and was apparently popular with actual divers. 

Seiko with the Arnie are one of the well known examples 😊 

Did that have a depth gauge?

Nonono... Just an ana-digi from the same era 😊

We need a choice for "meh." Nothing wrong with it, but nothing to write home about either. I don't know about overrated, seeing I had never heard of it until now. 

Citizen Aqualand Promaster was a classic of the late 80s, it was very popular on the European beaches at that time especially the gold bezel version or the stealth black version, I traveled up the eastern coast of Australia and through Asia in the early 90s and many Dive instructor would want the more modern style Aqualand over the cheaper Sieko dive watches of that era.

A good condition vintage one is very sought after especially with the Italy collectors. dare I say they look good on a vintage leather strap.