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I love solar quartz watches (I own three!) and am the rare watch enthusiast who prefers them to autos. But I don't own this one because it's a mineral crystal. Why Citizen doesn't offer more sapphire versions of their eco-drive watches is beyond me, I'd happily pay a small premium for that.
Are you sure about Seiko? They use mineral glass Hardlex for a lot of models in entry and even some mid level watches.
As someone without a lot of background on the subject, what's the concern with a mineral crystal?
scratches faster but heard impact wise it's better
Yeah, you always hear how it is less brittle.
Funny you say that as the nicer watch I mentioned is a VAER!
I didn’t know anything’s out this stuff when I bought my version of this watch but I’ve come to love the mineral crystal. Mines best to all hell and it’s given the watch a lot of character that I love.
I'm a quartz enthusiast too and in general, Citizen watches are just too big for my chicken wrists.
I have small wrists and this watch fits great.
You guys know about polywatch right?