Limited Edition Satellite Wave Watch by Citizen
Check out this limited edition Satellite Wave Watch, by Citizen. A lil bit Green-Lantern with that color scheme but pretty slick! This Satellite wave watch is not only solar powered, boasting a full 2.5 years or so on a full charge, it also synchronizes time with satellites so your time will always be accurate no matter where in the world you are. Watch out Atomic Clock, this is a luxury watch that can keep accurate time!
The Satellite Wave Watch by Citizen is part of their Eco-Drive line of watches so they are solar powered and able to charge from any light source. It is water proof up to 50 meters, tells time in 26 cities . Atomic clocks are great so long as your wired in or near a signal, but the Satellite wave watch uses the GPS satellites over the globe to sync itself without using excessive power. This is not a GPS device so the battery will not drain from GPS tracking which is usually a battery killer.
The Satellite Wave Watch is encased in ceramic and stainless steel, with a diameter of 48.5mm and a thickness of 20.4mm. Accurate to within + or – 15 sec / month and waterproof to 5 Bar/5 atmospheres or 50 meters/164 feet.
There will only be 990 watches made world-wide. The Limited Edition Satellite Wave Watch by Citizen is available for approx $3,000.00 provided you can find one in stock.
For 2011, 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 twelve 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.
2011 will, thus, be the year in which time signals link wrist and outer space in an unprecedented experience. Eco-Drive SATELLITE WAVE will bring ultra-precise timekeeping to whatever human beings do, wherever they are on the face of the earth.
It is purely powered by light.
via the-gadgeteer.com
