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[Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 01 Oct 2016 14:17
by lunarin79
Saw this new series when someone posted this up on facebook and found it pretty interesting.

Picked one up from Twinkle a few days ago at a good price. Deciding hard between this variant and the blue/blue variant. This piece went home with me in the end.

Nice size and 5 variants.

- Black bezel insert/black dial
- Blue bezel insert/blue dial
- PVD variant
- Gold bezel/black dial
- Rose gold case variant

The new NH Series Specs

Size: 45mm excluding crown
Lugwidth: 24mm
Thickness: 13mm
Movement: Miyota 8200

The look is almost similar to the older NY0040 series but with several ugraded features, larger case, plongeur style hands, nicer 12,3,6,9 hour marker design.

As this is a 100m watch, the crown is a non-screwdown type as compared to the NY0040 series which are under Promaster series and in 200m hence are on screwdown crown.

Case

Case is in brushed finish, no sharp edge around the crown. One good thing is, the lugs are short and hence does not 'sticks' out for those who have a small wrist.
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Another interesting feature is the semi-shrouded case, covering half the bezel.
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Crown Guard and Crown

Crown is non screwdown type. Normal 2-Clicks, click pull type.

I noticed the 6mm crown is slightly on the smaller side vs the whole proportion of the case size but it's not really an issue. It is still easy to grip but if the crown is made slightly bigger by another 1mm-1.5mm, I believe the look will be more complete and will definitely look very 'toolish'.
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Bezel and Insert

Thick bezel which I like, close to 4mm thick. 120 clicks, not the 60 clicks action as compare to the NY0040 series. Bezel action is pretty smooth although there is still a bit of 'free play'.
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The thick grooves on the bezel greatly aids in the gripping part.
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No lume on 12:00 pip.
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Dial and Hands

Dial has a very low sheen in starburst finish, almost nearing to a matt but not entirely matt.
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The reason why I chose this variant over the blue was the raised gold marker indices, creating more depth on the black dial vs a s/s indices.
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Day wheel is in both Eng/Chinese
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Plongeur style hands. Lume junkies, sorry, you might be disappointed by the lume quality. The NY0040 series lume win hands down immediately.
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Caseback

Solid caseback with the usual engravings.
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A side by side comparison betwwen the NY0040 & NH8384
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In all, this is another affordable diver watch from Citizen. Price is under $300 after %, for all variants from Twinkle.

[Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 01 Oct 2016 17:24
by rojakman
Chinese day wheel swee

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 01 Oct 2016 18:25
by chriscentro
Nice review. It's good that Citizen is making automatic dive watches.

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 01 Oct 2016 19:26
by lunarin79
rojakman wrote:Chinese day wheel swee ImageImage
chriscentro wrote:Nice review. It's good that Citizen is making automatic dive watches.
Citizen have several auto diver models but this series is once of the better looking one and yeah, I like the chinese wheel as well :mrgreen:

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 07:21
by Trident
Nice review! Luv the new diver, looks good and priced very competitive too.
Just wished they hv a bracelet version.

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 10:55
by lunarin79
Trident wrote:Nice review! Luv the new diver, looks good and priced very competitive too.
Just wished they hv a bracelet version.
Twinkle is offering a bundle deal as well, with a 34mm mesh bracelet but only for Stainless Steel variants.

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 11:40
by fallacyfrog
Handsome piece and great review. Very unique chinese/English day wheel. Seems like citizen will still be producing 82xx series instead of phasing out for 9015?

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 12:06
by lunarin79
fallacyfrog wrote:Handsome piece and great review. Very unique chinese/English day wheel. Seems like citizen will still be producing 82xx series instead of phasing out for 9015?
thks bro,

Yeah, I believe the 82xx will still be the workhorse movt for the basic line for a while since Citizen doesn't have many movement variants to explore with as compare to Seiko (7S,4R,6R etc)

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 15:34
by Ed.YEO
Uhh Uuh Siol~~~
Chitizhen chut lai puck(wack) turtlr liaoz!!!

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 15:38
by Ed.YEO
lunarin79 wrote:...- Gold bezel/black dial...
I look this one more, i feel brass more!
The outside machiam machine produce brushing more, than smoothing PVD hweenished.

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 15:48
by lunarin79
haha yes, it does resemble to brass due to the brushed finish

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 16:37
by Ed.YEO
lunarin79 wrote:
Trident wrote:Nice review! Luv the new diver, looks good and priced very competitive too.
Just wished they hv a bracelet version.
Twinkle is offering a bundle deal as well, with a 34mm mesh bracelet but only for Stainless Steel variants.
hmmm。。。
ss shark mesh most sellers @ $40
ss models after discout agaragar below $280。。。so if combo @$300。。。
steam lah!!! :shock:

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 16:41
by lunarin79
Ed.YEO wrote:
lunarin79 wrote:
Twinkle is offering a bundle deal as well, with a 34mm mesh bracelet but only for Stainless Steel variants.
hmmm。。。
ss shark mesh most sellers @ $40
ss models after discout agaragar below $280。。。so if combo @$300。。。
steam lah!!! :shock:
yup, dats y it's a good deal with the 24mm mesh :mrgreen:

Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 14:46
by telepgm
NY on steroids. 屌。


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Re: [Review] CITIZEN NH8384-14EB Diver Watch

Posted: 03 Oct 2016 16:23
by lunarin79
telepgm wrote:NY on steroids. 屌。


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Lol, true!