Watch Review: Citizen ProMaster Diver NY0045

Good day to you wherever you are! I hope that you are safe and sound! 

I'll be reviewing the Citizen Promaster NY0045. This is essentially the same as my NY0040, but has a gold plated or gold colored bezel, crown, hands, and indexes. I think the term for the plating was "anodized", but what that does is it makes this watch the two-tone version of the original.

Specifications

Case Material: Stainless Steel

Case Dimensions:

• Diameter: 42mm
• Thickness: 12mm
• Lug tip to tip: 48mm
• Lug width: 20mm

Crystal: Flat Mineral

Movement: Miyota 8203; Manual wind; Non-hacking.

Bezel: 60 click, unidirectional dive time bezel with lume pip.

Crown position: 8 o'clock. Screw down.

Complications: Day and Date at 3 o'clock.

Dial: Glossy black; Applied indexes with lume.

Caseback: Solid; Screw down.

Same dimensions, and same movement as the NY0040. However, some of the more recent iterations of this watch features hacking. Not sure how that came to be, maybe a new movement, but I have seen some videos online showing this feature. This one, on the other hand, does not feature hacking.

I purchased this used for a fair price. It would have been worth it had it not been for a little problem. I think I was too careless and too trusting of the seller. Listing says the watch is original, newly serviced, all original, etc. While it is an original it was dead on arrival. The seller claims the watch was just serviced, but sadly the watch did not work at all. And the bracelet; It's not original! I made a video about that experience.

Disheartened about the purchase, I deciding to have it serviced. The cost of service was not too bad at 1000 pesos. I had to wait for 2 weeks though, but was glad to be able to finally be able to use the watch. It worked fine for a few months well into the quarantine times of the COVID pandemic, but one fateful day the watched just suddenly died again. This time, I did not bother having it fixed since all watch stores were effectively closed and I didn't want to risk traveling just for a watch.

The watch sat for about a year until I finally decided to just purchase a replacement movement and revive the watch myself. See video below.

The movement I decided on was a gold plated Miyota 8200. Having the movement match the gold accents of the watch seemed more appropriate to me even though the movement will never be showcased since this has a solid case back just like all variants in this line. The movement inside was the stock 8200 that is not plated. New movement was a bit expensive, but was worth it. I can now enjoy my watch once again and I had it on wrist for a week just to test if the movement change was a success. So far it's keeping good time.

Compared to the NY0040, there is not much difference aside from the two-tone theme of Gold and Silver. In terms of looks, I prefer the all silver of the NY0040 over the two-tone vibe of the NY0045, but solid and reliable nonetheless. You can't go wrong with either model.

NY0045 on the left. NY0040 on the right.

In terms if mods, parts are a bit hard to come by unless you are a watchmaker and have a lot of contacts in the business. The crystal seems to be an odd size at 29.8mm and finding an aftermarket sapphire crystal is a bit difficult if not expensive.

Enjoy!