Budong The Collector

 This is the blue Lefty. Took a while for me to find one, but I eventually found one for a price I'm willing to pay. It's really beat up, but still works like a champ. Here its is on my 6.25 inch wrist.

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.

 Also known as the Citizen "Lefty", the Citizen Promaster diver NY0040 was first released in 1997. It was the preferred watch of the Italian Navy. A 500 meter water resistance version was made specifically for the  Marina Militare. The civilian version is only rated at 200 meters, but is advertised as an ISO rated diver. Some even go as far as to conclude that the military and civilian versions are made to the same specs theoretically making even the civilian version capable of going 500 meters. Specifications Case Material: Stainless Steel Case Dimensions: Diameter: 42mm Thickness: 12mm Lug tip to tip: 48mm Lug width: 20mm Crystal: 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. The one I have here is the black version. This is the most commo...