I Bought My First Citizen Eco-Drive and Brew Metric! - Review

I bought two watches this month and they could not be more different — a £376 American microbrand and my first ever Citizen Eco-Drive. Here's what I actually think of both. The Brew Metric Chrono Taxi is the one I'd been circling for over a year: a taxi-yellow checkered dial, "New York" at 6 o'clock, and a checkered chrono seconds hand that sweeps across the dial when you start it. 36mm x 41.5mm, 10.75mm thick, 316L steel, sapphire, 5ATM, a brushed-and-polished bracelet with quick release and micro-adjustments, and the hybrid VK68 meca-quartz chronograph. It's brilliant — and the push-pull crown collar is genuinely annoying. The Citizen Eco-Drive Photon (ref. BJ6560-53W) marks 50 years of Eco-Drive. Super Titanium case and bracelet, rounded octagonal case flowing into an integrated bracelet, dual curved sapphire with anti-reflective coating, 39.6mm, 5 bar. The new Calibre E036 runs for a full 365 days on a single charge from any light source. And the dial is three slitted layers creating an interference fringe pattern, inspired by the double-slit experiment. My only letdown: no signed crown. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Two new watches 2:0 0 Brew Metric Chrono Taxi — full specs 2:48 The Brew — what's genuinely good 3:53 The Brew — Negative 4:53 Citizen Eco-Drive Photon — specs 6:56 The Citizen — what I like 9:07 The Citizen — the one letdown Instagram / TikTok: @jagswatches All enquiries: jagswatches@outlook.com #brew #citizen #watches