Men’s Style

Syncing the time on your wristwatch using radio signals is so last year, the latest watch from Citizen uses satellite signals to get the job done.  And they don’t just use one or two satellites; they use 24 navigation satellites that are constantly orbiting the earth.

The limited edition Citizen Eco-Drive Satellite Wave watch searches for the closest satellite in orbit, grabs the signal from it to set the time, day, and date with the atomic time.  Now you won’t have any excuses for being late to meetings or other important events.  Like all Eco-Drive watches, the Satellite Wave’s battery is charged with light and it comes with a world timer that includes times from 26 cities from around the world.  No word on prices yet.  These watches are available on amazon.com ranging in price from $229 to $525.

Seiko manufactures some of the nicest and most affordable watches to come out of Japan. The Japanese have been at the top of their game in practically every industry imaginable and the watches are no exception. The new Seiko Astron is the world’s first GPS solar watch so you never have to worry about manually adjusting the time or hunting for time zone servers.

The Seiko Astron features a very low-energy-consumption GPS receiver which was developed in house. With this development, the watch can receive GPS signals and identify time zone, time and date data using the global network of GPS satellites. The watch can receive the time signal automatically and, on demand, connect to four or more satellites, which pinpoints the position and identifies the time zone and exact time. The watch can recognize all 39 times on the earth.

The new for 2012 Hamilton Intra-Matic watch takes its design inspiration from watches from the 1960’s however, with a size that’s a lot bigger than the ones found “back in the day” and in tune with the times.

The Hamilton Intra-Matic watch is available in 38 mm and 42 mm cases and features a retro look with a very clean dial that’s covered with a domed sapphire crystal.  The dial features long, lightly curved minute and hour hands and 12 very thin hour indices.  The date window is placed at the 6 o’clock position opposite a retro Hamilton logo.  The Intra-Matic reminds me a bit of the Orient 60^th Anniversary watch, a watch I’m a big fan, which is also a retro-inspired design.