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August 12, 2024 
Ask any auto enthusiast how important their weekend drive time is to them, and you’ll likely hear responses with adjectives like: special, critical, personal, and even sacred. It’s all about setting aside a moment to be one with the road. But it is also about making some time to reset yourself for the week ahead. This can certainly be accomplished behind the wheel of your favorite automobile, but this important ritual of resetting yourself each week can happen in various ways—as long as it clears the mind and revs the soul.
Citizen is celebrating this special drive time with a new limited edition chronograph based on their original Bullhead from 1973. This time they’re leveraging that all important concept of strength-to-weight ratio to the world of racing by making it in their proprietary Super Titanium™ case material. The all-new Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer is that useful reminder and an ideal copilot for this vital weekly reset.
Upon spotting this Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer, the first thing you’ll notice, aside from its bullhead pushers, is its vibrant blue dial accented with red, black, and white. There’s plenty of information to glean from the dial, but this purposeful use of color keeps everything in its place, ensuring that its function defines its form. Readouts include: a black dual chapter ring displaying a tachymeter scale and 12-hour markings; a speedometer-inspired 60-minute totalizer at 12 o’clock; a running seconds display at 3 o’clock; a 12-hour totalizer at 6 o’clock; a power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock design to lightly resemble a dashboard fuel gauge; and an alarm on/off indicator between 4 and 5 o’clock.
Once you get this particular Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer in-hand, an entire other level of experience is apparent. Measuring 43.5mm in diameter, it’s crafted from Citizen’s proprietary Super Titanium™, which is 5x harder and 40% lighter than steel, while also being scratch- and rust-resistant. Saving weight is always top of mind for track day tinkerers and weekend road warriors, so the Super Titanium™ imbued in this watch celebrates that mindset in the most essential and elemental way possible.
Ticking away within the watch is the Citizen Caliber E210, an Eco-Drive movement powered by ambient light. This unique movement is hand-assembled and features a power reserve of eight months on a full charge, along with flyback chronograph functionality. This, when combined with a case water resistant to 200m, makes for an uncompromising and useful tool, capable of withstanding all the activities of the auto enthusiast lifestyle and beyond.
To finish off these drive time vibes in style, the case has polished crowns at 12 o’clock for setting and at 5 o’clock for adjusting the alarm, which can be set to the exact time of your Sunday afternoon joyride. The Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer is completed with a flat sapphire crystal and a racing-inspired perforated black leather strap with contrast stitching and a push-button deployant clasp.
Drive time is really just a focused form of me-time, but it’s me-time that inspires you to move around faster and more efficiently week after week. Citizen’s new Promaster Tsuno Chrono Racer is a vivid symbol of what this special reset strategy embodies. Not only does it hint to others what you’ll be up to this weekend, it’s also a powerful reminder to not let that critical weekly reset slip by.
