Citizen - CZ Smart 41mm Unisex Stainless Steel Casual Smartwatch with IP Stainless Steel Bracelet - Gold

The Citizen CZSmart watch is a sleek and stylish looking smart watch. I love the look and fit of this watch. I will say, I had to remove five links to get it to fit my wrist, but that was actually fairly easy to do after watching a video on how to do it. It feels nice on my wrist, and looks awesome. Upon initial pairing with my iPhone 13 it immediately needed an update. After a few hours it seemed ready to go but it kept disconnecting. I did a full reset and started over, once I did that it worked perfectly! I tested out the sleep monitoring, & found it pretty nice as well as accurate. That’s a nice feature. Absolutely love the blood oxygen tracking. That’s a great feature! You can time your exercising and it tracks your distance, calories burned, all the basics. Does a great job at this. The battery is just ok. After a full charge, & wearing it all night to monitor my sleep when I got up it was down to 19%. It also does not last a full day. That said, it does have different modes, I kept it on ‘daily’ use. It does charge quickly, in under an hour. The only thing missing, which I do not think is a deal breaker, is that I can’t text from it. I can do that on my other smart watch that goes with my iPhone. Overall, I love the feel & design if this watch & would recommend it.

When it comes to watches, I've always been traditional. I have several watches, all traditionally built, either automatic, wind-up, Battery Power. But I was needing a unit that will be able to measure my blood oxygen, heart rate, sleep monitor and GPS. My daughter has an Apple watch, that has some of those features, but I was looking something that can work with my Samsung Phone, in other words, Android OS, with a more complete health tracking functions, and can keep traditional style as well. When I received the Citizen Smart Watch, with all those features and many other, it didn’t let me down. This is my first Smart Watch, so I have a lot to learn, but fortunately the operation is very intuitive. However, I have to admit that at the beginning the first day setting up the watch, I struggled a little with some “issues”, like stop responding, frozen, or settings that were not saved from the app. However I figured out that probably it was related to the SW setting up or the firmware update that was done during the setup, so I restarted the Watch OS every time I finish a setting, and also found out that is better to do the changes on the watch instead of the app on the phone. But after all that, the watch is working as is supposed to be, with all the features I was looking for and the monitoring and report I was needing. The setup is simple, after unbox it I charge the watch with the proprietary USB charging cable, and a USB 2amp Power adapter (not included). It took about 30min to fully charge, but after, several charges, from 5% to 100%, it only took at the most 35 minutes to complete which is really fast. Once you turn on the watch, a QR code will appear on the screen, and that will lead you to the Citizen Connected App install. From there you will continue with the app. The next steps are intuitive to follow. You will be asked to add a pin number and the google account that my phone is using, which will allow the app to get all the information of the apps in your phone and will be accessible from your watch. Then it will perform a Software update, and this point I think it is very tricky, because I think somehow even if it will tell you when it is complete, I think it will continue doing some setting changes or some kind of activity related to this update in the background, because at some moments the watch was unresponsive, or slow. But once I started to restart it like 3 or 4 times, started to work fine. Then it will ask you to follow a quick guide operation and I recommend doing the following which will be very useful. After you create a user on the citizen app, it will ask you for your information like DOB, Name, weight, height, gender. I started focusing on what I was looking for, the Oximeter, the heart rate, and sleep stage report. All of them work as I expected, you can set up the frequency to get the info and you also want to get the measures. With those enabled to keep monitoring even during my sleep, the Battery last a full day. But this watch has a lot more features that I love as well. I will list some of them that I used the most: I can answer my phone calls, talk and make phone calls through the watch I can get, I would dare to say, all the notifications, emails, Txt messages, whatsapp messages, my devices notifications, like my doorbell, security cameras, home sensors, etc, in other words everything you have setup in you phone will be available in your watch. I can reply my txt msg, emails, which is very useful because I don’t need to go on my phone when I receive the audible alert. I can have a report of the steps I have made through the day as well as the calories burnt. I love the option to turn on the watch tilting the wrist or tap the screen. Super fast charging When you put the watch to charge or the watch is not in your wrist it will ask you for the pin you setup initially. And once you put it back it will ask you again, this is a security procedure that I haven’t seen in other brand/models. To make more Battery efficient, I disable from the watch, the vibration setting, the Always on Screen or Display, so it will be turn on when you tap the screen, or you tilt it, that is a setting you will have to enable. And finally set up the extended mode. With all those settings my battery last 24 hours. Through the app, you can change the “face” of the watch, which is a fun activity trying to find the best face look you want. The finish is great, very elegant, my bracelet is stainless steel black. To adjust to my wrist, was very easy, with a small watchmaker screwdriver, I pushed the pin to remove the links I needed to adjust to my wrist. On the watch, if you press the dial or crown, it will turn on the screen, and if you press and hold it will take you to the power off or restart function. If you swipe from up to down, it will show you the preselected options or settings you can do, with symbols, like flashlight, that will light up the screen with a bright white, or you can choose the option to locate your phone, you can do the opposite as well from the app in the phone to locate the watch. You can select the Extended mode for long lasting battery usage, or go to the settings on the gear icon. Many of these options can be accessed as well if you press the upper button and you can see all the apps available. If you swipe from left to right you will see the notifications, the oxygen level, the sleep report, and the phone calls I received. The only cons I can mention, is that the charging cable is proprietary, I think, with the standards available nowadays, it could designed to be wireless like any other wireless charge device available in the market. And the fact that it was kind of messy at the beginning to set up. I think future firmware updates will improve this, but once you pass the set up operation it is flawless. Finally, aesthetically speaking, the watch fits perfectly on my wrist, it's just big enough to see everything on the screen. It's not heavy either and doesn't weigh down my wrist because it's not bulky like other watches. I really like how Citizen is designing their smart watches now. I am very satisfied with the watch, being my first smartwatch it has everything I was looking for, and has many other options to discover.

TLDR… a great looking and feeling smart watch with lacking software and mediocre battery life. Pros: > Build quality feels awesome. The band it comes with is adjustable, simple as using a SIM ejection pin to remove unneeded length. The buttons and dial seem very durable and provides good feedback to convey presses. > Look and feel are definitely premium. This bit is definitely subjective, but I personally love the design language here that Citizen went with (there's only so much you can do though right?) > Activity tracker gives good metrics on health! There is moderately more info compared to my other smart watches. Cons: > Battery life was sub par. Could hardly go a day with light use before the battery saver mode had to kick in. > The watch face options via the Citizen's is very limited… Leaves only a handful of faces to choose from. >> The watch can't connect via the Wear OS app though it's a Google/Android watch. This is unfortunate since I was hoping to customize the watch face with the Wear OS app… > The watch feels laggy compared to my other smart watches. When bringing it to my face (via lifting my hand) there is a noticeable delay/lag with the watch waking up. Once I enter my pin, interactions with the watch continue with this behavior of sluggishness (especially if I have apps opened). > Though this watch can track health/fitness related activities, it doesn't provide any IPX rating… making me feel like that was a big miss… makes me hesitant to sweat it was my hand with the watch on… Overall, this is a great looking watch but I feel like there were a lot of missed opportunities to make it also a great functioning watch.

The CZ Smart 41mm watch is a refined, feature packed smartwatch for today. Out of the box, this watch was stunning. Stainless steel watch band is classy and lightweight to make up for the heft of the case. Watch is comfortable, even when worn all day and fits well in professional settings. Was able to adjust the watch band myself by using a jeweler’s screwdriver to remove pins holding links. 3 micro adjustments able to be made on the clasp to fine-tune the fitment. Setup was simple with the download of the Citizen Connected app. For the first couple of days wearing this watch, it ran sluggishly at times but has smoothed itself out ever since. Now, the familiar WearOS operating system is responsive and insightful. AMOLED screen is sharp and can get quite bright. Framerate is smooth overall but can stutter at times when the processor is overwhelmed. Watch comes preloaded with a wide assortment of features. Phone connectivity and sync works flawlessly with my Android phone. Able to read notifications, answer phone calls, and track my fitness with ease. Amazon Alexa, Google Pay, and wellness are all easily accessible through the crown buttons by default. The functionality does not stop there. The find my phone feature which rings your phone is a nice touch. As well as the flashlight feature, which makes the watch face glow a white or red light. Countless apps and watch faces are also available for download on the Google Play Store. An array of 7 sensors track everything from blood oxygen levels to sleep patterns and can automatically detect workouts. Heart rate and blood oxygen readings are accurate when compared against my fingertip pulse oximeter. Although this watch does track sleep, I do not find it practical to wear this watch to sleep, as it is large, and the battery is usually run down or dead at the end of a full day depending on usage. Numerous stylish watch faces are available on the Citizen app. Color and data are adjustable as well for an even more personalized experience. Wellness info, watch settings, and a find my watch feature are also available on the app. Tiles are customizable within the app as well. One con of the watch is that it is not water resistant. However, this isn’t a dealbreaker as it is intended to be more of a casual watch instead of a sports watch. Overall, the CZ Smart 41mm watch is a stylish, practical watch for the contemporary wearer.

So my husband is really "Tech-curious" at best, he enjoys gadgets but he doesn't necessarily rely on any to get him through his day. I, on the other hand, made the move to a smart watch several years ago and have never looked back. One of the things that always gave him pause was that he didn't care for the look of the leading smartwatch brands. This style has officially converted him! This is a really good looking watch and I appreciate how simple Citizen has kept the display. The user can personalize the three circles and it gives them the ability to only see what is most important to them. My husband always felt like my watch was "giving too much information" and he has made the weather and his steps his main focus and is now really starting to be exciting about keeping up with his movement throughout the day. We were on a vacation last week and he was playing golf most of the time, and the weather notifications were a HUGE help in keeping him and his dad aware of the pop up summer storms and it was all on his wrist rather than having to pull his phone out on the golf course. He was able to set it all up to work really nicely with iOS and again, he's not someone who spends a lot of time tinkering with tech gadgets so the fact that it took him all of 15 minutes to be up and going shows that it's a SUPER friendly piece!

Great Apple Watch alternative. This watch does everything I need it to do and more. Love it.

I really like this Smartwatch. It is a solid and beautiful looking watch, with Citizen quality that I expected. In fact, when I turned 10 years old I got my first watch, which was a Citizen dive watch, and I still have it today. After passing 60 years of age, I felt it was time to monitor my health better. I noticed that my medical Doctor had a Smartwatch and he mentioned how he uses his to track his daily activity and sleep patterns. So, my primary reason for getting this watch was to help me set activity goals, remind me to work towards them, and show my how I did over time. I received this watch 5 days ago and at first had a difficult time setting it up. For some reason, it failed to pair with my Samsung (Android 13) phone. I retried it several times and twice the watch said it was wiping and restarting. But, for some reason, after the 6th or 7th try, it worked and successfully paired to my phone and continued with the setup. As soon as that completed through, it started downloading a firmware update and restarted again. Strangely, when it restarted, it detected another firmware update, downloaded it, and restarted again. So, when it finally finished and was up to date, the battery was low and I had to recharge it again. I even made sure it was fully charged before I even tried to power it on in the beginning. Since then I haven't experienced anything unusual about it pairing with my phone or connecting to my WiFi. Except, when you turn your watch off, the watch turns off it's Bluetooth, so when you turn it back on, it doesn't automatically reconnect to your phone's Bluetooth. (It may also do the same if you turn your phone off, but I didn't check that.) Other than that, overall I think the watch looks beautiful and has all the features and more, that I was looking for in a Smartwatch. It has the typical functions like; heart rate, steps, calories burned, etc. This is available in the watch and in the App Citizen Connected. But, the unique features of this watch is in the App CZ Smart YouQ. This App has the biggest benefits of this watch, if you want to use this as a health and fitness monitor. However, the CZ Smart YouQ App requires you to install and login to the Google Fit App too. The CZ Smart YouQ App tracks considerably more information. The Citizen information states it "helps wearers maximize their daily potential by learning the wearer’s unique Chronotype and daily rhythms and computes HR, SP02, fitness activity and sleep". This is the help that I am looking for, but I've only used this watch for 4 days. I still have a lot to learn about the CZ Smart YouQ App and what these terms mean before it will give me some meaningful figures. But, for now, I really love this watch. It looks great and is very comfortable to wear. I can easily get the basic health scores that I am looking for. As far as that is concerned, I can highly recommend this. I gave it a 4-star rating solely because of the quarks setting it up and the vagueness in the instructions about setting up the CZ Smart YouQ App.

I am 66 years old and have never worn a wristwatch but was intrigues about the opportunity to monitor my activity. I was very apprehensive about how I would adjust to wearing this, but I found the watch to be very comfortable from day 1 – even after wearing it all day. Overall, I found the watch to be easy to live with, providing good health monitoring with prompt alerts as well as good battery life (around 48 hrs. set to normal with saver starting at 10%) and would recommend it. But if choosing again I would probably go with a larger face – these old eyes had trouble reading some of the screens. Unpacking it was easy and charged it using its propriety interface which attaches to back of the watch. This was kind of disappointing but understandable that a more universal USB interface could not be incorporated given watches size. Adjusting the band was initially confusing until I searched for an answer. You can take to a jeweler, or you can remove the links by using a small, pointed tool and pushing out the “pins” – but one end is larger (the one with the split) so you want to push the other end – there are also arrows in the links indicating which way to push. There is also an adjustment in the clasp – again using a small, pointed tool – but be careful as this pin is under pressure and can fly out. Instructions had a QR code which led to downloading Citizen app. This walked you through synching watch and phone. Initially the setup worked fine but after 2 days the app could no longer synch with the phone. I tried multiple times to resynch (removing from Bluetooth, restarting phone and watch, etc. Each time indicating it was synched, but app still could not find the phone. I had to reset the phone then add it as new to the app – it has worked fine since then). The watch is thoughtfully designed and seems sturdily built. Using app- you have several face and screen options to allow for personalization. Swiping up or down from the main face allows you to access other functions. Down presents a set of options not unlike a phone would. Settings, plane mode, etc. Swiping up presents you with a screen you can customize for different functions. The app keeps track of your steps, calories, heart rate, etc. on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. It also has options to inform you about the watch, sign up for offers, app news, Instagram, my preferences, have a question, Alexa (don’t use), configure tiles (face), new arrival, set up notifications. Can make phone calls (again a function I won’t use) – but it is nice to receive an alert if you have a phone call. There is a lot to absorb and learn about this watch, especially in just a few days. I look forward to learning more about its operation and uses. Good so far and recommend.

Overall At first glance, this is a beautiful well-crafted watch of amazing quality. Its appearance is sharp while subtle, perhaps a trait I see with the black model, while being functional and inviting to use and play with. The best part, it actually looks like a normal watch on your wrist, and not like you strapped a smartphone to yourself. It's your standard recipe for the smartwatch, with several buttons, a tiny speaker slit, a touch display, and sensors on its underside. It includes several watch faces that range from very traditional watch designs, retro looks, modern styles, and some that scream a distant dystopian future. On paper, it's described to operate between 1-3 days, but I've managed between 12 hours and 2.5-3 days. Setup This part was the most troublesome, more than I believe it should be. The watch is fully compatible with both Android 6.0+ and iOS 10+ according to Citizen and Google Wear OS. Initially, I attempted pairing with Android, devices with both 11 and 12. These however proved to be more trouble than I thought. After multiple factory resets, deleting citizen-connected smart app, and a multitude of reboots, I finally managed to pair these devices 2-3 days later. The devices in question would see the watch within the app but could never pair with it. For transparency, these were a Google Pixel 7a and Motorolla Edge. Why such a hassle, I've yet to understand it. Once paired these work perfectly fine, with a few quirks. After initially being unable to pair those devices I gave a few iOS devices a try. Devices running iOS 14.9 and 16.6 (or the current version). Unfortunately, the device running 14.9 was unable to pair using the citizen smart app, that's the app the watch prompts to install generating a QR code on the screen. This is due to the app requiring iOS 15+ to install. Due to other reasons, I don't update it. The device running iOS 16+ paired within seconds of installing the app. Then a few prompts, pairing a Google account and it was tracking steps and notifications from my phone. Software This being my first excursion with wear OS, it was a quick and snappy OS to figure out. There isn't much difference from your average Android device which makes it a similar experience. It comes with a Play Store for adding other apps to your watch. Being a more Google-oriented device, there isn't a large usability factor with iOS. I mean, yes you can see your notifications and be made aware of what goes on with your phone from your wrist, but seeing a list of every single text in the standard iMessage app isn't an option. But in all fairness, this same can be said in Android. Even though the messages app comes pre-installed, the same messages app that's usually loaded in other Android phones, it could never load my messages. Opening the app redirects to the Play Store to update the app, however, there isn't any update to apply on the phone. While there isn't a Samsung messages app either, this likely follows how the iMessage app works. See notifications, reply to them, and have to use your phone to see anything delivered prior. This can be said of a large number of communication apps, no apps except for Line, which I haven't used in many years. But even without apps, I do see Reddit, Discord, Messenger, and Telegram show up from time to time. No social media has seemed to trigger for me. As a fitness tracker, this works perfectly. In conjunction with apps on your phone, it can track everything from steps, heart rate, sleep, workout routines, and respiratory rates among others. In a contrasting topic, several of the most prevalent issues to speak of stem from it defaulting to a set of functions. Disconnecting from the phone when battery saver kicks in. Reverting to always-on display when you set it to off. Resetting your gestures for inexplicable reasons (this might also be linked to the battery saver mode but it seems to trigger from time to time. The saver function can't be fine-tuned to know what happens exactly). Features The CZ Smartwatch offers superb hardware. The screen is sturdy and can accurately watch for keypresses. Even when typing out something on the tiny 1.5" x 1" keyboard, I've been impressed by the sheer accuracy. The frame seems sturdy and well made as I've bumped it accidentally on things such as cabinet doors and corner moldings of doorways. Using the battery-saver mode, I've easily gotten about 3 days on a single charge. Charging the watch is incredibly fast. According to the manufacturer, 30 minutes will get you 50%+ of charge, however, when looking to confirm this information I could no longer locate where I came across it. Neither the listing description, the included manual and added information, or the manufacturer's website. The only thing I could find is a 60-minute charge time, which is about what I see for 100%. Considerations This had a very odd pairing experience for Android devices. Not only a single device but pairing with 2 different devices was more trouble than it needed to be. Pairing with a new device is more trouble than it's worth. It's not a simple straightforward process like changing clothes. You have to delete and unpair from the app to be able to put it into pairing mode. This may be a plus in the event of theft but if you left it without any type of lock, pin or pattern, this wouldn't really matter. The listing and surrounding information don't mention app requirements to be able to use it. The only place I found any of that information is in the user manual. Android 7+ or iOS 15+. The phone disconnects fairly often and it isn't entirely clear what triggers it other than the battery-saver function. A large portion of the time, the watch reports it being disconnected in the control panel, swipe down function. The green indicator showing a phone would more often than not show red. To add to its odd behavior, the watch sometimes still shows notifications as if it were still connected to the phone. Battery saver always bringing back always-on display will oftentimes leave me hunting down the charger after about 10 hours, as it will eat the charge quickly. This typically occurs when I forget to check the settings after charging. Other than turning off the battery-saver function, there really isn't any fine-tuning. You can set it to auto, 10%, or off. Performing updates, downloading apps, or browsing through the settings will eat its charge, but will also cause it to get very warm. Outside of a mention of "IP" in the listing description, I couldn't really find any type of rating anywhere. Not the listing or the manufacturers' website. The only mention of anything is in the manual stating to keep away from water. I find myself removing the watch for just about any task that has some form of water. cooking, washing hands, washing dishes, going to the bathroom, etc. This area also brings to question how can one use it as a fitness tracker if any type of moisture is bad for it. Sweat may be more than enough to bring about its demise. I can only assume this isn't safe from any dust either. Conclusion I really like the watch. It's beautifully designed, seemingly durable, and above all, looks like a standard watch. Configured properly, lasts up to 3 days on a single charge. It functions well enough as a smartwatch and has good fitness-tracking aspects. But at its price point of $400+ at the time I received this unit, I couldn't wholeheartedly recommend it. There are a lot of quality of life aspects this could be improved on. Frequent disconnects, lack of any ip rating, low battery life under defaults, and heating up under seemingly simple tasks. This is worth 3-stars.