The Registry · No. 06 of 42
Citizen
9 files in the archive carry a Citizen. Everything here comes from the people who wore them.
The files
BN0150 28ECitizen BN0150-28E
An emergency dispatcher with a county sheriff's office in New Jersey, wearing a Citizen BN0150. Agency kept vague at his request.
Eco Drive POV Swarovski Crystal (FD1068 53E)Citizen Eco-Drive POV Swarovski Crystal Watch (Model FD1068-53E)
An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington DC and a member of the DC FOP State Lodge, photographed with the White House and the flag behind the wrist.
Aqualand JP 2000Citizen Aqualand JP 2000
A Brazilian Federal Police officer photographed on shift at the airport, badge and credentials hanging on the jacket, a Citizen Promaster Aqualand on the wrist. The Aqualand is built around the round module on the side of the case, an electronic sensor that measures water pressure and drives a depth readout on the dial. It is a 44mm steel quartz diver, water resistant to 200 meters and certified to the ISO diving standard, with an alarm that sounds if the wearer ascends too quickly. He has appeared here before on a different diver, which makes this a rotation rather than one watch. Nothing about airport duty calls for a depth gauge, and he wears one anyway.
tsuyosaCitizen tsuyosa
An officer on the police side of the United States Secret Service, parked and ready for, in his words, a day of good work at 0230. The green dial Citizen Tsuyosa on the wrist is the one splash of color in a blacked out car, and riding on the hand is a Department of Watches challenge coin, which this office notes with entirely professional satisfaction. Protection work runs on hours nobody sees; an automatic with no battery to die keeps up fine.
Eco Drive Professional DiverCitizen Eco-Drive Professional Diver
An MPDC Domestic Security officer, on post in the cruiser during the funeral service for Senator Graham.
Eco Drive NighthawkCitizen Eco Drive Nighthawk
A paratrooper with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, his hand on a vehicle-mounted 40mm grenade launcher at Hamid Karzai International Airport. The date is August 26, 2021, during the Kabul evacuation, the same day a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate killed thirteen American service members and scores of Afghans. The watch is a Citizen Nighthawk, a light-powered pilot's watch, the kind a soldier buys himself and wears through the worst days of a career. Some wrist shots are just a watch. This one is a place and a date that will not be forgotten.
Weekender Garrison Eco DriveCitizen Weekender Garrison - Eco Drive
Conventional Army, tactical intelligence, an E-4 living out of a duffel and hopping bases across Iraq in 2022 to train up sister units. The watch is a Citizen Garrison, an Eco-Drive field watch that runs on light and never needs a battery, the right tool for a soldier who is never in one place long. Here it sits in his patrol cap with his dog tags, the way a pocket dump looks in a transient tent. Not every war story is the tip of the spear. Most of the work is done by people like this.
Skyhawk AT BLUE ANGELSCitizen Skyhawk AT BLUE ANGELS
Stepped off the aircraft at Boeing Field and walked straight into a Blue Angels jet on full display, while wearing the watch built in its colors. Some pairings you plan, and some the day just hands you. The submitter runs operations for a maritime force protection outfit in the Pacific Northwest, and the watch goes where the work does. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio.
Citizen
Some watches mark the start of something. This one marked the end: a gift from his wife when he left the Army infantry, the kind of watch that closes one chapter and opens the next. It has been around the world since, including the Old Course at St Andrews. The piece that marks getting out tends to get worn the hardest. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio.