Sporty Citizen Alterna Eco-Drive Watches

In America we get upset at the notion that cool objects are sold elsewhere and not here. We have had to deal with this for years in terms of cars, electronics, and especially watches. Japanese companies such as Citizen and Seiko are well known in the US, but don't exactly have the prestige that Swiss watches have. Regardless, in Japan these companies service the low-end and high-end markets equally. I'd say that most of the interesting watches that Citizen makes are never officially sold in the US. They are made in limited numbers and sold in places all over Japan. The market there seems to gobble up limited edition pieces that appeal only to a select few. Well some of these have much wider appeal in my opinion, and you should know about at least some of them. You can get a good deal of them on eBay or other places online. Here is one piece from the Citizen Alterna collection, model VO10-6662B. The all black watch shares a bracelet with certain Citizen NightHawk models. The look is highly angular and sporty, which makes for an interesting combination with the face which has style cues from mid 20th century formal watches. Shiny dagger hands pointing at large shiny squares number markers is a look not typically found in all black watches. It is what I would picture a Movado Museum Face watch to look like if it was at all legible for telling time.