This watch caused a lot of uncertainty when I first got one as it seems to have been often labelled wrongly. On many occasions, it has been reported as one of the Citizen Independent 1481010 models, and I've seen them sold second hand with a 1481010 tag or description. After much searching, I've never been able to find any official sheet confirming this, and it never appeared in the dealers catalogues as a 1481010, and doesn't say 1481010 on the case (as virtually every other model does). So I currently conclude that it is a separate model.
The watch is based around a Citizen D298 module (which has a similar layout, but slightly different digits than the D299 used in the Trans Continents and GSX watches I've blogged before).
The display is a blue inverse LCD display with 2 lines, but with curved text such the the digits get smaller towards the edges. The top line covers time, with the bottom showing date and day. It has dual alarms, dual time, a stopwatch, and a timer. The stopwatch mode has an icon of someone snowboarding or surfing, so although it is a shiny metal watch it'd suggest it was designed for sporting people. The front also has the text WR50 to show it is 50m water resistant (the back states 5 bar).
The full model number is D298-S72828, and the watch was made in 1999 (so it was in the same time frame as the 1481010 range).
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