Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #187 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: BL5250-53L
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
• Band material: Titanium
• Bezel material: Titanium
• Case material: Titanium
• Clasp type: fold-over-clasp-with-double-push-button-safety
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Citizen Eco-Drive
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Ecologically friendly, solar powered Eco-Drive movement
• Perpetual calendar
• Chronograph, unidirectional rotating bezel
• Easy to use alarm
• Date feature at 4 o'clock

Amazon.com Product Description
The Eco-Drive Perpetual Calendar features a titanium case and bracelet. The timepiece features a 1/20 second chronograph that measures up to 60 minutes, 12/24 time, dual time, alarm, date indicator, and power saver function. Additional features include an inner calendar, which automatically adjusts to the proper date as well as leap years through the year 2100. Independent hour hand adjustment makes changing time zones simple and precise.

The Citizen Watch Brand

The company was established in 1924. The founding fathers selected the name Citizen so it would be "Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere" and soon after adopted the company’s formal name, Citizen Watch Company.

During the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as the global brand. The past twenty-five year period has coincided with the company’s dramatic rise to its current position as the world’s largest watchmaker, a distinction Citizen has held every year since 1986.

Beyond sheer size, Citizen is also recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced technology. From the world’s slimmest LCD watch to the first voice recognition watch and the world’s first professional dive watch with an electronic depth sensor, Citizen’s record of "world’s firsts" is unmatched.

More recently, Citizen has staked out a new position as the leader in Ecologically Friendly timekeeping with its Eco-Drives watches that are light powered. With models ranging from dress models to sports models to professional dive watches, Citizen Eco-Drive runs continuously in any kind of natural or artificial light for a lifetime of use. Fueled by light, it never needs a battery.

Eco-Drive Frequently Asked Questions

How can you tell if the Eco-Drive watch is getting enough light?
In normal use, the watch displays the time and the sweep-second hand moves in one second intervals. A very important feature of Eco-Drive is the Low Charge Warning Mode which as a result of low battery voltage, causes the second hand to jump two seconds at a time (while still keeping correct time).

How long will an Eco-Drive watch run after it is fully charged?
If your watch is put away where no light is available to it while in a fully charged state, depending on the model, it will run for from 45 days to 5 years.

How can the Eco-Drive watch be recharged?
Besides sunlight, it can be safely charged by exposing it to a fluorescent desk lamp, with the dial (face) up and within about 8 inches or an incandescent lamp (regular light bulb) no closer than 20 inches. Never use a halogen lamp since the heat generated by it can cause damage to your watch. The most efficient and the quickest is in direct bright sunlight (not windowsill) and never on the dashboard of a car.

Customer Reviews

Rugged, Eco-friendly watch for the gadget savvy.
I am using this watch for over an year now, and I give it a 5 star !!! I love the design, look and functions of this watch. It exceeds all expectations in looks and operation. This watch does everything that I expected and more.
The good-
The step-by-step manual is easy to understand even for the non-geeky type.

The dark-blue dial with a cross-line texture looks trendy against the titanium dial and white letters. Its also easy to read even in dim lights.

The crystal is really tough and has sustained some minor scratching, because I have banged it against car door and other things accidently many times.

The 22mm-wide strap is beefy and goes really well with casual as well as formals. I also tried changing the metal strp myself - I bought a 22-mm brown leather band. The titanium case goes really well with brown leather strap. Make sure you use extra care while changing the strap as putting the titanium strap back is a bit tricky.

The alarm is feeble, but that's all you can expect from an heavy built metal watch which is not digital.

Things I don't like: The mode function is a bit annoying. Accidently turning the crown slightly will change the mode setting you had - chrono, alarm, time, or local time. Sometimes even moving the watch around your wrist could change the mode. This could be due to the fact that the crown is easy to turn, and the crown guard does not extend very far on the bottom side of the watch, so it is too easy to rotate.

Even though the strap is made of titanium, it is still getting scratched easily, especially the outer-side facing part of strap and the clasp. - May be its the way I use it as I use it really rough, and had it been steel it would've been worse.

Overall, I am really pleased with the watch - it is a treasured possession, and something you can own for a decade or more without any problems.

Citizen Eco-Drive Men's Titanium Perpetual Calendar Watch #BL5250-53L
This watch is the 3rd Citizen chronograph I've owned in 38 years and it is by far the best. I like not having to deal with batteries (my first chronograph was a self winding mechanical). The face is easy to read (especially for the over 40 crowd) and the clasp on the band has a double lock so it is less likely to come loose when you slide your arm in your coat sleeve. The only fault is the alarm is not loud enough to be usable in any but the most quiet environments but I don't use the alarm for anything anyway. If you want an impressive looking "pilots" watch you should consider this one. It is a good value at around $300.00.

Like the watch so far.
I had done a fair amount of research into watches when I lost my old watch :( and decided on this one. I liked the perpetual calendar function and the eco-drive technology. I dont really need many other functions, but also liked the look of the watch. Even though I knew the thickness of the watch from the specs, I was still a little suprised to see how thick it really was - once I got some links taken out so it fit my wrist better, the thickness hasnt been a problem and doesnt seem so big. I like the look, havent had it switch modes on me, but have to admit I havent spent a lot of time with the instruction manual yet to try out some of the other features. For what it is, I have been pretty satisfied thus far.