Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5510 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: JY0000-53E
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
• Band material: Stainless Steel
• Bezel material: Stainless Steel
• Case material: Stainless Steel
• Clasp type: hidden push button fold over clasp
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Citizen Eco-Drive
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Global Atomic Timekeeping (AT) with Radio-Controlled Accuracy
• Black Dial with Digital Display Light
• World Time in 43 Cities, 2 Alarms and 99 Minute Countdown Timer
• Perpetual Calendar with GMT Display
• 200-meter Water-Resistant

Amazon.com Product Description
Sporting a rotating slide rule bezel, the Citizen Skyhawk A-T stainless steel men's flight watch offers advanced timing functions and the latest technology. It's powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. The fast-forward timekeeping features include time and calendar in 43 cities, thirty cities, three world time alarms, a 99-minute countdown timer, one-touch interchangeable analog/digital time, and 1/100-second chronograph that measures up to 24 hours.

The large round silver stainless steel case measures 48mm (1.89 inches) wide and 16mm (0.63 inches) deep. The black dial background features large white hands with luminous tips as well as luminous square dial markers. It's completed by a stylish multi-link stainless steel braclet band. Other features include water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet)--which will stand up to the rigors of recreational scuba diving.

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.

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

Love it, but would never buy it again
This is a beautiful and multifunctional watch. It is also about as easy to operate as the space shuttle. I am generally a pretty handy guy, but the instructions for this watch read like old VCR instructions. It set the time automatically when I first received it as a wedding present a month ago, but has not done so since. You cannot manually set the time like you can with any other watch by simply pulling out the crown, there is a long procedure to do it. Even the jeweler where I bought it (who owns a similar eco drive) took 30 minutes to fix the time after I reset the time for my honeymoon to Mexico. Now, it won't "automatically reset" after daylight savings, even though it was set to do so.

Not worth it, don't buy it.

One of the best watches ever
I Bought this for my self for a early Christmas Gift. I have been looking around and pricing atomic watches for a few years now. When I saw this watch I fell in love with it. I like to SCUBA dive and all though I would had love to had seen it been more then 200 Meters (500 Meters would had been perfect). The watch is user proof in that if you set something up wrong you can reset the entire watch back to factory settings. The CD that came with it helped with setting it up and adjusting the settings.
The steel one is heavy very heavy, when you put it on you know you have it on. The watch band is great because most tend to grab the hair on my arms, and when I take them off hair comes off, but not with this one. The band does not grab my arm hair which is a plus. The watch is solar powered with a built in rechargeable battery. The watch will run according to the booklet about 5 months on battery only.

Citizen Men's Skyhawk Watch
This was my first purchase from Amazon.Com and I could not be more satisfied! The site was very user friendly and my purchase arrived in 3-4 days via UPS. Product is superior, UPS was great (love their tracking system), and I plan to use Amazon.Com for future purchases!!