Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8949 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: EW9012-59D
• Band material: gold-tone-stainless-steel
• Bezel material: gold-tone-stainless-steel
• Case material: gold-tone-stainless-steel
• Clasp type: jewelry-clasp-with-push-button
• Dial color: mother-of-pearl
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Japanese-Quartz
• Water-resistant to 99 feet

Features

• Ecologically friendly, light powered Eco-Drive Caliber B023 Japanese-quartz movement; Charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
• Max power reserve: 1 Year; Low charge warning: 14 days; Charge time from stop state to max charge: Incandescent Light - 75 hrs, Outdoors, Cloudy (10,000 Lux) - 30 hrs, Outdoors, Sunny (100,000 Lux) - 7 hrs
• Durable, hardened mineral crystal; Case diameter: 20 mm
• Gold-tone-stainless-steel case; Mother-of-Pearl dial
• Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Stylishly modern enough to boldly go with your most contemporary couture, the gold-tone Citizen Eco-Drive Silhouette Bangle stainless steel women's watch also offers a thin profile that's just the right fit for slender wrists. The round watch case is highlighted by rows of sparkling Swarovski crystals at the top and bottom. The solid gold stainless steel bangle bracelet tapers slightly as it curves around your wrist, and it's joined by a push-button jewelry clasp. The blue mother-of-pearl dial is further accentuated by thin gold markers and hands. Other features include water resistance to 30 meters (99 feet) and a scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating.

This watch is powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. With regular exposure to light, the Eco-Drive continuously recharges itself for a lifetime of use. This watch's Eco-Drive provides a 365-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 1 hour of exposure to light.

Manufactured in Austria, Swarovski crystals are machine-faceted, optically pure, and made of 32% lead, producing a highly refractive quality.

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 (See the full Citizen Eco-Drive FAQ here)

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

Right watch!!
My wife is very fussy when it comes to jewelry and watches, so, needless to say, I was a little apprehensive about buying this watch for her as a Christmas gift! I'm happy to say she really liked it and it will now be her number one watch. It looks much better in person than it does in the photo. I'm very glad she likes it, otherwise I would've been lost as to what to give her for a gift!!

Citizen Eco-Drive Womens Silhouette Bangle Watch
My Wife loves it. It fits her wrist perfect, after finding how to remove band links on the intetnet.

A Great Watch
I charged this watch in my living room window the first day I got it and haven't had to charge it since. I wear it everyday (I work in a coffee shop, so not great indoor lighting) since getting it over a month ago and absolutely love it. It looks great and I definitely recommend it!