Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6430 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: BL5184-56L
• Band material: two-tone-stainless-steel
• Bezel material: two-tone-stainless-steel
• Case material: two-tone-stainless-steel
• Clasp type: push-button-clasp
• Dial color: blue
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Japanese-Quartz
• Water-resistant to 330 feet

Features

• Ecologically friendly, light powered Eco-Drive Caliber E811 Japanese-quartz movement; Charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
• Max power reserve: 120 - 270 days with Power Save; Low charge warning: 5 days; Charge time from stop state to max charge: Incandescent Light - 43 hrs, Outdoors, Cloudy (10,000 Lux) - 12 hrs, Outdoors, Sunny (100,000 Lux) - 4 hrs
• Durable, hardened mineral crystal; Case diameter: 40.5 mm
• Two-tone stainless steel case; Blue dial; Perpetual calendar, chronograph function
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
This men's Eco-Drive timepiece is powered by light, so it never needs a battery. The sculpted two-tone stainless steel steel bracelet bears the flawless execution on your wrist. The deep blue dial presents large, polished marker, luminous hands and a date indicator. Other features include 12/24 time, dual time, alarm, perpetual calendar, and 1/20 second chronograph with measurement up to 60 minutes. The screw-back case provides you with 100M of water resistance.

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

Very nice Watch.
I really love his watch.

I wanted a dress watch and a watch I could wear daily without paying some price of a Rolex or other really high priced watches.

This one seems to fit the bill. You get a quality name, watch and a decent price for a product of this quality.

It is a nice looking watch, it is built to last and has many nice functions. It is not too small and it is not so large that it looks gaudy.

The selling point for me on this watch, as I was looking at two others by other companies around the same price, was the eco-drive system.

I do not have to worry about replacing the battery and therefore do not have to worry about having to order a new battery or go through the trouble of finding the right battery.

This watch has the Perpetual calender feature so once you set it correctly you never have to worry about the date being off. It also has the 24 hour feature, an alarm clock, and extra Local Time setting if you need to have time in another zone.

Setting the time is quite nice as well as if done correctly it will move the hands on it's own until you reach the desired time.

One other great selling point to an item is visiting the companies web page who makes the watch. I did so with the three watches I was considering and I have to say by far Citizen's website was the best.

I am not talking about visually looking nice I am talking about with information and the care to give the customer good information and support.

If you find yourself one of those people who have trouble setting watches, or if you are a visual person and do not do well following written instructions.

The site offers flash media instructions on how to set the time, local time, alarm, date and other features on this watch in step by step videos that can be replayed as needed. It is a very nice feature that just shows the care Citizen puts into it's products.

Another feature on the watch that seems like the descriptions leave out....is the saftey clasp on the band.

It has two buttons that you need to push in at the same time to release the intial clasp but also has an extra clasp to hold all of that in as well....this is not a clasp that will just fly open by accident, yet it is very easy to open when you need to remove the watch.

One thing of note I will say is that if the watch has been in it's package a long time, as I imagine they are while in storage before delivery, then open the case and sit it under the light or in sunlight for a day or at least 5-6 hours to make sure it is fully charged.

More watch for less money!!!!
I am a collector. I have 4 Eco drive watches. I have some I bought over 5 Years ago. NO PROBLEMS!! This watch is classy and is easy to use. Very expensive watches are not this good. BUY THIS ONE!!!

Hubby loves it.
This is a very nice watch. My husband likes to collect watches but keeping up with the battery changes is a hassle after you have multiple watches. The Eco drive eliminates that problem and helps keep more battery disposals out of our envirnoment.