Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5590 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: EW9270-53E
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: jewelry-clasp-with-push-button
• Dial color: black
• 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: 21 mm
• Stainless-steel case; Black; dial
• Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Add a touch of class to any ensemble with this sparkling silver-tone, diamond-accented Citizen Silhouette Bangle Eco-Drive stainless steel women's watch. This thin profile watch will sit demurely and lightly on your wrist, and it offers an artfully designed bangle-style bracelet that joins the watch case. The perfectly round watch case features a bezel with 2 tiny diamonds embedded at the half hour points, connecting the watch case to the bracelet. The black dial is composed of thin silver-tone stick markers and stubby dauphine hands. Other features include a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and water resistance to 30 meters (99 feet), which will protect the watch from rain and accidental splashes.

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.

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

classy & beautiful design and eco-friendly to boot!
My husband got this watch for me as part of my Valentine's Day/Baby Shower gift and I LOVE IT! beautiful, elegant and love the simple colors and little diamond/stone rivets are visible but not gaudy. I also love that I don't have to worry about changing a battery ever again and that fact alone will allow me to wear the watch longer. My previous watch died due to condensation getting into the back & face of the watch after an unskilled person tried to change the battery and broke the rubber gasket that lines and insulates the back of the watch from water damage. We had to take this Citizen watch into a jewelry store to get the links removed/adjusted though. Not too pricey a task though - it costs us $7 and I was told I would be charged somewhere in the $6-10 range in most watch stores/jewelry stores.

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Came in a mannerly time... Still haven't worn it yet because it's too big and didn't want to take a chance ruining it.

Great Watch
This was an anniversary present which my wife loved. We had to take it to the jewelers to take a few links out of the band to fit her wrist. I guess this could have been done by the consumer but I thought it would be safer to have a professional do it...