Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6096 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: AT0270-00E
• Band material: rubber-band
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: japanese-quartz
• Water-resistant to 330 feet

Features

• Ecologically friendly, light powered Eco-Drive Japanese-quartz movement; Charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
• Polyurethane rubber strap
• Chronograph functions with 24-hour, 60-minute, and 60-seconds subdials
• Date calendar feature; Luminous hands and markers
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
Whether you are doing traveling by land or sea, this men's Eco-Drive timepiece is perfect for the occasion. From the stainless steel case and black rubber strap to the 1 second chronograph and 12/24 hour time, this sporty timepiece is superb for your wrist. Additional features include date indicator, water resistant to 100 meters, luminous hands and bold numerals and screw-back case.

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

Great watch with 1 flaw
I bought this watch some time ago and really like the design but there is one flaw. The band is rubber and while designed to look like the tread of a tire the little loops to slide the end of the band into break rather easily. I've had to super glue both of them back together about 5 times so far. It would be nice to have a metal band alternative that would fit the unique design of the watch face.

Otherwise it's a nice watch.

Great watch, but the band could use some work.
Like my other Citizen watch, the chronograph itself is fantastic. It has a good size and weight without being distracting, the timekeeping is flawless. The tick is completely silent, and despite the polish, the case is remarkably scratch resistant. The luminous hands and numbers light up a pale blue instead of the normal 'radioactive' green, so that was a pleasant surprise. The band adjusts much more finely than my other one, which is an improvement. The hole arrangement will adjust to fit someone with larger wrists far better than the top-selling green canvas band watch.

But also like my other Citizen, the band needs some work. It is comfortable to wear and adjusts finely enough, but the retaining loops keep slipping down, leaving the strap with the holes to flap around. The band is molded to the case contours, so it will be difficult to replace with a band that actually matches. While the luminous features are nice, it seems to go dim much faster (1-2 hours) than my other watch, which has the standard Tritium green hands and numbers and stays lit for 6+ hours.

This watch is much more about form than function. While it gets an A+ for form, the contoured shape and floppy band do not lend themselves to getting 100% marks for function. 4 out of 5 for the band.

Very nice
I've had the watch for about two months. I wear it every day and it's still un-scratched. I haven't had to think about the solar feature, it just works. The watch does seem to gain about 15 seconds a month -- I don't know if that's good or bad in a watch at this price. It's comfortable and I like the design.

I found this watch on Citizen's web site a few months ago, but none of the retailers I visited seemed to have one. My search was casual, if I was in a department store, I checked out the watch case. I know nothing about the watch business, but I can guess how it works. Someone makes a decision on the watches that make it to the case. It could be the store buyer or it could be the maker's marketing department. However it's done, this watch didn't make the cut and that's a shame. The good news is that I haven't seen it on anyone else's wrist.

Buying your watch online seems to be the way to go. The prices are lower and you get to the arbiter of your own taste, not some faceless store buyer.

Amazon's partner, Princeton Watches, delivered the watch in a timely manner and it arrived undamaged.