Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1401 in Watches
• Brand: Citizen
• Model: EW3130-55A
• Dimensions: .70 pounds
• Band material: stainless-steel
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: fold-over-push-button-clasp-with-safety
• Dial color: silver
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Japanese-Quartz
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Ecologically friendly, light powered Eco-Drive Caliber E100 Japanese-quartz movement; Charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
• Max power reserve: 180 days; Low charge warning: 7 days; Quick start ability; Charge time from stop state to max charge: Incandescent Light - 46 hrs, Outdoors, Cloudy (10,000 Lux) - 14 hrs, Outdoors, Sunny (100,000 Lux) - 7 hrs
• Durable, hardened mineral crystal; Case diameter: 31 mm
• Stainless-steel case; Silver dial; Day-and-date functions
• Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
The Citizen Women's Eco-Drive Sport Watch #EW3130-55A combines sporty style and classy elegance with touches that include a rotating bezel with stand-out and polished stainless steel details. The silver dial face sports large white indices paired with subtle dashes to mark the minutes. A day and date calendar sits at three o'clock. Silver-tone stainless steel at the case, bezel, and bracelet finishes the watch with handsome flare. The bracelet fastens with a fold-over push-button clasp with safety. And because this watch is an Eco-Drive, it is powered by natural and artificial light, offering continuous functionality with no battery. This watch is water resistant to 666 feet and is backed by a five-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

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
This is a great everyday watch. Very durable, excellent price. I get a lot of complements on it. And citizen is a name you can trust.

just as described
Very pleased with this watch. It's as described and very nice. Well made

Nice Watch - date hard to read
I love this watch. I am a lazy watch wearer, which is why I love waterproof/dive watches which allow me to wear it while swimming and showering. Of course, the biggest drawback is that once the battery dies, most watch manufacturers will not guarantee that the watch will be waterproof unless you send it back to the factory - which usuall involves a long wait and a pricey replacement cost. With the Eco-drive on this watch, the battery is always charging from the sun and will not need replacing. Plus, the style is sporty but nice enough to wear all the time and adjustable enough to fit my very skinny wrists. (In the past I have had to go with rubber as opposed to metal bracelet bands because the bracelets could not be made small enough for my wrists).

Now for the cons. If you need reading glasses, the date on this watch will be difficult to read. I'm ok in bright light, but inside, it's almost impossible to make out. Also, if given the choice, I think I'd like a darker face with the silver-toned hands and number lines. This watch has a light face with silver and white hands and lines, which make it hard to read in some light for those of us over 40.

Overall, though, this a great watch.