Citizen Men's BL1223-07A Eco Drive Strap Watch

I bought this watch (approximately 5 months ago) to go with brown/blue business attire. The watch fills the bill quite nicely. The diameter of this watch is on the large side as compared to most dress watches ... and I like that. I think the size gives this conservative watch more of a contemporary look. The dial is simple yet quite attractive. Date is easy to read.

In the photos posted on Amazon, the minute and hour hands appear to be an aqua or light turquoise color. Actually, under typical lighting conditions, the hands are of an ivory color. Again, very attractive in my opinion.

The watch's perpetual calendar was set correctly upon arrival, so for me, there was no setup involved. The watch runs great. I've had no problems with it.

I own several watches and especially like the solar models. If you own several watches, maintenance free watches are particularly desirable (who wants to wind, set, and/or turn a half dozen watches?)...Read more

I have always liked the Citizen Eco Drive and I wanted a watch for business casual. I prefer a larger face but nothing gaudy. This Citizen didn't disappoint. A fantastic classy watch at a great price

I was looking for gold/brown watch to add to my collection. I've always like Citizen Eco-Drives and this looked like a perfect choice. Watch looks as pictured, except the hands are white - not luminous green - as commented above.

One large reservation: This watch is annoyingly complicated to set. I work in the technology industry, so I'm used to working through technical manuals. The manual was not well translated. Simple functions like adjusting time with the stem are accomplished via clicking back and forth, with the hands leaping into fast mode unpredictably. Setting the perpetual date is quite cryptic. You have to set the month and year by pointing the hands to various places. And the year is only which of the 4 years in a leap cycle you're in.

All of this seemed annoying, but acceptable, since I would only be doing this once, and the perpetual calendar would take over. But simply adjusting the watch for the end of Daylight Savings Time required...Read more