Citizen Mens BL8000-54A Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Watch

Product Review

Fashionably stylish as an accent to your business wear, the silver-tone Citizen Eco-Drive Calibre 8000 stainless steel men's watch with bracelet band will also make sure you never miss an important date. More than just pretty face, it features a perpetual calendar that automatically adjusts for odd and even months and leap years through 2100. It has a wide, round silver stainless steel watch case and bezel that's complemented by a stainless steel bracelet band that mixes brushed and polished finishes. The silvery white dial background is accented by day-of-the-week and 24-hour subdials as well as a mode subdial that displays the selected function (local time, calendar, alarm). It also offers luminous, black-outlined hands (with seconds hand), a date function at 4 o'clock, and Roman numeral dial markers. Other features includes a dual-time function for tracking a second time zone, scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating, and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet). 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 180-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 4 hours of exposure to light.

Product Features

Light powered eco-drive Japanese-quartz movement; charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
Calibre 8700
Perpetual calendar
Easy to use alarm feature; dual time function
Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(15 customer reviews)

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful

Set it and forget it! This accurate watch exudes style & class., December 22, 2006

Lawrance Morrissey "Flashaholic!" (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Citizen Men's BL8000-54A Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Watch (Watch)

What can I say, I love this watch. My history with watches has not been good. I seem to destroy them after a year with no apparent fault of my own. My luck changed about 8 years ago when I invested in my first Citizen watch. It ran for 7 years before it started flaking out on me, and I couldn't be happier considering my luck with previous watches. Lets face it, after 7 years with the same watch, I was ready for a change anyway. I considered some with automatic movements, I considered some with exotic names and faces, but in the end, I couldn't pass up on getting another Citizen with a 5 year warranty.

My only pet peeve with my last watch was having to set the date every other month. This was not a fault of the watch, just the way MOST watches with manual dates are. So when I learned that Citizen had watches with perpetual dates that stay correct even through leap years, I couldn't pass it up! I was skeptical at first that the function would not work as advertised, but it...Read more

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Amazingly accurate time! and the beauty, March 10, 2006

Kosuke Kudo "Kisstory" (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This is the high technology watch. Rolex and Omega cannot generate energy by sun-shine. and cannot calculate leap year. But this Citizen watch knows February has only 28 days. It calculates leap year automatically.

You don't need to adust your time ANY MORE in your life. This is the technology.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Excellent watch, January 10, 2007

Mark "elnegro" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Citizen Men's BL8000-54A Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Watch (Watch)

i'm sure you know, citizen is a great brand, and this watch validates my opinion towards the company even more. I've gotten countless compliments regarding this watch; men, women, and even kids alike. Some may say it feels a little heavy, but i think it's just fine. My first concern was with the "eco-drive" being solar powered that it'll run out of battery you know, but it maintains its charge quite well, when i'm not wearing it, its usually on my dresser which is well lit by my window. haven't had it die on me yet, the instructions for setting it are easy as pie, and all in all i'd buy another citizen watch again in the near future.