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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 4.8 inches | | Product Width: | 4.3 inches | | Product Height: | 4.1 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 4.9 inches | | Package Width: | 4.4 inches | | Package Height: | 3.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 17 reviews |
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| | Watch Information | | Crystal Material: | Mineral | | Clasp: | Fold-over-clasp-with-hidden-double-push-button | | Case Diameter: | 48 unknown-units | | Case Thickness: | 12 unknown-units | | Case Material: | stainless-steel | | Band Material: | stainless-steel | | Bezel Material: | stainless-steel | | Dial Color: | silver | | Movement: | japanese-quartz | | Calendar: | perpetual | | Water Resistance Depth: | 330 feet |
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 17 customer reviews )
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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Good Watch! Mar 26, 2010
By B. Ortego
After having this watch for 3 months I have had no problems with it. It keeps time well and looks nice, I receive compliments on it often. The crystal seams to be durable I do not have any scratches on mine after 3 months of use. It is a little hard to set the time and date so don't loose your instruction booklet (I think you can find it on Citizen's website if you do). Overall it is a quality timepiece and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. I also like that I will never have to buy a battery for it, just another plus in my book.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Durable, Well-Designed Aviator-style Watch Nov 23, 2010
By B. Wiechel
I received this watch as a wedding gift from my bride/now wife. I had a hand in picking out the watch because I have very picky tastes when it comes to watches, and few watch bands fit my wrist without adding links.
Pros:
Durable & well-designed
Easy to use
Perpetual calendar
Classy
Cons:
Documentation limited
Chronograph limited
So far, this has been an outstanding watch. I ride horses and I do a lot of things that can be hard on watches, and so far, the watch face, band, and housing haven't picked up so much as a nick in the 3 months that I've had it. I am very impressed with the durability of this watch. By comparison, other watches I have owned have had a scratched face within 1-2 months out at the barn.
I have had to do a full reset on my watch, and the instructions worked well. The watch hands were off slightly when I brought the watch home, and after reading the manual, I was able to determine the steps and follow them step-by-step without an issue. After two months, the watch hands have not wandered again, so this was just a one-off event.
The perpetual calendar is a nice feature. Having rolled through a couple of month changes, the day is still showing the correct day of the month. When they say set once and never set it again, they meant it.
If you are buying this watch for the chronograph feature, consider carefully whether you need something more robust than what this watch has. As explained to me by the jeweler (and covered in the manual), the chronograph only counts up to 1 hour. If you need to measure longer than an hour (useful when horseback riding), you may need to consider getting a stopwatch or a different watch.
I absolutely love the Eco-drive capability in this watch, though I haven't owned it long enough that battery life would have been a problem. Since owning it, I have not received any power warnings from the watch, and it seems to charge just fine with normal daily wear.
One surprise I ran into with this watch is that the luminous watch hands and dial give off more light in a dark setting than other watches that I have owned, and they seem to hold their glow longer. I also own a Dakota Spider, and it always seems slow to build up enough energy for the watch hands to glow, and it never lasts all that long. I am very pleased with the luminescence of this watch in the dark.
There are only two things that disappoint me about Citizen with regards to this watch. Although it has an E820 movement, and the E820 manual is available online via Citizen (and other sites), it is a generic manual and not specific to this watch. Several sites make reference to the rotating inner dial, but I have not found any that provide explanation about this slide-rule and how to use it. Perhaps if I was a pilot it would be more obvious -- but I would have expected at least some sort of explanation to be in the manual. The second concern is that the model number BL5400 is printed nowhere on the watch that I can see, so unless you know exactly what you are looking for, it is hard to find the specifications for this watch online.
I am glad my wife bought this watch for me, and I would definitely make the same decision again if I had it to do over. This is an outstanding watch.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch #BL5400-52A Apr 10, 2010
By Thomas C. Knueppel
Good watch for the price. Like the fact that it does not need batteries and appears to be very accurate. Only major problem I see is that the display is somewhat difficult to read because the face of the watch and the hands are not of a contrasting color. A minor issue is that the various functions such as the chronograph are not easily accessed as you first need to move the function indicator before being able to activate the chronograph function. Good watch for everyday use.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Great Watch Jul 27, 2010
By IOU2
I have owned this watch for 2 years. I have several watches but this is my favorite, the only downside is the mineral glass that will scratch overtime.
That is due to my own fault of wearing it so much, I can't put it down. Not a day goes by without someone stating how nice it looks or the glares I get. The time is accurate, and easy to set.
You cant go wrong with this one
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful watch with not so beautiful instructions Jun 02, 2011
By Rafael Meneses
I bought this watch as a Christmas gift for my father since it was such an eye-catcher walking around the jewelry store. My dad and I both love Breitling branded watches and I decided to buy this for him since it looks so much like one of Breitling's popular models. The watch is decently big, has a gorgeous face and is lightweight. I prefer heavier watches but I know my dad does not.
Anyways, this watch is sure to catch a lot of attention with the wonderful detail that was bestowed upon its design. The fact that the watch functions on solar power and on artificial light is an even bigger plus.
The build on the watch is great. The stainless steel and glass look promising although slightly flimsy since the watch feels so lightweight.
The only drawbacks I can say about the watch (and I won't get into specifics) are the complications one has to go through to manipulate the time, date and its other features. For example: To change the time you ave to click one knob until the second hand is perfectly aligned, then release two different knobs, then release the middle one, correct the time and then do another complicated set of tasks to return it back to original state to wear it. The watch even has a feature to correct daylight savings time. This process is part of the time changing process but requires extra steps. For a watch, it's beautiful and all but has so many features that it makes the watch extremely complicated to do simple tasks like changing time.
Don't let this stop you, though. The watch is definitely worth the price and time that could be spent on it and I have never had any problems with Citizens (there are 3 in my home). But as a fair warning, the manual will not tell you how to function with the watch (or at least my manual didn't). You will have to research the instructions at the citizen watch website. All I can say is if you get the hang of it, you have one insanely powerful watch on your wrist.
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