Citizen Men's BL8000-03A Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Watch | 
| Brand: Citizen
Category: Watch
List Price: $375.00
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 208
Band Material: leather-pig-skin
Bezel Material: stainless-steel
Case Diameter: 40
Case Material: stainless-steel
Case Thickness: 10
Clasp: deployment-buckle
Dial Color: white
Dial Window Material Type: Mineral
Watch Movement Type: japanese-quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 330
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4 x 3.7
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MPN: BL8000-03A
Model: BL8000-03A
UPC: 550302122219
EAN: 5051750003976
ASIN: B000EQRYPO
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Availability: Usually ships in 3 to 5 weeks
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| Features:
| • | Ecologically friendly, light powered Eco-Drive Caliber E870 Japanese-quartz movement; charges in natural sunlight or indoor light | | • | Max power reserve: 180 days; low charge warning: 3 days; charge time from stop state to max charge | | • | Durable, hardened non-reflective mineral crystal; case diameter: 40mm; Retrograde perpetual calendar function; alarm function; dual-time function with 24-hour sub dial | | • | Stainless-steel case; white dial; month-day-and-date function: day indicator between 2 and three o'clock, date function at 4 o'clock; screw-back case | | • | Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M) |
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Amazon.com Product Description
More than just pretty face, the Citizen Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 stainless steel men's watch also has a perpetual calendar that automatically adjusts for odd and even months and leap years through 2100. It features a perfectly round silver-tone stainless steel watch case and bezel that's complemented by a supple black leather strap with crocodile-like texturing. 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 330 feet (100 meters).
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. Summary of Features: - Retrograde perpetual calendar
- Alarm
- Dual time
- Non-reflective mineral crystal
- Month-Day-Date functions
- 12/24 hour time
- Screw-back case
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 34
 Very impressed July 6, 2006
Jacob Wertzberger
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
I have owned this watch for nearly two years. The features and functionality are well balanced. The solar panel rarely sees daylight from underneath my shirt sleeves, yet the battery has never depleted. The leather wristband is comfortable and shows very little wear. After years of use, my only complaint is that the metal is very easily scratched. Fortunately, the crystal/glass has remained flawless. I have had many people comment on the beauty of this watch. I will only buy citizen after owning this enjoyable timepiece.
Update: November 14, 2007.
The watch is holding up well as the 5-year warranty comes to an end. It took over 4 years of wearing the watch nearly every day for the first scratches on the glass to appear. The wristband shows minimal wear, and the clasp has not given me any troubles. Still very happy with my purchase!
What a great watch!! October 22, 2005
Compaeus (Seattle, WA United States)
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
What a fantastic piece of craftmanship. I have had mine for a few months now. Could not be happier. It is powered by any light with a power reserve of more than a year. No more batteries ever. It has all the appeal of an analog watch, with a beatiful classic design without the annoying need to correct the date for odd/even months. It will even correct itself for leap years. Besides date/day of week, it has alarm (soft, not the best if you are a deep sleeper, but useful nonetheless), calendar (showing the month) and dual time zone.
All that plus the Citizen tradition of quality backed by a 5 yr warranty. What else would you want?
Flash for not much cash! January 28, 2008
Scott H. (Boston, MA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I just got this watch, and it's hard to take my eyes off it. I looked at the Calibre 8700 with the blue dial and stainless strap (which a Citizen rep told me is one of their most popular models) but really found the white dial and silver accents, very striking in this model. And I like how the band sets off the face.
I really looked at every Citizen watch on their website, and kept coming back to this one!! The watch is very nice in person, the dial has some detail to it, so it catches the light especially with the silver accents.
As mentioned in other reviews, there are four basic modes that you can switch to:
1. Time
2. Calendar
3. Local Time (i.e. time zone #2)
4. Alarm
since it's not a digital watch (and we don't want it to be since it looks great as an analog!) the hands have to show you all the stuff. So if the Time is set to 3p and you are traveling and are in Singapore where it's 3a, then when you switch the modes, it's going to spin the hands around for 12 hours to show you. This is not good if you want to check and see what time it is 'back home' but is great if you travel, and don't want to keep resetting your watch. When you get back home, just change the dial back to Time and you're back in business.
There are three dials on the watch, in addition to the main hour/min hands, one is a 24 hour dial, with an 'hour' hand that points to the corresponding time in 24 hour mode. Basically this will help you distinguish AM and PM times on the dial, and is important when using the local time (i.e. time zone #2) and alarm modes to keep AM and PM straight.
Next there is the mode dial that points to TME, CAL, LTM, or ALM to let you know what mode you are in (time, calendar, local time, alarm). And lastly there is a dial that points to the day of the week, can let you know if the alarm is set or not, and can also let you know if this is a leap year, or how many years it's been since a leap year ;)
The watch also has a day of the month indicator at the 4 o'clock position, and this is a perpetual calendar, so regardless of 30, 31, or 29 days in the month, it will always be right!
As mentioned earlier, the watch has an energy saving feature which, when in the dark for about 30 minutes and not getting enough light to charge the watch, will stop the second hand at 0(12) to save energy. When light hits the dial, it will move the second hand rapidly to where it should be :)
I will add that yes, this is a cool watch with lots of cool features, and you might have to do a bit of reading to figure them all out if you want to use them, but basically Citizen tries to make that as easy as possible. They give a detailed instruction book, they give interactive lessons on a free CD that comes with the watch, and you can go on their website and they will visually demonstrate the features to you too! What more can you ask for?
Distinctive calendar, reliable watch, pitiful strap July 15, 2009
Steven Turechek (Oklahoma City, OK USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The calendar feature of this particular timepiece is unequaled in styling...who else has a round calendar? I've had the watch for a couple years now, and long as it gets reasonable exposure to indoor light (home, office), or sunlight, it never quits. If you lived in Alaska without electricity, you might have an issue during the winter months, but then in the summer, no worries :)
Now for the leather strap. The buckle is unique as the watch...tricky at first, but you get used to it. The inner (leather?) lining is sort of like what you'd find in a men's leather shoe--thin and bonded and sewn to the thicker outer layer. The light color soon discolors due to skin oil, sweat or moisture and then it cracks. The initial feel and look is plush. But over time it is disintigrating on my wrist. Where the pins hold the strap to the watch, the inner layer has completely cracked, exposing the adhesive, but none of this is visible on the outside. Changing the strap is another nightmare. I had to go to a jeweler to get it off and replaced; I plan to change to a metal bracelet. The leather strap simply is not durable enough and replacements are expensive...up to $65, yet wear out in 12-18 months of daily use.
A beautiful, functional time piece December 27, 2008
V-Guy (NY, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I received this as a Christmas gift and agree with previous reviews that it is a visually stunning watch. I think the "complications" of this watch make it even more interesting and compelling as a timepiece. I also think the clasp wristband for leather is innovative; I think it will prolong the life of the wristband as the band itself is not getting tugged each time I put it or take it off.
I will say that the mini-dvd that comes with the watch is very helpful and it covers most features of the watch and watch settings in a very user friendly way (although there are a few minor features that are only covered in the user manual). Some may find the size of the manual imtimidating and I have seen some reviews indicate the watch is too complicated. Fear not! Once you understand that the watch is either in a "mode" (1 pull of the stem) or setting (2 pull outs of the stem), the meaning and operations are straightforward. Just use care to do only 1 pull out (not 2) when attempting to set the mode; if you do two pull outs by mistake and are in time mode, the watch's time will be stopped.
The leap year indicator is interesting and important for the perpetual calandar. I also think the day of week pointer and scale is pretty cool. I think the high contrast black-on-white makes it easy to read and makes the watch dressy enough for the office, but also casual enough for anytime use.
I have purchased my share of low end watches only to have them fail for one reason or another. My Timex didn't even take a licking and it still failed (the stem no longer works, in order to set the time I have pull it out and stop the watch until the time of day catches up with its setting). I am hopeful that this watch will serve me for many years; i'll update this review each year let y'all know.
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