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120 of 124 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic Watch!
By Charles R. Carroll
I am what some would call a watch nut and own over 30 ranging from Timex to Rolex. For me to buy a watch there has to be “something there” for me to get excessively affected emotionally about. At $240, this is one of the very best buys on a fantastic watch that you may find! I was so impressed with this watch I purchased a second one as a gift for my father in law who by the way, was very impressed with the watch himself.
Before getting into all the things I like with regards to this watch I want to point out one of the other reviewers posted a problem with the buckle on his watch having a great deal of “points” on it that dug into his wrist and made the watch uncomfortable to wear. This must be a factory defect as this is not the case with either of the two that I purchased. While the watch strap is not ordinarily covered by warranty I know from 1st hand experience that Citizen has a devoted and friendly client service division and I believe if he contacts them he will find a new strap coming to him rather quickly. Also as to the strap, I have been disappointed somewhat in the past when purchasing a watch and the strap that comes with it is not significant in length. I have a 7.25 inch wrist and this has not caused me a problem but I would readily observe if an individual had a larger wrist they would have to go out and buy a new and larger strap to be capable to wear their new watch. The strap that comes with this citizen will grant someone with a more spectacular wrist than mine to be capable to wear this watch with the strap that comes on it. This is very good as I believe the supplied strap is very handsome on this watch.
The BL5250-02L is a marvelous little piece of technology at a very good price! At a suggested marketing of $400 I have routinely found the watch at local authorized dealers at around $300. My watch was purchased on line for $240 with free shipping and for an further and added $5 you could have “next day” shipping.
This watch comes to you very user friendly right out of the box. Along with the user manual likewise comes a mini disk that when played will have you understanding all the features, time settings and adjustments. You will have your watch set and on your wrist in in regards to 10 minutes. Also, if you lose this selective information you may go to Citizen’s web page and pull up the same data on an interactional video.
The Echo Drive models have a power cell in them that is charged by available light so there is no battery change ever! The perpetual calendar allows you to set the watch once and then it recognizes short months along with leap years so there is no further adjustment for that. Also, there is a duel time zone feature. I use this for setting the second time zone to address the every year time change of one hour. Doing this with the simple turn of the dial my watch snaps into Daylight savings time mode and then back with another turn when the time comes to go back. It just does not get posing no difficulty than that.
The rotating bezel surely may be employed for more than just looks. One of the ways I use mine is when I plug a parking meter. I just rotate the bezel so my minute hand moving toward the marker allows me to speedily see when I need to be back at my car. The alarm function works but it is not very noticeable. I have two Seiko’s that have a very audible and earsplitting sound. In this area I have to say Citizen could improve the watch. However, I do detect it if I am awake. I just don’t recognise if it would wake me from a deep sleep.
The finish of the watch is very nice and the strap is very comfortable to wear. The watch while sentiment very solid is not as heavy as you may would suppose and it wears very nicely on the wrist. The watch is advertised as a “deep blue” face and that is an understatement. For all intents except in direct sunlight it is black. This does not bother me at all because it looks great and again, in direct sunlight it does have a blue hew that looks good also. Besides outstanding function and price another strong point on this watch is the luminosity of the hands and markers. With over 30 watches my Seiko’s seem to have a lock on that area but this citizen comes in a very, very close second. After being outside all day I may read my watch all night long from my darkened bedroom.
Last but not least, this watch comes with a five year warranty and as I stated before, Citizen has great client service.
I have just touched on the a heap of features of this finely made watch and for you that do not like straps and would prefer a bracelet, Citizen offers the same watch on a bracelet as model number, BL5250-53L. It retails for $500, local price around $400, web price $300.
I rate this watch a solid 4 out of a possible 5 stars. I would have given it 4.5 if the alarm were more noticeable. I am very picky and I did not even rate my Rolex 5 stars. I highly commend this watch and would but buy it again. In fact, I did when I purchased one for my father in law. If this watch appeals to your eye buy it! Price, functions, ease of use, warranty, and client service is just icing on the cake!
53 of 54 people found the following review helpful.
Great but not perfect.
By Axel
As others have said, this is a fantasti watch for galore reasons. Made of Titanium and steel, it is a proper huge size man’s watch, but not heavy to wear. The leather band attached to it is heavy responsibility and will last, and the watch is beautifully designed and eye catching. The bezel (outer ring) is a little loose but easy to turn, and the dial is astoundingly clear and easy to read due to the strong design of the sword hands. The luminosity is brilliant too, as these things go, and will last a decent period. (You will be competent to read the watch for the introductory few hours at night after you switch the lights off. No watch, from any company, lavishness brands included, actually lasts very long.) It has a perpetual calendar, so once set, you never have to think in regards to it again, as long as it gets sufficient light.
The watch does have some quirks. You require longanimity to set it. As others have pointed out, altering the settings requires you often times to wait until the hands travel back or forth from whatsoever time they’re presently set at, to the new function you’re altering to. Be careful of date setting. Depending on the setting, you have to wait for a few revolutions of the littler hands before the date window moves, one date. If you’re altering the date from the 2nd to the 29th, you’ll be there a while. This watch requires commitment! The alarm is not only soft, but SHORT! About 15 seconds at best. The watch is a not actually a chronograph. Those extra sub-dials you see don’t genuinely function in that way. Yes, there is a fixed chronograph function but it is so poorly designed so as to render the watch useless for that function. The second time zone is handy but the alarm is not sychronized to it.
On the plus side, the watch is accurate, never needs to be fiddled with once it’s set AND as long as it gets regular light, is very comfortable to wear and beauteous on the wrist. I changed out my stitching for a Hirsh carbon black strap with white stitching, and it looks fantastic. The lesson is, buy this watch if you’ll wear it regularly and don’t actually care too much in regards to the fiddly details. If you’re likely to forget it in closets or cupboards for long periods, beware!
18 of 20 persons found the following review helpful.
My favored watch
By Joel M. Poppleton
I have galore watches that I genuinely like, but I hate to wear them to work for fear that the crystal or case will get scratched. I decisive I necessitated a watch with no sentimental value to worry about. In looking for a watch the criteria I was looking for included solar power movement, perpetual calendar, and a bezel. I also wanted something that would be comfortable to wear. The fact that the case is titanium (and hence rather light for it is size) s just a bonus.
This has been just a terriffic watch, and I’m exceedingly satisfied. It has exceeded my expected values in all particulars!
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