Citizen

Citizen Men's AV0021-52H Eco-Drive Titanium Calibre 2100 Watch

• Light powered Eco-Drive Caliber E210 Japanese-quartz movement; charges in natural sunlight or indoor light
• Max power reserve: 240 days; low charge warning: 7 days; charge time from stop state to max charge
• Durable, hardened non-reflective mineral crystal; case diameter: 46 mm; assembled by hand; 1/5 second chronograph measures up to 12 hours; power reserve meter

Product Description

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One of the most advanced chronograph watches made by Citizen, the Eco-Drive Calibre 2100 men's titanium watch also offers stylish lines that nicely complement both business and casual couture. The chronograph timing function includes 60-minute, 12-hour, and independent second-hand subdials, as well as a center sweep 1/5-second hand. It also has a reset button that instantly returns all the chronograph registers to zero. The watch case and bracelet band links are made of titanium--which is nearly 50 percent lighter than steel, but 30 percent stronger. It's also particularly resistant to salt water corrosion, as well as hypo-allergenic--perfect for those with metal allergies.

This large, round watch has a thin, flattened bezel with an exterior tachymeter reading in gray. The patterned dark gray dial face is accented by black subdials, and it offers white luminous Dauphine hands (with seconds hand) and a date function at 4 o'clock. The bracelet band is joined by a push-button clasp. Other features include a screw-back case, screw-down crown, scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating, and water resistance to 660 feet (200 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 240-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 3.5 hours of exposure to light.

Summary of Features:

• Assembled by hand
• 1/5 second chronograph measures up to 12 hours
• Power reserve meter
• Alarm
• Date
• Non-reflective mineral crystal
• Screw-back case and screw-down crown

The Citizen Story

The company was established in 1924. The founding fathers selected the name Citizen so it would be ""Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere"" and soon after adopted the company’s formal name, Citizen Watch Company.

During the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as the global brand. The past twenty-five year period has coincided with the company’s dramatic rise to its current position as the world’s largest watchmaker, a distinction Citizen has held every year since 1986.

Beyond sheer size, Citizen is also recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced technology. From the world’s slimmest LCD watch to the first voice recognition watch and the world’s first professional dive watch with an electronic depth sensor, Citizen’s record of ""world’s firsts"" is unmatched.

More recently, Citizen has staked out a new position as the leader in timekeeping with its Eco-Drives watches that are light powered. With models ranging from dress models to sports models to professional dive watches, Citizen Eco-Drive runs continuously in any kind of natural or artificial light for a lifetime of use. Fueled by light, it never needs a battery.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000EQRYMM
• Item model number: AV0021-52H
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,547 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

70 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great watch but they skimped on the crystal, July 18, 2006

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T. Connelly (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Citizen Men's AV0021-52H Eco-Drive Titanium Calibre 2100 Watch (Watch)

This watch would be perfect if they used a sratchproof sapphire crystal rather than an easily scratched mineral crystal. They put sapphires on their Asian Ti models.... Sapphire can only be scratched by sapphire, Ruby, or Diamond. Mineral can be scratched by almost anything. Mineral is a bit better shatterproof, but the tradeoff is not worth it considering most people scratch their crystals rahter than shatter them. The dial is HUGE and I have to wear it carefully. Having a sapphire would be much less stressful. Put it this way, you vould drag a sapphire crystall watch against concrete and it wouldn't scratch the crystal. Try that with mineral. BTW the sapphire crystal is NOT that expensive and I have seen them on $300 watches.

That aside, the watch is awesome. The Ecodrive is an awesome technology. This and Seiko's kinetic is the ONLY quartz I would buy. I couldn't be bothered with battery changes. I usually stick to mechanical watches, with focus on Swiss and German, but Citizen's Eco Drive has earned a place in my collection.

The detail is unbelievable, from the dial to the case and bracelet. The Titanium is so light and unlike steel it doesn't make my wrist smell bad when I sweat. My skin must react stinkily with steel where Titanium is more neutral of a metal. So far the braclet hasn't scratched either. The Titaniukm carbide coating is so tough that its all the more shame that they didn't go all out with a scratch proof sapphire crystal. With that this watch would be bulletproof.

Maybe when the majority of the American watch buying public learns the difference between mineral and sapphire and wants to pay a few dollars more for it things will change.

Other than that a great watch. Solid, Heavy, ecodrive, quartz accurate yet no battery changes needed. The chrono seconds hand has a smooth sweep for a quartz. The true seconds hand ticks but its small in a subdial. The large seconds hand is the stopwatch hand and that one moves nicely. That is what convinced me to get this watch. BTW one minor issue for some is that apparently the chronograph part of the movement is not shock proof, so if you were timing something and it got jarred badly it could cause the hands to not realign. The watch has a cleaver "reboot" function but the manual states that sometimes this doesn't work for the chrono misalignment due to shock. That shocked me. Citizen should fix that. The entire movt should be shockproof. So, we have a great looking sport chrono where the chrono isn't shockproof and the crystal is easily scratchable.... Fix that, Citizen. I'll pay more for it, just fix it in these 2100's.

The night time lume glow is great and a nice blue color. This is a great watch for the price asked. Basically Citizen does this by putting their Japanese technology into a Chinese manufactured good. The manufacture is very good. Citizen must oversee the manufacture in China or Hong Kong. (which also is China)

Citizen's US customer service is top rated bar none. I have dealt with them and their 5 year warranty is the best in the business. Buy a Citizen with CONFIDENCE. The Swiss and even Seiko can take a lesson from Citizen USA.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Watch! I love it!, May 17, 2006

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Kevin Y. Cheng - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Citizen Men's AV0021-52H Eco-Drive Titanium Calibre 2100 Watch (Watch)

Was little worry about purchasing this watch. This my first Citizen.

Got the watch today, the size of the watch is about 10-15% bigger than regular watch sold in the market. Due to it's size, I would only recommand you get it in Titanium...unless you build like Aronold. S.S. Version is about 6.5oz more than 1/3 lbs

Big Watch has it's advantage of being easy to read. The Picture on Amazon does not do Calibre 2100 Titanium Watch any justice. It look much better in person.

The Craftmanship was superb, one of the few watch that's still being hand assembled in Japan. Links was well designed.
5 Star Watch

**Note**
This watch come with 5 years warranty...other company only give you 1-3 years warranty.

For those who worry titanium gonna scratch easy..compare to S.S. version...Citizen taking care of the problem by using TICC (Titanium Carbide Coating)

The E2100 Chronograph has Citizen's own TICC (Titanium Carbide Coating). Titanium is virtually rust proof and is allergy free. The coating achieves a hardness of 1,000-1,200 Hv, making it almost scratch proof. As a result, it will stay unblemished and maintain its appearance for many years.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Striking Watch, July 7, 2006

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Philip J. Pollina (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Citizen Men's AV0021-52H Eco-Drive Titanium Calibre 2100 Watch (Watch)

Just received it, immediately struck by the size (large) and the weight (light). I brought it to my jeweler to have the band sized and he liked it so much that he took the model down to order some to sell at his shop. The eco-drive is very cool and the watch is very visible in the dark. Highly recommended.