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Product Specifications
| Watch Information | |
|---|---|
| Brand Name | Citizen |
| Model number | BL5380-58E |
| Part Number | BL5380-58E |
| Model Year | 2011 |
| Dial window material type | Mineral |
| Display Type | Analog |
| Clasp | Fold-Over Clasp with Double Push-Button Safety |
| Metal stamp | none |
| Case material | Stainless steel |
| Case diameter | 41.00 |
| Case Thickness | 11.00 |
| Band Material | Stainless steel |
| Band length | mens |
| Band width | 21 millimeters |
| Band Color | Silver |
| Dial color | Black |
| Bezel material | Stainless steel |
| Bezel function | Stationary |
| Calendar | Perpetual calendar |
| Special features | Chronograph, water-resistant |
| Item weight | 16 Ounces |
| Movement | Japanese quartz |
| Water resistant depth | 660 Feet |
| Warranty type | Contact seller of record |
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Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Watch #BL5380-58E offers eye-catching, sporty style and advanced timekeeping functionality in one package. This timepiece's bold black dial is filled with features to keep you on track. In addition to three-hand timekeeping, the watch features a perpetual date calendar located at four o'clock, which automatically corrects the date through the year 2100; a chronograph with precise functionality to 1/20th of a second; three chronograph subdials, and an alarm function. Easy-to-read indexes offer a crisp, contrasting accent. Brushed and polished stainless steel at the bezel and bracelet round out this fine timepiece with durability and class. And since it's an Eco-Drive, this watch features Citizen's innovative, continuous light-powered functionality, eliminating the need for a battery and making it an choice. This timepiece is water resistant to 660 feet (200 meters).
Summary of Features:
- Perpetual calendar
- 1/20 second chronograph measures up to 60 minutes
- 12/24 hour time
- Dual time
- Alarm
- Screw-back case
The Citizen Story
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.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I could not be more pleased with this watch. It's great looking, large but not too large and has a decent weight to it. The Eco Drive feature gives me a peace of mind and with normal wear, I have never had the watch stop due to lack of light. Citizen makes a very nice watch that looks good but without having to spend a grand or more.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Ever since I bought my first Eco-Drive watch about 8 yrs ago I always wanted another. I have no problems with the Eco-Drive and Perpetual Calendar and it has been keeping great time ever since. I hate to be taking watches to have batteries installed and/or changing the date when the month has 30dys or worse yet 28dys.
I began looking for a sports watch after my Timex Iron-man began to give trouble and I had to send it for repairs several times and it is currently back for more.
I knew I wanted an Eco-Drive with Perpetual Calendar. The problem I had was which one. I had over 10 models in my wish list and then came the elimination process. I even went to Citizen's website but their leading sports watches was the Skyhawk and I don't care too much for those; loaded with features which I will never use. So I came back to Amazon. It all came down to two models: My first choice being the Citizen Men's BL5400-52A Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch and the second the BL5380-58E; this one. So off I went to my local mall and found both watches. The BL5400-52A was awesome but too large for my wrist. I have a small wrist. The BL5380-58E was just right. The pics on Amazon don't do it much justice but when I saw it live and close-up I knew I wanted it. It is classy looking and can be worn both formally and recreational. A "bit" on the heavy side but you can get use to it, I have. The chronograph is neither here nor there with me but being a sportsman and sometimes need to time a race it will come in handy.
NOTE: When setting these watches, sit down in a quiet spot and take your time. Read all the instructions carefully from the beginning and the procedure will be over in about 10mins. This watch comes with instructions for two models, make sure you choose the correct one or you will begin to think something is wrong with the watch. It is the second set of instructions in the booklet. I didn't use the CD that came with the watch so I can't comment on that.
Hope the above helps. Buy it, you won't regret it. I haven't.
I began looking for a sports watch after my Timex Iron-man began to give trouble and I had to send it for repairs several times and it is currently back for more.
I knew I wanted an Eco-Drive with Perpetual Calendar. The problem I had was which one. I had over 10 models in my wish list and then came the elimination process. I even went to Citizen's website but their leading sports watches was the Skyhawk and I don't care too much for those; loaded with features which I will never use. So I came back to Amazon. It all came down to two models: My first choice being the Citizen Men's BL5400-52A Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch and the second the BL5380-58E; this one. So off I went to my local mall and found both watches. The BL5400-52A was awesome but too large for my wrist. I have a small wrist. The BL5380-58E was just right. The pics on Amazon don't do it much justice but when I saw it live and close-up I knew I wanted it. It is classy looking and can be worn both formally and recreational. A "bit" on the heavy side but you can get use to it, I have. The chronograph is neither here nor there with me but being a sportsman and sometimes need to time a race it will come in handy.
NOTE: When setting these watches, sit down in a quiet spot and take your time. Read all the instructions carefully from the beginning and the procedure will be over in about 10mins. This watch comes with instructions for two models, make sure you choose the correct one or you will begin to think something is wrong with the watch. It is the second set of instructions in the booklet. I didn't use the CD that came with the watch so I can't comment on that.
Hope the above helps. Buy it, you won't regret it. I haven't.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I have searched for many months to find just the right watch. Trying to achieve that perfect balance between features and price is not as easy as it may seem. Some watches I looked at had every feature I wanted plus great styling... but I didn't want to take out a second mortgage on my house to buy them. Others were in my price range, but they were either incredibly ugly or didn't do all the things I wanted a watch to do. If you've been shopping for a quality timepiece, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Along came the Citizen Eco-Drive BL5380-58E. It caught my eye in the display case the very first time I saw it. Truly an unusually beautiful watch. (The photo here on Amazon does NOT do this watch justice. Trust me! Do a Google image search for this watch model # and you'll see just how spectacular this watch really looks. I have no idea why Amazon would put such a horribly grayed-out photo on here!)
Anyway, the minute I saw this watch at a local jewelry store, I knew this could be the one I had been looking for. After trying it on, I was even more convinced because, unlike the Citizen Skyhawk models (which I love very much,) this watch didn't feel like I was carrying the clock from the front of the county courthouse around on my arm! The Skyhawks are beautiful, but seriously, you have to be a lumberjack to feel comfortable wearing a watch that big! I'm 6' 3", 220lbs... so I'm not a small guy... but I just couldn't handle the size of those larger watches. But I couldn't stand wearing a tiny little wimpy watch either. That's why the BL5380 totally hit the sweet spot for me... it is definitely a "hefty" watch with enough weight and size to look and feel like a serious watch... but it's not overly big. A perfect fit for me.
Looks wise, this watch is a knockout! It seems to strike just the right balance between a rugged sports/diving/racing watch and a classy dress-up elegant timepiece. I've gotten more comments and questions while wearing this baby than any watch I've ever owned before. It is most certainly an eye-catcher. Very pleasing to look at... very comfortable to wear. Couldn't ask for more.
i won't go into all the technical details of what this watch is capable of since others have done a fine job of that already. But it is packed with enough muscle to do everything I need a watch to do, and then some. It runs perfectly, keeps perfect time, and is a pleasure to own.
However, there are a few things that really irked me about this watch. I say "this watch," but the truth is, these issues exist on most models I considered buying. They aren't show-stoppers, but I do think a watch this expensive should have found a way to overcome these issues:
1. A watch that looks great in daylight, but is (almost) useless in the dark is... well... just pointless. Like most watches of this design and caliber, there is no backlight to illuminate the watch face at night. Yes I know the hands glow in the dark, but seriously, so do the hands on my son's $40 Timex! Trying to read glowing hands after they have lost most of their glowing power at night is really annoying. I'm sorry, but any watch that costs over $300 should come with a freakin' light!
2. I love that this watch has an alarm built in, and I use it quite often. However, I was absolutely stunned to see just how long it takes to go from Time Mode to Alarm Mode and back again. (I didn't test this in the store... only discovered it after ordering it from Amazon.) When you pull the crown out and switch over to Alarm Setting Mode, the hands on the watch have to rotate around and around and around until they reach the time of the previously set alarm. If the current time happens to be 11 or 12 hours away from the time the alarm is set for, you will sit there for about 45 seconds waiting for the hands to rotate from the current time all the way around to the alarm time. Then, after you set the alarm (or just turn it On or Off,) you have to then return to Time Mode, which, you guessed it, means the hands have to rotate around and around and around again in order to return to the current time. Sheesh! Seriously?! This may not seem like a big deal, but it frustrates the living daylights out of me, because it means there is no such thing as "quickly" setting an alarm while you rush off to something important. You have to take some time out of your day (okay, a bit of an exaggeration) just to set the alarm or turn it off. Citizen should make the hands literally FLY around to the next preset time in just a few seconds rather than taking this long! Again, I expected this to be a much faster process on a watch of this caliber.
3. I wanted a watch with a perpetual calendar that showed the current date (7th, 8th, etc.) This watch does just that, but the actual date display is sunk down so low beneath the little cutout window on the watch face that it is almost always partially hidden by a shadow down there. Again, this is typical on most watches... I'm just letting you know in case that's a big deal for you.
All in all, I'd buy this watch again in a split second, (watch humor!) The pros far outweigh the cons. It is a delight to wear. If you can live with these relatively minor issues I've mentioned, then buy this watch. I promise you won't be disappointed! You might just get a little tired of having people ask you about it when you're at the office, at a game, in a restaurant, at the mall... but that's a small price to pay for owning such a fine timepiece!
Along came the Citizen Eco-Drive BL5380-58E. It caught my eye in the display case the very first time I saw it. Truly an unusually beautiful watch. (The photo here on Amazon does NOT do this watch justice. Trust me! Do a Google image search for this watch model # and you'll see just how spectacular this watch really looks. I have no idea why Amazon would put such a horribly grayed-out photo on here!)
Anyway, the minute I saw this watch at a local jewelry store, I knew this could be the one I had been looking for. After trying it on, I was even more convinced because, unlike the Citizen Skyhawk models (which I love very much,) this watch didn't feel like I was carrying the clock from the front of the county courthouse around on my arm! The Skyhawks are beautiful, but seriously, you have to be a lumberjack to feel comfortable wearing a watch that big! I'm 6' 3", 220lbs... so I'm not a small guy... but I just couldn't handle the size of those larger watches. But I couldn't stand wearing a tiny little wimpy watch either. That's why the BL5380 totally hit the sweet spot for me... it is definitely a "hefty" watch with enough weight and size to look and feel like a serious watch... but it's not overly big. A perfect fit for me.
Looks wise, this watch is a knockout! It seems to strike just the right balance between a rugged sports/diving/racing watch and a classy dress-up elegant timepiece. I've gotten more comments and questions while wearing this baby than any watch I've ever owned before. It is most certainly an eye-catcher. Very pleasing to look at... very comfortable to wear. Couldn't ask for more.
i won't go into all the technical details of what this watch is capable of since others have done a fine job of that already. But it is packed with enough muscle to do everything I need a watch to do, and then some. It runs perfectly, keeps perfect time, and is a pleasure to own.
However, there are a few things that really irked me about this watch. I say "this watch," but the truth is, these issues exist on most models I considered buying. They aren't show-stoppers, but I do think a watch this expensive should have found a way to overcome these issues:
1. A watch that looks great in daylight, but is (almost) useless in the dark is... well... just pointless. Like most watches of this design and caliber, there is no backlight to illuminate the watch face at night. Yes I know the hands glow in the dark, but seriously, so do the hands on my son's $40 Timex! Trying to read glowing hands after they have lost most of their glowing power at night is really annoying. I'm sorry, but any watch that costs over $300 should come with a freakin' light!
2. I love that this watch has an alarm built in, and I use it quite often. However, I was absolutely stunned to see just how long it takes to go from Time Mode to Alarm Mode and back again. (I didn't test this in the store... only discovered it after ordering it from Amazon.) When you pull the crown out and switch over to Alarm Setting Mode, the hands on the watch have to rotate around and around and around until they reach the time of the previously set alarm. If the current time happens to be 11 or 12 hours away from the time the alarm is set for, you will sit there for about 45 seconds waiting for the hands to rotate from the current time all the way around to the alarm time. Then, after you set the alarm (or just turn it On or Off,) you have to then return to Time Mode, which, you guessed it, means the hands have to rotate around and around and around again in order to return to the current time. Sheesh! Seriously?! This may not seem like a big deal, but it frustrates the living daylights out of me, because it means there is no such thing as "quickly" setting an alarm while you rush off to something important. You have to take some time out of your day (okay, a bit of an exaggeration) just to set the alarm or turn it off. Citizen should make the hands literally FLY around to the next preset time in just a few seconds rather than taking this long! Again, I expected this to be a much faster process on a watch of this caliber.
3. I wanted a watch with a perpetual calendar that showed the current date (7th, 8th, etc.) This watch does just that, but the actual date display is sunk down so low beneath the little cutout window on the watch face that it is almost always partially hidden by a shadow down there. Again, this is typical on most watches... I'm just letting you know in case that's a big deal for you.
All in all, I'd buy this watch again in a split second, (watch humor!) The pros far outweigh the cons. It is a delight to wear. If you can live with these relatively minor issues I've mentioned, then buy this watch. I promise you won't be disappointed! You might just get a little tired of having people ask you about it when you're at the office, at a game, in a restaurant, at the mall... but that's a small price to pay for owning such a fine timepiece!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
another great Citizen watch
This is my fourth Citizen eco drive and its another great watch, no long story from me other than i would aroder it again, its a very nice timepiece.
Published 1 month ago by Shawn Walden
Citizen BL5380-58E, great looking watch...
Purchased this BL5380-58E Eco-Drive one month ago, wow, this is one great looking time piece. The watch looks extremely elegant, yet sporty and super sturdy and durable. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vic
great watch!
Not too BIG or small, just right. Make sure you go to Citizen's website for audio/video instructions on how to set functions.
Published 5 months ago by richbeth95
Great item
Beautiful watch: complex, detailed (but easily readable) face; hefty feeling (but not too heavy); attractive band; and perpetual calendar. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Seth J. Perlman
Love it
I love this watch. I had a glass back Seiko Kinetic for a long time until it stopped charging, that was a really nice watch but it had a design flaw in the capacitor that accepts... Read more
Published 11 months ago by MxChris
Fantastic Watch
The is a beautiful watch that can be worn for almost all occassions. I own several watches and have gotten tired of changing the batteries on them everyfew years, or some of the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Doug Sanders
Great watch
The watch is really great. Adjusting strap length was not too bad. So far I am extremely satisfied with this product. Also it looks fabulous.
Published 14 months ago by Eshan V. Dave
Awesome watch!!
I have long been a fan of Citizen's quality and craftsmanship. After my previous Eco-Drive was scratched up, beat up, and for all intents and purposes.. worn out.. Read more
Published 14 months ago by R. Tracey Pickens
Great Watch
Great Watch
-Nice features and easy to setup
-Beautiful Timepiece
-Perpetual Calendar (If you have problem to setup perpetual calendar, then follow instruction... Read more
-Nice features and easy to setup
-Beautiful Timepiece
-Perpetual Calendar (If you have problem to setup perpetual calendar, then follow instruction... Read more
Published 14 months ago by CiscoRock
Love this watch!
This is an excellent and beautiful watch. Nice looking, it puts a touch of distinction in your wrist. Packed with features. Read more
Published 17 months ago by L. Vergara
