Citizen

Citizen Men's BL5400-52A Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch

• 1/20 second chronograph - measures up to 60 Minutes
• Screw-back case; case diameter: 48mm
• 12/24 hour time; dual time; alarm

Product Description

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The silver-tone shine of the Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch give it an eye-catching style sure to attract adventure. The silver-tone stainless steel case and bezel offer a solid look to encase the many functions of this watch. The silver dial displays luminous indices at each hour position, silver-tone luminous hour, minute, and second hands, and a date window at the four o'clock position. This watch also comes equipped with chronograph features, 12- and 24-hour time, dual time, alarm, and a rotating inner dial ring. The black chronograph subdials feature white luminous hands with Arabic numerals and letters. The stainless steel band fits comfortably and securely fastens by fold-over clasp with hidden double push-button safety. This timepiece features reliable Japanese quartz movement and is protected by a durable mineral crystal window. The watch is water resistant to a depth of 330 feet (100 meters).

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: 4.8 x 4.3 x 4.1 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 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: B002NEFI44
• Item model number: BL5400-52A
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,369 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Watch!, March 26, 2010

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B. Ortego (LA) - See all my reviews
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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 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Durable, Well-Designed Aviator-style Watch, November 23, 2010

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B. Wiechel (Hamilton, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Citizen Men's BL5400-52A Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch (Watch)

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 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch #BL5400-52A, April 10, 2010

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Thomas C. Knueppel (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews
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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.