Customer Reviews

Citizen Men's BL9000-59F Calibre 9000 Minute Repeater Bracelet Watch

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This is one of those watches that are part of the ecodrive line where the watch gets charged by ambient and sun light. I like the looks of the watch and I get a lot of compliments. the overall design is quite modern perhaps overly so for some taste. At 7 oclock you have a multifunction dial that can show a second time zone, month and year from last leap year, alarm time.

At 3 oclock there is a second hand. There is a video on you tube of a commercial for this watch that shows this second hand moving in a semi sweeping movement fashion as it moves between the ticks that mark out each second but it doesn't move like that.

The minute repeater sounds pretty good as it tries to mimic a mechanical chime, but I dont think there is any mistaking that the sound is electronic even to an untrained ear.

I like the dual button clasp and the bracelet hasn't snagged any hairs off my arm yet.

Overall I think the watch gives you a lot for the price.

I have had many watches, from TAG to Citizen to Accutron. I have to say this is one of the best and most accurate watches i have ever owned. Great design by Citizen, and people are always asking about it. The orange date hand really sets this thing off. The repeater function is nice if your in a dimly lit area where the glow from the dials and hands barely show, then the repeater make it easy to tell the time. This is my 2nd Citizen watch the old one I had was about 10 years old (Promaster series) and worked great until I replaced it with this model. The band is pretty scratch resistant and holds up well to "desk diving" (scratches on the underside of the band caused from rubbing on the desk surface) Citizen makes a durable and reliable watch that wont disappoint.