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The
Eco-Drive watch by Citizen is a solar powered wristwatches. These
new Eco-Drive watches will never need to have the battery replaced.
And they come in a wide variety of styles for both men and women.
The
main feature of the eco-Drive watches is the way it store the
solar energy.
The dial on eco drive watches is made from ceramic or a special
plastic. This allows the light sensitive panel that is hidden
in eco drive watches to absorb enough light.
In eco drive watches there is a light sensitive photo electric
cell hidden right underneath the dial. This panel converts light
into electrical energy even in low light. A few minutes of daylight
provides enough energy to run a eco drive watch for a day.
One important lesson here, it is not a 100% solor powered watch.
It just convert solar energy by charging the lithium-ion battery
stored inside the watch.
The
lithium-ion battery will probably run this watch forever. It usually
is designed to run on a full charge for 180 days, (or 6 months).
It takes 3.5 hours to charge fully, in sunlight; and 1 minute
to charge for one day's worth of power.
One
word of caution. It is not easy to operate and set. So, do remember
to keep the operating manual handy with you.
As
for me, I got a BL5180-57L. a soft copy of the manual can be downloaded
here. If you have other model and need to look for the operating
manual, let me know. I will try my best to find it for you.
Manual Download:
BL5xxx | BJ1xxx
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Citizen
Men's Titanium Eco-Drive Chronograph Watch with Black Dial - A
review from Amazon
This is a superbly designed watch with many advanced features
such as chronograph, world time zone settings and alarms.
It
is an Eco-drive watch, the battery will lasts practically forever
and it keeps accurate time.
There
have been some complains about the crystal scratches, but to date,
I have no scratches (1 year of ownership and constant wear).
The
timezone features comes in handy expecially for business travelers
who don't like resetting their watch all the time. You can hit
two buttons and switch to the new time zone while still showing
your hometown in the digital display.
There
are two great additions available for pilots - the right small
dial shows UTC (aka universal time), this is very handy when you
don't have time to figure out how many hours to deduct (or add)
to get to UTC when traveling East/West. The outer dial also allows
you to do your time & fuel calculations.
Buy
Citizen Men's Titanium Eco-Drive Chronograph Watch with Black
Dial from Amazon
You
can aslo find a full range of Eco-Drive watches here
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| Pulsar |Lorus|
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