I’ve been impressed with my reading of the “Eco-drive”, which I’ve had similarly in some G-shocks I’ve kept. I’m just now looking at getting my new Citizen BN0055-53E in the next day or two. There are hundreds of styles and the $300 model I bought 10 years ago can be reasonablly purchased today for half that price.īTW, a few years ago, my watch stopped keeping the proper reserve, and now as long as it is in the light, it works, but put it in the dark and it will stop in a day or so. □ I still recommend them to anyone wanting a new watch. I think I just like the idea of a watch needing virtually no maintenance for 10 years. They seemed kind of cheap, but I also see plastic gears in some expensive Seikos. I have worked on a few and when I took the backs off of some of them I saw too many plastic gears. I’m not sure if the new ones are not as well buildt as the older ones. After 10 years, I probably would have gone through 5-6 rubber straps by now. Instead of paying $25 for a new band rubber strap, I opted to pay $50 for a stainless steel band made specifically for that watch. The only problem I had was that after a year, I tore the strap. ![]() I don’t know how to access the inside to change the battery or capacitor, I guess it comes out through the front if you remove the bezel and crystal. I thought I bought my watch in 1997 but Don’s review makes me think we got them in 1999. It’s the same with the titanium watch, but the wear is not noticeable because of the color of the band. I notice the finish has completely worn off on the gold tone watch in certain places under my wrist. □įinally, for those of you with gold tone watches, have you seen any wear on the finish? Both of my watches have wear in the same places, (probably due to where my wrist is while typing). When digitals came out, we gave the exact time, (“It’s 2:13”.) I don’t remember my first watches even having a second hand. When I was growing up, if you asked me for the time, I would say, “half past”, or “quarter of”. I find it interesting that we care so much about how accurate it is. Then I use either my cell phone clock, or my computer clock to set the time. Regarding setting the time, I pull the stem out all the way and the second hand stops. You can see this is you have a long sleeve shirt covering it and then lift up the sleeve to look at the watch. My new watch will actually not move the second hand at all when the watch is in the dark, then when the watch is exposed to light, the second hand will swing to the position where it would have been if it kept moving. Regarding the energy saving features, my old Citizen watch, (the one in this review) moves the second hand at two second intervals when the battery is low. I don’t believe he has replaced his battery either. When my brother and I bought our watches, (a few months apart), he told me that eventually the battery would need to be replaced. ![]() Regarding the battery life, I don’t know what to do to get a dead watch to come back to life- other than replacing the battery. But if you need to remove an uneven number of links, don’t remove them all from the same side. Regarding the links, since they move around on the wrist, I don’t think it matters to remove the same number from both sides. I think it is a design flaw because my other watch has a titanium band, and it is also made in China, but it doesn’t pinch at all. (Interestingly, the watch is made in Japan, but the band is made in China.) The other thing about the band I don’t like is that the band tends to pinch the hairs on my wrist a lot. For one, the gold tone finish on the band is already starting to wear off. But there are a few things I do not like about it, both related to the band. It’s an amazing watch, with all sorts of functions. My brother, who buys old and unique watches and repairs them, told me he had a Citizen Model BL5182-51P sitting in the sun on his windowsill for the past year, and he said I could have it if I wanted it. The old one still works great, (and I still have not changed the battery.) But I wanted one with gold tones. Interestingly, I just got a new EcoDrive watch.
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