More recently, Citizen has staked out a new position as the leader in Ecologically Friendly timekeeping with its Eco-Drives watches that are light powered. 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. 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.īeyond sheer size, Citizen is also recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced technology. 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.ĭuring the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as the global brand. This watch's Eco-Drive provides a 180-day power reserve, and it can be recharged with just 4 hours of exposure to light. With regular exposure to light, the Eco-Drive continuously recharges itself for a lifetime of use. This watch is powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the crystal and dial to recharge the watch continuously. Other features includes a dual-time function for tracking a second time zone, scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating, and water resistance to 330 feet (100 meters).

It also offers luminous, black-outlined hands (with seconds hand), a date function at 4 o'clock, and Roman numeral dial markers. The silvery white dial background is accented by day-of-the-week and 24-hour subdials, as well as a mode subdial that displays the selected function (local time, calendar, alarm).

It features a perfectly round silver-tone stainless steel watch case and bezel that's complemented by a supple black leather strap with crocodile-like texturing.

More than just pretty face, the Citizen Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 stainless steel men's watch also has a perpetual calendar that automatically adjusts for odd and even months and leap years through 2100.

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