5 Citizen Eco-Drive Watches from Recent Baselworld Shows


Japan’s Citizen Watch Co. introduced a number of watches at recent Baselworld shows, many powered by the brand’s renowned Eco-Drive solar technology, which absorbs power for the movement from sunlight. Here are five Citizen Eco-Drive watches (prices included) that are in stores now.

The Citizen Eco-Drive Dress (Ref. BU2016-00A) has a two-tone stainless steel/rose gold case measuring 44 mm in diameter. The silver dial has applied rose-gold-toned indices. The watch, which contains Citizen’s Eco-Drive Caliber 8729, has an analog day and date display and both 12-hour and 24-hour time indication. The Eco-Drive Dress comes on a black alligator strap and retails for $325.

Citizen Eco-Drive DressThe Citizen Eco-Drive Avion (Ref. AW1361-01E) is a military aviator-style timepiece with a 45-mm stainless steel case, black dial, and black leather strap with white contrast stitching. The date at 3 o’clock and pointer at 12 o’clock are reminiscent of vintage pilots’ watches. The watch indicates the time on both 12-hour and 24-hour scales. The price is $185.

Citizen Eco-Drive Avion

The men’s version of the new Citizen Eco-Drive Chrono-Time (Ref. BY0100-51H) is a chronograph but also much more. Its movement, Caliber H610, not only includes the Eco-Drive technology but also features Citizen’s atomic clock synchronization for greater timekeeping accuracy. The watch offers world times for 26 cities on a UTC display, a 1/5-second chronograph that can record time intervals up to 60 minutes, a perpetual calendar with date display, an alarm function, and a power reserve indicator. The Eco-Drive Chrono-Time has a 44-mm stainless steel case and bracelet and a nonreflective sapphire crystal. It is priced at $695.

Citizen Eco-Drive Chrono-Time

 

Another chronograph watch, the Citizen Eco-Drive Shadowhawk (Ref. CA4170-51E), has a textured black dial, with luminous accents on the hands, indices and numerals, ringed by a tachymeter-scale flange which the wearer can use to record speeds up to Mach 2. Its 1/5-second chronograph measures times up to one hour and a subdial at 3 o’clock shows the time on a 24-hour scale. The stainless steel case is 43 mm in diameter and has a nonreflective mineral crystal. The Eco-Drive Shadowhawk, which comes on a stainless steel bracelet, costs $495.

Citizen Eco-Drive Shadowhawk

Also equipped with a 1/5-second chronograph function capable of measuring up to an hour of elapsed time, the Citizen Eco-Drive Ecosphere (Ref. CA4154-15E) is a big, sporty timepiece with a 48-mm case and a black polyurethane strap. The orange areas of the steel case have a “Chroma-finish,” which gives them the smooth feel of a new car. The black dial, with orange accents, displays the time in 12-hour and 24-hour format and the date in a window at 4:30, and is surrounded by a tachymeter scale. The price of the Citizen Eco-Drive Ecosphere is $395.

Citizen Eco-Drive Ecosphere

This article was originally published on April 27, 2014, and has been updated.

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  1. Rody Nilsson

    Hej rody här jag söker dig jag vill beställa citizen färg orange så fint ok tack så jättemycket trevlig dag ha det bra du med hälsningar från Rody

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  2. Rody Nilsson

    Hej Rody här jag söker dig jag viłl beställa klocka citizen Eco drive urtavla orange ok tack så jättemycket trevlig Ikväll hälsningar Rody nilsson min adress Rody nilsson nyforsgatan 3 D 1113 lgh 632 25 Eskilstuna mobilnr hoppas vi hörs igen strax sov gott hälsningar Rody nilsson

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  3. Luz Flores

    I have a Citizen Eco-Drive Skyhawk Blue Angels pilot watch. It is a Citizen stainless steel band, China. Bottom of watch says, Stainless Steel Watch Co. Japan. GN 4 – S. I would like to know the value or approximate value of this watch. Thank you.

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  4. john mcginnis

    Of all the new Citizen watches available, which one would you recommend for a S.C.U.B.A. diver down to 200 meters?

    I am ready to buy.

    Thanks, John

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    • john travis

      I have 6 citizen watches and definitely would recommend any Skyhawk watch hope this answers your question JT

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  5. ioancio alex

    It happened with me with a Timex. I get out from my work and give it away as a gift for the first good friend I met. Since then I am sleeping well

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  6. Robin Henry

    These are great watches at really good prices. I have two Citizen Eco-Drive watches and they are excellent. The only challenge I had was getting the perpetual date feature of one of them to work accurately … it took around five years of trial and error (I’m not joking). I was so annoyed on one occasion I was going to throw the watch out.

    Now that the date setting is working as it should … very complex setting it, it runs along as good as a Swiss watch.

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