
Find your next Citizen Eco watch at a great price on Eco-drive Solar Watches.Citizen Men's BL8000-54L Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Perpetual Calendar Watch Overview: This Citizen Eco-drive Calibre 8700 watch keeps time, never needs a battery change, is easy to read, has a calendar, an alarm, and looks cool.what more could one want?Ĭitizen watches in general are rugged, reliable, accurate, and with the Eco-Drive and Perpetual calendar, completely self-sufficient. The most efficient and the quickest is in direct bright sunlight (not windowsill) and never on the dashboard of a car. Never use a halogen lamp since the heat generated by it can cause damage to your watch. How can the Eco-Drive watch be recharged?īesides sunlight, it can be safely charged by exposing it to a fluorescent desk lamp, with the dial (face) up and within about 8 inches or an incandescent lamp (regular light bulb) no closer than 20 inches. If your watch is put away where no light is available to it while in a fully charged state, depending on the model, it will run for from 45 days to 5 years. How long will an Eco-Drive watch run after it is fully charged? A very important feature of Eco-Drive is the Low Charge Warning Mode which as a result of low battery voltage, causes the second hand to jump two seconds at a time (while still keeping correct time). In normal use, the watch displays the time and the sweep-second hand moves in one second intervals. How can you tell if the Eco-Drive watch is getting enough light? Find bargain priced Citizen Eco Calibre watches at Eco Drive Solar Watches. The Citizen Eco Calibre 8700 fueled by light, it never needs a battery. It also offers luminous, black-outlined hands (with seconds hand), a date function at 4 o'clock, and Arabic numeral 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). Other features includes a dual-time function for tracking a second time zone, scratch resistant mineral crystal with anti-reflective coating, as well as water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet). Warranty Type: 5-yr manufacturer warranty


It has a blue dial background with three subdials for 24-hour, day, and month as well as date window at 4 o'clock.Ĭlasp: fold-over-clasp-with-hidden-push-button The Citizen Eco Calibre 8700 has solid stainless steel case and bracelet. A solar cell underneath converts the light and stores it as energy. Ĭalibre is powered by Citizen's unique Eco-Drive technology, which absorbs sunlight and any artificial light through the Eco Calibre's crystal and its dials.

Citizen Eco-Drive Calibre 8700 Perpetual Calendar Watch is loaded with style and time-keeping features that work well for the business or casual man.
