Citizen Men's Analogue Classic Solar Powered Watch with PU Strap BJ8050-08E

I received my watch today. First and foremost, its a 'watch'. A watch the size of a small planet, but nonetheless still just a watch. It has no chronometer on it, nor a barometer, nor even an altimeter. But you are not buying a Casio here, I suspect if you buy this watch you already decided that you aren't bothered about bells and whistles. It tells you the time and date, glows like a neutron star in the dark, and doubles up as a blunt-force object if you are ever caught in a tricky spot against some big lads sporting tattoos and steel cap boots. You can also wear it in a cat5 hurricane and not worry about it failing on you. Its a tool watch, and it serves that purpose in droves. Plus it looks DAMN good. Its a watch that serves as ego-food for those who want everyone ELSE to know what they are wearing. This will just keep going, and going, and ... well, you get the point. And you can dive with it, it has ISO certified water resistance down to 300m/1000ft. The extension strap for wearing the watch over a dive suit, or a big thick Shetland wool jumper, is a welcome addition. Packaging is nice, the black box with silver trim instantly tells you you bought a watch that your neighbour never even realised existed, let alone might be sitting on his mantelpiece. This is an eco-drive, so works on both indoor and outdoor light. It supposedly has a 180 day reserve when full, so shouldn't ever run out of juice with normal use. I suspect this might just be the last watch I will 'need' for quite some time. Desire is another matter, but I wont have a material need for a working watch because I suspect this will be on my wrist in 10yrs time still going like a beast. The date is a little small, but that seems to be the trend in dive watches. If I need the date its on my smartphone or the TV guide, so its not a dealbreaker at all. Its not so small that you cant see it with a little prolonged focus, or with reading glasses. There is talk of how uncomfortable the strap is. Myself, it seems fine. Not uncomfortable at all. No more than any other rubber strapped watch I have. I will probably get the suppaparts or citi adaptors, in case I decide a NATO strap is the way to go in the future. Right now im blissed out that it is on my wrist in person, a big smile on my face. This watch is no joke, its a total monster. A very worthwhile purchase. UPDATE- Three weeks in, this might just be the most accurate watch i've ever seen. I set it by BBCNews when I got it, and its not lost or gained a single second. Not ONE! Unbelievable. Every hour BBCNews hits the hour, and the EcoZilla matches it to the tick. Incredible watch, BUY! I doubt a £2000 watch would match it for accuracy

I also bought a Rotary watch for similar money, both this and the Rotary are Dive watches, but this is far superior in terms of build quality and luminescents. It is a big watch, well huge, so not a dress watch as it's thick and heavy and the strap is very stiff, but it's actually very comfortable to wear (and I don't have big wrists). This watch is a bit of a collector's piece, as well as a fantastic watch to wear, and at circa £230, it's a really good price. It came well packaged in a scuba tank "box" and it is a watch you'll love to own.

unfortunately had problem with my parcel content, but was quick sort out, new replacement received, thank

What a watch! Very heavy but I am used to chunky G Shocks so not a problem. The lume lights the bedroom up and lasts all night! I. Look forward to diving with it and looking at the build quality it will last years and probably even an earthquake. The only negative point I have and it’s worth being aware of is, I received the watch in a Citizen cardboard watch box, not the waterproof ‘peli’ box or miniature dive cylinder as other people have so maybe a note to Amazon to make people aware in the advert how the watch will be presented after purchasing it. So I was disappointed. But over all if you don’t mind the weight of it and the size then snap one up as it’s a classic timepiece that will last for years!

The second hand never landed correctly on any of the second markers and the outer bezel felt loose and cheap

Big , hefty, super solid, comfortable to wear plus luminescence on this watch is out of this world. Love everything about it.

I have owned citizen aqualands for the last 20 odd years and have always loved the functionality, size and reliability. This time around I wanted something purely analogue and eco-drive and this absolutely ticked the box. The size isn't an issue and doesn't feel much different to previous Citizens. It looks great and does what a watch is supposed to do - tell the time. The only issue I have is the strap. Firstly it is unique to the watch, which means that come replacement time it will cost me almost half of paid for the watch to buy a new strap, or fork out for lug adapters to fit a std strap. Secondly it is really stiff and inflexible making it an uncomfortable wear, I am hoping that this changes over time but I'm not sure why citizen chose to make it so stuff in the first place. Either way I think I'll have to buy £50 lug adapters to solve the problem.

Very straightforward and simplistic yet "in your face" bulk and weight Citizen Diver's watch. EcoDrive power source and apparently water proof to a depth of 300 metres, but realistically how many of us are ever likely to test that fact in real life? A heavy, no nonsense timepiece nevertheless which looks and feels like it could withstand a planetary collision with Citizen's proven track record of reliability, accuracy and attractiveness on the wrist! No alarm, chronograph, radio-control or world time fannying about, just hours, minutes, seconds and a small date window which will need adjusting when there are less than 31 days in the month etc. Go buy it!

Toppie horloge!

Tolle Uhr, sehr chick

Justo lo que se espera de este reloj. No le doy la máxima comodidad porque es un "tocho" de reloj, más bien es una caja fuerte con una máquina de reloj dentro. El bisel podría estar mejor conseguido, pero no desmerece en nada al artículo en su conjunto. Excelente opción si te gusta el buceo, o sencillamente no te apetece estar quitándotelo para duchas, nataciones y otras actividades acuáticas; y no te asusta llevar un reloj pesado.

i've wanted one of these for a long time, and it may have satisfied my need for any more watches. admittedly, i've already purchased some 50 amazing dive watches, so that's part of the reason, but this is such a satisfying 'hockey puck' (as it's called) for someone in love with giant legit dive watches, that it may be all i've ever needed. and if that's your thing, maybe you too. as a review, we already know it's huge, however because of there being no lugs, it wears shockingly well for such a huge watch (i'm a 7" wrist). while heavy and 18mm thick, it balances and sits quite well, if that's a concern. as for everything else, it's all good (as they say). no bezel alignment issues with this or any Citizen as with one other infamous Japanese powerhouse brand. in fact everything is superbly and accurately built and put together. the lume is stunning and equal to first class anywhere. the bezel is what diver nuts dream about: locked in, no backplay, perfectly aligned. that strap is a stiff one, like none other. but since this is foremost a world class diver, the strap qualifies as that and will after a half-dozen wearings conform to your wrist as if molded. personally i love the slight dome on the crystal, and in true diver fashion it is mineral glass to prevent shattering for use as a pro-diver. the bezel is one of the most enjoyable to dial, and even the 60 clicks are a joy...who needs 120. the only issue i should mention is one common to all quartz: the secs hand hitting the markers right on. after fully charged i've found it does one of the better quartz movement jobs of nailing markers...this one hitting right on virtually 100% of the time after a day of being charged (was hitting a little off, but after more of a charge it's amazing). Citizen is one of the best in this dept, tho i did need to return one of these (the yellow strap) a year ago over that issue. thankfully that wasn't the case here as i fell in love with this out the box. speaking of which, given that this was first offered in 2013, it's truly 'vintage'. not sure when this one was made, but it barely had a charge from being in the box. once sunlight hit it, it have a 2sec/2single sec movement, which means it had totally lost it's charge. after research i found when that happens, to charge it with the crown fully out for at least a minute, then if wanted you can keep charging with it in. that tells the watch to reset, and it will begin going in the normal undercharged 2sec intervals. at that point it was so low it took 10 hours under a fluorescent light to get to one sec intervals, and another few hours as well to hit the markers spot on. i've found that with solar watches, if they're low charged, even if not 2sec intervaling, they tend to be slightly less accurate on the markers (clearly an issue with me). Citizens are scads better at quartz/marker accuracy than that other Japanese maker, but the only quartz watches i've found to literally nail the markers with the sec hand are very high end: the $600 Citizen satellite controlled solar diver and the $1800 ($2700 retail) solar diver...both of which i have. do note, i love this $325 Citizen every bit as much as those, and it indeed has just as much wrist presence or more.

Orologio magnifico e gigantesco, praticamente un bestione. Acquistato per collezionismo in quanto non faccio immersioni. È in tutto e per tutto un orologio tecnico, quindi non ha nulla in comune con la gran parte dei segna tempo. Partendo dalla cassa d'acciaio massiccia, che sembra uno strumento da barca, fino al rigido cinturino di gomma, il tutto è concepito per le immersioni in profondità. Luminosità degli indici al buio ovviamente ottima, quindi leggibilità complessiva efficace. Aggiungo che, anche se non sembra, è molto comodo da portare per via soprattutto della corona situata ad ore 9. Il cinturino al mio polso da 19 cm va bene e credo che se fosse stato meno rigido, vista la grossa cassa, avrebbe perso stabilità. Invece una volta allacciato non si muove di un millimetro. Il peso è in linea con i diver con bracciale in acciaio per cui non dà alcun fastidio. Un commento su un particolare che alcuni lamentano come difetto: il gioco che si percepisce premendo sulla lunetta girevole è dato dal fatto che sotto la stessa è presente una molletta e solitamente una sfera che ruotando su un anello dentato emette il classico ticchettio con appunto i 60 scatti. Detto ciò, chiaramente il "gioco" è dato dalla molletta interna che tiene sollevata la lunetta. Fin qui le cose positive. Ora veniamo alle cose che non mi sono piaciute. L'orologio è arrivato completamente scarico, cioè fermo, ed essendo un eco drive la cosa non va bene. L'ho messo sotto una lampada a led e dopo circa 15/20 minuti ha cominciato a dare segni di vita, ossia la lancetta dei secondi ha ripreso a muoversi. Spero pertanto non dia problemi in futuro. Ultima cosa alquanto fastidiosa, dopo averlo ordinato il prezzo è sceso all'improvviso di 20 euro. Queste sono le cose di Amazon che non mi piacciono affatto...