Citizen Eco-Drive Men's Titanium Perpetual Calendar Watch #BL5350-59L

Quartz movement, Dress watch, Eco-Drive solar powered, Chronograph, Perpetual calendar, Brushed silver-tone hand with luminous accents, Polished silver-tone raised markers with luminous accents, Analog date display, White indices and numbers on outer border of dial, 12/24 dual time, Polished titanium navy blue uni-directional rotating bezel with a silver-tone border and numbers, Polished titanium crown and selector buttons, Brushed/polished titanium case, Brushed titanium caseback, Comes with interactive instructional CD-Rom, 100 meters/330 feet water resistant
Customer Review: Beautiful, bezel feels a bit loose, complicated to set
This is a beautiful watch, I agree totally with other reviewers on that point. The waves on the face are very attractive, and the overall look of the watch is very handsome without being too tech or too fancy. I do not find the watch "too light" as some others have. I have some other titanium watches, this watch feels as solid as they do, it is certainly lighter than my steel watches, but "heft" and "quality" are not the same to me. It's naturally lighter than steel such as the Seiko Velatura series Seiko Men's Sportura Retrograde Chronograph Watch #SPC001, but definitely not so light so as to feel flimsy. Turning the bezel on this watch gives me a feeling that the mechanism is a bit rough, since it does not turn in a super smooth and precise way, but it seems to work fine, I have no functional problems with it. The bezel wiggles a bit as pointed out by other reviewers. Setting this watch is classic Citizen, which is to say, somewhat complicated. With mine I had to perform a zero-location all reset, followed by a time set, then a date set, then a leap year set, then a month set. The process was pretty confusing at first, and the hands kept moving in random ways until I got the hang of it. Maybe it would be easier if I wasn't such a numbskull -- I'm just a professor of surgery in a well-known Boston medical school ;). Hopefully, I won't have to set it frequently. To their great credit, Citizen has a very useful website that is easy to navigate and it saved me from almost giving up on this watch by leading me through the setting process with clear, flash-video based instructions. The chronometer function is easy to use. The 1/20 second indicator hand seems pretty much useless, but who knows, maybe I'll be using this to hand-time the next Olympics.....or not. I I don't think I can start the timer with 1/20 of a second accuracy, nor can I stop the timer that precisely, so the reading on the 1/20 second dial is just eye candy. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Overall a beautiful, accurate, functional watch at a good price.
Customer Review: Is Eco-Drive Perfect?
This is an all Titanium watch though the specifications above say the bracelet is stainless steel. This watch weighs 100 grams (45mm wide) while another, slightly smaller Titanium Eco-Drive weighs 88 grams. The bracelet accents are polished and the rest of the bracelet brush finished. The dual-button release clasp is brushed and the buttons are flush to the clasp, you must depress them. You can only resize the bracelet by removing links, the clasp is not adjustable in any way. There are 2 half-width links for more fine adjustment possibilities, a welcome feature. Omega Seamaster design cues are numerous: the deep blue watch face, the blue bezel, the wavy line pattern on the solar cells(!), the bracelet design, button placement. This is an understated version of a Seamaster while only costing just about as much as tax on a Titanium Seamaster! Also with zero maintenance costs for required servicing. A potential issue is the slight play in the one-way bezel. It has give and can wiggle around, it is not as rock solid as some Citizen models. If the bezel stays just this loose for the life of the watch, that's acceptable, as it feels "broken-in". A prior Eco-Drive I wear is still flawless after a decade of near daily use. I can only hope that the more complex mechanism in this model is as bullet proof. It feels like it is so far, the only complaint has nothing to do with the watch: the famous Green Citizen's Box is a thin cardboard joke compared to the thick, cylindrical velvet-lined watch mausoleums they used to supply. This is a lot of watch for the money, and an obvious Seamaster Variant.