Oceanus Watch: Citizen Men's BL5400-52E Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch Review

Average Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars

(More customer reviews)This is a brand new model from Citizen and it is a beautiful watch.It has many of the amazing features as other top Citizen Eco Drive watches.Specifically the Perpetual Calendar, Alarm, Chronograph, Dual Time, and Slide Rule.In this review, I will comment on each feature as well as the overall quality and aesthetics of the watch.

I was looking for a large faced aviator watch and saw many models from Citizen and Seiko. This modelhas a large 48mm diameter face which really catches the eye.The case thickness at 12mm is also not too thick, which was one of my concerns with other large faces watches.It has 4 separate knobs/buttons which have a low profile but are smooth and well finished.The buttons on the right do not dig into your hand like other watches with large knobs.The grooved ring around the face of the watch really adds a lot of BLING that is not overwhelming and very classy.

The watch has an good weight to it so you better like heavy watches.It screams quality whenever you look at it closely and press the buttons.The perpetual calendar ensures that you never need to change the date for different months and leap years.The dual time function allows you to display the time in another time zone that is in 1-hour increments.Unfortunately, it will not display time zones in 30-min increments, so if your second time zone is 4.5 hours behind your main time zone then the watch would not be able to display the exact time in the second time zone. You have to either set it at 4 hours or 5 hours apart from the first time zone.

The alarm and chronograph are selected by rotated the crown to select the desired function.The Alarm rings for 15 seconds and is audible if the watch is near to you.The chronograph can measure time up to 59 minutes and 59 seconds, with an accuracy of 1/20 of a second.

The slide rule allows you to do calculations such as ratios, multiplication, division, and percentages.You can also convert from metric to imperial units by simply moving the dial on the left to the desired position.You will have to download a manual to learn the slide rule.Even if you don't want to use it, you will find that the slide rule makes the watch look refined and technical.I supposed the sliderule could have been implemented as a rotating bezel as on other watches, but this model uses a rotating knob.This adds an extra knob to the watch but ensures that the sliderule is under the glass and not exposed.I think this is more classe that having sliderules, tachymeters, etc. that are exposed on the outer ring of the watch as rotating bezels.

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Product Description:
The silver-tone shine of the Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Sport Watch give it an eye-catching style sure to attract adventure. The silver-tone stainless steel case and bezel offer a solid look to encase the many functions of this watch. The black dial displays luminous indices at each hour position, silver-tone luminous hour, minute, and second hands, and a date window at the four o'clock position. This watch also comes equipped with chronograph features, 12- and 24-hour time, dual time, alarm, and a rotating inner dial ring. The black chronograph subdials feature white luminous hands with Arabic numerals and letters. The stainless steel band fits comfortably and securely fastens by fold-over clasp with hidden double push-button safety. This timepiece features reliable Japanese quartz movement and is protected by a durable mineral crystal window. The watch is water resistant to a depth of 330 feet (100 meters).

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