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Product Catalog > A-C > Citizen Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Nighthawk Watch #BJ7000-52E By: Citizen  Average Rating: 4.50 Total Reviews: 9 Price: Sale: $189.00 Prices subject to change Product Description: A serious timepiece for the serious watch collector, the Citizen BJ7000-52E stainless steel men's watch offers powerful timekeeping functions for your favorite aeronaut. The large round watch case measures approximately 1.6 inches in diameter. It has a thin silver bezel the houses a black dial with a pilot's inner rotating slide rule bezel, which is operated by the secondary crown at 8 o'clock. It has large luminous hands and markers for readability and low-light visibility and dual time (GMT) capability. The triple link bracelet band is composed of brushed silver stainless steel pieces, and it's joined by a push-button folding safety clasp. Other features include a water resistance to 200 meters (660 feet), low-charge indicator window, power saver function, and a scratch-resistant, non-reflective mineral crystal. Shipping Information Returns Reviews Eco-Friendly Watch That Calculates Fuel Consumption, Speed, Arrival time etc...,  by: delmarco on: 23-Apr 2006 Sweet watch, I've been wearing mine for 4 months. I'm an Environmental Engineering Student and I also currently own an Omega Speedmaster ($2100 graduation gift from Dad) and a Titanium Pro-Trek Casio Triple Sensor Watch (Compass, Altimeter & Temperature $295.00) that I used for my previous job as an outdoors wilderness instructor. Both those watches are extreme (the Casio being too rugged, big and bulky the Omega being very freaking expensive) for everyday use and wanted something that suited my keen personality, short budget and modern taste. I never liked anything in terms of jewelry or watches from department stores or malls, but when I walked into MACY's during Christmas shopping last december at the local mall I saw these Eco-Drive watches for the first time. Citizen makes some ugly and very old fashioned timepieces, yet the Nighthawk Eco-Drive is very different and far more classy than any other Citizen watch on the shelf. I tried it on and was sold. The features are amazing, apart from all the other "timekeeping-based and solar powered-based features you can read about everywhere else on the internet, the Nighthawk also has a multi-functional Slide Rule. This is not really praised or mentioned anywhere else so I will tell you what it is, what it does and why it makes owning this watch very cool! With the slide rule you can calculate your car's fuel consumption, average speed/velocity and the time you will arrive at your destination, you can also multiply and divide numbers, calculate ratio's into percentages, integers and decimals, covert liters to gallons, pounds to kilograms as well as other metric conversions. The slide rule also performs a few more complicated calculations that involve airplanes and nautical vessels that are beyond my understanding. At any rate, these calculations can be done by simply rotating the NightHawk's bezel and matching specific arrows at certain points along the dial. (If you don't believe me, you can download the Nighhawk's PDF manual and read up on it for yourself.) In fact, it is easier than using a calculator and clears up the big mystery of what people used before computers and electronic calculators were invented; they used the "Slide Rule". Being a grad student, I've read about the slide rules in a variety of classes but I never thought that I would own one on my next watch. I also would have never guessed that the slide rule is so efficient and easier to use than the graphics calculators we use in school. The only negatives cocerning the Slide Rule feature on the NightHawk are the numbers on the slide rule dial are small and angled inwards so that they are tricky to read without tilting the watch around to get a good view of the numbers. Also the slide rule only approximates and produces whole numbers for some of the more advanced calculations. Overall, I found that the useful geek-features, outdoorsman durability, everyday comfort and eco-friendliness to be well synthesized in the classy steel body of the Nighthawk Eco-Drive. Nighthawk by: prrodrig on: 27-Feb 2006 The watch is wonderful! My husband is thrilled with it. Thank you. A fine watch to have  by: Anonymous on: 27-Feb 2006 Citizen Eco-drive Nighthawk is a great watch to have. Its craftsmanship is wonderful. Looks awfully nice. I wanted to have the titanium version but was a bit pricy - so ended up with stainless steel one. Keeps perfect time. Eco-drive means no change of battery. One of the big reasons I bought it was the slide rule. Not that I use the slide rule often. However, if you are a fan of slide rule - you will love it. As some other reviewers mentioned it will be good to have stop watch, day, month etc functionalities. But even without all that it is a awfully nice watch to wear. The dial is a bit big and it's a bit heavy. I don't know whether pilots find this useful or not - but if you are a watch lover, it is a great watch to own and wear. Awesome by: re_can on: 25-Feb 2006 The Citizen Ec-Drive Nighthawk is a great watch that looks, feels and performs at a much greater level than its price suggests! Much like an Omega at a price of hundreds less- add that to its eco friendly design and forward styling and you got a hit- big, but not too big- I definitely suggest it
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