BL5250 Citizen Watch
The BL5250 ECO-Drive Watch from Citizen has a perpetual calendar and chronograph and features a titanium case with a deep blue dial and genuine brown leather band. The timepiece features a 1/20 second chronograph that measures up to 60 minutes, 12/24 time, dual time, alarm, date indicator, and power saver function. Additional features of the BL5250-02L include an inner calendar automatically adjusting to the proper date. It even adjusts to leap years through the year 2100. It has an independent hour hand adjustment which makes changing time zones simple and precise. The genuine leather strap features attractive white contrast stitching and buckle closure. The Eco-Drive technology means that the watch recharges itself with solar power or indoor light, so you never have to worry about changing a battery as long as you own the watch. That’s good for the environment and your pocketbook.
Highlights of the BL5250:
- Ecologically Friendly
- Light Powered Eco-Drive Charges In Natural Sunlight Or Indoor Light
- Caliber E812 Japanese-quartz movement
- Leather Strap Band
- Alarm
- World Time for Forty-Three Different Cities
- 24 hour Chronograph in 1/20th Second Increments
- Ninety-Nine Minute Countdown Timer With Alarm
- Date Functions
- Tachymeter Inner Chapter Ring
- Water Resistance Up To 200 Meters (660 Feet)
- Unidirectional Rotating Bezel
- Perpetual Calendar To Year 2100
- Low Charge Warning (5 Days Warning)
- Power Reserve of 120 to 270 Days
- Power Save Function
- Charge Times From Full Depletion: 43 Hours In Incandescent Light, 12 Hours In Outdoor/Cloudy Conditions, and 4 Hours In Outdoor/Sunny Conditions
The Citizen BL5250 also has a unidirectional rotating bezel and a round dial with mineral face. The case diameter is 42.9mm, the case thickness is 13mm, and the band width is 20mm. The case is titanium, the strap is leather pig skin, and the dial is a deep blue color making the Citizen BL5250-02L one majestic looking watch.
Typically, an overhead light is enough to keep your watch charged. However, if fully depleted, natural sunlight or a close by artificial light might be needed to re-charge the BL5250. No worries, just take the watch outside if you get in that situation. Now, doesn’t all of the great features want to make you buy BL5250-02L.
A Little History Behind The Citizen And The BL5250
Citizen was founded in 1924. The founders of the company chose the name ‘Citizen’ as a signal that it wanted to be “Close to the Hearts of People Everywhere” and shortly thereafter took on the company’s formal name, Citizen Watch Company, which it still goes by today.
Beyond the large size of the company, Citizen is also recognized as a worldwide leader in advanced time keeping technology. From the world’s slimmest LCD watch to the first voice recognition watch and the world’s first professional dive watch with an electronic depth sensor, Citizen’s has a long history of “world’s firsts”.
During the last seventy-five years Citizen has expanded its business throughout the world and has achieved recognition as the global brand that people know them as today. The past twenty-five years have coincided with the company’s rise to its current position as the world’s largest watchmaker, a distinction Citizen has held each year since 1986.
More recently, Citizen has claimed a new position as the leader in Ecologically Friendly timekeeping with its Eco-Drives watches that are light powered. With models ranging from dress models to sports models to professional dive watches, Citizen Eco-Drive runs continuously in any kind of natural or artificial light for a lifetime of use free of replacing batteries. Fueled by light, it never needs a battery. The Citizen BL5250 proudly utilizes the ECO-Drive technology.
The Citizen website has an interactive instructional portal, so that you can see all how all of the functions in the BL5250-02L work. You can see how to reset all, get the chronograph back to zero position, manually setting the time, manually setting the calendar, and getting the right time zone.