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 - Citizen Eco-Drive Men's Chronograph Great Watch. If you have small wrists then this strap may work for you. Otherwise you'll need to replace it. A 20mm strap from ebay fit perfectly. Rating:  - citizen eco drive canvasexcellent, great price for a eco drive watch!!!! Just be aware if you have large arms/wrists, that the canvas band it comes with may not fit really well. I have med/small wrists and use the 3rd to last loop. You may have to purchase another band! Exceeds expectations, it is comfortable and looks great and I actually use the chronograph and 2nd hand, and above all i never have to change the battery. Rating: - Very niceI got this watch as a gift off my wish list just recently. What attracted me to the watch was it's retro military-esq style and it's simplicity. Time, date, chrono, done. It looks great in person, and is fairly comfortable, i'm hopping it will be even more so after the somewhat stiff strap breaks in a bit. The Eco-drive has worked flawlessly so far, it came out of it's light-less box ticking fine and it hasn't stopped since. The water resistance is nice since i've already gotten it wet a few times doing dishes. There are only two problems that keep me from giving it a full 5 stars. The first, is that the band is very short. I have, what some might refer to as, "little, tiny, girly wrists", and i'm on the 3rd to last notch on the strap out of 7 total. I can't imagine anyone with a normal or, god forbid, large sized wrist wearing this watch comfortably. Again, this isn't a problem for me, but is a poor design overall that could affect others. The other problem is the chronograph. It works fine and is straight forward to use, but the minute hand is terribly hard to read. I don't have the best eyesight, but I really have to squint to tell where it is pointing. It's not a huge deal breaker, I mean how often do you really use a chronograph anyway, but again it is just a poorly thought out piece that others might find annoying. Rating: - Way Bang for the BuckI have owned this watch for exactly a year now, and I wear it every weekend; I'm very happy with the thing. I don't need my Hamilton or Rolex when I'm out geocaching or bike-riding. I keep it in a case all week, and the weekend time on my wrist is enough to have kept it fully charged the whole year. The black dial makes the white hands and numbers exceedingly easy to read. I've banged the crystal a few times against various objects and there are no scratches. I own two other Citizen Eco-Drive watches, and they are superior to the kinetic/automatic watches I have -- you don't need to keep it moving to power it; you don't need to use it every day; you don't need to do anything but wear it once or twice a week to rely on it. I've switched to a leather band, but not because the green canvas (with a rubber back) band is crappy: It's because the green band looks better on my Hamilton and the Hamilton band looks better on the Citizen. All around, an excellent watch that I can depend on. Just wear it when you want and revel in its reliability. My only suggestions for improvement would be that the chronometer were for more than 60 minutes (12 hours would be great) and that it had an alarm. These are the reasons I give it 4, instead of 5, stars. Rating: - Outstanding ProductNo fuss - no frills - only reliable, functional, practical watch that keeps accurate time...
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