Men's Drive Citizen Eco-Drive CTO Black Leather Strap Watch BM6980-08E

Nice & 👍🏻

Love the watch, classic look, really like the green accents. Keeps perfect time so far.

This is my third Eco-drive watch and they all work great. Only needs light to charge and I've never had any issues with the battery.

Oh, how I wish I could give this watch 5 stars. It's simply beautiful, stylish, very high quality, keeps perfect time, never needs a battery, and has the appealing green highlights (even at the tip of the second hand). Citizen is an excellent brand and make watches that will provide many years of reliable service. Now the reason for my docking a star: the band. The underside is stamped "Genuine Leather" and there's no reason to doubt this. But the issue is that there's a very thin black coating affixed on top that seems to be made out of a vinyl/plastic material. There would be nothing wrong with this if it was stuck on well, but after just one month of use it has started to literally peel off in the section towards the middle that is unavoidably bent whenever I take the watch off. And not only have I not even worn it every day, but I put it on and take it off just once on the days when I've worn it, so hardly excessive wear & tear. Of course, one option would be to just replace the band, but it has the 4 green stitches that add to the watch's overall aesthetic appeal. And really, one shouldn't have to do that with a practically brand new watch anyway, much less one made by Citizen. I still love this watch though, and still recommend it despite the faulty band. I haven't read any other reviews saying they had the same band issue, so maybe this is really just a hiccup with my particular watch for whatever reason.

I bought this watch because a friend had one and was very pleased with it. I find the watch to be simple elegance, well made with a sturdy leather band, and very suitable for recreational or business wear.