Watch review: Citizen BL5470-57L Eco-Drive perpetual chrono

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Hey ho, it’s time for another watch review. You can move right along if that ain’t your cuppa. I won’t hold it against you.

Today I’m reviewing the Citizen BL5470-57L Eco-Drive perpetual chronograph, which was my everyday watch for a couple years before I bought and mostly switched to my Citizen Brycen (which shares a functionally identical movement, so I’ll be drawing comparisons throughout this review). I chose and purchased this baby with the intention of making it my (sub-$500) grail, my forever-watch, at least until hedonic adaptation caught up with me. To be fair, I’ve been quite happy with it, even if it doesn’t get much wrist time anymore, for reasons I’ll get into later.

And so, let’s dive into everything that’s good, beautiful, nitpicky, bad and shameful about this little beaut.

Watch review: Citizen BL5250-02L “Brycen”

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I’ve decided to start reviewing my watch collection, just because I can (and also because I’ve been binging Nick Shabazz review videos and I wanted to give it a go, and this is my blog you can’t stop me). Feel free to ignore this and other reviews if it isn’t your thing.

Below is a review of my newest watch, Citizen’s BL5250-02L “Brycen”, using my time-untested system of The Good (for things that please me), The Beautiful (for places where the watchmaker went beyond the call of duty), The Nitpicks (for details that bug me but probably not anyone else), The Bad (for kinks that should’ve been ironed out) and The Shameful (for flaws that really have no reason to be there).

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— Specs —

List price: US $425
Display: Analog (hour, minute & second hands), 12-hour Arabic & index markers, 3 subdials (10-o’clock 24-hour dial, 2-o’clock function dial/chronograph 1/20 seconds, 6-o’clock mode dial), 4-o’clock date, tachymeter chapter ring
Crystal: Mineral
Dial color: Bluish black
Luminescence: Hour hand, minute hand, second hand (tail), mode subdial hand, hour markers, 12-o’clock bezel pearl
Case material: Titanium, silver, polished/brushed
Case size: 43 mm wide, 13 mm thick
Bezel material: Titanium, silver, polished
Bezel function: Unidirectional
Water resistance: 200 m
Calendar: Date (perpetual calendar)
Other features: Chronograph (1/20 sec., up to 60 mins.), daily alarm, dual time zone, low power warning
Movement: Quartz (light-powered)
Power reserve: 9 months
Accuracy: ~ +0.08 secs./day (specs: +/- 15 secs./month)
Band: Brown genuine crocodile leather, white stitching
Clasp: Pin buckle
Band/lug width: 22 mm
Year: 2006
Weight: 2.56 oz.

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Daily Links: 07/19/17 – Minneapolis, MN cop kills unarmed woman in PJs who called 911

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Micro-review: War for the Planet of the Apes – A solidly written and executed story, amplified by powerhouse leads in both Andy Serkis and Woody Harrelson. You really care for those damn dirty apes’ struggle. 8½ monkey paws out of 10.

• Minneapolis, MN: Woman ^[pictured] in PJs calls police over possible assault in alley. Cops arrive. Woman approaches car, starts talking to officer. Other cop immediately shoots her dead. Can’t wait to hear the police union’s defense for this one.

• EU Parliament committees vote to expand and worsen copyright laws, would impose fees just for linking to certain (free) material.

• Experts warn the UK’s nanny-statist plan to force adult websites to verify users’ age with ID checks starting next year is unworkable and would lead to a privacy nightmare, so of course the gov’t is ramming it through anyway.
  (via Privacy Online News)

• Lengthy exposé by the Australian ABC finds plenty of overlap between domestic abuse and evangelical Christian beliefs.
  (via @religionnews)

• And finally, on the “limited government” hypocrisy of drug warriors like Jeff Sessions.
  (via @fark)

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