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Citizen make high quality watches, reknowed for both their reliability and their style, which is the reason that they are the ‘Official Timekeeper and the Official Watch of the U.S. Open’. Citizen’s role as an elite sponsor of the event is to ensure that every match is perfectly timed and that every score is quickly shown on large screens after every ball is played. The tennis players at the U.S. Open will all be striving to finish their season on a high as this event is the final Grand Slam of the year. Over the last five years there have been more T.V. Viewers of this competition than of any other tennis tournament in the world. With so many viewers and the top tennis players in the world to please the organisers have to insist that exceptional equipment is used throughout the tournament to create an streamlined experience for everyone involved and to bring out the best in the world class players. Citizen are well equipped to achieve this.

Citizen are the worlds largest watch maker, a position that they have held since 1986. They have made many key technological advances in the world of watches. Citizen made the first dive watch with an electronic depth sensor, proving that they have the necessary know how to combine time keeping and electronic functionality. Their eco-friendly Eco-Drive technology has revolutionised the way that watches are powered. Citizen Eco-Drive watches are powered by light and never need a battery change. They frequently produce cutting edge watches such as the Citizen Gents Perpetual Calendar Watch that needs adjusting only four times in every 400 years and it is powered by light, truly impressive technology!

Watch out for more amazing tennis this year at the U.S. Open which is taking place between August 31^st and September the 13^th.

You can buy many watches from the esteemed Citizen Eco-drive range here.

Eco-Drive : Unstoppable

“It’s unstoppable. Just like the people who wear it”

 

We’ve had a lot of enquiries regarding the technology on Citizen’s Eco-Drive watches, because it seems just too good to be true! So here are the facts: Citizen’s innovative Eco-Drive watches contain a more advanced version of the solar batteries we are all familiar with from calculators. Citizen describes the battery as “a microns thin disc of amorphous Silicon under the dial to convert light energy into electrical energy through the photovoltaic process.” What this means is special energy storage cells in Eco-Drive watches save the energy converted from any kind of light to power the watch.

Eco-Drive watches keep running for an average of 6 months when fully charged even if left in the dark. Some models can run for up to three years after only a few hours charging time. There is little need to worry about your watch getting enough exposure to light because even limited exposure to indoor light will keep it charged. Citizen have even built in a low-power alert; on most models the second hand jumps two seconds at a time whilst still showing an accurate time to warn you that it needs some light.

Powered solely by light the watch batteries should last a lifetime and the lengthy five-year guarantee Citizen offer as standard is proof of their faith in this amazing technology.

Eco-Drive watches are not only hassle free but come with the added benefit of being ecologically friendly; the batteries contain none of the harmful chemicals found in regular batteries.

And best of all, this ingenious power source is compact and reliable enough to be contained in all kinds of watches, from the ultra-slim stiletto range to high-performance Citizen divers watches. So you don’t have to compromise on style to take advantage of Citizen’s Eco-Drive technology.