Citizen Eco-Drive – Technology That Works

When it comes to technology things always seem to go wrong: The battery on your latest new gadget dies at the most inconvenient time, and of course you never seem to have the right size battery to replace them. As much as technology eases life it today’s world, it can also hinder it when we come to rely on that new gadget. For wrist watches, at least, there is an answer.

What if you could have a watch that didn’t need a battery? What if we also told you that the same watch could charge itself to run for years in complete darkness?

With Eco-Drive, from Citizen, you can. Eco-Drive is the most advancement power management system available in a watch today. It allows you to simply place your new watch on your wrist, set it, and let it run. There is no need to worry about battery life, or about your watch quitting at an inconvenient time.

How Eco-Drive Works

Eco-Drive watches charge themselves when they are under light. Unlike traditional solar cells, it doesn’t have to be natural light. Even under a standard incandescent bulb your Eco-Drive watch will charge itself. When you wear your Eco-Drive, and it is exposed to a light source, that light is absorbed through the dial and the face. An advanced solar cell below converts that light energy to run the watch. Excess energy is used to charge a special cell that keeps your watch running when light isn’t available.

Many Eco-Drive watches include a power save function. This function activates when the watch is in the dark. When in power saving mode the time will be kept, but other features shut down to conserve energy. An Eco-Drive watch with this function can keep the time for up to 4 years without ever being exposed to light.

This new technology from Citizen is now included on most wrist watch models from Citizen Watches. For those of us who prefer, the set it and forget it model, an Eco-Drive from Citizen is a great choice.