This is a Citizen Eco-Drive watch which is heavily marketed as having the advantage of getting its power from light and never needing to replace the battery.  It does have a battery, it's just that it is a solar rechargeable battery that should last far longer than a standard battery.  (The watches warranty however does not cover the power cell).

I chose this watch in part because I liked the idea of having a watch that didn't need to have the battery replaced every couple years.  Often, unless you replace the seal at the same time as the battery the watch no longer remains waterproof and is quickly ruined.  New seals are also not readily available, unlike replacement batteries.  I also wanted a large simple easy to read analog watch that could also be read in the dark and preferably with a bit of rugged style.

On the plus side the watch keeps time fairly accurately.  It's guaranteed to have an accuracy of +/- 20 sec/month; mine loses 7 seconds every 30 days (compared with the atomic clock).

Also on the plus side this Citizens Eco-Drive watch has a large black face dial that is simple and attractive with large bold numbers and easy to read minute and hour hand.  The glow in the dark feature initially has an attractive bright bluish white glow fading later to a more greenish white.  The hourly numbers on the dial gradually grow dimmer but stay clear enough to read in the dark for 3-4 hours.  After that all you can make out are marks locating the hours.  The hands are still easily readable but you need to grip the top and bottom of the watch and position the watch to double check that you are not misreading the hour marks by a hour (for instance 4:30 as 5:30) since the numbers are no longer readable.  Being sleepy and not always careful I have still misread the time on occasion.  The glow in the dark remains faint but readable for 8-9 hours or more with just normal exposure to indoor lighting throughout the previous day.

The second hand is small and red and doesn't glow in the dark but is easy to see in daylight when not obstructed by the minute and hour hands.  This second hand however is for me a major flaw of the watch because it is obstructed much of the time by the minute and hour hand.  It is obstructed when the minute hand is at 20 to 40 minutes on the hour (20 minutes/hour; 8hr/day) and when the hour hand is between 4:00 and 8:00 (8hr/day).  I didn't realize how irritating it would be to not be able to always easily see and use the second hand at will.  It limits its functionality and it is the only major flaw to the design.  A large full size red sweep second hand, preferably one that glowed in the dark also, would make this watch near perfect.  A more minor flaw of the watch is that the second hand and minute hand are not fully in synch.  That is, when the second hand is at the 60 mark (12 O'clock position) the minute hand is not exactly on the minute mark (it seems about 10 seconds out of perfect synch).

The calendar date is a nice feature but it is small, recessed and somewhat shadowed and can require good lighting to be seen clearly.  At certain times it is not visible at all because it is obscured by the minute hand.

The nylon black canvas looking band that comes with the watch is made in Thailand and has a nice rugged look and fits well (my wrist is 7.5" around and the band could easily fit both smaller and larger wrist sizes).  The band has a thin glued and mostly sewn in inner liner (a 1/2" portion by the buckle is not sewn, just glued). This inner liner is smooth and looks like leather or synthetic leather.  The toggle(?) that moves and adjusts to hold the end tip of the band in place appears to be the same nylon canvas like material as the outer part of the band but has no corresponding inner wrist side lining.  For the first couple months the band was comfortable and I never noticed any rubbing or irritation despite wearing it 24 hours a day, day in and day out.  Then all of a sudden for no apparent reason the band became painful and itchy.  After removing the watch to see what was wrong I discovered a blood blister had formed and ulcerated just underneath the all nylon canvas toggle; it was the mirror image of the toggle.  I also noticed a small rash had formed elsewhere on my wrist under the inner liner of the band.  I suspect that chemical(s) from the manufacturing process gradually leached from the nylon canvas band after repeated immersions from washing and showering and caused a skin reaction.  I've never had this happen with any previous watch band (all worn 24 hr/day continuously).  I had to stop wearing the watch until my wrist healed and I could replace the band.  Until this occurred I felt very positive about the band with my only complaint being that it can be a lint magnet when wet.  Showering with it I noticed that after toweling dry the band became covered in lint from the towel.  The lint came off easily and it was not a big deal to me.  The canvas looking material also dried reasonably quickly and the band was not uncomfortable when wet.

This watch is covered by a 5 yr Warranty but is partly negated by the fine print that you don't become aware of until you buy the watch.  The warranty does not cover the power cell, the case or its components (including crystal, stem & crown) or the watch band and its parts.  These are of course the parts on the watch that are most likely to fail.
The warranty on the rest of the watch is also voided if the watch is not returned to a Citizen service center every 2-3 years, at the owner's expense, to have the watch tested and resealed.  Most people simply would not remember to ship off  their watch after 2-3 years had gone by.  And if they did returning the watch to the factory would mean being without a watch for at least a week and perhaps much longer if the service center is back logged.  Not to mention the cost of shipping, insurance and service.

All in all I like this watch and feel it's worth the price I paid ($113 online).