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Citizen · Eco-Drive
Citizen Chandler BM8180
BM8180-03E
A 37 mm solar field watch on a nylon strap — the least expensive way to own a watch that never needs winding or a battery.
Street price
$120
MSRP $175
83
Selection Score
83 out of 100
Provisional
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At a Glance
- Light-powered movement — no battery replacement, approximately 6 months from a full charge of reserve
- Date display
- 100 m water resistance
- Mineral crystal
Specifications
- Brand
- Citizen
- Collection
- Eco-Drive
- Movement
- Citizen Eco-Drive E111, caliber E111, approximately 6 months from a full charge of power reserve, rated ±15 seconds per month (citizen specification)
- Case
- Stainless steel, 37 mm diameter, 10 mm thick, 43 mm lug-to-lug
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Bracelet / strap
- Green textile strap, Pin buckle, 18 mm lug width
- Water resistance
- 100 m (328 ft)
- Dial colours
- Black
- Style
- Field, Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Small, Medium
- Country of origin
- Japan
What we like
- 37 mm and 52 g — genuinely suited to small wrists
- Solar movement with no battery replacement
- 100 m water resistance despite the low price
- Nylon strap that costs almost nothing to replace
Full specifications
- Brand
- Citizen
- Model
- Chandler BM8180
- Reference
- BM8180-03E
- Collection
- Eco-Drive
- Street price
- $120
- MSRP
- $175
- Movement type
- Solar
- Movement
- Citizen Eco-Drive E111
- Caliber
- E111
- Power reserve
- Approximately 6 months from a full charge
- Stated accuracy
- ±15 seconds per month (Citizen specification)
- Balance spring
- Not published
- Case diameter
- 37 mm
- Case thickness
- 10 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 43 mm
- Lug width
- 18 mm
- Weight
- 52 g
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Water resistance
- 100 m (328 ft)
- Dial colours
- Black
- Bracelet / strap
- Green textile strap
- Bracelet material
- Textile
- Clasp
- Pin buckle
- Date
- Yes
- GMT
- No
- Chronograph
- No
- Style
- Field · Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Small · Medium
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Released
- 2011
- Selection Score
- 83 / 100
Score Breakdown
RatingWeightPoints
- 25%23.5
Value
- 20%16.0
Movement
- 15%11.1
Build Quality
- 15%11.4
Design
- 10%9.2
Wearability
- 10%7.5
Features
- 5%4.3
Brand & Ownership
Selection Score83
Seven pillars, each rated 0–10 and weighted as shown. The total is the sum of the weighted ratings — the headline number can never disagree with its own breakdown.
Ratings are demo data pending editorial review.
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Watch Brands: Citizen
Citizen owns Miyota, whose movements power a large share of the affordable mechanical watch industry. Its own headline technology is Eco-Drive: solar charging that removes battery changes entirely.
