Illustration. The seconds hand ticks, as most quartz movements do.
Why it's interesting
The Nighthawk has long been the default answer to 'what's a good first pilot's watch?': a slide rule turned by the crown at 8, a 24-hour hand for a second time zone, 200 m of water resistance and a solar movement that never needs a battery. It's busy, but every marking on the dial has a job to do.
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The numbers
Partly verifiedSize
- Diameter
- 42mm
- Lug to lug
- 46.3mm
- Thickness
- 12.5mm
- Lug width
- 22mm
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About this page
Partly verified, checked September 2026
Most specifications were checked against the sources below. Fields that couldn't be confirmed are noted or left blank.
Citizen US gives 42 mm, 200 m, anti-reflective mineral crystal and calibre B877 for the BJ7008-51E (listed but sold out), and 22 mm lugs for the same-case BJ7006-56L. Thickness (12.5 mm) and lug-to-lug (46.3 mm) are Worn & Wound's measurements of the classic link-bracelet BJ7000-52E, which shares this case and dial (W&W measured the diameter as 41 mm); Citizen doesn't publish them. The BJ7000-52E itself is no longer on Citizen's sites, so its mesh-bracelet sibling is used. Launch year not found. Drawing: the slide rule sits on an inner rotating flange (crown at 8, not drawn) and is shown as a tachymeter-style bezel; the red 13–24 sector scale on the left of the dial isn't drawn.
The illustration is a bezelga rendering generated from the specifications. It is not a photograph and may simplify details such as logos, text and finishing.
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