Everybody’s talking about energy supply these days. Political turmoil mounts in oil-rich regions. Our cell phone battery keeps dying. And down at the 7-11, the Red Bull reserves are dwindling. Is there any balm for this issue that chafes our national psyche?

Strange visitor from another world, the stylish Blue Angels Eco-Drive Skyhawk Flight Chronograph derives its awesome time-telling powers from Earth’s yellow sun. Ordinary houshold lamps can wind its crank too—just shine any light on it and it runs, like a cockroach. It’s all thanks to Citizen’s Eco-Drive technology, which harnesses power from any natural or artificial light source, converts it into energy—or “juice”—and stores it in the Eco-Drive energy cell. How often will you need a replacement battery? Pfft! Replacement battery schmeplacement battery. When the lights are on, it’s charging, so it’ll run “forever.”

The Skyhawk sports large, luminous markers and hands for easy readability day or night. It honors the Blue Angels, the legendary US Navy precision flying team, with an official Blue Angels insignia on the caseback. The fast-forward timekeeping features include time and calendar in twenty-two time zones, thirty cities, three world time alarms, a 99-minute countdown timer, one-touch interchangeable analog/digital time, and 1/100-second chronograph that measures up to 24 hours. It’s even got a pilot’s slide rule dial ring, which, let’s be honest, you’re never going to use. It’s water-resistant to 100 meters, so there goes your excuse for getting in the pool. Admit it; you just don’t want to take your shirt off.

In these uncertain times, we need an energy source we can rely on, and, by Jove, those ingenious jerks at Citizen found it.