I purchased thr Citizen BL717459L at an auction. How do I set it?

This is only a public tech help site. You would have to send the watch to Citizen if it is defective inside of the module. The local watch store will not be able to fix it. Citizen can fix any of their products.

I have a new Citizen watch with World Timer. I want to set the time manually and turn off the world timer. I never want to receive the signal..... The book is no help.

Go to http://www.citizenwatch.jp/ and you will see on the right of the page "setting instructions".

Click on this and follow the instructions to find what you need.

My Citizen Red Arrow wristwatch which I purchased last Christmas has a blank display and won't reset . Any ideas would be appreciated

Search Ebay and other online auction sites. There also is Shopgoodwill.com

Purchased a Citizen watch and it did not come with an instruction manual. How can I get one?

I misplaced the manual for citizen BL5290-59E?

No, there is nothing wrong with the alarm in your watch.
The sound in all watches are generated by passing vibrations to the metal tweeter which is connected to the watch caseback inside the watch. As the surface of the watch is quite small, there is not efficient power to spred the vibrations over the caseback surface, hence low volume of the alarm. No wristwatch in the world is capable of loud alarm sound yet. This is something the scientists have to work with.
The plastic protector is definetly affecting the volume. Take it off and you will notice slightly better sound. This protector actually is ment to protect watch caseback from scratches prior to selling it to the customer and have no use after that. In fact it only collects the dirt and bacteria and can affect your skin as the caseback as well.
Another sound improvement can be the new battery if the original is underpowered. Alarm feature uses the most of the energy stored in battery and the power consumption is higher than all watch movement parts put together.

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try http://www.citizenwatches.com.au/instruction-manuals
I believe that model has a Caliber E860 movement in it.

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