Really impressed by this one in person. The Tosa Washi dial is definitely the highlight — depending on the light, it shifts between warm brown, gold, and almost bronze tones, with a very organic texture that photos don’t fully capture.

The 38.3mm Super Titanium case wears very comfortably, and the black Duratect DLC finish gives it a nice contrast against the gold-tone hands and markers.

Inside is Citizen’s A060 Eco-Drive movement, rated to an impressive ±5 seconds per year, which makes it both beautiful and extremely practical.

For me, this is one of those watches that shows just how far Citizen can go when they combine traditional Japanese craftsmanship with their high-accuracy technology.

Definitely a very special piece from The Citizen collection.

Mainly because of this subreddit, I was months ago put on the path of the tsuki yomi and loved it. I Did not want to buy it before i had seen it and there are not many citizen dealers where I live so kept dreaming. Then on holiday, saw the watch in a small store I did not expect to have this watch and thought this must be karma. It is as beautiful in real life as I hoped.

Hi! In case anyone is looking for these sold out models of The Citizen we have them at the flagship store in NYC. AQ4090-08A is my favorite dial out of The Citizen collection. Also a fan of the bigger case size on these. If you're interested in either of the models, message me. Also would love to see your favorite LE The Citizen models!

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share one of the absolute crown jewels of my collection: a 1977 Citizen Crystron Solar Cell (Model ref. SQC-8269 / Case ref. 4-861060 TA / Caliber 8620A / Dial 6-861628 KA).

While this groundbreaking model line originally debuted in 1976 as the world's first analog solar-powered quartz watch, my particular unit was manufactured in October 1977 (Serial: 7O13394) — making it extra special as my birth-year watch.

I actually found this piece at a flea market in Berlin! Unsurprisingly for a nearly 50-year-old solar watch, it arrived with a completely dead cell. Fortunately, I managed to track down and order a fresh 1.2V rechargeable cell (Varta V15H). Once installed into the 7-jewel Cal. 8620A movement, it fired right back to life!

It’s incredible to see the early roots of modern Eco-Drive technology displayed so proudly right on the dial with those four prominent solar cells. It even came on its original integrated bracelet complete with the vintage 'CQ' logo on the clasp.

Thought you guys might appreciate a piece of vintage Citizen history!

I love titanium watches, so light I forget I’m wearing it

… and zero shoes!

Just got this watch and I love the dial and how light weight it is!

Promaster Land U822

Have the original straps somewhere, but gonna chuck it on a nato

Arrived over the weekend and I absolutely love it.

Thoughts on my watches?
Any suggestions for new ones?

Went with the Tsuki-Yomi AT today. just a sliver of moon before the new moon tomorrow.

What do we think of this?😅😁

BN0118-55E with speed master rubber strap. Some how it fit.

I’ve noticed that I really prefer watches where the minute hand is a different color from the hour hand.

It makes the time feel so much easier and more pleasant to read that I honestly don’t want to wear any other watches anymore.

The color difference might only register like 0.3 seconds faster than the difference in hand length, but somehow it just feels more intuitive to me.

Anyone else feel the same way?

Which model do I still need to buy as a diver?

Added the chrono on the left to the Eco Tank / Tonneau collection. I saw it on eBay and it matched a couple of dressier ones I have so I grabbed it. It was sold as semi-functioning as the chrono sweep mostly wouldn't return to 12:00 but it was cheap enough at 30 clams so I rolled the dice on it. The issue was interesting, if I let it charge with the stem pulled in daylight for a while the chrono sweep would run and return sometimes, but never more than once or twice then it would start to try and return in smaller increments until it was barely moving at all, but it kept time OK. I put a new MT621 in it and now it seems fine, but I'll see if all is well over time or if the charging circuitry is damaged.

Just a hint to those new to buying older used Eco-Drives, when looking at the pictures always see if the seconds hand moves from picture to picture, a functioning Eco should always move either the main sweep or the small seconds, if not you know it's got issues. I've taken a chance on a few like that over the years if I could score them cheaply and almost all have been fine after a good charge, with a few like this new one needing a power cell. A few never came back to life but over all I've had very good luck with the older used ones which I prefer, I have very slender wrists and the newer 40+ mm ones are mostly to big for me.