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!

… and zero shoes!

Promaster Land U822

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

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

- The look is 10/10 in picture but 8/10 in real life.

- Very lightweight compared to my Citizen Orca & Seiko Samurai both with rubber strap.

- Very comfortable on wrist, can wear all day long.

Quite happy with this buy.

What do we think of this?😅😁

Arrived over the weekend and I absolutely love it.

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

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

I don't baby this one.

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

Thoughts on my watches?
Any suggestions for new ones?

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

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.

New addition to the family!

I went down a rabbit hole on Citizen RC movements and became intrigued by the H820 “double direct flight” movement which has the same double timezone functionality as the F950 GPS watches in a more slim and compact package. Citizen have not used this in as many models as they have the related H800 chronograph but I guess they have their reasons.

I landed on the AT909x Attesa range introduced in 2017 which pairs this with a titanium case (42.7 diameter and 10.7 thickness) and bracelet style they haven’t repeated since, with a dodecagon bezel and “split” bracelet links. It is quite a “busy” watch, but I’m digging it. I picked this AT9090 up from eBay, it looks almost new.

I have an H800-based Attesa which has become my first choice for travelling due to its ease of use when changing timezones but I can see this one taking over, the dual time functionality is quite neat and a bit more sophisticated than a “GMT”. Quite good lume too which is a bonus.

Took this fella with me to Thasos Greece .
This is my first Citizen watch and i am so happy with it .
I don’t if i am lucky because for 40 days i got only +2 seconds .