Name: Citizen Tsuyosa 40mm
Brand: Citizen
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)

Brand - Citizen

Founded by Swiss watchmaker Rodolphe Schmid in Japan, in 1918, Citizen Watch Company has carved a prominent place in the watchmaking world through its relentless pursuit of innovation. A standout moment in its history occurred in 1995 when it unveiled the Citizen Eco-Drive, a groundbreaking technology that harnesses light to power watches indefinitely, eliminating the need for battery replacements. This achievement revolutionized the industry, showcasing Citizen's commitment to pushing boundaries and redefining the possibilities of watchmaking. Additionally, the brand's development of Super Titanium™ stands as a testament to its dedication to durability and craftsmanship, offering timepieces that are not only stylish but also remarkably tough.

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Andrei

6.50"/16.50cm

★★★★★

March 18, 2024

This might not be the most popular opinion but this watch is not great. Not quite terrible mind you but not great. I have two of these, the two-tone and the yellow dial and I’ll probably end up selling at least one of them.

Let's start from the beginning.

At first glance, this watch looks like it's more expensive than it is. Its design shouldn’t work in a sense but somehow it does.

The watch head has angular shapes and edges, the bracelet is a very round president style. In my mind, at least this shouldn’t work but it does. At the same time, it gives off some Rolex vibes, probably due to the bracelet, hour markers and hands combo but I don’t dislike that.

The dial layout is very simple but I think the date magnifier breaks that cleanliness a bit and I like that. I’m not a fan of too minimalist dials. Overall, it's quite an elegant dial.

The bracelet is very nice with individually articulating center links making it very comfortable. The way the bracelet articulates also helps with wearability making it wear quite small for an integrated bracelet watch. For comparison, I can’t pull off a PRX but this one works well on my wrist.

So what I don’t like?

The movement is where the watch loses points in my eyes. Accuracy is not great, actually quite terrible on one of the watches (I don’t have exact data but it's a few minutes a week off).

The other thing, it's not hacking. For a watch launched in 2023, this is quite disappointing.

Sure, it's a lower-end movement in an affordable watch but I would’ve expected something just a bit better. Maybe the next versions will have improvements as this watch has proven to be quite successful.

The other big thing I don’t like is that it’s a nightmare to set. I have small hands and the crown is still very hard to operate. It is very small and placed in a very inconvenient place on the case, not to mention it's buried in the case and it doesn’t come out much when pulling it out.

So yeah, quite a nightmare to set, and this leads to not much wear. When I think about setting this guy up I have to be prepared to be patient and very slow in doing it because it is slow.

So, if you are charmed by the looks try it out, just don’t buy two of them.