Citizen
Citizen Attesa 37 mm Meteorite 18k
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Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Citizen · Attesa
Citizen Attesa 37 mm Meteorite 18k
Reference 41153OR.67
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Citizen
- Collection
- Attesa
- Model
- Citizen Attesa 37 mm Meteorite 18k
- Reference number
- 41153OR.67
- Year / era
- 1975 · 1970s — quartz-crisis era
- Complication
- Time only
- Movement
- Spring Drive
- Case material
- 18k white gold
- Dial type
- Meteorite
- Strap / bracelet
- White rubber velcro strap
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 37 mm
- Case thickness
- 14.1 mm
- Case material
- 18k white gold
- Bezel
- Fluted 18k gold
- Crystal
- Anti-reflective sapphire, double-domed
- Dial
- Meteorite
- Hands
- Faceted dauphine hands, polished by hand
- Indexes
- Printed minute track with applied batons
- Bracelet / strap
- White rubber velcro strap
- Clasp / buckle
- Titanium deployant clasp
- Water resistance
- 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 11C — Spring Drive
- Movement type
- High-frequency automatic
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 70 hours
- Number of jewels
- 33 jewels
- Complications
- Time only
- Functions
- Perpetual calendar, leap year
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1975 – 1982
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Values have stabilised after the 2022 correction; condition and box-and-papers drive the premium.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Citizen Attesa 37 mm Meteorite 18k sits within Citizen's Attesa line, introduced in 1975. It carries the house codes established since 1918 — 18k white gold case, meteorite dial and spring drive — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
- Early production dials show a slightly different minute track, and collectors pay a premium for them.
- The case is finished by hand, alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces in a single pass so the edges stay razor sharp.
The House
Citizen
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1918
- Founder
- Kamekichi Yamazaki
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Tier
- Japanese
- Major collections
- Eco-Drive, Promaster, Series 8, The Citizen, Attesa
- Signature technologies
- Certified chronometer regulation · Shock-absorbing movement mounting · Composite and ceramic case materials
- Famous movements
- High-accuracy quartz · Spring Drive · Automatic, 24 jewels · Eco-Drive solar quartz
- Notable watches
- Citizen Eco-Drive 41 mm Slate Sapphire (1981) · Citizen Eco-Drive 42 mm Black Grade (1995) · Citizen Eco-Drive 38 mm Slate 18k (1991) · Citizen Eco-Drive 38 mm Mother-of-pearl 18k (1975)
Brand history
Citizen has spent more than 108 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Eco-Drive, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Kamekichi Yamazaki established Citizen in 1918, working from Japan at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Citizen calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1918
Kamekichi Yamazaki founds Citizen in Japan.
1969
The quartz era forces Citizen to redefine mechanical watchmaking.
1990
Citizen enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
Citizen continues to produce Eco-Drive, Promaster, Series 8 and other icons in limited numbers.