Citizen
Citizen The Citizen 43 mm Meteorite Platinum
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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 · The Citizen
Citizen The Citizen 43 mm Meteorite Platinum
Reference 93935OR.80
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Citizen
- Collection
- The Citizen
- Model
- Citizen The Citizen 43 mm Meteorite Platinum
- Reference number
- 93935OR.80
- Year / era
- 1992 · 1990s — mechanical revival
- Complication
- Time and date
- Movement
- Eco-Drive solar quartz
- Case material
- Platinum 950
- Dial type
- Meteorite
- Strap / bracelet
- Jubilee bracelet
- Water resistance
- 30 m
- Limited-edition status
- Regular production, not a limited edition
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 43 mm
- Case thickness
- 14.1 mm
- Case material
- Platinum 950
- Bezel
- Fluted 18k gold
- Crystal
- Sapphire with internal AR treatment
- Dial
- Meteorite
- Hands
- Skeletonised sword hands, white luminescent
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- Jubilee bracelet
- Clasp / buckle
- Folding clasp in matching case metal
- Water resistance
- 30 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 89F — Eco-Drive solar quartz
- Movement type
- Automatic with micro-rotor
- Frequency
- 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 65 hours
- Number of jewels
- 21 jewels
- Complications
- Time and date
- Functions
- Perpetual calendar, leap year
- Watchmaker
- Finishing, assembly and timing are carried out in the manufacture's own atelier.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1992 – 2002
- Limited-edition quantity
- Not applicable
- Current market information
- Trades close to retail on the secondary market, with steady demand for full-set examples.
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 The Citizen 43 mm Meteorite Platinum sits within Citizen's The Citizen line, introduced in 1992. It carries the house codes established since 1918 — platinum 950 case, meteorite dial and eco-drive solar quartz — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- The movement's bridges are decorated even where they will never be seen once the watch is cased.
- Early production dials show a slightly different minute track, and collectors pay a premium for them.
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.