The Citizen Calendrier BU0080-52X is a men's Eco-Drive watch that puts a genuine astronomical complication into a modern dress design. The 41.8mm silver-tone stainless steel case is built around a recessed crown for a clean, uninterrupted profile, and it sits on a finely sculpted five-link stainless steel bracelet with a push-button clasp.
What holds the eye is the dial: multi-layered and worked in tones of salmon, silver and white, with analogue indicators for the month, day and date, and a moonphase display towards 6 o'clock. It's protected by scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and rated to 100 metres water resistance, so a watch this dressy is still rated for swimming rather than being kept away from water.
Powering it is Citizen's calibre 8730 Eco-Drive movement, which converts any light — daylight or indoor — into energy, so it never needs a battery. Fully charged it will run for six months in complete darkness, with a low-charge indicator, overcharge prevention and quick-start built in. Citizen has been engineering in Japan since 1930 and Eco-Drive is its own in-house technology, which is why you get a triple calendar and moonphase at this level without the servicing burden of a mechanical calendar watch.
It's a strong choice for a man who wants one 41.8mm stainless steel dress watch with sapphire crystal and a moonphase — something that reads as considered in the boardroom, holds its own at a wedding, and never needs winding, setting or a battery change in between.
What we love about this watch: Moonphase watches usually ask you to choose between complication and convenience — a mechanical calendar you have to keep running, or nothing at all. The Calendrier BU0080-52X refuses the trade-off: full triple calendar, moonphase at 6, and light-powered Eco-Drive that just keeps going. The salmon dial is the quiet masterstroke — warm and unusual under light, restrained enough for a suit, and unlike anything else at this price.
Ships in 1-3 Business Days from Sydney with Australia Post Express. Sydney customers can pick up on the same day from our Alexandria showroom an hour after placing the order by choosing Click & Collect as the delivery option.
5 Year warranty from Citizen Watches (Australia). StarBuy are Authorised distributors of Citizen Watches. All Citizen Watches are shipped in Citizen original packaging released for Australia. All Citizen warranties are registered online on the Citizen Warranty Portal directly by StarBuy on behalf of the customer. After purchase and shipping by StarBuy, an email is sent by Citizen registering the warranty directly to the buyer. A link to the online instructions manual is also sent within the email. Citizen no longer supply any hard copies of the warranty booklet or the instructions manual.