Citizen Tsuyosa 60 Automatic 40mm NK0022-50A

The Citizen Tsuyosa 60 NK0022-50A is the gold-tone one, and it makes no apology for what it's referencing. A 40mm gold-tone stainless steel case flows without interruption into an integrated five-link Jubilee-style bracelet, closing on a deployant clasp with push-button release. The dial is where this generation earns its money: a guilloché-textured silver-tone surface of fine concentric lines that catches light differently as the wrist moves, set with applied gold-tone indices and hands filled with luminous material, and a date window at three o'clock magnified by the sapphire crystal above it.

The crown sits at four o'clock rather than three, which keeps the case slim against the wrist and stops it digging in. This is a men's gold-tone automatic watch that wears far more expensive than it costs.

Underneath is Citizen's in-house Calibre 8310, the movement that gives this collection its name. It runs at 21,600 vibrations per hour with 21 jewels, winds automatically from wrist motion, and adds two things the standard Tsuyosa lacks: hand-winding, so you can start it without shaking it awake, and hacking seconds, so you can stop the seconds hand and set the time exactly.

The 60-hour power reserve is the headline — take it off Friday evening and it's still running Monday morning. An exhibition caseback shows the rhodium-plated movement with its blued screws, and 50m water resistance and sapphire crystal make it durable enough for daily wear. It's a 40mm automatic dress watch that handles an office, a wedding and a weekend without changing character.

What we love about this watch: The Tsuyosa 60 NK0022-50A is the version that fixed the two things enthusiasts quietly wanted from the original — a hacking, hand-windable movement and a power reserve that survives a weekend off the wrist. Add a guilloché dial and a proper exhibition caseback at this price and the value equation gets hard to argue with. Gold-tone, integrated bracelet, mechanical, sapphire: that combination usually starts at four figures.

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.