The CITIZEN New Mechanical Watch Caliber 0200 (first new mechanical Citizen movement since 2010)

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CITIZEN is launching a new The CITIZEN mechanical model featuring the newly-developed Caliber 0200 mechanical movement, a completely new movement developed entirely in-house by CITIZEN.

This is CITIZEN’s first new mechanical movement since 2010.

The Caliber 0200 was born from our partnership with La Joux-Perret,
a company that joined Citizen Watch Group in 2012.

CITIZEN’s design philosophy as a manufacture and component-processing
technologies come together with La Joux-Perret’s decorative techniques
in this remarkable movement.

The CITIZEN / Mechanical model
NC0200-90E
Launch: Early Autumn (Projected)
Price(projected) USD 6,000.00


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In the several hundred-year history of horology, a mere decade is a blip. In the realm of technology, it is practically an epoch. These two worlds combine today as Japan’s Citizen watches releases its first newly developed mechanical movement since the year 2010. After an 11 year wait, Citizen now launches a brand-new mechanical movement and wristwatch to house it. The mechanism is the Citizen Caliber 0200, the product of a technology and technique exchange between Switzerland and Japan.

Situated in a traditional nerve-center of Swiss watchmaking, the watch movement maker La Joux-Perret was acquired by the Citizen Group back in 2012. It was always the Group’s intent to maintain a large degree of independence to the still Switzerland-run movement maker, while actively incorporating traditional Swiss movement design and decoration techniques with the honed skills of Citizen’s micro-mechanical engineers back in Japan.

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The Mirage represents the highest quality standards that Zelos has always strived to achieve, combined with rare materials that Zelos has come to be associated with.

As a halo model, The Mirage is designed from the ground up to be a showcase of the talents and resources of Zelos.

The Mirage, at a glance, is a fully skeletonised tourbillon watch, with the tourbillon movement made by La Joux-Perret, a notable Swiss movement manufacturer based in La Chaux-de-Fonds.


It exudes rarity and class, yet still paying respect to the origins of Zelos, incorporating the spirit of engineering with exotic materials in the three case materials available.

The Mirage is produced is an extremely limited run of ten pieces, with three case material options: Titanium (2 pieces), Timascus (5 pieces) and Mokume-gane (3 pieces).

Additionally, Zelos is the first watch company known to have used the Timascus material for its watch cases, which is a visually stunning material that is almost ridiculously light and strong.

Thank you for all the support! The Mirage is now sold out but we are planning for more exciting projects with La Joux Perret for the year end!

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In the Caliber 0200 movement, this watchmaking cultural exchange has resulted in an unprecedented merger of Japanese precision engineering with the fine detailing Swiss craftsmanship has long been celebrated for. The 0200 movement has the spirit of a reliable workhorse, with the visual flourish of a spring bird. Practically speaking, the Caliber 0200 movement is designed to meet AND exceed Chronometer (ISO 3159) standards while also enduring 17-day stress before being shipped to customers.

Each Caliber 0200 watch ships with a Citizen Certificate of Compliance (an analog to certification programs employed by brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe, Ulysse Nardin, Omega, and others) that attests to each cased movement having been built to certain standards — and having met particular performance requirements such as six-position testing across a variety of atmospheric temperatures.

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Sophisticated precision manufacturing was employed at Citizen to help industrialize the novel free-sprung balance wheel assembly that each Caliber 0200 movement uses for its precision timekeeping. The regulation system’s specialized components are produced using LIGA fabrication, which is a processing technology using photolithography and electro-casting, well-suited to manufacturing ultra-precise and micro-structure parts. The regulation system in the Caliber 0200 movement operates at 4Hz with a power reserve of approximately 60 hours. In this particular form, the Caliber 0200 movement displays the time only, with a subsidiary seconds dial at the 6 o’clock position on the dial. Citizen’s included Certificate Of Compliance ensures that each Caliber 0200 movement is accurate to at least -3 / +5 seconds per day (which exceeds standards for Swiss COSC Chronometer movements because Citizen tests movements actually in completed wristwatch cases).

Admirers can inspect the Caliber 0200 movement through the watch’s sapphire crystal caseback window. The caliber has a fresh look unlike any other Citizen mechanism of the past, which has an aesthetic that has roots in traditional Swiss design, but that impresses with a more international flair. Crucial to the success of the Caliber 0200’s visual beauty, is the employment of metal surface decoration techniques Citizen synthesized after combining mastery at La Joux-Perret with the Groups’ years of iterative, industrial know-how. This includes satinage brushing over the bridges, polished anglage edges, and other forms of precision metal surface beautification.

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These new watches feature two new movements, the caliber 0950 and the 0951, that are put into the Citizen Series 8 870/830 and Series 8 831 models, respectively. What you really need to know is that the Series 8 comes in two two core styles (with a few variants each), and there are two movements that perform slightly differently — coming in at two different price points, both of which are significantly less than the much more high-end Caliber 0200.

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The Series 8 collection was originally debuted in 2008 but was mainly for the Japanese Domestic Market. I recall being romanced by the watches when seeing them in Japan but never bit the bullet given that they were a bit expensive and mainly featured Eco-Drive movements. To this day, the original Series 8 models available on eBay can easily go for more money than the price of the brand new 2021 mechanical Series 8 watches you see here before you.

The fanciest of the new Series 8 watches is the 870 series that arrives at the reference NA1004-87E (black dial), and the NA1000-88A (silver dial). The steel cases have an interesting quasi-octagon look and are 40mm-wide and 10.9mm-thick with a sapphire crystal and 100 meters of water resistance. The sporty looks are also dressy, and the case features a very attractive modern design and complex two-part bezel construction. The clean dial and hands are legible and very classy.

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The caliber 0950 automatic movement (in the 870 and 830 series) is said to be highly magnetic-resistant (important these days) and is the slightly better-performing of the new calibers. It features a 4Hz operating frequency, as well as 50 hours of power reserve. Citizen claims -5/+10 second per day of accuracy, but usually, the watches (and this applies only to Japanese calibers) perform better than this advertised number, to be honest.

The Citizen caliber 0951 (in the 831 series) is also new and shares the same roughly 4mm-thick architecture of the 0950. It differs in performance and operates at 4Hz with a 42-hour power reserve and claimed accuracy of -10/+20 seconds per day. This is meant to be a slightly more affordable movement and will likely be in watches priced several hundred dollars less than those with the caliber 0950 automatic movement. I don’t believe any of the new Series 8 watches have display casebacks (as the Caliber 0200 does), which would have been nice.

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The Series 8 831 and 830 models share case styles (for the most part, as they are both 40mm-wide but the 830 is 11.7mm-thick on account of the dial, while the 831 is 10mm-thick) but have different movements and different dials. The Citizen Series 8 830 has a special layered dial that includes a thin mother-of-pearl layer and then a lattice piece above it. This comes either as the reference NA1010-84X (natural polished steel case) or as the NA1015-81Z (black IP-coated case) and also contains the 0950 automatic movement. The slightly thinner 831 reference NB6010-81E (black dial on bracelet) and NB6012-18L (gold-tone case on strap) have more traditional dials and are currently the entry-point for the new Series 8 collection, while also containing the caliber 0951 movement.

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The first CITIZEN pocket watch.
So named in the hope that it would be
cherished long-term by people everywhere.
Almost 100 years later, that philosophy
is embodied in a new mechanical watch
that points the way to CITIZEN’s future.

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Sustained accuracy and elegant aesthetics were our goals.
By combining the know-how of Switzerland’s La Joux-Perret with CITIZEN’s own long technological legacy, we sought to make a mechanical watch that was both accurate and attractive.

Launch: Early Autumn 2021

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Accuracy above the chronometer standard
courtesy of excellent design and precision components
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Free-sprung balance wheel
The free-sprung balance wheel has no regulator. Resistant to external shocks, it is well-suited to sustained accurate timekeeping. There is no need to interfere with the hairspring because it can be adjusted by loosening or tightening small weights known as masselottes attached to the balance wheel.
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Exceptionally high-precision escapement
Located between the balance wheel and the gears, the escapement plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy of the watch. The escapement is made using the LIGA fabrication process.
A movement of refined design that takes advantage of
the joint know-how of CITIZEN and La Joux-Perret
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Movement layout
The layout we use is designed to display the gear train extending from the barrel to the beautifully finished balance wheel to maximum advantage.
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Different finishes for a sense of volume
We apply different finishes to every detail—satinage for the upper surfaces of bridges and diamond-cut for the outer edges—to create contrasts and a sense of volume.

 
CITIZEN unveils Caliber 0200, its first new mechanical watch movement for 11 years.

•Mar 7, 2021

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Photo Credit
 Abaca
 amanaimages
 Asahi Shimbun
 HIROBA
 Kyodo News
 ZUMA Press

 
:wink: Thanks for posting this up, Mike.:hat:
 
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