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The 8 Citizen Watches We Want as a Gift This Year

So, you want to gift a watch to someone this holiday season? You can’t go wrong with one of these.

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Citizen has always been an innovator in the watchmaking game. From its earliest mechanical offerings to its more than 50-year history building watches with Super Titanium™ to its futuristic Eco-Drive technology of today, Citizen makes watches that are out ahead. Be that mechanical or quartz, a dress watch or a diver (or a racing chronograph or moon watch), you can count on Citizen looking good and working great.

If you or a loved one need a first, third, or tenth watch, we’ve got you covered with eight of our favorite timepieces from the iconic Japanese brand.

This 30th anniversary model celebrates as the world’s first moonphase watch combined with new atomic timekeeping from Citizen. What that means: its radio-signal-controlled timekeeping is accurate to within one minute every 100,000 years. (No need to reset it, ever, friend.)

Especially for anyone who loves the moon, this watch is a must-have. Because while its atomic timekeeping is cool, it’s the beautiful moon on its gorgeous black dial that steals the show. Well, that and its incredible subdials: a moonphase display, a world time in 24 time zones, and day-date functionality. Oh, and it’s a perpetual calendar.

Citizen has always been able to make incredible automatic movements and offer them to their customers at an incredible cost. The Tsuyosa White Dial is a brilliant example with a silver-tone stainless steel case, integrated bracelet, and ultra-clean white dial. Its 3-o’clock date window with bubble magnifier and silver-tone details make it endlessly fun to look at while wearing.

A stunning sunray blue dial with silver-tone details mark the outward beauty of this Tsuyosa. Inside, it’s got the same excellent in-house 8210 automatic movement. At 40mm, it’s perfect for a dinner outing or a day at the office. And, since it’s water resistant to 50 meters, it’s ready for spontaneous adventure, too.

This special edition watch, produced in collaboration with aircraft maker Sikorsky, has design cues inspired by the Sikorsky S-92, an all-weather helicopter renowned for its search and rescue use worldwide.

Professional-grade helicopter, professional-grade watch: the Promaster’s 46mm case and dial, which capture the helicopter’s unique aesthetic in red, yellow, and white accents, show off a range of capabilities. Atomic clock synchronization, a 1/100 second chronograph that measures up to 24 hours, perpetual calendar, GMT dual time, 2 alarms, digital backlight display, and more make this watch as utilitarian and useful as its namesake.

If you want a Citizen watch that has all the oomph of a blacked-out supercar, this is your watch. The Attesa has worked in Titanium since the first of its line dropped in 1987. This one features a 44.6mm Super Titanium™ case and bracelet with a gray textured dial that’s beautifully filled by some of the nicest-looking subdials and markers you’ll ever see on a watch.

Features include: World time in 27 cities and 40 time zones; 1/20 second chronograph; dual time zones; UTC display; perpetual calendar; power reserve and light level indicators. Oh, and it’s got the most advanced Eco-Drive Satellite Wave GPS watch movement ever.

This is one of the truly craziest looking watches you’ll ever see. It manages to look straight out of the future, and yet it’s recalling the past: Citizen’s numerous racing chronos of yesteryear. It’s got a 43.3mm Super Titanium™ case, with a striking blue dial.

On that dial is a wide range of advanced features, including a power reserve indicator for its hand-assembled mechanical movement that looks like fuel gauge and a 60-minute chrono dial designed to look like a speedometer. Oh, and it’s water resistant to 200 meters, in case your racing adventures take you down deep. 

The first thing that’ll grab your eye about this beautiful watch is its complex dial textures, which are inspired by Tokyo’s skyline and Japanese motifs for prosperity. So will its excellent blue and black bi-direction bezel. But you should know that inside, the watch is also a wonder: Its in-house automatic movement is highly anti-magnetic while maintaining frequency of 28,800 v/h.

Dress watches make the perfect gift, and this all-purpose formal timepiece is no exception to that rule. The 38.4mm stainless steel case is paired with a grained blue leather strap with buckle closure. The result is a watch that wears effortlessly and exudes refinement. Plus, it sports Citizen’s Eco-Drive technology, which generates power from all available light sources, so you’ll never replace a battery.