The Calibre 0200 and the Series 8 are both modern-looking dressy watches with a contemporary, slightly sporty twist to them. That said, it is a bit odd for Citizen to come out with two very good products at the same time, in the same product category, even if, to Citizen, these are two very different types of products. Since I’ve now had a chance to experience both models, I will quickly answer the question of whether the Calibre 0200 (which has a totally different type of mechanical movement) is worth the extra money?įrom a wristwatch enthusiast’s perspective, yes.

These are currently the most expensive Series 8 pieces, but they are still roughly one-third the price of the fancier Citizen Calibre 0200 models. This is a top-level Series 8 watch that has a sister model known as the NA1000-88A, which differs only in that it has a silver-colored (versus black) dial. This review will focus on Citizen Series 8 870 reference NA1004-87E. Please reference the above-linked article for more information about the larger Citizen Series 8 watch collection, which includes 830, 831, and 870 Series models. The 2021 Citizen news about mechanical watches started with the announcement of more expensive Citizen Calibre 0200, which later resulted in the debut of the new Citizen Series 8 watches that are both more affordable and serve as a relaunch for the legacy Series 8 product family. While the Citizen Group’s Miyota movement factory has been continuously making quartz and mechanical movements for some time, it has been over a decade since Citizen, as a brand, introduced a new mechanical movement. Earlier in 2021, Japan’s Citizen made big waves in the watch industry space by announcing a slew of new mechanical watches, including new automatic mechanical movements.

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