Watchlords

This came out during my hiatus from watches and I'm in deep smit: The Citizen AQ 4020-54Y



Perfect in every way, utterly conservative except for the washi paper dial:



The text and indices floating above the dial and actually casting shadows is cool as fuck. I haven't wanted a watch this bad in a long time. It's borderline attainable - won't be my next watch but I hope to pick one up in the next couple of years.

Some more info:

https://deployant.com/review-enter-the- ... the-world/

What a beauty Mr. Semler. I kinda wish you hadn't posted these photos.

Really like the watch - the price, not so much.

~2,500 from SeiyaJapan

IMO a bargain.

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

July 16th 2021, 6:33pm

IMO a bargain.

Agreed. Compare to GS.

Could this be the best quartz watch in the world?

I wouldn't know about that, but it sure as hell is the coolest.

This may well be the first three hander I would buy. Given the funds, that is.

As a side-note, I'd always imagined that the zaratsu polishing process was developed in feudal Japan to polish samurai swords or some lofty shit like that . Learned from the write-up that the it was actually developed by the Swiss and is accomplished using a proprietary German grinder. Good read on the topic in the link.

DoctorIvey wrote: ↑

July 16th 2021, 6:33pm

IMO a bargain.

Concur

I like the dial of the -54Y but in the 40mm size of the -51Y

This chronomaster dial is outstanding

Not my pic - belongs to the seller listing it
Still don't think I would drop 3K on it - but a killer watch