BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN
When we talk about luxury watches most of the time (which we definitely do on WristReview), it’s sometimes easy to forget your place in the bigger picture of the watch world. It’s easy to forget who does what and where. Citizen is a prime example of this, as although it’s famed for its solar-powered Eco-Drive, it makes so much more, like this limited-edition Tsuyosa Shore “Time Slip” piece.
So, as well as making its solar-driven watches, Citizen also produces mechanical timepieces and dressy/sporty watches as a part of the Tsuyosa collection. The Tsuyosa Shore was introduced in early 2026 as a diving-style piece with a unidirectional rotating bezel and 100m of water resistance. The new Tsuyosa Shore “Time Slip” builds on the popularity of the Tsuyosa “Time Slip” limited edition introduced to the regular Tsuyosa range last year, but if anything, that tasty ‘smoked black’ dial works even better on the Tsuyosa Shore watch.
Gold-coloured applied hour markers sit atop the dial and are coated with lume, as are the hands. There’s a date with a magnifier too, akin to the ‘Cyclops’ magnifier used on Rolex watches. Behind that dial sits the self-winding calibre 8210, it uses Miyota’s 8218 as its base, but as Miyota is owned by Citizen, we could stretch and say it’s “in-house”. Less debatable are the specs: it has a 3Hz beat rate and a 42-hour power reserve which is modest in general but good when you discover the watch’s retail price.
The movement is set within a Silver Tone stainless steel case measuring 40mm x 12.5mm with 100m of water resistance. The unidirectional rotating bezel with 120 clicks gives a nautical vibe to the look, but Citizen has stopped short of calling this a diving watch. It’ll still do for daily wear and for some swimming, and the Silver Tone stainless steel bracelet with its brushed and polished links looks classy.
Overall, for $495, it’s hard to see how you can go wrong with the Tsuyosa Shore “Time Slip”. It’s due for release in August 2026 and is limited to 12,000 pieces worldwide, which is a lot but perhaps not so much in comparison to the number of watches Citizen makes as one of the world’s largest watch manufacturers.
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