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Citizen gives the Attesa a winter dial and an automatic moon phase

The limited BY1000-69L uses radio-controlled Eco-Drive timekeeping to keep its moon display in step with a blue winter landscape.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 3 min read · 14 October 2026

• The Attesa Ever Since BY1000-69L combines Citizen’s Eco-Drive radio-controlled movement with a winter landscape dial and programmed moon-phase display.
• Its Super Titanium case measures a provisional 41.5 by 10.8 mm, while the moon display can be set for either hemisphere.
• Citizen plans 2,400 worldwide for November 2026, with projected US$1,200 and provisional ¥170,500 prices but no Australian list price.

A moon phase is usually an invitation to think about gears, calendar arithmetic and the small rituals of setting a mechanical watch. Citizen approaches the same display from the other end of the bench: light powers the watch, radio time signals help keep it correct, and a programmed calculation moves the moon. The result is less romantic as a mechanism, perhaps, but it gives the dial a quiet visual anchor in the Attesa Ever Since Limited Edition BY1000-69L.

Winter colour with a working moon

Citizen's blue dial is intended to evoke a winter morning, with a gradient and a pattern that suggests distant trees and mountains. The moon display sits low on the dial, below the central hands, while Roman numerals and a ring of small markers keep the decorative surface organised. The official photographs show pale specks across the blue rather than a flat printed field. It is a design that asks you to look twice, but the watch still has the practical layout of an Attesa, including a date aperture and subsidiary displays.

The case and bracelet use Citizen's Super Titanium with a Duratect Platinum surface treatment. At 41.5 mm across and a stated design thickness of 10.8 mm, this is a substantial watch. Those dimensions are provisional design values in the release, so they are better read as a guide to the intended proportions than as a promise to the last tenth of a millimetre. An anti-reflective sapphire crystal covers the dial, and Citizen rates water resistance at 10 bar.

The lunar display is the part that makes the technology relevant to the appearance. Citizen's Luna Program calculates the age of the moon from received radio time data rather than asking the wearer to advance a mechanical disc after the watch has stopped. The release also describes a choice between northern and southern hemisphere moon displays. For an Australian buyer, that detail matters more than the winter metaphor: the moon we see is oriented differently from the one shown on a northern hemisphere chart. It is a useful adjustment built into a decorative function, and a welcome reminder that a moon phase can be more than a nostalgic ornament.

Calibre H874 does the routine work

Inside is Citizen's Eco-Drive Calibre H874. Light charging removes the ordinary battery-change routine, while radio reception can correct the time in Japan, China, Europe and North America. Away from a signal, Citizen states accuracy of plus or minus 15 seconds a month. The watch also has world time across 24 time zones, a perpetual calendar and a power-save mode. Citizen quotes up to two and a half years of operation from a full charge when that mode is active, which is a claim about storage behaviour rather than everyday running time on the wrist.

Move out from the dial and there are practical touches that could easily get lost in a discussion of colour: luminous hands and markers, a bracelet adjustment system, and nickel-allergy resistance stated by the manufacturer. Citizen also says parts of the dial use recycled material. None of those details turns the watch into a different sort of instrument, but together they explain why this is more than an illustration of a snowy scene fitted to a generic case. The calendar and the moon display are meant to stay usable when the watch moves between seasons and time zones.

I have gone back and forth on whether a radio-controlled moon phase loses something by doing the calculation for you. The small act of setting a moon disc can be part of the pleasure of a traditional watch, but the counterargument is strong here: the display earns its place precisely because you can leave it alone. Citizen has made a decorated dial that still behaves like an everyday Attesa. That is a better reason for the moon to be there than a bare appeal to nostalgia.

Attesa Ever Since Limited Edition pricing and availability

Citizen announced the BY1000-69L on 13 October and plans a November 2026 release, with a worldwide limit of 2,400. Its Japanese release gives 5 November as the planned domestic launch. The global announcement quotes a projected US$1,200, while the Japanese announcement gives a provisional suggested retail price of ¥170,500 including tax. Those are announced figures, not final Australian prices; the brand has not confirmed Australian availability or an A$ list price. The same reference also appears within Citizen's 2026 DEAR Collection in Japan, so this is one watch across two announcements, not two separate releases.