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Citizen Introduces a Super-Slim Eco-Drive
Citizen has unveiled what it’s billing as the world’s thinnest light-powered watch as it marks the 40th anniversary of its Eco-Drive technology.
Citizen called its new Eco-Drive watch “One” because that’s size of its movement--1 mm thick.
Basel--At Baselworld this year, light and thin were in.
There was Bulgari’s ultra-slim minute repeater, the new Avenger Hurricane from Breitling as well as Rado’s Hyperchrome Ultra Light and True Thin Line and, from Citizen, the Eco-Drive One.
Citizen launched this ultra-slender version of its light-powered watch as it marks the 40th anniversary of Eco-Drive; the company created the world’s first analogue quartz light-powered watch in 1976.
Billed by Citizen as the thinnest light-powered watch in the world, the Eco-Drive One is powered by a 1 mm thick movement comprised of 85 components.
The movement is squeezed into a case that’s only 2.98 mm; picture a watch that’s less than half as thick as the iPhone 6. 
The caseback and bezel are constructed of a binderless cemented carbide that Citizen said is hard and both corrosion and oxidation resistant.
Once fully charged, the timepiece will run for eight months even if kept in complete darkness.
The Eco-Drive One is available in a limited edition version that is black with a cermet (ceramic and metal) case, which retails for $6,000, and a stainless steel bracelet version ($2,600).
Click through the slideshow below to see another version of the Eco-Drive One as well as other new watches from Citizen.
Citizen also created this limited edition Ambiluna watch with the same “moon-glazed” sapphire crystal plus a Super Titanium case and a Nishijin textile band made using an ancient kimono-weaving technique. It’s being sold as a set with a matching cuff and clutch bag. There will be 1,000 sets made and sold worldwide ($1,850).
New for women is the Ambiluna collection, which was inspired by the moon. The watches are outfitted with “moon-glazed” sapphire crystal, one diamond and a lacquer drop at 11 o’clock made using a modern interpretation of the traditional lacquering technique Urushi. Ambiluna watches are available in yellow gold (pictured here), rose gold or silver-colored stainless steel ($695).
One of the stainless steel (non-limited edition) versions of the Eco-Drive One. This watch retails for $2,600.
The latest from the Satellite Wave Collection is the Satellite Wave-World Time GPS, which Citizen said it designed to be more of a dress watch. The watch comes on a stainless steel bracelet and case with an azure blue dial ($1,150).
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