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Citizen · Corso

Citizen Corso

Ref. AW1232 · Dress

$278
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Case

Diameter
40mm
Lug width
21mm
Material
Stainless Steel

Crystal & dial

Crystal
Mineral
Dial colour
Black

Movement

Caliber
Citizen J810
Type
Solar
Hacking
No
Hand-winding
No
Complications
3 Hand, Date

Citizen

A Citizen Eco-Drive solar caliber that converts any light into power and never needs a battery, with a power-save function for low-light storage. It drives three-hand-with-date Eco-Drive models.

Design language

Case shape
round
Dial style
sunburst
Bezel
fixed
Bracelet
leather
Hands
dauphine

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Corso collection · 4 watches

Corso
Corso40mm
Corso
Corso44mm
Corso Diamond
Corso Diamond40mm

5 colorways

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02The community take

Owners talk.

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Citizen Corso owners widely praise its classic Genta-inspired design, versatile wearability for various occasions, and impressive accuracy of only a few seconds per month. The sunburst silver and blue dials are noted for their light-catching qualities, complemented by lumed hands and indices, a sapphire crystal, and 100m water resistance. However, some find the polished steel case too shiny, the stock leather bands undesirable, and the date window too small. The watch is considered enormous by some, with an awkward lug-to-lug distance for smaller wrists, and one owner noted a misaligned seconds hand and bracelet sizing issues. On balance, owners view the Citizen Corso as a durable and attractive everyday watch, particularly at sale prices.

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