> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.itsabouttime.email/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Citizen Throws Everything at This New Series 8 GMT; And New Watches From Seiko, Lebond, IWC And Moser - URL: https://www.itsabouttime.email/citizen-throws-everything-at-this-new-series-8-gmt-and-new-watches-from-seiko-lebond-iwc-and-moser/ - Published: 2026-11-02T15:06:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-02T15:06:23.000Z - Author: Vuk Radic - Tags: Daily newsletter Hey friends, welcome back to It’s About Time. OK, check this out. You know I love the guys from The Real Time Show. And if you remember, last year they released a watch with Straum that I called the [prettiest watch of the year](https://www.itsabouttime.email/straum-and-the-real-time-show-release-prettiest-watch-of-the-year-benrus-brings-back-ultra-deep-mr-j/). And really, it was a sensational release that was available only for a very short time. If you missed out, you missed out. Well, they're back with the same watch, only now available on a brand new titanium bracelet. It goes on sale very soon. But, you, the readers of It's About Time have exclusive and early access. Give [this link a click](https://straum.co/collections/early-access?access=iat&ref=itsabouttime.email) and you can buy this sensational watch before anybody else and make sure you get your hands on one. **THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT!** Ever since I moved to this new platform, deliverability of emails has been so-so. Some are delivered to a lot of inboxes, some are routed to people's promotions tabs. In case you haven't been getting your emails, check the promotions or junk folders and move it to the primary. That way you'll always get it. --- ****Help me RUN It's About Time** I write this newsletter on my own, and paid subscribers are what keep it running. If you'd like to support it, you'll also get The Caseback, a weekend magazine with longer writing, every Sunday. ****The paid subscription is discounted for just a few more days, so get it now.** [Support IAT ](https://www.itsabouttime.email/annual-its-about-time-is-back-discount) --- ## 👂What’s new ### 1/ Citizen Throws Everything at This New Series 8 GMT ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/11/Citizen-Series-8-GMT-Damascus-Steel-and-Forged-Carbon-NB6092-01E-1.jpg-1.webp) How many unusual materials can one watch carry before they start cancelling each other out? Citizen is testing that with the NB6092-01E. It has a Damascus steel middle case, a forged carbon dial, yellow gold plating and a brown bezel insert. Holy smokes. The case is the familiar Series 8 GMT shape, an angular tonneau 41mm wide and 13.5mm thick. It wears bigger than those numbers suggest. Damascus steel makes up the middle case and the two mid-links that meet the strap, so the grain runs along the flanks as well as between the lugs. The rest is plated in yellow gold. The 24-hour bezel turns both ways and has a glass-like (maybe sapphire?) black and brown insert. There’s sapphire crystal front and back, 100 meters of water resistance, and a crown that doesn’t screw down. Because Damascus is folded by hand, every case will look slightly different. The dial is made out of forged carbon, the chopped-fibre material you’ve seen on supercars and on far pricier watches from Hublot and Audemars Piguet. Its pattern also changes from one watch to the next. Hands and applied markers are gold-coloured, and all of them are filled with lume. On its own it’s a decent dial. Next to the Damascus it competes for attention, and two random patterns on one watch is one too many. Inside is Citizen’s calibre 9054, made in-house by Miyota. It beats at 28,800bph, stores 50 hours of reserve, hacks and has a the at 3\. The local hour hand jumps independently in one-hour steps, which is a traveller-style GMT setup that's for some reason still relatively uncommon under $3,000\. Citizen rates it at -10/+20 seconds a day, which is a bit too loose. This version drops the integrated bracelet for black leather with a gold-coloured folding clasp. The new Citizen Series 8 Gmt Damascus is limited to 1,300 pieces and priced at €1,495\. See [more photos here](https://www.itsabouttime.email/citizen-throws-everything-at-this-new-series-8-gmt/) and the watch [on the Citizen website](https://citizenwatch.eu/en/p/nb6092-01e/?ref=itsabouttime.email). ### 2/ Seiko Takes the Rotocall Upmarket With A Gold And Silver Case ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/11/seiko-rotocall-gold-silver-1-2.webp) The Rotocall finally has a version you could wear with a suit. Well, not, absolutely not. There is no serious situation in which you could wear a Seiko Rotocall with a suit. But... If you were to find a purple suit from the 1980s in a thrift shop, this silver or gold version of the iconic Seiko model could fit right in. I'm digging that gold. A lot. The case is 37mm wide, the same size as the 1982 original. The cool thing about the Rotocall is that it used its octagonal bezel to run everything on the watch, and the reissue works the same way: turn it to move between stopwatch, countdown timer, alarm and dual time. It’s the system that got the Rotocall onto the wrists of astronauts in the ’80s, Sally Ride among them, and it easier to use than most button-driven digitals. Seiko has changed the finishing from polished to circular brushing, which looks better and will hide desk scratches. Water resistance is 100 meters. The silver model pairs a silver bezel with black accents and a matching silver surround on the dial. The gold model does the same in gold tone, with a gold-tone case and bracelet. The reverse LCD makes the whole thing look more serious and far less like a toy. You do give up some legibility, as reverse displays always get harder to read in low or angled light, so expect to tilt your wrist more often than you would with the 2025 versions. Inside is a quartz digital module. Seiko hasn’t given it a calibre number in the material we’ve seen. The bracelet is a five-row steel design with a folding clasp, faithful to the original and comfortable on a watch this size. Now, you might already be thinking that you've seen these watches before, and that they came out months ago. True. But that was in Japan only. They are now available worldwide, priced at $550\. See [more photos here](https://www.itsabouttime.email/seiko-takes-the-rotocall-upmarket-with-a-gold-and-silver-case/) and the watches [on the Seiko website](https://www.seikowatches.com/us-en/products/discovermore/hfl003?ref=itsabouttime.email). ### 3/ Lebond Teams Up With Legend Norman Foster For Their Latest Architect Watch ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/11/lebond-normar-foster-1-1.jpg) When Lebond debuted with the Álvaro Siza in 2023, I liked the idea of making watches in partnership with legendary architects, and worried about how it might fit. The straps came off two narrow points on a square case, and I wrote that you’d want to try it on before spending that kind of money with a new brand. The new Lebond, designed with star architect Norman Foster, solves that problem. There are no lugs at all, and the strap runs straight out of the case, making it a much more familiar setup. Foster is the Pritzker winner behind the Reichstag dome and Apple Park. The case is Grade 5 titanium, 38.5mm wide and 10mm thick. On top is a domed sapphire crystal, and water resistance is 50 meters. The bezel turns both ways and has on it a 12-hour scale, so you can set it against the hour hand and keep home time while you’re away. Lebond points out that this was Foster's wish, as he's on the road all the time. With no lugs, I assume that the watch will wear comfortably on a wide variety of wrists. Both dials are quite plain. Stick square hands for hours and minutes, a lollipop seconds hand, a minute track on the rehaut, and the Norman Foster name printed in the lower half. All three hands are lumed with Super-LumiNova. The date window at three is the only thing that interrupts the layout. The Black Edition has a matte black lacquered dial in a black DLC case, with white print and lume for contrast. The Natural Titanium Edition pairs a light gray sunray dial with polished hands and a sandblasted case, and its bezel scale is engraved with no paint in it. Inside is the ETA 2892-A2, the slim automatic Lebond has used before. It beats at 4Hz (28,800 vph) with 50 hours of power reserve, and you can see it through a sapphire caseback. Lebond decorated it with Côtes de Genève, perlage and blued screws, and gave each edition a perforated rotor, red on the black and blue on the gray. The strap is color-matched FKM rubber on a titanium folding clasp. Case and strap are built as modular parts, so you’ll be able to swap colors and materials, and Lebond says more combinations are coming. The Lebond Norman Foster is available now in both editions, priced at €3,500 before tax. That’s quite a step up from the €2,700 Souto Moura and the €2,400 Attraction. See [way more photos here](https://www.itsabouttime.email/lebond-teams-up-with-legend-norman-foster-for-their-latest-architect-watch/) and the watch [on the Lebond website](https://www.lebondwatches.com/?ref=itsabouttime.email). ### 4/ IWC Gets Early On The Year Of The Goat Trend With A Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/11/iw388310-mood2-1-1.jpg) On the eighth of every month, the date window on this IWC shows the Chinese character for goat instead of an 8\. Can you guess why that is? Yes, next year is the Year of the Goat in the Chinese lunar calendar. We've gotten used to many, many watch brands releasing Chinese New Year watches, and as we get closer to February, when the New Year happens, the more we will see. What I'm not sure of is whether we've ever seen an LE launch this early. To launch a watch in October marking something that happens in four months might be a bit too enthusiastic. Reagrdless, this is the new IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Year of the Goat. The case is titanium, 41mm wide and 14.8mm thick. That thickness comes with the column-wheel automatic chronograph inside, so expect it to sit taller than a three-hand Pilot’s Watch. The bezel is black ceramic with a fixed tachymeter scale, here marked in gold. There’s convex sapphire crystal on top, a sapphire caseback, a screw-down crown and pump pushers, with 100 meters of water resistance. The dial is done in gold for this limited edition with three recessed black subdials, each snailed and ringed. Hands and applied Arabic numerals are gold-toned and filled with Super-LumiNova. Gold stands for good fortune in Chinese tradition, which explains the choice. The day-date indicator sits at 3 o’clock with the goat character swap. Inside is IWC calibre 69385, an automatic chronograph with a column wheel and bidirectional pawl winding, made by ValFleurier, Richemont’s movement maker. It runs at 4Hz (28,800 vph) with 46 hours of power reserve. The rotor is gold-plated and cut into the shape of three goats, a symbol of happiness in Chinese culture, visible through the caseback. The strap is black calfskin with a titanium pin buckle, and IWC’s EasX-CHANGE system lets you swap it without tools. The IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Year of the Goat (ref. IW388310) is limited to 500 examples and priced at €13,100 or CHF 10,400\. See [more photos here](https://www.itsabouttime.email/iwc-gets-early-on-the-year-of-the-goat-trend-with-a-pilots-watch-performance-chronograph/) and the watch [on the IWC website](https://www.iwc.com/eu-en/watches/pilot-watches/iw388310-pilots-watch-performance-chronograph-41-year-of-the-goat?ref=itsabouttime.email). ### 5/ H. Moser & Cie. Adds a Subdial Chronograph and an Espresso Fumé Dial to Heritage Collection ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/11/HMoser_8200-1207_Heritage_Centre_Seconds__8220-1200_Heritage_Chronograph__Lifestyle_Duo-1-1.jpg) Almost all of Moser’s modern chronographs use the Agengraph movement, made by Agenhor, which puts every chronograph hand in the centre of the dial. It’s a great movement, but the whole point of it is that the chrono hands are centered and not delegated to sub-dials. Well, for the new Heritage Chronograph White Fumé, Moser really wanted sub-dials. So out with the Agengraph and in with a Dubois Dépraz module on one of its own automatic movements instead. This is the latest update to the Heritage collection, it’s the round, thin-lugged line Moser launched with Bucherer in 2018, and probably the least discussed thing the brand makes. Joining the chrono is the new brown-dial Heritage Centre Seconds. Both have 42mm steel cases with sapphire crystal on the front and back. The chronograph is 13.8mm thick, which is pushing the maximum thickness for a watch based on 1940s designs, and the module is mostly to blame. The Centre Seconds is 11.1mm thick and should wear noticeably better. Water resistance on both is 30 meters, which isn't much to speak of. I like the chronograph dial a lot. It’s a silvery white sunburst with a smoked edge so faint you could miss it. There are two subdials, one of them a 45-minute counter, the other running seconds, plus large Arabic numerals and a tachymeter that is scaled in two passes from 300 to 30kph. All the printing is dark blue to match the blued sword hands, and the logo is a 1947 version. It doesn’t look much like a Moser. The Centre Seconds dial is brown and darkens toward the edge, with the transparent logo painted on. Its big applied numerals are made of Globolight, a ceramic with Super-LumiNova mixed in, so the whole numeral glows. The chronograph uses the HMC 220, Moser’s in-house automatic, which beats at 3Hz, has 72 hours of power reserve and a Straumann hairspring. On top is the mentioned chronograph module. Some people won’t want to pay this much for a modular chronograph, and I understand that. The Centre Seconds uses the HMC 200 automatic, with three days of reserve at 3Hz. The chronograph comes on grey kudu leather and the Centre Seconds on brown, both with a steel pin buckle. The Heritage Chronograph White Fumé (ref. 8220-1200) is limited to 100 pieces and it's priced at €34,100\. The Heritage Centre Seconds Espresso Fumé (ref. 8200-1207) is limited to 200 pieces and will set you back €18,300\. See [more photos here](https://www.itsabouttime.email/h-moser-cie-adds-a-subdial-chronograph-and-an-espresso-fume-dial-to-heritage-collection/) and the watches [on the Moser website](https://h-moser.com/en?ref=itsabouttime.email). --- ### IAT REVIEW: The Circula Facet 38 And Facet 41 And Who Really Decides How Big Our Watches Are ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/98/15/981552fd-1b67-4d3c-8ad7-fc38a52bf9fb/content/images/2026/10/circula_1-1.jpg) Online, everyone wants smaller watches, but in stores people buy bigger ones. Circula’s two Facets show why both sizes deserve to exist. [Read the review here](https://www.itsabouttime.email/iat-review-the-circula-facet-38-and-facet-41-and-who-really-decides-how-big-our-watches-are/). --- ****Help me RUN It's About Time** I write this newsletter on my own, and paid subscribers are what keep it running. If you'd like to support it, you'll also get The Caseback, a weekend magazine with longer writing, every Sunday. ****The paid subscription is discounted for just a few more days, so get it now.** [Support IAT ](https://www.itsabouttime.email/annual-its-about-time-is-back-discount) --- ## ⚙️Watch Worthy - [A review of the Casio G-Shock GWBX5600](https://www.ablogtowatch.com/mip-solar-charging-and-bluetooth-raise-the-standard-for-entry-level-casio-g-shock-watches-with-the-gwbx5600-review/?ref=itsabouttime.email) - [Hands on with the De Bethune DB25 Digitale](https://monochrome-watches.com/de-bethune-db25-digitale-jumping-hour-review-price/?ref=itsabouttime.email) --- ## ⏲️End links - At night, New York City’s Penn Station closes, but it’s far from empty. In this excerpt of Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City at The New Yorker, Anand Giridharadas profiles Lisette Lojo, a social worker with the Bowery Residents’ Committee, as she and her team attempt to help unhoused people to secure shelter that matches their specific needs. The team scours the facility at night doing wellness checks, carefully building the rapport and respect they need to [help keep people safe without compromising their rights or their dignity](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/a-night-living-in-penn-station?ref=itsabouttime.email). - For Intelligencer, Jessica Lucas offers a smart but depressing look at the seniors who are increasingly glued to their screens, mindlessly scrolling YouTube videos and Instagram Reels, often into the wee hours of the morning. It’s hard not to wonder if this constant passive consumption exacerbates cognitive decline. Some of the adult children Lucas speaks with routinely reset their parents’ feeds: fine-tuning algorithms to serve safer content, marking AI slop, or unsubscribing from harmful or fake news channels. Others have gone so far as to set their [elderly parents up with teen accounts or secretly curate and monitor their activity](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/boomer-parents-screen-time-problem.html?ref=itsabouttime.email). --- ## 👀Watch this I'm a simple man. I see Harry go on a road trip, I click on the link. These videos are treasures. --- Thanks for reading Vuk P.S. If you have any questions, suggestions, gripes or anything else, just reply to this email. It comes straight to me and I try responding to everyone.