Citizen Tsuyosa Shore With The Time Slip Dial; A Very Cool Military Style Bulova; A Small Rose Gold Mido Multifort TV; The Corniche Heritage Chronograph Visage; Anton Suhanov's Flamingo

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In this issue

• Citizen Combines The Sporty Shore Case With The Nostalgic Time Slip Dial For A New Limited Tsuyosa

• Bulova Revives Its Post-War Watchmaking Legacy With The Military VWI Special Edition Chronograph

• Mido Gives Their Smallest Multifort TV A Rose Gold Colored Case And A Brown Dial

• The Corniche Heritage Chronograph Visage Is A Very Nice Watch If You Find Yourself On The French Riviera

• This Is Anton Suhanov's First Balance-Forward Wristwatch, The Flamingo

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Citizen Combines The Sporty Shore Case With The Nostalgic Time Slip Dial For A New Limited Tsuyosa

Citizen has been running one of the best value plays in automatic watches with the Tsuyosa, and this year it gave the line a proper sports personality in the Shore, with a rotating bezel and 100 meters of water resistance. While I’m a huge fan of the Tsuyosa, I remember being a bit underwhelmed by the Shore collection. I guess I was alone on that, as Citizen is expanding the collection, now with the smoked, retro "Time Slip" dial that worked so well on last year's 37mm limited edition. The result is the Tsuyosa Shore Time Slip, and it looks fantastic.

The stainless steel case carries over from the rest of the larger Shore models: 40mm wide, 12.5mm thick, with the integrated-style silhouette that has defined the Tsuyosa since the start. You get brushed surfaces with polished accents, a recessed crown at 4 o'clock, and a sapphire crystal with a date magnifier. The bezel is the Shore's unidirectional rotating type, but here it wears a gold-toned 60-minute scale on a black background that plays into the vintage theme. Water resistance is 100 meters.

The dial is the main novelty. Citizen has taken the Time Slip treatment that they used before and applied it here: a finely grained texture under a smoked black gradient, with gold-coloured applied markers and hands filled with lume. The printing is gold to match.

Inside is Citizen's in-house Calibre 8210, beating at 3 Hz with about 42 hours of power reserve and hacking seconds. It is a workhorse that has carried much of the Tsuyosa range, and there is a transparent caseback so you can watch it run. The watch comes on the same three-link stainless steel bracelet as the other Shore models, brushed and polished to match the case, with a folding clasp.

The Citizen Tsuyosa Shore Time Slip, reference NJ0238-57E, goes on sale in August 2026 as a limited edition of 12,000, priced at €359. See more on the Citizen website.

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Bulova Revives Its Post-War Watchmaking Legacy With The Military VWI Special Edition Chronograph

Back in 1945, as servicemen were returning from the War, Bulova tried to lend a hand in helping these veterans have an easier life. They did so by running a watchmaking school for returning soldiers, which was a noble effort. And it gives them legitimacy when they partner in modern days with the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative which trains U.S. veterans in professional watchmaking. To support the VWI, Bulova just released Military VWI Special Edition, of which 10% of sales will go towards the program. That’s a great sentiment, but perhaps more importantly, this is one great looking watch.

The case is 42mm wide, stainless steel, cushion-shaped, with a mostly brushed finish and polished touches on the coin-edge bezel, crown, and pushers. It draws on 1940s military chronographs and does so well. A domed mineral crystal sits on top, which is a shame because acrylic would have fit so much better with the retro styling. The solid screw-down caseback is engraved with artwork marking the Bulova-VWI partnership. Water resistance is 100 meters.

The dial is olive green, which sells the military identity. A railroad minute track wraps around lumed Arabic numerals, and the hour, minute, and central chronograph seconds hands are lumed too. The layout is tri-compax: a 60-minute counter at nine o'clock, an uncommon 1/20-second indicator at three that only reads out once you stop the chronograph, and a small seconds register at six with a date window integrated into it on a black background.

Inside is Bulova's High Precision Quartz calibre NP20, running at 262 kHz, roughly eight times a standard quartz frequency, and accurate to within seconds a year. The small seconds ticks in one-second steps, but the central chronograph seconds sweeps when running, which gives the timing display a more mechanical look. The watch comes on a padded brown leather strap with white contrast stitching.

The Bulova Military VWI Special Edition (ref. 96B482) is available now, priced at $695. See more on the Bulova website. (It’s geographically limited so it will show up just for U.S. based readers, the rest will have to google the watch. Sorry about that).

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Mido Gives Their Smallest Multifort TV A Rose Gold Colored Case And A Brown Dial

Mido's Multifort TV has always been about that boxy, retro television silhouette that has a lot of presence on the wrist. A couple of months ago, Mido introduced a smaller size aimed squarely at people who want the shape without the presence, the Mido Multifort TV 28mm. Now, they’re expanding that collection to include a new Multifort TV 28 Quartz with a very nice gold colored case and a few diamonds.

The case is rectangular, as you would expect, 28mm wide by 27.6mm long, and just 6.9mm thick. It's 316L stainless steel with a rose gold PVD coating, topped by a sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective layer on the underside. Water resistance is 50 meters, but what do you expect from such a small watch.

The dial is brown with a mix of applied indexes and three diamonds (0.0114 total carat, Top Wesselton, VS-SI clarity, single cut). I usually dislike diamonds on dials, but these seem small enough and contrast the brown dial well to not bug me. There’s a round date aperture at 6 o’clock.

Inside is a quartz movement that I don’t think Mido names, but is likely from the Swatch family. The bracelet is stainless steel with the same rose gold PVD, closed with a butterfly clasp.

The new Mido Multifort TV 28 Quartz is available now, priced at CHF 620. See more on the Mido website.

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The Corniche Heritage Chronograph Visage Is A Very Nice Watch If You Find Yourself On The French Riviera

Corniche is not a brand I write a lot about. In fact I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned them. Because it’s a shame. They make kind of interesting, very affordable, unique watches. And they lean into the French Riviera theme a lot. Could have been a gimmick, but it isn’t. There’s a new model out, the Heritage Chronograph Visage Limited Edition that plays perfectly into their identity and just might be a great summer watch.

The case is 39mm wide and 11.5mm thick, offered in stainless steel or rose gold PVD. The sapphire crystal gets anti-reflective and anti-fingerprint coatings, and the case flank carries a numbered metal plaque. Water resistance is 50 meters, enough for a pool and not much past it.

The dial is the killer feature here. Corniche used a baby blue ceramic finish they call Visage Blue, and ceramic reflects light in a completely unexpected way. Surrounding the dial is a white tachymeter scale. You get hand-applied Breguet-style numerals, which are interestingly cut with the two white sub-dials. The hands are gold colored, matching the numerals, and the central seconds hand is bright white. Overall, this is a watch that looks great in direct sunlight.

Inside is the Seiko VK64, a hybrid mecha-quartz that uses quartz timekeeping with a mechanical chronograph module. You get grab-and-go accuracy and a proper crisp pusher feel, plus a sweeping central chronograph hand. The strap is a textured Visage Blue rubber with a V-pattern, quick-release bars, and a folding deployant clasp, fitted for wrists from 15.5 to 20cm. The caseback is engraved with a Mediterranean stone pine cone.

The Corniche Heritage Chronograph Visage Limited Edition is limited to 300 pieces, split between steel and rose gold PVD, and it’s still available at a pretty reasonable $525. See more on the Corniche website.

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This Is Anton Suhanov's First Balance-Forward Wristwatch, The Flamingo

Anton Suhanov built his name on complicated clocks, including the multi-axis tourbillon work and the St Petersburg Easter Egg clock that took a Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève prize in 2025. But when he does wrist watches, like the Chronotope and the Racer, things get even more interesting. On the new Flamingo, Suhanov implements a concept he calls a "flaming balance," and the whole design bends toward making the regulating organ the most important thing of the watch. And it’s quite effecitve.

The case is 42mm wide and 11.5mm thick, stainless steel with a mix of brushed and polished surfaces. This isn’t the thinnest watch in the world, but that seems like a pretty impressive number given how much architecture is happening underneath the domed sapphire crystal. Around the back, a sapphire caseback is held by six three-point screws, and the crown has tiny rubies set into it. Water resistance is 30 meters.

The dial is where the idea is implemented. It's a sandblasted and brushed brass base treated in rhodium and dark ruthenium, three-dimensional and structured, with a 15.7mm balance wheel sitting right at the top. It beats at 18,000vph and carries three luminescent inserts that, in low light, merge into a single glowing ring. That's the flaming part, and it’s freaking cool. Time is pushed off-centre onto its own dedicated sub-dial, with small seconds at 2 o'clock and a 24-hour indicator at 10. Down at 6 there's a non-linear power reserve that speeds up over the final 12 hours, so you get a more precise indication as the watch winds down. The observatory-style hands are set with ruby elements that look fantastic against the grey base.

Inside is the hand-wound calibre Su26.1L, four years in development and entirely in-house. Twin barrels give it 84 hours of reserve, and the layout is open on purpose, built around a Y-shaped bridge. Finishing includes perlage, Côtes de Genève, and hand-polished inner angles. The strap is a grey alligator with a steel pin buckle shaped like the balance bridge.

The Anton Suhanov Flamingo is limited to 38 pieces, with price on request. I can’t even guess what the price is. See more on the Anton Suhanov website.

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