Citizen has built plenty of Star Wars watches. This one whispers.
The new ATTESA Death Star II hides its fandom inside a working moonphase, where the Death Star rotates through the lunar cycle in place of the Moon itself. It went on sale in Japan on November 5, and Citizen’s US store already lists it at $1,500 with band sizing handled at checkout. Production stops at 1,500 pieces worldwide, and a run that small tends to move fast once collectors spot it.
Citizen ATTESA Death Star II (BY1004-50E)
41.5mm Super Titanium case with Duratect DLC · H874 Eco-Drive moonphase · Limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide
Price: $1,500
Where to buy: Buy at Citizen
A Death Star under construction, printed across the dial
The dial is a deep starfield under anti-reflective sapphire, and the Death Star sits half-built across the right side of it. Citizen prints that image with a 3D inkjet process, so the unfinished station catches light like the metal plates it is meant to be. One thin red seconds hand sweeps across everything, the single loud note in a dial that otherwise stays black.
Down at six o’clock, the moonphase disc carries a small Death Star of its own. As the lunar cycle advances, the station turns through the aperture exactly where the Moon should sit.
Three subdials share the starfield, a 24-hour display at nine, the day of the week up top, and the moonphase down low. The date window tucks in at four-thirty, half sunk into the printed station. Nothing on this dial is filler, every register has a job to do.
The H874 does the astronomy itself
The movement is Citizen’s H874 Eco-Drive, powered by any light source and synced by radio signal. Its Luna Program calculates the moon’s age from the calendar and sets the phase display on its own. Northern and Southern Hemisphere views both live in the settings, since the Moon hangs upside down from the other half of the planet.
Around the phase display sit a perpetual calendar, day and date, world time, and a power reserve indicator. A full charge runs up to two and a half years with the power saver engaged.
Radio reception keeps the time exact against atomic clock signals, so the calendar and the moonphase never drift apart. Eco-Drive feeds on whatever light the day gives it, desk lamp included. There is no battery to swap, ever. The H874 also runs the same lunar hardware as the ATTESA Ever Since limited edition from last month, a watch built around the same automatically calculated phase display.
Once it is set, the watch looks after itself, which suits a piece with this much going on under the dial.
Black titanium at 41.5 millimeters
The case measures 41.5 millimeters across and 10.8 millimeters thick, cut from Super Titanium under a black Duratect DLC coat. Citizen rates that material 40 percent lighter and five times harder than stainless steel, and the matching bracelet runs the same finish link for link. A fold-over clasp with push buttons closes it.
Flip it over and the caseback carries an engraved Death Star II, ringed by the world time city codes. Water resistance runs to 100 meters, so swimming and snorkeling stay on the table. Underneath the theme, this is a travel watch.
Citizen backs the watch with a five-year limited warranty, standard across the line. From across the room it is simply a black titanium watch, and only the starfield gives the game away.
Spec sheet
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | BY1004-50E, ATTESA Death Star II |
| Movement | H874 Eco-Drive, radio-controlled |
| Case | 41.5mm Super Titanium, Duratect DLC coating |
| Thickness | 10.8mm |
| Crystal | Anti-reflective sapphire |
| Bracelet | Super Titanium with DLC coating, fold-over clasp with push buttons |
| Water resistance | 100 meters |
| Functions | Moonphase, perpetual calendar, day-date, world time, power reserve indicator |
| Production | Limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide |
| Price | $1,500 |
The box gets its own moment
It ships in special Star Wars packaging, a black tin stamped with the logo and the words May the Force Be With You around its base. The outer box splits the saga down the middle, light side silhouettes on one face and darkness on the other. Limited editions live or die on this layer feeling considered, and this one does.
Who should chase one
Citizen’s Star Wars run this year already put a Death Star on a simpler Eco-Drive, and that one wore the theme right on its sleeve. This ATTESA keeps the hardware serious and buries the fandom a layer down. Collectors who want a real travel watch under the tribute will feel the difference.
At $1,500 it costs real ATTESA money, and it returns real ATTESA hardware for the spend. The Star Wars layer stays invisible until light hits the dial or the moonphase turns over. That restraint is rare in licensed watches, and it is why this one works as a watch first.
Citizen ATTESA Death Star II (BY1004-50E)
41.5mm Super Titanium case with Duratect DLC · H874 Eco-Drive moonphase · Limited to 1,500 pieces worldwide
Price: $1,500
Where to buy: Buy at Citizen
With 1,500 pieces for the whole planet, the decision window here is short. Citizen’s US store is the route at $1,500, sized to your wrist before it ships.
