Category Archives: Vintage Watches

Today’s Watch – Citizen Leopard Superbeat 8, 26 Jewels, 4-770111

Posted on May 17, 2020 by sweephand

Back to another Leopard today – from April 1971, this is a 26 jewelled model using the 7700 day and date movement. With quick-set day and date and the characteristic 4 o’clock crown position, this may have been the first … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen SM Auto Dater, 17 Jewels

Posted on May 16, 2020 by sweephand

Here’s the second of Citizen’s two movements used in the SM models – this time with 17 jewels. The other has 21, but both use the same date only 2410 calibre. The day and date version of this, the SM … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Adorex 8050 Automatic, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 15, 2020 by sweephand

Time for the second of three Adorex models today – the first one I featured was the lowliest of them, with its 8200A movement. Today is the middle one in the hierarchy, namely the 8050 movement. Although this is a … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Seven Star 100m Dual Crown Diver, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 14, 2020 by sweephand

Bert’s comments yesterday included a pic of his beautiful dual crown Seven Star Deluxe diver, and this inspired today’s piece. My Seven Star export model, with red dial. It’s marked ‘waterproof’ rather than ‘parawater’ and the Seven Star name is … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Leopard, 4-720458, 26 Jewels

Posted on May 13, 2020 by sweephand

Back to a high beat model today – and one of my favourite Leopard Superbeats. From March 1970, this one is case number 4-720458 with a 7210 26 jewel hacking movement, which runs at 28,800 beats per hour. The black … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Seven Star V2, 23 Jewels

Posted on May 12, 2020 by sweephand

Posting a bit later today, so only a short note – this is an interesting V2 Seven Star from April 1970. The hacking 7280 movement has the day and date in a single window at the 12 o’clock position. And … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Seven Star Deluxe, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 11, 2020 by sweephand

Since it uses the same 52 movement as the Crystal Seven, the Seven Star series was also launched in 1965. The range included Deluxe and Custom models, and today’s is a Deluxe with 21 jewels. With it’s own applied logo, … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Crystal Seven Custom, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 10, 2020 by sweephand

Citizen introduced its ‘Custom’ line alongside the more conventional cases and dials of the standard range in the mid 1960s with the Seven Star and Crystal Seven models. Today’s piece is one of the latter, a Crystal Seven Custom with … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Jet Auto Dater, 17 Jewels

Posted on May 9, 2020 by sweephand

After the somewhat technical Challenge Golf yesterday, I’ve gone back a decade or so to a 17 jewel Auto Dater with the Jet circular geared rotor – Citizen introduced the Jets in 1961 with the 031 calibre. The movement in … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Challenge Golf, 26 Jewels

Posted on May 8, 2020 by sweephand

Today’s piece might be mistaken for something of a novelty watch, the Challenge Golf. But it is far from that – it’s a serious bit of kit, with an automatic high-beat movement (28,800bph) with fine adjuster, hacking, hand winding – … Continue reading →

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