Category Archives: Vintage Watches

Today’s Watch – Citizen Crystal Seven, 27 Jewels

Posted on May 7, 2020 by sweephand

The Crystal Seven line was an important one for Citizen, as it introduced a wide range of models using their 52 movement in 1965, featuring hardened mineral glass for the first time. It was this that put ‘Crystal’ in the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Leopard, 67-2050 (4-720903), 28 Jewels

Posted on May 6, 2020 by sweephand

The Highness models, as featured yesterday, can be elusive – and expensive! – so a good alternative that is both easier to find and not so costly to buy, is one of the 36,000 beats per hour Leopards. So here … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Highness, 28 Jewels

Posted on May 5, 2020 by sweephand

After the Seven Star V2 yesterday, I thought I’d feature on of the high grade watches to which it is related, although this one is in the 72 family. This one is a date only version of the 72, and … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Seven Star V2, 24 Jewels

Posted on May 4, 2020 by sweephand

Citizen’s second generation Seven Star watches replaced the original 52 family of movements with the 72 or 77 calibres just four years later, in 1969, and added the ‘V2’ moniker. In line with watch technology development at the time, the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Cutlass, 27 Jewels

Posted on May 3, 2020 by sweephand

Citizen used their 52 movements, first used in the Crystal Seven line in 1965, in the Cutlass range. These traded on the slimness of the calibre, hence the name, and a number of different models were produced from 1968. They … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen 6501 Automatic BLTI, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 2, 2020 by sweephand

This watch asserts its 1970s heritage – Citizen introduced more colourful designs at that time as tastes changed and customers looked for something different from traditional design. Citizen pioneered the use of black coating on light alloy cases, and today’s … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Leopard, 4-770498, 24 Jewels

Posted on May 1, 2020 by sweephand

Back to one of Citizen’s range of high beat ‘Leopard’ watches today – launched in 1969 there is no doubt that the movements used in these are of a high quality. Running at either 28,800 bph or 36,000, they offer … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Custom V2 Yacht Timer #2, 4-720474, 23 Jewels

Posted on April 30, 2020 by sweephand

As trailed yesterday. today’s watch is the last of the three 4-720474 sports watches from the very early 1970s. This one is from April 1970, and is a grey dialled version. Again the movement is the 7290, this time with … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Custom V2 Yacht Timer (4-720474), 23 Jewels

Posted on April 29, 2020 by sweephand

I’m sticking with the Custom V2 sports watches today, following yesterday’s post – and there’ll be another one tomorrow 🙂 This one uses the same 7290 calibre and the exact same case – also with an inner rotating ring, this … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Custom V2, 4-720474, 23 Jewels

Posted on April 28, 2020 by sweephand

I confess that this is not my favourite dial colour! Sandy brown would perhaps most kindly describe the main colour….It’s quite a rare one though, so I had to get it 🙂 It’s one of the second generation of sports … Continue reading →

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