Tag Archives: Citizen Crystal Date

Today’s Watch – Citizen Crystal Date, 17 Jewels

Posted on April 24, 2020 by sweephand

Back to a watch with a date function today, and it’s a Crystal Date from March 1967. The Crystal Date is the date only version of the Crystal Seven, getting its name from Citizen’s use for the first time in … Continue reading →

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Over 45 years old, but super accurate….

Posted on May 22, 2013 by sweephand

I’ve been wearing a 1967 Crystal Date for the past couple of weeks – this is the date only version of the Crystal Seven, and is one of the 52 Movement Family members.  This 17 jewel model has the 5401 movement in … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #32 – the Crystal Date 17j

Posted on May 10, 2012 by sweephand

When the well known Crystal Seven series was launched in 1965, using the ’52’ base caliber, a number of other models were also produced with variants of this movement. I’ve covered two of them in previous ‘Featured Watch’ posts – … Continue reading →

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