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Today’s Watch – Citizen Crystate, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 23, 2020 by sweephand

Having a manual wind weekend, so I can forget about having to set the date on the two I have chosen, but I am using today’s photo 🙂 Today’s piece is the Crystate, a fairly rare hand winder launched in … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #13 – the Crystate Deluxe

Posted on September 4, 2011 by sweephand

My first ‘featured watch’ was the Crystate, a seldom seen hand winder from the late 1960’s. At the time I commented that it would be very nice to have the deluxe version in my collection….. I was fortunate to find … Continue reading →

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This week’s featured watch #1 -The Crystate

Posted on April 17, 2011 by sweephand

Here’s one of Citizen’s lesser known hand winders – the Crystate. First produced in 1967, I believe production ran to about 1971. Two models were produced, the Crystate and the Crystate Deluxe. Uniquely using the 0911 movement the standard version … Continue reading →

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