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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 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 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 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 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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Today’s Watch – Citizen 67-9551 Automatic Chronograph, 23 Jewels

Posted on April 27, 2020 by sweephand

Gone for a single sub-register chronograph today, i.e. with the 8100A 23 jewel movement. This is a 67-9551, with black coated case and a stainless steel bezel – so the case material code is BLS. This one is from March … Continue reading →

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