Tuesday 28 May 2013

Citizen Independent 1481010 Eco-Drive 7821 Rectangular Turquoise & White

I seem to be finding that I have quite a few solar watches in my collection, and today it's another one!

This watch is yet another of my massive collection of Citizen Independent 1481010 watches. I have put together a big page dedicated to that watch range, and a link can be found at the top right corner of this webpage.

This model is also one of Citizen's Eco-Drive range which was a collection of watches with solar power. The solar panels are built into the face of this watch, and are designed to be hidden from view. The 1481010 Eco-Drive watches had two different designs - a rectangular dial (like today), and a round version.

The watch uses a 7821 module, and is a 3 hand dial with date at the 3 o'clock position. The second hand also shows when the watch's capacitor is running low on power by a single and double tick (it jumps 2 seconds in one tick).

The design came out in 1999, and this one has a model number of 7821-S72048. The catalogue number was IT21-4481R, and it was sold for 9,800 yen. This model stopped being sold in 2001.

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