Showing posts with label Crystal Seven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crystal Seven. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Citizen Dandy Seven Custom

A little while back I posted a Citizen watch from the Crystal Seven range. Today's watch is part of that series, but with a different name an look.

This watch is a model called the Dandy Seven Custom. It is part of the Crystal Seven range of watches, which was the overall name for a range of automatic mechanical watches with the 52xx movement. Not much is known about the Dandy Seven models, but as they are normally marked by unusual case designs, and were often more colourful than the normal Crystal Seven watches, the speculation is that they were aimed at the younger market. According to sweep-hand.org, the Dandy Seven watches were first released in 1968, and are marked with a crossed sword and shield logo on the face. It looks like they weren't made in large numbers, and are very rare outside of Japan.

This model has a 27 jewel automatic mechanical movement (with a frequency of around 18,000 bph), and the movement number of 5200. It is ha 3 hand design with a date window at the 3 o'clock position, and a day window at the 9 o'clock position. It has a round face in a rectangular stainless steel case with curved sides.

The model number is 4-520041 and it looks like it was made in 1969.

Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Citizen Crystal Seven Automatic ACSS 2822a

It's New Years Eve, and they say it is "Out with the old..." so I'm finishing the year with a vintage watch.

Today's watch is a Crystal Seven Automatic watch by Citizen. The Crystal Seven watches came out in December 1965 and were one of Citizen's most popular lines. They were slim designed models with Sapphire glass and were variations on the 52xx movement. On the back it mentions Para (for the parashock movement), water (for the water resistance), and Star (which I don't know). The Crystal Seven logos are a 7 inside a crown on the front, and a 7 inside a shield with a crown on the back.

This model is the ACSS 2822a and is based on a 21 jewel automatic movement. Looking at the serial number, I think this model is from 1968. It has a 3 hand dial with a 14,400 bph seconds hand. At the 12 o'clock position is a day window (in a flattened hexagonal shape), and there is a date window at the 3 o'clock position. There is also the number 1580-IKA in very small writing on the face at the bottom edge of the dial.