Citizen Leopard 28800 – Ref. 4-770919TA – August 1972 – High Beat – markantes 70er Design Taucheruhr and ultimately Grand Seiko

and ultimately Grand Seiko

– Zifferblatt: Arita-Porzellan

Characteristic of this movement is that it has no manual winding and no hacking seconds – a typical construction of many Orient automatic movements of that era

Diese Orient Star Dynamic vereint klassisches Design

probably only a vanishingly small number are outside of Japan

Citizen Leopard 28800 – Ref. 4-770919TA – August 1972 – High Beat – markantes 70er Design Taucheruhr and ultimately Grand SeikoThis Citizen Leopard 28800 from August 1972 is an excellent example of the technically ambitious, high frequency automatic movements of the early 1970s and at the same time a strong character design piece of this era. The serial number 20806089 allows for clear dating: 2 = 1972 08 = August Historical Context Citizen in the High Beat Race In the early 1970s, Citizen was in direct competition with Seiko particularly in the field of high frequency