Citizen Leopard 28800 – Ref. 4-770919TA – August 1972 – High Beat – markantes 70er Design Taucheruhr probably only a vanishingly small

probably only a vanishingly small number are outside of Japan

– Zifferblatt: Arita-Porzellan

KNIS presentation box

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

and ultimately Grand Seiko

Citizen Leopard 28800 – Ref. 4-770919TA – August 1972 – High Beat – markantes 70er Design Taucheruhr probably only a vanishingly smallThis 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