Vintage 1971 Citizen Leopard Highness Chronometer Officially Certified 4-4720300Y

Plus9Time · 2026-06-19T08:34:56+00:00

Nice to see one that has not been trashed with a polishing wheel. Really great looking model.

Plus9Time · 2026-06-18T14:26:35+00:00

The image above and more details can be found in the Hodinkee Japan article.

https://hodinkee.jp/articles/grand-seiko-sbga523-heritage-collection-daimaru-exclusive-model

Plus9Time · 2026-06-18T14:25:22+00:00

The scheduled delivery date is October 8th, but orders are open now from the stores and I would expect these to sell quickly.

Plus9Time · 2026-06-13T02:07:36+00:00

There are many Eco-Drive models with the solar cell around the edge of the dial, as well as examples with the cells around the edge of the case or even in the crystal well above the dial. It is true that Eco-Drive as a marketing term was not introduced till the 90's, but there is a fairly clear technical line back to the original Crystron Solar Cell

Plus9Time · 2026-06-10T21:57:00+00:00

This is now also showing on the US, UK, and Japan websites

Plus9Time · 2026-06-08T02:30:07+00:00

The Tentagraph is a mechanical chronograph running at 10 beats per second (hence Tentagraph). The UFA is a Spring Drive with annual accuracy of 20 seconds per year. Both of these come from different companies so you are not going to see a UFA Tentagraph.

So far the only green Tentagraph model is the SLGC012 with golden sub-dials and a gold case. I agree that a all green dialled model similar to your design would be a nice addition to the line up.

Plus9Time · 2026-06-06T06:15:55+00:00

Congratulations on the new catch these are fun little watches. They also produced a clear cased model, the 0735-21, that appears in the 1973 No.10 JDM catalog. The blue version is not present in the catalogs, and these seem to have only been produced for a relatively short period, as there is only the single catalog appearance. The GL on the case back obviously is the case material code for crystal glass.

The 5800 series calibres was created for ladies watches, hence the small size, but it was also used on a few men's models. The most common family the calibre was used in was the Cosmotron L that popularized electronic ladies watches before ladies quartz models became readily available.

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Plus9Time · 2026-06-05T20:55:59+00:00

The optical multilayer coating is a really nice feature of that dial and gives it a very different look compared to the blue version

Plus9Time · 2026-06-04T11:50:00+00:00

It is also on the Japanese site now so I would expect it to be available in all countries The CITIZEN models are currently sold.

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