Bulova surveyor, citizens tsuyosa
First Marine Corps Ball, and by his account they had to go hard for it. They bought the watches just before the ball, a Bulova Surveyor and a Citizen Tsuyosa. He says that is what started the movement into watch collecting. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Bulova Surveyor and Citizen Tsuyosa
Bulova Surveyor and Citizen Tsuyosa
Two brands on one night, and they are closer related than they look. Joseph Bulova opened a jewelry shop in New York in 1875 and built one of the longest running names in American watchmaking out of it. Citizen bought Bulova in January 2008 for about 247 million dollars, which put both names under one roof. The Surveyor sits at the classic end of Bulova's catalogue, a dress leaning three hander, and the automatic versions are built on Miyota calibers. Miyota is Citizen's own movement house.
The Tsuyosa arrived in 2022 as Citizen's answer to the integrated bracelet sports watch at a price that did not require much deliberation. Forty millimeters of steel with the bracelet built into the case, sunray dial, date at three, 50 meters of water resistance, and Citizen's in house caliber 8210 running at 21,600 vph with roughly 40 hours of reserve.
The Marine Corps Birthday Ball
The Corps counts its birth from 10 November 1775 and a resolution of the Continental Congress. In 1921 Major General John A. Lejeune issued Marine Corps Order 47, which directed that the history and traditions of the Corps be read to every command on that date every year after. The first formal Birthday Ball followed in Philadelphia in 1925, built around the unveiling of a tablet at the Tun Tavern site where the first Marines were recruited.