After a ‘comment’ from Jim about his vintage diver, he kindly agreed that I could use his photos 🙂 Rather than post them in comments, I wanted to feature them in a post on the home page, since it is great to see a watch that has been owned from new by the same person:
Jim bought this watch in 1978, the year it was made, whilst in Japan. The model number is 52-0110, so it uses the 8200 movement first produced in 1975. The case number, 4-820789, also provides a clear indication of the movement used. Here’s the back:
Many thanks to Jim for sending the photos and giving permission for their use here – full credit to Jim for the images of course.
For more information about Citizens mechanical divers, see here: https://sweep-hand.org/citizens-vintage-divers-1962-to-1980/
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I have the exact same watch. I lost the bezel off mine back in 1991 and had no luck in finding a new or second hand one. I still have the watch minus strap, I could not part with it as this was my first divers watch that I bought back in 1978 and I was only 17 and I remember this watch costing me a fare chunk of notes back in Christchurch, New Zealand. I had only been out of school for 18 months. If anyone has any idea of how to find another bezel it would be much appreciated as I would love to wear the watch again considering I have now owned it for 35 years. This watch would look very nice all intact sitting beside my Red 1999 Festina chronogragh.
Kind Regards Wayne
Hi Wayne, sorry for slow reply and thanks for visiting my blog. Great to hear about another watch owned from new 🙂 A real shame about the bezel, is the whole bezel missing, or just the insert? I would think the only way to replace the bezel would be to find a donor watch – there are sometimes replacement inserts around if you found a donor with a badly worn insert.
Stephen
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Hi Doc, your link is giving the ‘404’ not found error I’m afraid,
Stephen
Working on it. 🙂