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Diver Page Amended

Posted on February 21, 2015 by sweephand

With thanks to Paul (aka ‘1386paul’) who is something of an expert on Citizen’s vintage divers, I have made two amendments to the Diver Page. First was to remove an image of a Crystal Date model which had a wrong, and … Continue reading →

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The Chrono Masters – New Page Updated and Finalised

Posted on February 20, 2015 by sweephand

I have now uploaded the whole of the updated and expanded Chrono Masters page. It now includes all the automatic models and the electro-mechanical version. I hope I’ve corrected all mistakes, but please let me know if you spot anything, … Continue reading →

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The Chrono Masters – New Page Published

Posted on February 17, 2015 by sweephand

My article on Citizen’s marvellous Chrono Master range of high end watches has been available for some time via a link in my Blogroll. I am now in the process of hosting it on a page right here 🙂 I have completed Part … Continue reading →

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Vintage Citizen Auto Gets a Full Service……and Some Parts!

Posted on February 10, 2015 by sweephand

About a month ago I posted a link to the Watch Bloke’s site since it showed some work Duncan had done on a vintage Citizen diver, and I also added his site to my Blogroll. Since then I referred Gonzalo, … Continue reading →

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Want To See Something Special?…..Very Special

Posted on February 8, 2015 by sweephand

I heard from Bogdan yesterday, who owns the ‘Vintage Citizen Watches’ site – he is a very happy man! Many collectors have a ‘grail’ watch that they search for, and may sometimes find, sometimes not. Bogdan is such a man, … Continue reading →

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Jet Autodater Stem Removal

Posted on February 7, 2015 by sweephand

Sometimes the winding stem and crown of a watch have to be removed, for example to access the dial or to tighten a loose crown. Here’s a quick look at how to remove the stem on a Jet Autodater. Once the back is … Continue reading →

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Citizen Diver Page – Minor Update

Posted on January 30, 2015 by sweephand

Just done a quick edit of the diver page – first, the movement number for the B52806 and 62-5370 models is now correct (i.e. 5401, not 5410) and second I now have reference material that confirms the B52806 is an … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #67: 67-9356 Chronograph

Posted on January 27, 2015 by sweephand

The first featured watch of 2015 is number 67 in the series, so it had to be a ’67’ model 🙂 And this one is just back from Brian (aka ’31 Jewels’) who has done a great job, as usual, … Continue reading →

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When Black is…..Brown

Posted on January 23, 2015 by sweephand

Citizen pioneered the use of black coatings on light alloy cases in the early 1970s. I’d noticed one or two images where the coating looked to be brown. I saw one example for sale a while back which was advertised … Continue reading →

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Posting Interlude!

Posted on January 19, 2015 by sweephand

Been busy over the last week with a new PC – said goodbye to good old Win XP and switched to Win 8.1….not entirely without its challenges! So I’m afraid there has been a lack of posts as a result, … Continue reading →

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