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Diamond Flake problem…..solved

Posted on October 12, 2013 by sweephand

Some time ago I found that I wasn’t able to set the time on my 1963 Diamond Flake hand winder https://sweep-hand.org/2013/05/15/this-weeks-featured-watch-51-the-diamond-flake/. The stem was loose and wouldn’t relocate in the correct position although the movement could still be wound and … Continue reading →

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Cosmotron Display

Posted on October 10, 2013 by sweephand

It’s nice to find bits and pieces that add to a collection – some time ago I found a small shop display for the Cosmotron models. Dating from the early 1970s, it holds three watches – here’s a little ‘fly … Continue reading →

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Minor Restoration – Major Improvement….

Posted on September 25, 2013 by sweephand

Sometimes an interesting watch arrives after an exciting search and auction bid. One example is my Seven Star Rally Custom – a model that was high on my ‘I want one of those’ list but took a while to find. … Continue reading →

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Some Chronographs

Posted on September 10, 2013 by sweephand

After the last post, showing some classicly simple watches, here is the other end of the vintage spectrum – the mechanical chronographs of the 1970s. These models use either the single sub-dial 8100a movement, or the two sub-dial 8110a version. … Continue reading →

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Some Hand Winders

Posted on August 30, 2013 by sweephand

Been very busy over the last week after the birth of a second grandchild 🙂   Posts have been a bit thin as a result, but I hope to get back on track now.  In the meantime here’s one of … Continue reading →

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4 Automatic Sports Watches x2

Posted on August 13, 2013 by sweephand

Citizen’s largest vintage watches were sports models, made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. With cases of just over 40mm, they came in a variety of styles as well as the more 150m familiar divers. Here are four examples … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s 1962 31j Chronometer – Accuracy Standards

Posted on July 25, 2013 by sweephand

Further to my last post about Bill’s Chronometer, and Marko’s comments about the Japanese certificate, here are some more scans of Citizen’s standards for this watch in the 1960s. First is a certificate showing the standards that had been met: … Continue reading →

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Bill’s Hand-wind 31 jewel Chronometer

Posted on July 24, 2013 by sweephand

Following Jim’s diver, here’s another watch from a blog visitor. Bill commented about his 31 jewel hand wound chronometer and kindly gave permission to use the photos he sent me 🙂 Full credit goes to Bill for the four watch … Continue reading →

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Jim’s Diver, a 52-0110 from 1978

Posted on July 16, 2013 by sweephand

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 … Continue reading →

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Jet Automatic Page Update

Posted on July 1, 2013 by sweephand

I’ve done a couple of minor edits to the page on the Jet Automatics, firstly to clarify which models/movements did and didn’t have hand winding, and secondly a note about the ‘Seven’ models.

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