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Movement Table Updated to v5.2

Posted on October 3, 2012 by sweephand

I realised this evening that there was an error in the Movement Table – I had exclusively used the ‘museum books’ as a reference for the table at first, but I have been able to get other original Citizen material since then. But I … Continue reading →

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67-9313 Chronograph – This One’s a Beater

Posted on October 1, 2012 by sweephand

Other than a couple of hands, I found I had enough parts to build one of my favourite chronographs – the 67-9313 model, often known as the ‘speedy’ due to  its resemblance to the Omega Speedmaster. I’d got a spare and complete … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #41 – the Seven Star V2 7280

Posted on September 26, 2012 by sweephand

Back in April, one of the Featured Watches was a Leopard 7220 from 1970, a high beat model with day and date window at the 12 o’clock position (https://sweep-hand.org/2012/04/13/this-weeks-featured-watch-30-the-leopard-7220/). The unusual day and date design, in one window, means that the changeover … Continue reading →

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Before & After Bezel Insert Change

Posted on September 20, 2012 by sweephand

Here’s my 62-6198 Diver from 1976 – first with its original bezel: And now with a replacement bezel: Since the old one was missing its lume pip and was moderately worn, I thought a replacement bezel insert was in order. … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #40 – the Cosmotron X8 (0840)

Posted on September 18, 2012 by sweephand

Citizen’s pioneering first ‘Electric Watch’ was launched in 1966, and used the 25 jewel 0800 electro-mechanical movement, running at 18,000 beats per hour (see the Chrono Master model here: https://sweep-hand.org/2011/07/11/this-weeks-featured-watch-10-the-electric-watch/) As the technology developed Citizen introduced the next version in 1970, now … Continue reading →

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Not Just Watches…..

Posted on September 17, 2012 by sweephand

Once the collecting bug bites it can mean that it’s not just the watches themselves, but also some of the related stuff. Here’s a shot to illustrate: The Cosmotron display stand was an unusual find: http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/Sweephand/Cosmotron%205800/?action=view&current=CosmoTrioVid.mp4 The watches on the stand are … Continue reading →

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Twin Crown Diver Question

Posted on September 15, 2012 by sweephand

In the ‘comments’ section of my last post (‘Best laid plans and all that’) Pom asked about a twin crown diver he has, and whether it is a genuine model, since he hadn’t been able to find any information about it. … Continue reading →

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Best laid plans and all that….

Posted on August 29, 2012 by sweephand

I’d hoped that well before now I would have published my article on Citizen’s vintage divers – unfortunately real life has intervened and I have not been able to get it done just yet. Apologies for the delay, I hope to get … Continue reading →

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Oops…

Posted on August 18, 2012 by sweephand

I noticed a tiny error in the Movement Table v5.1 – I’d missed out, in the ‘Model Variant / Dial Markings’  column for the 7470 movement, that it is found in a ‘Citizen’ automatic (i.e. no model name) as well as in a diver rated to … Continue reading →

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Movement Table Updated to v5.1

Posted on August 17, 2012 by sweephand

Just uploaded version 5.1 of the Movement Table, which now includes the 7790 movement, which was previously missing.  Thanks to Marko form Finland for this, since he’s just bought one of these – a Seven Star V2 – which had … Continue reading →

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