Category Archives: Vintage Watches

Vintage Diver Page Published!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by sweephand

I’ve now uploaded my article on Citizen’s divers, from the 1960s to 1980. I hope it’s useful – I’ve not seen this information brought together in this way anywhere else. As I say at the beginning of the article, if you see … Continue reading →

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Divers Page is Finally on its Way

Posted on November 21, 2012 by sweephand

After a long delay, I’ve now managed to get on with a new page dedicated to Citizen’s vintage divers. Just need to organise and upload the images, so I should be able to publish it later this week…

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This Week’s Featured Watch #43 – The 62-6198 150m Diver

Posted on November 13, 2012 by sweephand

In the late 1960s / early 1970s, Citizen produced several 150 meter rated divers using different movements up to and including the 8200. All the models, and their earlier and much rarer ones, will be covered in a special article soon, so … Continue reading →

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Want An Original Citizen Bullhead? – A Quick Buying Guide

Posted on November 8, 2012 by sweephand

I’ve added a page about buying a vintage Citizen ‘bullhead’, correctly called the Challenge Timer. I’ve seen a lot of Challenge Timers on auction sites – well, on eBay – which have been re-furbished and often have after market dials. So to … Continue reading →

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Chronograph Article Update – Another Walter Wolf Special

Posted on November 4, 2012 by sweephand

The only ‘special’ version of the 8110A models that I now about was designed for the Walter Wolf Formula 1 racing team. Besides the unique design of case, dial and hands, it is also notable for the case material – titanium – and was … Continue reading →

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Automatic Chronographs Article Updated

Posted on October 27, 2012 by sweephand

A small addition made tonight to the Challenge Timer section (aka ‘Bullhead) – the ‘standard’ 67-9011 with silver dial and black sub-dials has two case numbers. I’m not sure at the moment why this is so, but I’ve seen authentic … Continue reading →

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The Week’s Featured Watch #42 – The Master

Posted on October 24, 2012 by sweephand

The ‘Newmaster’ model is quite often seen for sale on the auction sites, usually based on the Homer hand winding movement, and dating from the early 1970s. But a model which immediately preceded that is much rarer – the Master. … Continue reading →

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52 Crystal Seven / Seven Star Family Tree Updated

Posted on October 16, 2012 by sweephand

Just uploaded V2 of the 52xx Family Tree. Only a minor revision, but I’ve added the ‘Superking’ to the 5270 movement box. This was an export model, with a name probably given to watches using more than one movement, including … Continue reading →

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A Little Movie – Jet and Standard Automatic Movements

Posted on October 15, 2012 by sweephand

Citizen’s main automatic movement in the early 1960s was their ‘Jet’ circular geared rotor design. This was replaced from around the mid-1960s with the more familiar swinging weight rotor. So here’s a little video which shows the two side by side: http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk252/Sweephand/?action=view&current=20121003170746.mp4

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Chronograph Article Updated

Posted on October 9, 2012 by sweephand

I’ve just updated the chronograph page – firstly to make the rather obvious point that the case numbers of the 8110A models are always 4-901xxx and the 8100A’s are 4-900xxx. More importantly I’ve added a note about a fourth 67-9038 … Continue reading →

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