Category Archives: Vintage Watches

Chronograph Article Update

I’ve just put some improved scans of the parts and schematics pages in the article – my original attempts were not very good! And I’ve added a reference to the grey dialed Challenge Timer (‘bullhead’) – with many thanks to … Continue reading

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Homer Tree Now Version 2!

Within a couple of days of publishing the 02 Homer Family Tree, I’ve been able to confirm a model in the ‘Homer Date’ line that I hadn’t been able to before. With the help of ‘johnbaz’ on the Watch Forum … Continue reading

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Homer Family Tree

I noticed that I’d missed one model name in the ‘020 Homer’ box, which is now corrrected. This is the ‘Pansy’ variant – rather rare nowadays, these were made in the early 1960’s with coloured dials. Here’s an example of … Continue reading

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Second Family Tree Now Uploaded

Just added a second movement family tree, this time it’s the automatic 52 group. This one is based on the Crystal Seven movement, one of Citizen’s best known models – it’s also interesting to see what other models were based … Continue reading

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First Family Tree Available

The first of a new way of tracking the movements used in model ranges is now available. In the form of a ‘family tree’ this lets you see what models a particular base movement was used in, and includes some … Continue reading

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Movement ‘Family Trees’

Alongside updating the Movement Table, I’ve been working on a first ‘Family Tree’ to show how a base movement is used and developed over time, not only in one model line, but also in other models which initially can appear … Continue reading

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Movement Table Updated to Version 4

Just uploaded the latest version of the Movement Table. I’ve given it a full new version number (from 3.3 to 4.0) since there are quite a few revisions this time.

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This Week’s Featured Watch #29 – The Leopard 7600

Most of the models in the Leopard range featured both date and day windows, whilst a few top of the range ones had date only. But there were one or two that had neither – just plain vanilla dials. These … Continue reading

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Bit of a Glitch – Now Sorted

Noticed this evening that the header image and images in the latest Featured Watch post (#28 the Homer Railroad) had disappeared! No idea why this happened, but have now restored them, hope it didn’t cause any inconvenience…

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This Week’s Featured Watch #28 – the Homer Railroad Watch

About five Featured Watches ago, I covered the ‘humble Homer’ (https://sweep-hand.org/2012/02/23/this-weeks-featured-watch-23-the-homer/). However, one model I didn’t include since I believe it warrants a feature of its own, is the the so-called railroad watch. And it has this name for good … Continue reading

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