Category Archives: Vintage Watches

Today’s Watch – Citizen Automatic Chronograph, 4-900014, 23 Jewels

Posted on May 27, 2020 by sweephand

Chronograph week continues with another 8100A single register model – with no model number, this is identified by its case number – 4-900014. After a recent discussion with a fellow collector, we reckon that the model numbers used on many … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Automatic Chronograph 67-9577, 23 Jewels #2

Posted on May 26, 2020 by sweephand

Yesterday’s watch has a more extrovert sibling, who insisted on appearing today 🙂 This version of the 67-9577 has a rich blue dial with contrasting orange lumed hands – something of a classic colour combination. This one also features a … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Automatic Chronograph, 67-9577, 23 Jewels

Posted on May 25, 2020 by sweephand

I think we’ll have a chronograph week 🙂 The first one is model number 67-9577 from October 1972, which was the year these watches were launched. This one is powered by the 28,800bph 8100A 23 jewel movement, with single sub-register … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Crystate Deluxe, 22 Jewels

Posted on May 24, 2020 by sweephand

No surprise, given yesterday’s featured watch, that today’s weekend hand winder is the Crystate Deluxe. With one more jewel in the 0911 hacking movement than the standard Crystate, the dial adds ‘Deluxe’ to the name and a single applied star … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Crystate, 21 Jewels

Posted on May 23, 2020 by sweephand

Having a manual wind weekend, so I can forget about having to set the date on the two I have chosen, but I am using today’s photo 🙂 Today’s piece is the Crystate, a fairly rare hand winder launched in … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch: Citizen Square Custom, 27 Jewels

Posted on May 22, 2020 by sweephand

A very stylish watch today – in my opinion anyway 🙂 A Square Custom from December 1970, which must have been one of the last of the 52 calibre in this range since a second generation was in production by … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Seven Star Deluxe Monthly, 23 Jewels

Posted on May 21, 2020 by sweephand

Today’s piece is from February 1969, and is Citizen’s ‘Monthly’ version of the Seven Star Deluxe. Using a 5270, 23 jewel calibre from the 52 line-up of automatics introduced in 1965, it features a manually set month display above the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Challenge Timers

Posted on May 20, 2020 by sweephand

Well, I ran out of time and camera battery to day, so here’s another quick look at three Challenge Timers, i.e. Citizen’s automatic chronographs from the 1970s. These three are all ‘bullhead’ designs, all with different case materials. In the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Adorex 8000 Automatic, 25 Jewels

Posted on May 19, 2020 by sweephand

Today is the third of the three Adorex calibres, although it was the first of the three to be sold, in 1974. And it is the most interesting of the trio, since it has a unique feature, not found on … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen 8100A and 8110A Chronographs

Posted on May 18, 2020 by sweephand

Had a busy day, and not done a daily watch photo, so………let’s celebrate Citizen’s automatic mechanical chronographs 🙂 Introduced in 1972 the two variants of the 81 calibre are very well designed, compact high-beat movements, running at 28,800 beats per … Continue reading →

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