Category Archives: Vintage Watches

The White Spaceman – Citizen Chronograph 67-9178

Posted on April 18, 2020 by sweephand

After my post a few days ago featuring my black dialled ‘Spaceman’ automatic chronograph, Barry H contacted me and kindly sent me a pic of his white dialled version so we can cover both models. His example is in very … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Compact Auto Dater, 17 Jewels

Posted on April 17, 2020 by sweephand

From August 1968, today’s watch is a little known relative of the better known Crystal Seven and Crystal Date – and is the ‘Compact’. The same movements were used in the Compacts, namely the 52 with both date and day, … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen 67-9631 Automatic Chronograph, 23 Jewels

Posted on April 16, 2020 by sweephand

Felt like I needed something today to match the perfect blue sky – cloudless, no contrails, beautiful. I have just one watch with a sky blue dial, and that is Citizen’s 67-9631 automatic chronograph, featuring the single (minute counter) sub-register … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Adorex, 8200a, 21 Jewels

Posted on April 15, 2020 by sweephand

Citizen’s 8200 movement and its derivatives was produced for over 30 years – it became their workaday and relatively inexpensive automatic watch, most often seen in the Eagle 7 range. It was Citizen’s rival to the Seiko 5 models. It … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen 67-9178 Automatic Chronograph, 23 Jewels

Posted on April 14, 2020 by sweephand

Q: What do you do when you see a spaceman?……….. A: ……park in it man! Or, maybe you wear it on your wrist – because this vintage chronograph is nick-named the Spaceman. It’s one of the rarer models, made with … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Leopard, 24 Jewels

Posted on April 13, 2020 by sweephand

Examples of Citizen’s Leopard series were some of the first watches I bought – they weren’t too expensive, yet they have good quality high beat movements which can run very accurately. There are two Leopard calibres, the 72 and the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Cutlass 33 Jewels

Posted on April 12, 2020 by sweephand

A nice slim dress watch today, with a fancy dial – a Cutlass automatic from July 1968. The movement in this is the 5260, a ‘hacking’ version of the movement first used in 1965, in the Crystal Seven range. Citizen … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Super Jet 39 Jewels

Posted on April 11, 2020 by sweephand

Sticking with Citizen’s Jet automatics today – although the photo is not new, it’s on the right date 🙂  The 39 jewelled version of the Jet is the ‘super’ calibre, with more adjustment for accuracy done at the factory. Using … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Jet Auto Dater, 21 Jewels

Posted on April 10, 2020 by sweephand

From June 1963, today’s piece is a Jet Auto Dater with Citizen’s rotary geared automatic movement inside. This is the 21 jewel variant, so the calibre is the 1120, the first version of the Jet with no ‘Easy Change’ date … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Dandy Seven Custom, 27 Jewels

Posted on April 9, 2020 by sweephand

Wanted a little colour today, so I’ve been wearing one of Citizen’s querkily named Dandy Sevens. All of these use a 27 jewelled version of the 52 (day/date) movement first seen in the Crystal 7 of 1965. Launched in 1968, … Continue reading →

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