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

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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This Week’s Featured Watch #79 – the Citizen Jet Monthly

Many people may be familiar with Citizen’s vintage ‘Monthly’ watches, which use the 5270 movement and were produced in the late 1960s. They are also found in the guise of the ‘Moon Dater’, which was the export model. However, Citizen … Continue reading

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More About the 777 Autodater…

Although in good condition, this example was not running  when I bought it, except for a few seconds when shaken or wound. Otherwise it seemed to be winding properly by hand and the sound from the rotor seemed ok. Time … Continue reading

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This Week’s Featured Watch #76 – Jet Autodater ‘777’

Citizen sometimes produced special editions, and one of the rarer ones is this week’s featured model – it’s an ‘Autodater’ from the early to mid-1960s with a 27 jewel version of the 1121 date only Jet movement first produced in … Continue reading

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