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Tag Archives: Citizen X8 Chronometer
Today’s Watch – Citizen X8 Chronometer
Continuing with the electric theme, today’s watch is a rare Officially Certified Chronometer version of the electro-mechanical X8 line. The 0820 movement runs at 21,600 beats per hour, has 19 jewels and mine is uniquely numbered X00294. The case is … Continue reading
Today’s Watch – Citizen X8 Chronometer, Titanium
Citizen was the first company in the world to make a watch case fully from titanium. Although common these days, manufacturing challenges made it difficult to work with in the early 1970s. Citizen made and sold less than 2000 of … Continue reading
This Week’s Featured Watch #49 – The X8 (Cosmotron) Chronometer
In 1970 Citizen produced two chronometer grade models in their electro-mechanical X8 Cosmotron range. One of these is the very rare titanium cased version, of which only 2000 were produced – it was the first watch globally to be made … Continue reading
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