Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Chronometer

This Week’s Featured Watch #56 – the X8 Titanium Chronometer

Posted on December 22, 2013 by sweephand

This final Featured Watch of 2013 is something of a rarity – ‘rare’ is a much over-used term when it comes to vintage watch descriptions, but I’m confident that this one qualifies. The X8 Chronometer in a titanium case was … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s 1962 31j Chronometer – Accuracy Standards

Posted on July 25, 2013 by sweephand

Further to my last post about Bill’s Chronometer, and Marko’s comments about the Japanese certificate, here are some more scans of Citizen’s standards for this watch in the 1960s. First is a certificate showing the standards that had been met: … Continue reading →

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Bill’s Hand-wind 31 jewel Chronometer

Posted on July 24, 2013 by sweephand

Following Jim’s diver, here’s another watch from a blog visitor. Bill commented about his 31 jewel hand wound chronometer and kindly gave permission to use the photos he sent me 🙂 Full credit goes to Bill for the four watch … Continue reading →

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Japanese Auction – 1962 Chronometer

Posted on July 30, 2012 by sweephand

I keep an eye on Yahoo Japan not only to buy the odd watch, but also to see what interesting pieces turn up, and what they sell for. Citizen’s first watch to be made to chronometer standards – the 31 jewel hand … Continue reading →

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