Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watch

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 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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Today’s Watch – Citizen Custom V2, 23 Jewels

Posted on April 8, 2020 by sweephand

I’ve gone for Citizen’s first watch with a black coated case today – this model was launched in 1970 and mine is from March of that year. Using the 7290 movement, with 23 jewels and second setting (‘hacking’) this model … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Special Cosmotron

Posted on April 7, 2020 by sweephand

Gone for electrical power today, in the form of a Special Cosmotron, from July 1973. The 7803 movement in these was the last development of the 78 hybrid, electro-mechanical calibre. Running at 36,000 beat per hour, the 7803 has some … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Auto Dater 777, 27 Jewels

Posted on April 6, 2020 by sweephand

Today’s watch is a very rare piece – I have seen just one other. It’s a special version of a Jet 27 jewel automatic, with an applied ‘777’ logo and a water resistance rating of 40m. That’s achieved by the … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen SM Auto Dater 21 Jewels

Posted on April 5, 2020 by sweephand

Back to an automatic today, and like the UNI featured a few days ago, this one is an early oscillating weight movement. The UNI Auto Dater uses the 2400 calibre, whilst the SM uses the 2410, so it is a … Continue reading →

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