Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watch

Today’s Watch – Citizen Custom V2 Alarm Date, 21 Jewels

Posted on April 4, 2020 by sweephand

From June 1971, this is (in my opinion anyway!) a fabulous looking watch – with its standout metallic dark orange rotating ring just shouting 1970’s design. As with some other watch lines, Citizen introduced ‘V2’ designs around 1970 usually using … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Date Flake, 22 Jewels

Posted on April 3, 2020 by sweephand

Sticking with a hand winder for today, and this time it’s the Date Flake. Not to be confused with the Diamond Flake and the Diamond Flake Date of course! 🙂  Citizen used ‘Flake’ for their early to mid-1960s thinnest calibre … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Seven 23 Jewels

Posted on April 2, 2020 by sweephand

A hand winder today, the ‘Seven’ – and an interesting model, since it is the manual winding version of Citizen’s second generation Jet automatic. The movement is designated 4000, compared to the automatic calibres named 41xx, with their circular gear … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Auto Dater UNI, 19 Jewels

Posted on April 1, 2020 by sweephand

From April 1965, this example of Citizen’s ‘UNI’ range of automatics sports a lovely ‘linen’ dial. The UNI movement, designated 2400 with date, 1400 without, was Citizen’s first oscillating weight design, marking their move away from the Jet with its … Continue reading →

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Today’s Watch – Citizen Rally Custom Automatic

Posted on March 31, 2020 by sweephand

Feeling in a sporty mood? What could be better than a sports watch 🙂  An automatic Rally Custom to be exact – well, actually two! Citizen added the Rally Custom model to its Seven Star range around 1969, using a … Continue reading →

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Rare 8110A variant confirmed….

Posted on April 5, 2019 by sweephand

It’s not often that I’ve added ‘new’ variants to the Automatic Chronographs page, but I have recently been able to confirm one that I had previously been unsure of – and I must thank George, a fellow enthusiast in Ukraine, … Continue reading →

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Cosmotron from 1971 – What’s So Unusual?

Posted on February 17, 2019 by sweephand

Citizen made many different Cosmotron models, an interesting hybrid movement that became obsolete well within 10 years of its launch in 1966.  Here’s one, case number 4-480279, from November 1971: A passing glance might suggest it’s a straightforward enough rather … Continue reading →

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How to Identify an Original Bullhead Dial – Some Tips

Posted on December 11, 2018 by sweephand

Citizen’s 67-9011 Challenge Timer – usually known as the ‘Bullhead’ – is the most commonly seen version of their line of vintage auto chronographs. I’ve had more than a few people ask me to take a look at examples offered … Continue reading →

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More 67-9313 Restorations Now Added

Posted on November 25, 2018 by sweephand

Five more examples of Brian’s work are now included on the Restoration page – numbers 20 to 24….and #24 is an interesting one 🙂  I’ll be interested to read your comments about that one! Here’s a quick link: https://sweep-hand.org/brians-8110a-restoration-the-speedy-67-9313/

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Colourful Citizens

Posted on October 14, 2018 by sweephand

Citizen certainly weren’t shy about using colours in the 1970s, and their range of automatic chronographs is a good example. Even with conservative dial colours, colourful highlights were used on a number of the models to grab a bit of … Continue reading →

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