Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watches

This Week’s Featured Watch #45 – the 4-760182 Skeleton

Posted on January 16, 2013 by sweephand

‘Skeletonized’ watches may not be to everyone’s taste – me included in fact! – but they are nevertheless an interesting type of watch. And to be fair they make it easy to see what’s going on inside without taking anything apart 🙂 Citizen’s … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #44 – the Crystal Seven Custom 23 jewels (4-521226Y)

Posted on January 5, 2013 by sweephand

Following the launch of its Crystal Seven line in 1965, Citizen later introduced ‘custom’ models with more modern designs, reflecting the design trends of the late 1960s / early 1970s. Using the 5204 movement with 23 jewels this model – case number 4-521226Y … Continue reading →

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Challenge Timer (Bullhead) – Original Case Finish

Posted on December 16, 2012 by sweephand

In my ‘quick buying guide’ to Challenge Timer (‘Bullhead’) chronographs I have described how the original ‘base metal’ cases have a satin finish rather than being polished and shiny – these are typically the 67-9011 models. The only highly polished … Continue reading →

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That’s Enough for Divers, Here’s Something for Drivers….

Posted on December 4, 2012 by sweephand

In  the late 1960s / early 1970s Citizen produced a number of sports models besides the divers – watches designed for soccer referees, yacht helms….and rally drivers – well co-drivers I should think 🙂 Most of them were automatics in … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #43 – The 62-6198 150m Diver

Posted on November 13, 2012 by sweephand

In the late 1960s / early 1970s, Citizen produced several 150 meter rated divers using different movements up to and including the 8200. All the models, and their earlier and much rarer ones, will be covered in a special article soon, so … Continue reading →

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Want An Original Citizen Bullhead? – A Quick Buying Guide

Posted on November 8, 2012 by sweephand

I’ve added a page about buying a vintage Citizen ‘bullhead’, correctly called the Challenge Timer. I’ve seen a lot of Challenge Timers on auction sites – well, on eBay – which have been re-furbished and often have after market dials. So to … Continue reading →

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Quick Access to the Featured Watches

Posted on March 20, 2012 by sweephand

I’ve added a page for links to the ‘This Week’s Featured Watches’ posts, to give direct access to the relevant posts.

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Why vintage Citizen wrist watches?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by sweephand

erm, good question 🙂 after my first rather random foray into vintage watches, snagging a few hand-winders mainly of Swiss origin, I started to research the merits of Japanese watches from the 1960s and 70s. I was impressed with reports … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the world of vintage Citizen timepieces

Posted on April 11, 2011 by sweephand

As a collector of vintage Citizen watches I have started this blog to provide a reference point, and through my own collection, provide representative examples  of the models that can be found from the heyday of mechanical watches for anyone … Continue reading →

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