Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watches

Citizen 52-0110 Diver – Blue Bezel Insert…or Faded Black?

Posted on January 16, 2016 by sweephand

If you’ve read the Diver Page (https://sweep-hand.org/citizens-vintage-divers-1962-to-1980/), you’ll have seen some commentary in the 52-0110 section about dial variations and questions about whether there was ever a blue bezel insert for this (and other 150m divers). The conclusion was that it’s … Continue reading →

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Last Watch of 2015 – Challenge Timer, aka ‘Bullhead’

Posted on December 31, 2015 by sweephand

My last purchase of 2015 arrived yesterday – it’s a ‘bullhead’, but one of the 67-9011 Challenge Timers that is not seen too often. It has a dark grey dial, with a multi-coloured minutes register and uniquely for the 8110A chronographs, … Continue reading →

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67-9054 Chronograph – Dial Detail

Posted on December 9, 2015 by sweephand

Citizen made two versions of the 67-9054 chronograph, with either predominantly blue or green dials. On my reference page I describe both as having black sub-dials. However, although that is true of the green version, Anthony has kindly pointed put … Continue reading →

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67-9119 Bracelet – What’s the Black?

Posted on November 30, 2015 by sweephand

In his comment on my previous post Marko asks about the bracelet on the 67-9119 Chronograph – although it also came on a black leather strap, it is more often seen on its original steel bracelet. And this is distinguished by the … Continue reading →

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Some More Chronograph Catalog Scans

Posted on November 28, 2015 by sweephand

With many thanks again to Anthony, I now have more scans of several Challenge Timer models from Citizen’s old catalogs. These are especially good for checking ‘correctness’ of examples for sale, things like the colour of day and date wheels, original … Continue reading →

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The Mysteries of Citizen’s Model Numbers

Posted on October 9, 2015 by sweephand

Mikko, Marko and myself are currently doing some work on Citizen’s six digit model number, i.e. in the format of 12-3456. This format was first used towards the end of the 1960s. We are trying to see if there is (any) … Continue reading →

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The original 67-9313 ‘Speedy’ Bracelet?

Posted on August 11, 2015 by sweephand

The 67-9313 chronograph from the 1970s, known as the ‘Speedy’ was originally sold on a steel bracelet. So far I have not been able to find a clear catalog image so it has been something of a mystery. This is the … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #70 – the Date Flake

Posted on June 17, 2015 by sweephand

The Date Flake is one of the more obscure hand winding models – first produced in 1964 it uses the same thin movement as the better known Diamond Flake, which was the thinnest Japanese watch when it was introduced in … Continue reading →

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Restorations by Brian, aka 31 Jewels, Page 1…… Part 2

Posted on June 4, 2015 by sweephand

I’ve now added a full report on Brian’s restoration of Mikko’s Alarm Date to the new page. Mikko has now had two watches fully sorted by Brian, so the one page features both of these. I first published the report on … Continue reading →

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Black and White Pair

Posted on May 26, 2015 by sweephand

Well, black and silver really 🙂 These two Cosmotrons use the 4840 electro-mechanical movement. They are the same model, but the dials have differences – the black one from 1971 is marked ‘transistorized’ whilst the silver one from 1970 is … Continue reading →

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