Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watches

New Restorations Page Published

Posted on April 26, 2015 by sweephand

A bit later than I’d planned, but the new restorations page – ‘Restorations by Brian, aka 31 Jewels’-  is now uploaded. Since there will be more restoration work to be added to the blog, undertaken by master watch maker Brian, … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #69 – Chrono Master Chronometer Auto Day Date

Posted on March 27, 2015 by sweephand

The original automatic Chrono Masters were Citizen’s high end models in the 52 family of movements, which included the relatively well known Crystal Seven range. Several levels of accuracy were incorporated into the Chrono Master line-up – the standard model, … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #68 – the 67-9313 Chronograph, aka the ‘Speedy’

Posted on March 17, 2015 by sweephand

Citizen’s range of mechanical ‘Challenge Timer’ chronographs, using the 8110A movement, included a number of models that were very ‘1970s’ in their design. One model, however, was of a more ‘classic’ design – the 67-9313. With two dial variations, black and ‘white’ … Continue reading →

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‘New’ 100m Diver

Posted on March 6, 2015 by sweephand

It’s rare to come across a watch that I’ve not seen before – but it has happened this week. It’s a complete surprise to me since it is from an already relatively rare range that was produced for only a … Continue reading →

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Diver Page Updated

Posted on March 6, 2015 by sweephand

A bit late, but I have now updated the diver page. I’ve added quite a bit on the 62-6198 and 52-0110 divers following comments from two diver collectors – Paul and Mikko –  who know these models much better than I … Continue reading →

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The Chrono Masters – New Page Updated and Finalised

Posted on February 20, 2015 by sweephand

I have now uploaded the whole of the updated and expanded Chrono Masters page. It now includes all the automatic models and the electro-mechanical version. I hope I’ve corrected all mistakes, but please let me know if you spot anything, … Continue reading →

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The Chrono Masters – New Page Published

Posted on February 17, 2015 by sweephand

My article on Citizen’s marvellous Chrono Master range of high end watches has been available for some time via a link in my Blogroll. I am now in the process of hosting it on a page right here 🙂 I have completed Part … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #67: 67-9356 Chronograph

Posted on January 27, 2015 by sweephand

The first featured watch of 2015 is number 67 in the series, so it had to be a ’67’ model 🙂 And this one is just back from Brian (aka ’31 Jewels’) who has done a great job, as usual, … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #66 – Deluxe, 19 Jewels, Stainless Steel

Posted on December 30, 2014 by sweephand

My last acquisition of 2014 arrived on Christmas Eve – shipping from Japan was quicker than much of UK domestic mail 😉  – and it’s turned out to be rather nice. With a limited budget I saw a Deluxe on Yahoo Japan, … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Lume

Posted on December 4, 2014 by sweephand

I am grateful to Mikko, from Finland, who has done some research on the types of lume used by Citizen on their dials. Mikko was interested in vintage divers and chronographs, and managed to get this information from Citizen: ” … Continue reading →

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