Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watches

This Week’s Featured Watch #64 – Cosmotron X8 4-480040

Posted on November 23, 2014 by sweephand

I’ve been looking out for the date version of the 0840 Cosmotron since I hadn’t previously found an example – designated the 4840, models with this movement were launched in 1970 and run at 21,600 beats per hour. Since my … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #63 – the 67-9631 Chronograph

Posted on November 11, 2014 by sweephand

Citizen’s mechanical chronographs from the 1970s are relatively well known, especially the ‘bullheads’ with the two sub-register 8110A movement. Known at the time as ‘Challenge Timers’ Citizen’s range of models also included single sub-register models – in fact these were the … Continue reading →

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The Week’s Featured Watch #62 – The Adorex (8200)

Posted on October 12, 2014 by sweephand

In 1974 launched the 8000 movement in the ‘Adorex’ model. The new design featured, for the first time for Citizen,  a rotor which wound in one direction. It was a high end model, high beat (28,800 beats per hour), with … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #61 – 4-540298 Automatic, Export Model

Posted on October 5, 2014 by sweephand

This watch is a recent arrival, bought from eBay UK. I was interested to find this one since it is an export model using a 5400 movement, and not marked with a model name. Whilst watches for the Japanese market with … Continue reading →

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Some Unusual Selections From Japanese Auctions

Posted on September 10, 2014 by sweephand

With credit to the sellers on Yahoo Japan for their pictures here are a few of the more unusual watches, which appear to be authentic (to me anyway!) that I’ve seen on the Japanese auctions. First is a Cosmotron, sold recently, … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #60 – The Citizen Auto, 1958

Posted on August 12, 2014 by sweephand

Citizen launched their first automatic watch in 1958 – it was something of a stop-gap model prior to the appearance in late 1961 of the Jet range. The ‘Auto’ was made with either 20 or 21 jewels, and the movement was … Continue reading →

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The Stainless Steel ‘Bullhead’ Chronograph – 67-9356

Posted on July 30, 2014 by sweephand

All but one of Citizen’s ‘bullhead’ models, with the 8110A movement, were mounted in ‘base metal’ cases, albeit with stainless steel backs. Some were gold plated or black coated. The only one to use a stainless steel case was the 67-9356 model … Continue reading →

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Brian’s 8110A Restoration Page

Posted on July 20, 2014 by sweephand

I’ve just done a final update to Brian’s restoration page – this is to include one more watch, this time a white Speedy which Brian brought back from the very edge of oblivion! It’s in the page as exhibit 3 in … Continue reading →

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Citizen Auto, 1958 – Page Published

Posted on July 16, 2014 by sweephand

I’ve just published the new page, on Citizen’s first automatic watch, launched in 1958. I hope you can find time to read it through – it has been an interesting journey for me 🙂 The Citizen Auto, 1958

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Automatic Chronograph Page Updated

Posted on June 17, 2014 by sweephand

With thanks to Mikko, I’ve been able to update the Chronograph page. In particular the section on the 67-9143 (black case / gold dial) model has been amended to clarify that Citizen appears to have used two different case numbers … Continue reading →

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