Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watches

A Small Enhancement to the Citizen Highness

Posted on June 7, 2014 by sweephand

One aspect of collecting, besides the acquisition of the watches themselves, is finding little extras – maybe an original box, or some marketing material from the era they were made. Original bracelets are also good to have of course. Much … Continue reading →

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Latest Arrival – Cosmotron 7800

Posted on May 27, 2014 by sweephand

I have a soft spot for the Cosmotrons – these were electro-mechanical hybrid watches with a limited production life since their new technology was almost immediately superseded by quartz technology. The fact that they were doomed almost from day one … Continue reading →

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Score Counter and a White Strap? It’s a Challenge Golf

Posted on May 18, 2014 by sweephand

The ‘Challenge Golf’ is one of Citizen’s more unusual watches.  First produced in 1972, it features a score counter at the 12 o’clock position and crown at 8 o’clock. Here’s a scan of marketing material from October 1972: Also unusual … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s 67-9151 Chronograph – Dial Versions and a Puzzle Solved!

Posted on May 9, 2014 by sweephand

For a long time, along with Brian aka ’31Jewels’, I’ve been puzzled by some of the examples I’ve seen of the 67-9151 chronograph. Some of the dials looked much paler, and lacked orange highlights on the sub-dials. I’d wondered if these had … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #59 – Super Flat Seven Auto Dater, 23j

Posted on May 4, 2014 by sweephand

Citizen moved from the Jet automatics, with their circular geared rotor, to the more usual swinging weight design in the mid-1960s. Although the first Jet automatics with no day or date complications were a reasonably slim design, the later models with … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s 1964 Demonstrations of their Parawater Watches

Posted on April 24, 2014 by sweephand

In 1959 Citizen introduced Japan’s first waterproof watch, and they adopted the name ‘Parawater’ for the case and crystal design. The first model to use this technology was a Deluxe hand winder – see here: https://sweep-hand.org/2012/01/22/this-weeks-featured-watch-20-the-parawater-deluxe/ By the early 1960s Citizen were … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s Challenge Timers – Just the ‘Bullheads’?

Posted on April 13, 2014 by sweephand

Citizen’s best known vintage mechanical chronograph is usually called the ‘bullhead’, a name that is of course not specific to the Citizen brand. The correct original name for Citizen’s bullheads was ‘Challenge Timer’, but only recently I have found that … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #58 – Jet Automatic, 21j

Posted on April 3, 2014 by sweephand

The ‘Jet’ range of automatics was introduced by Citizen in October 1961. They used their in-house movement with circular, geared rotor and were made until around 1965. The first movement was the 0310, with 21, 23 or 25 jewels with … Continue reading →

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Jet Family

Posted on March 29, 2014 by sweephand

Here’s a group shot of my Jets – the most recent arrivals are the two on the left, the early plain dialled model and the Rookie.  The Jets use Citizen’s circular geared rotor rather than the more usual swinging weight. … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #57: Cosmotron GX (green dial)

Posted on March 19, 2014 by sweephand

I’ve featured a Cosmotron GX before – Number 33 in the series – but I have a second example. This one grabbed my attention since it has an unusual dial, featuring a textured green finish and contrasting white chapter ring: … Continue reading →

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