Tag Archives: Vintage Citizen Watches

This Week’s Featured Watch #53 – the College Alarm

Posted on June 21, 2013 by sweephand

This week I’m featuring a ‘guest’ watch rather than one from my own collection. I am grateful to Matt Diehl for contacting me about it and then sending photos, along with permission to use them here.  Full credit goes to … Continue reading →

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Case Back Page Published

Posted on June 15, 2013 by sweephand

The page on case backs is now published – https://sweep-hand.org/vintage-citizen-case-backs/ . In fact it’s the first of two, since this one covers the basic types. I’ll be doing a second page, on ‘special’ case backs soon…. This one also includes a section … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #52 – Homer Pocket Watch, 21 Jewels

Posted on June 5, 2013 by sweephand

Something a bit different today – Citizen started with pocket watches back in the 1920s, and continued to produce them whilst fashion changed and the wristwatch became the norm. I’d like to get hold of one of the first pocket … Continue reading →

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Over 45 years old, but super accurate….

Posted on May 22, 2013 by sweephand

I’ve been wearing a 1967 Crystal Date for the past couple of weeks – this is the date only version of the Crystal Seven, and is one of the 52 Movement Family members.  This 17 jewel model has the 5401 movement in … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #51 – the Diamond Flake

Posted on May 15, 2013 by sweephand

In 1962 Citizen introduced the beautifully named Diamond Flake based on the 0700 movement. Why this name? well a diamond flake would be thin, and at the time the 0700 movement was the thinnest Japanese design, measuring just 2.75mm deep – … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s First Wrist Watch Movement

Posted on May 7, 2013 by sweephand

Following the last Featured Watch which presented the Adorex 8000, with its high beat movement and innovative regulator, I thought I’d contrast that with a post about Citizen’s very first wrist watch movement – the type ‘F’. Following the establishment of the Shokosha Watch Research Institute … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #50 – the Adorex (8000)

Posted on April 29, 2013 by sweephand

In the early 1970s Citizen were making a range of high quality automatic mechanical and electro-mechanical watches as their production development reached its peak, just before the introduction of mass produced quartz models transformed the landscape. An example of Citizen’s expertise and innovation is the ‘Adorex’ line – especially … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #49 – The X8 (Cosmotron) Chronometer

Posted on April 19, 2013 by sweephand

In 1970 Citizen produced two chronometer grade models in their electro-mechanical X8 Cosmotron range. One of these is the very rare titanium cased version, of which only 2000 were produced – it was the first watch globally to be made … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s Vintage 200m Diver – the 21 jewel ‘Skin Diver’

Posted on March 31, 2013 by sweephand

Although I shall be updating the diver page, I wanted to share some photos here first 🙂 ‘KK’, a reader of this blog, got in touch with me to say that he is the owner of this rare piece, the … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Featured Watch #48 – Jet Auto Dater Seven, 25 jewels

Posted on March 26, 2013 by sweephand

Citizen’s second generation Jet movements, the 41xx series, were launched in 1964 and were used in the ‘Seven’ auto dater models. They were made with 19, 25 or 35 jewels and a ‘Monthly’ model was part of the line-up, but … Continue reading →

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