First produced in 1958 the Deluxe was one of Citizen’s most successful lines. Produced in many and varied styles, its production run appears to have been about 5 years. The movement used is the 2B/9200, and was a higher grade (adjusted in three positions at the factory) hand winder with 19, 21 or 23 jewels.
Dials were often patterned or textured, and sometimes coloured and the model line included a ‘second setting’ version (where the watch is stopped when the crown is pulled out to enable accurate synchronization) and the first ‘parawater’ model produced by Citizen. ‘Parawater’ was Citizen’s version of ‘waterproof’, and was used until around 1970 when manufacturers were required to use the term ‘water resistant’.
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This is my Deluxe from June, 1959 – the serial number is inside the case back on this model:
Key Information:
Dial Markings: Deluxe, Second Setting, Parashock, Phynox, Parawater (1959 model)
Movement Type: Handwind
Beats per Hour: 18,000
Jewelling: 19,21,23
Movement Width: 26.60mm
Movement Depth: 3.65mm
Production Start: 1958
Production End: 1963
Original Price: 5,750JPY to 9,300JPY
Notes: A significant watch for Citizen in that sales of the Deluxe exceeded 100 million. It was also Citizen’s first model (from 1959) to carry the ‘Parawater’ (waterproof) designation, and hacking capability (‘Second Setting’), i.e. the second hand stops when the time is set to enable accurate synchronization.
The notably thin movement was well suited to ‘dress’ style watches.
Many dial designs were produced, including texture effects and contrasting colours / textures
Some movements, probably very early in the production run, and possibly those designated ‘2B’since that was the earlier coding, had adjustable weights on the balance wheel:
These weights are not present on other balance wheels, logically those designated 9200:
First ‘Parawater’ watch, 1959, showing original bracelet:
This model emphasises its ‘Parawater’ properties, with the ‘Deluxe’ logo relegated to the 6 o’clock position(see also my example, here: https://sweep-hand.org/2012/01/22/this-weeks-featured-watch-20-the-parawater-deluxe/):
Whilst on this one the logos are in their more familiar positions:
Diagram of Parawater system:
Here’s an example of the ‘Second Setting’ model:
Citizen used different combinations of colour and texture on many of their Deluxe models, especially in the early years of the production run, as can be seen on the above Second Setting model. Here are a few examples of other designs:
Here’s a closer look at one of the 1959 models:
The texture is combined with gold hands and hour markers:
The movement, showing the typical movement markings:
On these pre-1960 models the serial number is found on the inside of the case back:
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what is the production date of this deluxe?
Hi Thamalka, the Deluxe was first produced in 1958, and ended production around 1963, so it will be within this time frame. At that time Citizen didn’t usually stamp a serial number on the outside of the back, but it may have one on the inside. For example, I have a Deluxe with case/model number R150803 and a serial number inside giving a production date of 1961. Stephen
Thank you
You’re welcome
Hi, is there any solid gold Citizen Deluxe? Thanks all
Oops, I found the serial number
10902255
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Hi,
I want some spare parts for my Deluxe. Is there are hard to find?
Hi , they are difficult to find I’m afraid – probably the only way is a donor watch, from Yahoo Japan. Stephen
Hi Stephen
I have bought a deluxe 21j GF double color dial (center black ,white on the edge) but the second hand isn’t correct , is too short.. so I have to buy a donor watch, but do you know if the second hand is the same for 19j, 21j,25j ?
Thank you!
Hi Daniele – although jewelling is different they use the same movements so second hands are the same. Stephen
Ok tks a lot!
You’re welcome 🙂
I have a vintage Citizen Homer in Square Dial and Case. I can’t find any references about this watch, but in the back case it says ‘HO 5110ZZ’ (I’m not sure it says Z or 2).
The case is gold plated 20 micron and also I can’t find out what movement it is, all I know it is 19 jewels. By the way, is there any way to put image in this comment table?
Hope you can help me to determine this watch, what year is it or maybe any information detail.
thanks in advance
Hi Jordan, thanks for visiting my blog. I’m afraid that visitors cannot p0st a photo directly here, but you can post a link if you have it uploaded somewhere. I could also email you and you can send pics to me if you prefer – just let me know. I can tell you that you have a Homer model number HO511022, and a fairly rare one since it is in a square case. Citizen introduced the 02 hand winding movement in 1960, at first in models called ‘Homer’, so this movement is usually referred to as the Homer rather than ’02’ even though it was used in various other models later on. The style of the model number indicates that yours is a fairly early example, especially if it has no serial number stamped on the case back. There may be a serial number stamped inside the back – if you can safely remove it, this would give us the exact month and year of manufacture. The O2 Homer movement is a fine one – although it is not ‘high end’ it is well designed and can run reliably and accurately. It was in production until around 1980. More info is available here: https://sweep-hand.org/2012/02/23/this-weeks-featured-watch-23-the-homer/
Stephen
Thanks for replying my comment!
Do you mind if you send me an e-mail so I can give you some photos of this Citizen Homer? By the way, there is no written serial number inside the back, but on the case back there are 7 digits serial number.
Hope you can help me to find out about this vintage watch.
Regards,
Jordan
Hi Jordan – email sent 🙂
Dear my friend,
As I mentioned in my previous comment, is there any possibilities for a K18 solid gold Deluxe Citizen?
I am attached the pictures as follows in the links, can you check it?
https://ibb.co/hYmBNSv
https://ibb.co/FHLBbkV
https://ibb.co/prrn4br
https://ibb.co/ZBH7VR4
https://ibb.co/9TGMHWV
Thank you alot,
Br,
Hi, thank you for visiting my blog. I’m sure that this watch is an entirely authentic solid gold case Deluxe 🙂 Stephen
the deluxe seems to have been a very popular line for citizen. I’ve even found deluxe pocket watches and some seven star automatics carrying the deluxe name too, although those seven star are probably just a coincidence in the model naming.
Hi Mark – the Deluxe was introduced in 1958 and it was Citizen’s first really successful watch, with sales valuing over 100 million yen. They are elegant & slim hand winding watches with a very good movement that went through extra adjustments at the factory to ensure good accuracy. Later the higher jewelled Seven Star and Crystate models in their line-ups were given the additional Deluxe title to indicate that they had a bit more to them than the standard ones. Stephen
Hi Just wondering if you could give an estimate of what I should pay for a restored Deluxe fully serviced.
i paid mine 175 euro from Buyee japan + 30% Tax/custom to italy .
for this item (in you can see it ) : https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/f239850522
thanks Daniele 🙂 That’s a nice example of the Deluxe. Stephen
Hi Niall, thanks for visiting my blog – Daniele’s comment looks about right to me, although I don’t keep track of prices these days. Stephen
the word “OH” on japan auction mean “Serviced”..
superb watch models, many years in production. i got one from the earlier models .greetings from greece .
Thanks for visiting my blog and apologies for my slow reply. Good to see you have one of these, a great watch 🙂 Stephen