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Jack’s Golf Updated
Jack reminded me that he had sent me more pictures! So I’ve now added more to the post. Stephen
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Right Tool for the Job
Removing and replacing rotors on many of Citizen’s vintage automatics has been something of a pain. Other than the SM and UNI models, and the Jets of course, they aren’t just a simple screw fitting...
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UNI Automatic Problem
One of my favourite watches, a 19 jewel ‘UNI’ Auto Dater from 1965 with a ‘linen’ dial, stopped running a little while ago. Although I’m not a watch repairer I was able to diagnose the problem – it...
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Coming Soon to a Blog Near You!
You may have come across the work of a certain watch maker known as 31 Jewels. There are several threads on the WUS Forum showing his restoration work on Citizen’s vintage mechanical chronographs (both...
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This Week’s Featured Watch #54 – the Challenge Timer aka Citizen Bullhead,...
The Citizen Challenge Timer, usually known these days as a ‘bullhead’, was first marketed in 1972. It’s now probably Citizen’s best known vintage watch and there are often examples up for sale, however...
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Cosmotron 7803A Movement – the Special Version
The X8 / Cosmotron electro-mechanical movements first produced in 1966 were, for a short time, Citizen’s most accurate watches – capable of reaching chronometer grade standards. They had a very...
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This Week’s Featured Watch #54 – the Jet Rookie
In the early 1960s Citizen used their ‘jet’ movement in their line of automatic watches. Featuring a circular geared rotor, the Jets are have an unmistakable design once the case back is removed (see...
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Should the Citizen 8110A and 8100A Chronographs Be Left Running?
This question has been asked many times before, and the advice is that the chronograph mechanism should be left running to minimise wear. The same applies to the Seiko 6138 and 6139 vintage...
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A Little Trailer for the Next Featured Watch…..
The next Featured Watch will be the final one of 2013 – and I thought it would be fitting that it’s a rather special one, that has just joined the collection. Here’s a little preview:
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This Week’s Featured Watch #55 – the X8 Titanium Chronometer
This final Featured Watch of 2013 is something of a rarity – ‘rare’ is a much over-used term when it comes to vintage watch descriptions, but I’m confident that this one qualifies. The X8 Chronometer...
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If You Like Citizen’s Vintage Chronographs….
…then I hope you will be interested in a new page I’ll be publishing this weekend. I’m no watchmaker, so my understanding of the inner workings of any watch is limited – chronographs are even more...
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8110A Restoration Page Published
The page featuring Part 1 of Brian’s restoration of a Citizen 8110A ‘Speedy’ chronograph is now available http://sweep-hand.org/brians-8110a-restoration-the-speedy-67-9313/ I hope you will follow the...
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8110A Restoration Page Update
I’ve just added Parts 2 & 3 of Brian’s ‘Speedy’ restoration to the page: http://sweep-hand.org/brians-8110a-restoration-the-speedy-67-9313/ These take a close look at the case and dial, before we...
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What Makes This Cosmotron Special?
There are a number of things that can make a watch ‘special’ – it may be an expensive high grade piece, or it might be a rare vintage model; it may have been a ‘world first’, or it may have some...
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8110A Restoration Page Update
I’ve just added Parts 4 & 5 of Brian’s ‘Speedy’ restoration to the page: http://sweep-hand.org/brians-8110a-restoration-the-speedy-67-9313/ If you aren’t already a follower of the blog, please sign...
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Metal Bracelet or Leather Strap?
The majority of Citizen’s watches were originally sold with steel bracelets, sometimes gold plated, sometimes black. Although some bracelets are very nice, and it’s good to have an original one fitted,...
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8110A Restoration Page Update
The latest instalment is now added to the page – this time taking a closer look at the dial and the challenges it presents http://sweep-hand.org/brians-8110a-restoration-the-speedy-67-9313/
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8110A Restoration Page Update
See the latest update, as work begins on the hands: http://sweep-hand.org/brians-8110a-restoration-the-speedy-67-9313/
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