They come in hand winging form as well as automatic. Some of them are Chronometer grade but all of them are beautifully made, with a lot of attention to details from the case and movement to the various straps and bracelets. The first Chronometer was made in 1962. What I am interested in, is the vintage area. They are the most recognizable high-end watches produced by Citizen starting from 1967 up to this day. Here it is the gold and SS version side by side, not a common sight, is it? 🙂įollow Vintage Citizen Watches on WordPress.One of my favorite line of Citizen watches is the Chrono Master. Next I will post a picture of the stainless steel one. So, here it is how the full package (box and papers) should have looked like: I have managed to find pictures online with the entire package (not for one watch yet, but this collage is made from different puzzle pieces). What else is to say? An awesome watch, a joy to wear and a bless to have! The Eagle solid gold medallion is applied and makes the watch even more special. The three hands are also gold (plated?) The case back snaps on it’s place and is marked both on the outside and inside. The dial is pure beauty, silver with a sunburst effect, with applied gold hour markers and black crisp markings. This is mainly due to the large silver dial, small bezel and thick lugs.
On Citizen page can be found a certificate (the picture below) that proves the quality of the watch, also I fond this solid gold marvel that sold for… over 16,000 USD! The case on mine is gold filled (100 microns) and is rather large (and wears even larger) at 36mm diameter. It is a hand winding movement (soon after this most of the watches were automatics) and runs at 18.000 bph while having a nice power reserve of about 53 hours. The finishing is great too and even today I find it very pleasing to look at. The very large balance wheel and the fine adjustments along with the carefully designed and constructed movement proved it to be the best movement Citizen had at the time. Being a Chronometer means it has a very high accuracy level, ranging from -1 to +10 s / day. This model was launched in November 1962 and was produced for about 4-5 years. Others say it was made to demonstrate a point, that Citizen is capable of great things, so they constructed this awesome time piece, the best one! And it stands its grounds up to this day as both vintage and modern, classy and elegant, powerful watch no matter the reason it was made for in the first place. Some say it was born as an answer to Seiko’s Grand Seiko line. Mine is gold filled, as obviously seen in the pictures. They were made in stainless steel and gold filled cases (also solid gold). One of the most beautiful vintage Citizen watches ever made is this one, the Citizen Chronomaster.
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