Citizen on Nato,

 

Superb example

 

Chronomaster with Washi dial

 

Daily wearer....

 

This is my Citizen Chronograph 67-9119.
Was just able to repair the crystal. Thanks to Stephen from https://sweep-hand.org/ for the help. Check out his great site for vintage Citizen.

 

CITIZEN
RECORDMASTER Flyback Chronograph 21J

 

Blasphemous I know but I ordered a factory refurbed Citizen Eco Drive Chronograph, it should be here Tuesday.
I pondered long and hard on whether I should get a mechanical Chronograph, and one day I will, but at $80 USD for a watch that normally is priced at near $300 I couldn't pass it up.

The Vendor is one I've bought from before, a licensed Bulova dealer with 100% approval rating.
The dial is dark brown. From video review the dial looks glassy like a lens from sun glasses. The solar cell being behind the dial it must allow some light through.
I had been looking at a slightly higher priced new Seiko Quartz Chronograph but the silvery hands weren't as easily visible against the white dial. Several reviewers mentioned the visibility of the hands as the Seiko's only flaw.
I'll consider this my starter chronograph. I'll graduate to a more suitable mechanical in the near future.

 

I like it. I have had several Citizen chronographs, and have given some to my brother, but kept a Ti Perpetual Calendar for myself along with several divers. What I miss is the Citizen that is just a chronograph that's ready to time things instantly when needed, where the perpetual calendar one needs me to pull the crown out and change the mode from time to timer to use the stopwatch.

The more suitable would be to pick up a used Moonwatch for about $3K - so until then just stick with this one and save up

 

Arrived yesterday

 

........ NICE !!! .........

 

Beautiful dial and I'd expect that movement is rare as hen's teeth these days.
Be sure to clue us in on how it sounds in winding and in running.

 

Like small rolling steel balls in a round box

 

I got the Chronograph I ordered today. Its even nicer looking in the flesh than the advert suggests.
When I first tried charging it with a lamp it didn't get enough of a charge for the chrono functions to work.
I wasn't sure what was going on till I noticed the sub seconds hand was moving two markers at a time, as some quartz watches do when the battery is very low.
I wore it outside while mowing the yard just long enough to get it a fair charge. Everything is working fine now.
The model number is AT2396-27X.
The band looks to be of high quality. A bit stiff yet but should break in well after a bit of use.

 

My Covid stay-at-home, wash my hands 25 times a day beater.

 

Just granted myself Citizenship. Talking about engraved watches here sent me looking for examples of a Homer Second Setting railroad watch online, and the next thing I knew I had bought one for about $80. The back says Shōwa 43 (1968) wrist(watch) 270, Tōtetsu (abbreviation for Tokyo Railway Department, part of the bygone national railway in Japan). As usual the camera captures all the scratches on the crystal my eyes can't see, making the pictures look like the watch was hit by a speedboat; I'll have to take some polywatch to it. Otherwise I think it's extremely handsome.

 

My showa 51 says hi

 

National Railway Hokusō Line, still in existence as part of the Keiyō Line in my former neck of the woods, running between northeast Tokyo and Narita Airport.