Anyone any good at vintage Citizen watches?
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great buy Did you get it from ebay? From a seller in India? Mumbai by any chance?
In my opinion it's been redialled, it's not the worst I've seen, but it is a quite crude.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but assuming I right, I'm afraid it won't have looked anything like that when it left the factory. So the chances of identifying it are slim to nothing.
In my opinion it's been redialled, it's not the worst I've seen, but it is a quite crude.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but assuming I right, I'm afraid it won't have looked anything like that when it left the factory. So the chances of identifying it are slim to nothing.
.It's a pretty cool looking Citizen Eagle 7. This website seems to suggest that there is a huge variety in designs:
https://iknowwatches.com/citizen-eagle-7-review/
Another one the same as your for sale in Sweden for not many Kr:
https://www.tradera.com/item/190202/368401677/vint...
https://iknowwatches.com/citizen-eagle-7-review/
Another one the same as your for sale in Sweden for not many Kr:
https://www.tradera.com/item/190202/368401677/vint...
mikeveal said:
In my opinion it's been redialled, it's not the worst I've seen, but it is a quite crude.
Would you mind sharing what the obvious giveaways are that it's been re-dialed? I'm not sure someone would spend time and money on a watch, ship it around the world, sell it for the massive total of £15 and show any sort of profit!seefarr said:
mikeveal said:
In my opinion it's been redialled, it's not the worst I've seen, but it is a quite crude.
Would you mind sharing what the obvious giveaways are that it's been re-dialed? I'm not sure someone would spend time and money on a watch, ship it around the world, sell it for the massive total of £15 and show any sort of profit!Take a look at the quality of the white printing. The word CITIZEN, the white band around the date window, the chapter ring, the eagle logo...
The whole thing is way below the quality you'd expect from a watch factory and about on par with the Mumbai frankenwatch creators.
Citizen aren't highly regarded now, yet they have in the past produced some really very good pieces. About the period this watch was (first) made they were making some very nice stuff. Way above the quality seen here.
I agree, there's no profit in this for the seller. Maybe he just decided to sell it on, maybe he got a lower price for a job lot. The delivered from India price would have been roughly what the OP paid and is roughly what the watch is worth. If the OP's happy with it, everyone's a winner.
If still relevant - judging by the information from http://watchmakernotes.com/, this is Citizen Eagle 7. They write that a different design and the construction of one model are possible.
Technically, it is a fake watch. Or referred to as a Frankenstein.
The case is a case by citizen.
The movement will be a citizen calibre.
The hands will be citizen hands.
But none of them are supposed to be together in that combination.
As already suggested, the dial is not genuine, isn’t even necessarily a citizen dial.
It is 100% an Indian amalgamated concoction.
On average, I pay £3/4 each for them, with free postage from India.
I buy them sometimes for movement parts, to repair customers watches as it’s cheaper than purchasing the required parts from citizen.
What matters is that you like it.
That’s all that ever matters really.
The case is a case by citizen.
The movement will be a citizen calibre.
The hands will be citizen hands.
But none of them are supposed to be together in that combination.
As already suggested, the dial is not genuine, isn’t even necessarily a citizen dial.
It is 100% an Indian amalgamated concoction.
On average, I pay £3/4 each for them, with free postage from India.
I buy them sometimes for movement parts, to repair customers watches as it’s cheaper than purchasing the required parts from citizen.
What matters is that you like it.
That’s all that ever matters really.
RiggaTheMighty said:
Technically, it is a fake watch. Or referred to as a Frankenstein.
The case is a case by citizen.
The movement will be a citizen calibre.
The hands will be citizen hands.
But none of them are supposed to be together in that combination.
As already suggested, the dial is not genuine, isn’t even necessarily a citizen dial.
It is 100% an Indian amalgamated concoction.
On average, I pay £3/4 each for them, with free postage from India.
I buy them sometimes for movement parts, to repair customers watches as it’s cheaper than purchasing the required parts from citizen.
What matters is that you like it.
That’s all that ever matters really.
The hands are Seiko, not Citizen.The case is a case by citizen.
The movement will be a citizen calibre.
The hands will be citizen hands.
But none of them are supposed to be together in that combination.
As already suggested, the dial is not genuine, isn’t even necessarily a citizen dial.
It is 100% an Indian amalgamated concoction.
On average, I pay £3/4 each for them, with free postage from India.
I buy them sometimes for movement parts, to repair customers watches as it’s cheaper than purchasing the required parts from citizen.
What matters is that you like it.
That’s all that ever matters really.
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