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Please ID my long gone, late 80’s/early 90’s Citizen digital watch.
 
Tommygunn
Posted: 04 April 2011 02:12 PM  
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I really want to obtain a particular Citizen watch that I had in the late 80’s and early 90’s and would really appreciate any help in identifying or obtaining info on this particular model.

Here is the only picture, circled in red, I have been able to find, small but there it is:

....and here is my own mock up that I made before I found the above photo.
Note all black plastic case and bezel, chrome rivets in bezel, distinctive green and red counter graphic and grey buttons.

Cheers,
Tom.

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DWL
Posted: 04 April 2011 02:18 PM   [ # 1 ]  
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TommyGunn
I saw you post on PCS, I have to be honest I haven’t seen either of those for sale in three/four years on Ebay. So finding one is going to be a long journey. Best to start off with a favourite search on Ebay for ‘citizen digital’. I’ll keep my eyes open for you as i’m always scouring for new models.


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Adam

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Tommygunn
Posted: 04 April 2011 02:57 PM   [ # 2 ]  
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Thanks Adam for the Ebay search tip. Didn’t know that feature was available.
Would really appreciate if you kept an eye out for this type of Citizen, be it the exact model I’m after or even the Citizen that is the subject of the photo.

Cheers,
Tom.

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Tommygunn
Posted: 18 June 2011 08:01 AM   [ # 3 ]  
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Hooray!
Early this morning I won the watch on Ebay. I was determined to have it.
It needs a little restoration and a cleaning but otherwise it is all good.
Very happy.

Tom.

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Tommygunn
Posted: 07 July 2011 10:03 PM   [ # 4 ]  
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Today I received the watch.

I stripped the watch down to give it a good clean and found that several parts are missing.
Firstly, the o-ring is missing.
Secondly, three washers and return springs plus two of the retaining e-clips are missing from the buttons.

Does anyone know where I can obtain these items? Are they generic or specific to Citizen and/or this watch model?

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Tom.

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Tommygunn
Posted: 08 July 2011 08:19 AM   [ # 5 ]  
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Another problem, this time electrical.

As you can see in the photo below I have some connectivity issues with the segments.
The lower display (time) works fine if I slightly compress the lower edge of the movement. However, I am having trouble with the upper display and the graphical display which will not function correctly despite cleaning of the contacts and manipulation of the movement case.

Is there a way to improve the contacts i.e. the rubber strips, pcb contacts and screen contacts?


Cheers,
Tom.

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