One of the advantages of collecting Vintage Citizen Watches is the fact that most of them can be easily dated. This is important for any collector. It is always nice to find a watch that was made the very same year you were born. And guess what, for Citizen you can go even further!

You can date it by month also! How do we do it? Well it is a combination of different clues: 1. First of all, we turn the watch over and look at the caseback. Most of the time over there we have a lot of information regarding the case model, the watch model, the material and, very important in dating one, the serial number.

Below is some useful information on Seiko watches. Thus the serial number 8N1234 would decode. Links to intersting Seiko Websites. The Seiko and Citizen. Seiko Date Finder - Find out when. Code and serial number on the back of your watch. We found during our research was The Seiko Manufacture Date Decoder on the. First of all, we turn the watch over and look at the caseback. Most of the time over there we have a lot of information regarding the case model, the watch model, the material and, very important in dating one, the serial number. This serial number is usually 8 digits. Those 8 digits show the year and the month. Shop our latest collection of Eco-Drive watches - powered by any light, never need battery replacement. Better starts now. Citizen Watch Company of America, INC.

This serial number is usually 8 digits. Those 8 digits show the year and the month. The first digit is an indication of the year. The next two are for the month. Judaai 1980 Mp3 Songs Free Download. In the example below the first digit is 6 so it can be only a year ending in 6 such as 1956, 1966, 1976 or 1986.

The “water resistant” marking illustrates the fact that the watch was made after ’72-’73 because prior to this the term used was “parawater”. So we can narrow it down to 1976 or 1986. Read about “Parawater” here: 3. The Chronicles Of Narnia 2005 In Hindi Download Mp4.

After we identified the serial and the possible year we go deeper. We look at the model and at the movement. Certain models and movements indicate a specific time frame so it is easy to identify the exact year. We know this model was not made so late as 1986 so it is made in 1976. The next two digits are 07 so the month is the seventh one – July. By putting all the information together a Vintage Citizen Watch can be, this way, dated. The watch here is made in 1976, July.

Read more about Citizen history here. Awesome blog! Id have a Citizen that my father used on his wedding with my mother, in 1975.

I sent the watch to repair and now its running. With your information, I discover that the watch was made in August, 71 (I dont believe its a 61, and 81 was after the wedding), but if you do have any kind of information beside that, I appreciate! This is what is written on back: Citizen / Stainless Steel / Parawater, and inside that is 4-740068-K / Automatic / 10800631 / 68-5097. Thank you so much! Dear Bogdan, Great blog! I was looking some details for my dad’s watch and came across your blog. So far I spent several hours!

I have few questions and I’m sure you have the replies 🙂 My dad gave me his watch. As you asked to someone else, I have linked its 2 photos.

( ) 1) Back of the watch it is written as 4-280865 KT and on bezel 8200-281770-KY. Which one is correct? 2) I’ve calculated production date as September’80. Is it correct?

3) Watch hasn’t been used for 15 years and I’m sure no maintenance has been done. Fortunately it is still working.

I took the watch to repair, the man told me that the glass has been replaced (my dad’s brain is still healthy and he doesn’t remember it 🙂 As you will see bezel is quite dirty and glass replacement can be the reason behind it. Jo Bheji Thi Dua Dj Lemon Remix Mp3 Download. Is it possible?

4) the man suggested to replace the glass again (because it is cracks at edges). During the replacement, can bezel be cleaned? 5) last but not least, polishing, mechanical maintenance and glass replacement will cost ~80$ here in Turkey; is it similar at your country? Thanks a lot for such a perfect blog, I’m ready to support if you need any help from Turkey. Hi, I have just bought a ladies gold tone citizen automatic watch with date and weekday.

The numbers on the back are: 4-r02114- rw, 40901748, gn-4w-s. The rest says Citizen Watch co. Water resist. Base Metal YP. I have established that it that it was probably made in September 1974 but what do the last 5 digits of the serial number mean?

And what would the approximate value of it be? It works perfectly and has been keeping time since I bought it so I don’t expect to have to service it any time soon.