My dream GMT watch

One of my most prized watches is my Citizen Chronomaster with the Cal A060. It’s beautiful in indigo tosa washi, obviously incredibly accurate, and the quickset hour hand paired with the perpetual calendar make it an awesome travel watch.

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What if Citizen were to make a slight modification of this to make it a GMT watch? Imagine; a 24 hour hand that sets with the minutes in the second crown position like the Miyota 9075, a quickset hour hand that moves in first position like the…

My dream GMT watch

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Another SkyHawk

As a Citizen fan i do love a nice Skyhawk especially if it’s a nice price. I had bid on a Blue Angels SkyHawk but lost it as i was busy doing other stuff when the Auction ended, it sold for £5.00 more than my maximum bid. I was looking through other SkyHawks when i came across another Blue Angels one which was a bit more than i really wanted to pay. The model is JY8078-01L . The asking price was £312 so put an offer in for £270 which was accepted. I am over the moon with my new purchase…

Another SkyHawk

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The definitive Citizen Titanium Thread / Super Titanium / Ti + IP / Duratect / MRK / DLC

This forum is littered with threads on the subject, but they usually are not very enlightening. Attempts have been made at an overview, but that hasn’t stopped the question from reappearing. Hopefully this thread will change all that!

In this first post I will list interesting previous discussions and notable quotes. Later on I will adress some common misconceptions (like scratch resistance does not equal scratch proof) and discuss the past and present of Citizen titanium.

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The definitive Citizen Titanium Thread / Super Titanium / Ti + IP / Duratect / MRK / DLC

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