FOR YOUR EYES ONLY IS A SUPER SEXY 1963 CITIZEN JET AUTOMATIC WITH COOL JET-ROTOR MOVEMENT.
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CASE: HEFTY ALL-STEEL ROUND CASE IN AWESOME CONDITION. THIS BEAUTY MEASURES AN UNUSUALLY LARGE 39mm ACROSS NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL CROWN BY 44mm LUG TO LUG. THIS CASE IS IN SHARP AND UNPOLISHED ORIGINAL CONDITION. I LOVE THOSE DOWNWARD SLOPING LUGS WHICH MAKE THIS THING A DREAM TO WEAR. THIS WATCH IS PERFECT FOR THE LARGE WRIST SEEKING AN ELEGANT VINTAGE DRESS WATCH.
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DIAL: SO SIMPLE AND CLASSY. THIS SUPER WIDE DIAL((35mm) IS MIND BLOWING IN ITS SCALE. THE BEAUTIFUL SUNBURST SILVER DIAL IS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH SOME MINOR AGE RELATED BLEMISHES AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTOS BUT OVERALL IN IMPRESSIVE CONDITION. I LOVE THE OLD SCHOOL CITIZEN CURSIVE FONT WITH THE JAZZY JET LOGO. CHECK OUT THOSE CRAZY LONG DAUPHINE HANDS AND SWEEP SECONDS HAND. JUST WOW!!
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MOVEMENT: THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET INTERESTING. THE DIAL IS MARKED 23 JEWELS, BUT THE MOVEMENT HAS 27 JEWELS STAMPED ON IT. IN ADDITION, THE CASE AND THE MOVEMENT INDICATE "AUTODATER", WHICH WOULD MAKE ONE ASSUME THAT IT IS A DATE WATCH. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO DATE WINDOW. MY GUESS IS THAT THIS WATCH PROBABLY HAD AN IDENTICAL DIAL WITH A DATE WINDOW ORIGINALLY. THIS DIAL IS DEFINITELY AN ORIGINAL FACTORY JET DIAL, BUT IT'S POSSIBLY A SERVICE DIAL. THE OTHER CONFUSING FACTOR IS THAT THERE IS NO DATE "CLICK" AS YOU ADVANCE THE TIME AROUND THE DIAL. SO, IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT EVERYTHING IS ORIGINAL BUT STAMPED WRONG FROM THE FACTORY. EITHER WAY, THE MOVEMENT IS IN AMAZING CONDITION AND IS RUNNING GREAT. THIS GUY RUNS SMOOTHLY AND IS KEEPING GREAT TIME BUT SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN.
THIS SUAVE KILLER COMES MOUNTED ON A PERIOD APPROPRIATE "SNAKE" BRAND VINTAGE BRACELET WHICH LOOKS AMAZING ON THIS WATCH. BRACELET SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMODATE UP TO A 7.75" WRIST. THIS ONE IS AN ABSOLUTE BLAST TO WEAR. THE JET ROTOR MOVEMENTS HAVE A SWOOSHY FEEL ON THE WRIST DUE TO THOSE PERIPHERAL MOUNTED ROTOR WEIGHTS. AND, AS MENTIONED, THIS DUDE IS BIG AND HAS SOME SERIOUS PRESENCE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS IN VINTAGE WATCH COLLECTING.
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