Caliber 0180A 17 Jewels
circa 1979
My Mom was packing her drawer when she chanced upon her old Citizen watch she wore during her working days some 30 years ago. I gave it a few wounds and it sprang to life. Very strong crisp ticking can be heard through the steel caseback.
I was tempted and had to open the caseback. Although the inner case seemed badly tarnished, I am welcomed with a very clean manual movement, 17 jewels. The rear of the caseback has some blurred wordings and I make them out to be "Hong Kong". So this Citizen may have been cased in Hong Kong although the movement reads "Japan".
Once again a fine example of the durability and reliability of Japanese movements. Maybe I will have to take this watch for an overhaul. With some cleaning, a new crystal and a fresh leather band, she will be good to go for more decades to come!
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