28 Aug 2013, 22:11
As an enthusiastic collector of the Crystron's, Casiotron's and early Seiko's I have been looking out for an affordable Citizen 60-1012 in good and original condition.
As the very first digital Seiko is a grail to many (including myself), this citizen has been one of my others,
The 60-1012 is Citizen's very first LCD watch on the domestic and international market. Some samples date back to 1973, mine dates september 1974.
The 9010 solid state movement is of a véry high quality and has some funky features; Its provided with a single pusher in its left lower side to reset second to 0 and advance 1 minute. This makes calibrating time extremely easy.
The movement is controlled by a crown with 8 (!) positions. Pushing the crown shows seconds from date, releasing it makes the date show again
Another very cool feature is fully disabling the lcd panel by a twist of the crown (which saves battery power)
The later 9011 (electronically basically similar) truly 'toggles' between both date and seconds. Another difference between both movements is the shape of the lcd panel (in depth, not in surface shape, so NOT interchangeable), a loose polarizing filter (on the 9011) and a difference in colour tone of the back panel (grey on the 9010 vs metallic silver on the 9011)
Well, I found this sample in Israel some weeks ago. As you can see clearly, it has a practically dead lcd panel..
BUT, after placing a rescue post on the 'wanted parts' section of this forum, Simone was able to provide me with a working original 9010 lcd panel !!
I didn't need much work on restoring, as I prefer -generally- preserving the original looks :
Some brushing of scratches on case and bracelet using a glass fiber pencil, lubricating all gaskets. Cleaning case, bracelet, pusher and crown (was surprised to see some rust particles in the stainless steel)
I'm a very happy individual now, wearing this beautiful fully functional Citizen watch on my wrist as I write :)
It has a very good looking case without any serious damage (as well as the original bracelet), a perfect brushed sunbust. Some damage on the crystal, but hey, we cant have it all ;)
As the very first digital Seiko is a grail to many (including myself), this citizen has been one of my others,
The 60-1012 is Citizen's very first LCD watch on the domestic and international market. Some samples date back to 1973, mine dates september 1974.
The 9010 solid state movement is of a véry high quality and has some funky features; Its provided with a single pusher in its left lower side to reset second to 0 and advance 1 minute. This makes calibrating time extremely easy.
The movement is controlled by a crown with 8 (!) positions. Pushing the crown shows seconds from date, releasing it makes the date show again
Another very cool feature is fully disabling the lcd panel by a twist of the crown (which saves battery power)
The later 9011 (electronically basically similar) truly 'toggles' between both date and seconds. Another difference between both movements is the shape of the lcd panel (in depth, not in surface shape, so NOT interchangeable), a loose polarizing filter (on the 9011) and a difference in colour tone of the back panel (grey on the 9010 vs metallic silver on the 9011)
Well, I found this sample in Israel some weeks ago. As you can see clearly, it has a practically dead lcd panel..
BUT, after placing a rescue post on the 'wanted parts' section of this forum, Simone was able to provide me with a working original 9010 lcd panel !!
I didn't need much work on restoring, as I prefer -generally- preserving the original looks :
Some brushing of scratches on case and bracelet using a glass fiber pencil, lubricating all gaskets. Cleaning case, bracelet, pusher and crown (was surprised to see some rust particles in the stainless steel)
I'm a very happy individual now, wearing this beautiful fully functional Citizen watch on my wrist as I write :)
It has a very good looking case without any serious damage (as well as the original bracelet), a perfect brushed sunbust. Some damage on the crystal, but hey, we cant have it all ;)
Last edited by elceedee on 29 Aug 2013, 00:19, edited 2 times in total.
