Citizen Cosmotron X8 postscript
Those of you who read the recent account of the restoration of an early Citizen Cosmotron X8 electric watch may …
Those of you who read the recent account of the restoration of an early Citizen Cosmotron X8 electric watch may …
Two and a half years ago, I won a Yahoo Japan auction for a lot of seven watches, all but …
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In sweeping up a few loose ends from the past few months of behind-the-scenes activity, this brief entry documents a …
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