Rare Citizen Ace Discus...

[Tony C.]

Joepete Skrev:Interesting watch, Tony Thank You for sharing ! What can You tell us about the watch and maybe the "Ace" series in particular ?

I have seen Citizen "Ace" watches before, but never in this model with the large hands and with this dial.

On the caseback, I noticed the long serial number, the beautiful decoration with a fish and the "Parawater" writing. This must have been one of the very early "water resist" watches from Citizen (?). In those days there was no "m" or "water resist" on the dial. Instead, the models had "exotic" names or ways to lead Your thoughts towards the ocean - very subtle and elegant. Seiko, f.i., had the Sea Horse and Sea Lion models, and I am sure that Citizen had a number of other models with equally "exotic" names. Great watch, Tony

Thank you for your kind, and interesting comments, John. You are correct: this model was one of the very early waterproof "sports" watches made by Citizen. The subtle (and clever) aspect of Citzen's marketing on this particular model was that the fish shown on the case back is known (because of its shape) as a Discus fish. This model was made for a very short period of time – 1961 and 1962, to my knowledge. There were other Citizen Ace models produced over a longer period.

I particularly like the broad arrow hands, which were of course also used on some special models produced by other manufacturers such as the very early UG Polerouters, and the Omega Ranchero.