Wearing a Citizen 6000 vintage watch
Rediscovering old beauty under layers of dirt
Aug. 23, 2020 - Willem L. Middelkoop
This week I was cleaning my closet when I found an old watch. It came from my grandfather’s house. It looked like it had an adventurous live, full of wear and tear. I recognised that it had an automatic mechanical movement. Upon picking it up it almost instantly started running again. I wondered how cool it would be if I would gently clean it.
Continue reading![Wear and tear is a great thing on a watch: it communicates the story of adventurous wrist time](/blog/2020-08-23_cleaning-a-vintage-watch/images/i_02_Wear-and-tear-is-a-great-thing-on-a-watch-it-communicates-the-story-of-adventurous-wrist-time_500px.jpg)
![This watch has an automatic Citizen 6000 movement with 21 jewels](/blog/2020-08-23_cleaning-a-vintage-watch/images/i_10_This-watch-has-an-automatic-Citizen-6000-movement-with-21-jewels_500px.jpg)
![The cleaned watch head, as seen from the bottom](/blog/2020-08-23_cleaning-a-vintage-watch/images/i_14_The-cleaned-watch-head-as-seen-from-the-bottom_500px.jpg)
![The cleaned watch head, from the top](/blog/2020-08-23_cleaning-a-vintage-watch/images/i_15_The-cleaned-watch-head-from-the-top_500px.jpg)
![You can rotate the case back and remove it from the watch head to reveal the movement](/blog/2020-08-23_cleaning-a-vintage-watch/images/i_09_You-can-rotate-the-case-back-and-remove-it-from-the-watch-head-to-reveal-the-movement_500px.jpg)
![The watch back on the wrist: cleaned and running!](/blog/2020-08-23_cleaning-a-vintage-watch/images/i_16_The-watch-back-on-the-wrist-cleaned-and-running_500px.jpg)