Vintage Citizen Diamond Flake – World's thinnest watch

What is so special about this one?
Is it made with diamonds? No! Than what?

The case is made in stainless steel and is really elegant. This is how a suit wrist watch should be. Simple, 3 hands, white dial, manual wind. Back to the case, we can see that it is really, really thin. In fact it is called Diamond flake because at the time it was the thinest watch with 3 hands (about 7 mm thickness and 36mm diameter). In August 1962 it was the world's thinnest 3 hands watch developed. The acrylic crystal is slightly domed. The winding crown is small but easy to operate, not signed. On the case back it is marked with the model, serial no. (dating this watch February '63, that means it is one of the early production).
The dial is very simple, silver, with a sunburst effect. The hour markers are applied and both the hour markers and the hands are polished without luminous material. It is marked: ” Citizen Diamond Flake” and “Parashock 25 jewels”. At 12 o clock there is the Diamond Flake logo.
The movement is a piece of art named Citizen Calibre 0700. I love the way that it is gold plated. At the time the race for slimmer watches was on and having a thin movement was a must. Well, this one was the champion. It is only 2.7mm, 0.2mm thinner than the competitor Seiko Gold Feather. The calibre 0700 has 25 Jewels (calibre 0701 had 31 jewels). Later on a date was added to the 25 jewels movement and this how Citizen calibre 2700 was born.
The strap is a vintage Citizen brown leather one, with a stainless steel buckle. I think it compliments the watch nicely and adds something to the overall appeal of the watch.
Conclusion – some might say that this is the ultimate elegant watch, some might say it the perfect suit one, but no one argues the fact that it has it's well defined place in history as a champion of it's own time.
The world's thinnest 3 hands watch developed
Competition for thin movement at that time :
1958 -Citizen Deluxe – 3.65
1960 – Seiko Liner – 3.35
1961 – Citizen Hi-Line – 3.25
1960 – Seiko GoldFeather – 2.95
1962 – Citizen DiamondFlake – 2.75
Update: I also found (pictures from the seller) a black dialed one (still not sure if original or repainted dial) in a gold plated case. The dial on this one is marked Parawater.

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