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[andromeda160]

Vintage Seiko DX for me today

[sillo]

Just got him back from service, I'd love to find a NOS crystal, but that's not proving too easy. Also currently hunting for a Bellmatic. Specifically a 4006-6031 if anyone has any leads.

[blcblc]

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by blcblc

Very nice

[blcblc]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Very nice

Tx

[blcblc]

Coke anyone?

[sillo]

So nice. Making up my mind on a Seiko chrono is proving to be impossible. There's so many different references I love.

[Old Expat Beast]

A King Seiko 5626-7070 from 1970

[Old Expat Beast]

I just acquired this 1962 Seiko Cronos, which was the first Seiko dive watch (it was actually advertised as a dive watch back in the day) to have a depth rating on the dial. It's also a cover model on one of my Japanese Seiko reference books. It's quite a substantial piece, with pretty solid balance-bridge movement.

[scarlet knight]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

I just acquired this 1962 Seiko Cronos, which was the first Seiko dive watch (it was actually advertised as a dive watch back in the day) to have a depth rating on the dial. It's also a cover model on one of my Japanese Seiko reference books. It's quite a substantial piece, with pretty solid balance-bridge movement.

Enjoy that watch. Very classic!

[Andad]

Very nice Adam.

That movement is excellent.

I could jump on that bridge.

[Old Expat Beast]

Cheers Eddie

[Old Expat Beast]

Thank you

[blcblc]

One-eye panda

[blcblc]

Seiko

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by blcblc

Seiko

Very nice

[Old Expat Beast]

Last of the Lord Marvels, from 1978. This reference (5740-8000) was first introduced in 1967, as Seiko's first Hi-Beat 36000bph watch, and outlived the original King Seiko and Grand Seiko lines, which finally succumbed to the quartz crisis in the mid-70s. Only two dials were offered: silver sticks and linen Arabics.

[Do0ver]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Last of the Lord Marvels, from 1978. This reference (5740-8000) was first introduced in 1967, as Seiko's first Hi-Beat 36000bph watch, and outlived the original King Seiko and Grand Seiko lines, which finally succumbed to the quartz crisis in the mid-70s. Only two dials were offered: silver sticks and linen Arabics.

I am searching for a stick dial version of this watch. Anyone have suggestions?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Do0ver

I am searching for a stick dial version of this watch. Anyone have suggestions?

Try eBay, Japanese sellers. If you find something, put up pics in a new thread here so we can give it a look.

[blcblc]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Very nice

Tx

[sillo]

Originally Posted by blcblc

Seiko

Very nice!

[blcblc]

Originally Posted by sillo38

Very nice!

Tx

[Old Expat Beast]

A Japanese Instagram friend recently pointed out that my 1962 Seiko Cronos is the same (or very similar) as the one worn by Eiji Okda in the Oscar-nominated Woman in the Dunes (1964).

Fortunately I already own the DVD so was able to get right to re-watching it

Fun Fact: Director Hiroshi Teshigahara was nominated for Best Director for this film at the 38th Academy Awards, but lost to Robert Wise, who won for The Sound of Music.

[Jay (Eire)]

On the wrist yesterday. A more common but still beautiful vintage GS.

This is a 5645. Pretty much clean as a whistle but perhaps not NOS.

These watches are just really perfect, the case size, the case design obviously and the clean and simple dials.




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[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Jay (Eire)

On the wrist yesterday. A more common but still beautiful vintage GS.

This is a 5645. Pretty much clean as a whistle but perhaps not NOS.

These watches are just really perfect, the case size, the case design obviously and the clean and simple dials.




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Nice shot Jay. Great piece in fine condition. Vintage GS and KS seem to hold up well. Maybe in part because they were all Domestic Market watches and treated with care over the years.

[Jay (Eire)]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Nice shot Jay. Great piece in fine condition. Vintage GS and KS seem to hold up well. Maybe in part because they were all Domestic Market watches and treated with care over the years.

I think that's dead right. The same is true for many used pieces at all price levels in Japan, there just seems to have been a higher standard of care for the watches and so finding good condition pieces is a little easier than elsewhere.

Re this piece, and a few others I have, they are super clean. Unfortunately prices seem to have moved a lot in the last 12-18 months. I've been in Japan three times in the last 18 months and I've seen a steady creep in prices (in JPY terms). Fingers crossed for a weaker JPY going forward!

[Old Expat Beast]

Trying out this groovy 1970 King Seiko today

[cajunron]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Trying out this groovy 1970 King Seiko today

That is a very nice piece, Adam. I would love to find one that clean.

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by cajunron

That is a very nice piece, Adam. I would love to find one that clean.

Thanks Ronnie

[blcblc]

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