Finally... Seiko 6159-7010 600m automatic Tuna

[mariod]

I've searched the world for a vintage Seiko 6159-7010 600m automatic Tuna and finally found this one offered by a guy located only 34 km far away from my home. I've been looking for one of these for a very long time. I've missed several really good ones during the last few years. Whenever one appeared, I didn't have the funds for it. Some time ago I've decided to start looking for one seriously, so I've tried to raise enough funds by selling a few watches every now and then... I've monitored every country's local bay site and placed wtb's on countless watch forums. I've received a couple of offers. Some were nice, one was awesome, others were average... However, many sellers were reluctant to sell, a few sellers were asking too much (for me), nearly all sellers were located abroad (which means I would have to pay 19% import taxes). When I returned home from work yesterday, I had a quick look at my local bay site and suddenly my search had one result! After waiting for his reply for nearly 20 hours he finally gave me a call today and we arranged a meeting in his town. Fortunately he was a pretty nice fellow so we took a seat in a fast-food restaurant at the central station. It didn't take very long till we both agreed to the deal and after half an hour including a very nice talk I was back on my way home with this "little" gem on my wrist:



I apologize for the poor picture and promise to take better ones tomorrow...

Just happy now...

[learningtofly]

Oooh - that's a beauty, Mario. Well done, really pleased for you.

[andamanen]

I was watching this one and noticed the listing was removed from ebay :)

Glad to see it ended up with a real enthousiast.

[andy armitage]

You see Tony you are already coveting other Tuna's and probably ignoring your 015 :)

[Thewatchbloke]

What a beauty Mario - congratulations on finding such a great example! The 6159 movement is one of Seiko's classics

[andamanen]

What a beauty Mario - congratulations on finding such a great example! The 6159 movement is one of Seiko's classics

And 36000 beats per hour, right?

[Barry]

Great to see you landed your Tuna.

Looks fantastic, the smooth sweep of the seconds hand will mesmerise you!

Well worth the wait.

[Thewatchbloke]

And 36000 beats per hour, right?

Correct, a hi-beat beauty.

[Victor]

Well done Mario ,

Glad that you finally found one ,

Wear it well ,

Vic

[seikomatic]

so I took pix and thought that I had it already

[Deyn Man]

very, very nice man!!!!!
and they are really tough!!!! had a friend who was able to get an original piece from the 70s... the shroud had a nick and he decided to remove the coating then paint over it... he had to use "professional tools" to remove the very hard coating!
sweet movement on yours too! basically an unadorned GS movement!!!!
wear it in the best of health!!!

[mariod]

Thank you all for the kind words... As promised I took more and (slightly) better pictures:

[superslau]

I am extremely envious. You have quite a collection! Congratulations!

[Skip]

There seems to be a bit of a Tuna "love in" happening this week (which is fine by me!) and IMO this one may be the cream of the crop.
Wear it well.

[Timelord]

Fantastic find and a perfect partner for an Emperor Tuna. Is that one in your group shot?

[mariod]

Fantastic find and a perfect partner for an Emperor Tuna. Is that one in your group shot?

Many thanks and yes it is, although a sbdx005 would be an even better partner...

[Timelord]

Many thanks and yes it is, although a sbdx005 would be an even better partner...

I've forgotten the ref. no. for the Emperor, so what is the sbdx005?

[Retep]

Yes that's wonderful, amazed by your collection! Congrats!

[mariod]

I've forgotten the ref. no. for the Emperor, so what is the sbdx005?

sbdx011 = Emperor Tuna
sbdx005 = Historical Collection Limited Edition Tuna Seikomatic posted one above

[Timelord]

sbdx011 = Emperor Tuna
sbdx005 = Historical Collection Limited Edition Tuna Seikomatic posted one above

Ok thanks. It's amazing what you can forget. Any chance you could tell us what each Tuna is in the group shot?

I've got a fair few Tunas myself including a vintage 300m, 600m Golden Tuna, a Darth 1000m, a '007 and a '017; I've forgotten the ref nos sorry. I was looking for a 1000m Golden Tuna too, but the prices went nuts from 2009 onwards. I've got a Seiko Ashtray though. Have you got one too?

Have you got any of the equivalent Citizens? If so, how do you think they compare with the Seiko Tunas? Ecozillas and Autozillas are easy to find, of course. However, the vintage 800m, 300m and especially the 1300m titanium professional divers are hard to find. Rarest of all is the black 800m that has a different case to the regular 800m.

[mariod]

Ok thanks. It's amazing what you can forget. Any chance you could tell us what each Tuna is in the group shot?

Here we go:

top line (from left to right):

'87 1000m golden Tuna 7c46-7009, '76 600m auto Tuna 6159-7010, '09 1000m auto Tuna 8l35-00C0 (SBDX011), '02 1000m golden Tuna 7c46-7008


bottom line (from left to right):
'80 300m Tuna 7549-7010, '78 600m golden Tuna 7549-7009, '80 600m golden Tuna 7549-7009, '83 300m Tuna 7549-7010

I've got a fair few Tunas myself including a vintage 300m, 600m Golden Tuna, a Darth 1000m, a '007 and a '017; I've forgotten the ref nos sorry. I was looking for a 1000m Golden Tuna too, but the prices went nuts from 2009 onwards. I've got a Seiko Ashtray though. Have you got one too?

Have you got any of the equivalent Citizens? If so, how do you think they compare with the Seiko Tunas? Ecozillas and Autozillas are easy to find, of course. However, the vintage 800m, 300m and especially the 1300m titanium professional divers are hard to find. Rarest of all is the black 800m that has a different case to the regular 800m.

I don't have an Ashtray. I like them but I prefer the "real" shrouded divers, although I wouldn't mind adding an ashtray to my stable... Unfortunately I don't have one of the Citizen you mentioned, but I agree with you. The 800m and 1300m ones are rare and so lovely... really nice watches...

[morningbell]

Very nice vintage tuna collection. Not something you can just pick up at the AD.

[Timelord]

Here we go:

top line (from left to right):

'87 1000m golden Tuna 7c46-7009, '76 600m auto Tuna 6159-7010, '09 1000m auto Tuna 8l35-00C0 (SBDX011), '02 1000m golden Tuna 7c46-7008


bottom line (from left to right):
'80 300m Tuna 7549-7010, '78 600m golden Tuna 7549-7009, '80 600m golden Tuna 7549-7009, '83 300m Tuna 7549-7010



I don't have an Ashtray. I like them but I prefer the "real" shrouded divers, although I wouldn't mind adding an ashtray to my stable... Unfortunately I don't have one of the Citizen you mentioned, but I agree with you. The 800m and 1300m ones are rare and so lovely... really nice watches...

Thanks for identifying the Tunas.

I've got a couple of the regular Citizen Ti 800m divers, one of which I'm wearing right now. There are one or 2 on eBay at the moment i think. I've also got a box of bits from Guido with enough to make 1 or 2 of the Citizen Ti 300m divers that I need to send to a watchmaker to assemble. IMO, the 300m version is rarer than the regular 800m version. The Citizen Ti 1300m is nearly impossible to find, especially at an affordable price. I know that Colin (Nalu) has one. However, I've got an Innovative Time 1000m diver which looks very similar to the 1300m Citizen, but is smaller. The original Citizen Aquamount looks similar too.

[Dr G]

Well there you go, I've gone and learned something. Not a watch I'd ever come across until seeing your thread.

I quite like the 'body armour' look!

[dutchgray]

What a collection of Tunas, that one looks stunning, well worth a long search to get one that good.

[Foucault717]

There's something unexplainable about the tuna, especially the gold tone one, that makes me want to own one badly. Weird considering it's not exactly a pretty watch.