Reply With QuoteVery nice Dunc.
Those vintage Seiko's have a charm of their own.
I was digging around the workshop today looking for some 18 gauge wire and I found a 30m Silverwave that I'd forgotten I had. A quick regulate and adjust and it's ticking away beautifully. It's a 69799 from April 1964 so it's 50 years old this month. It's always nice to be reunited with something you'd forgotten you had.
These were the first Seikos to carry the tsunami logo on the caseback - it's just about visible still.
Very nice Dunc.
Those vintage Seiko's have a charm of their own.
Cheers,
Neil.
Nice one...one of the bigger vintage watches today.
That is indeed the kind of forgotten gem that would make anybody' say. Lovely vintage Seiko!
Lovely looking thing Duncan
A lovely thing and because it's so dinky by current standards, very comfy.
Martin
Very nice - are you going to restore it?
Restore as in do what to it? It's running beautifully, plenty of amplitude, keeping good time and I've fitted a NOS crystal. What's left to do?
How do you forget having something that nice kicking around..?
Depends what you want it to look like I guess.....options you could do is to restore the dial, re-lume and polish the case - but there's also an appeal in an old watch looking like an old watch. :-)Originally Posted by Cannop
If I wanted to (which I don't) the dial could never be restored, the only option would be to replace. I'm also in the don't polish cases camp as well as the don't relume if its not manky.
Bravo!If I wanted to (which I don't) the dial could never be restored, the only option would be to replace. I'm also in the don't polish cases camp as well as the don't relume if its not manky.
Vintage watches should look vintage.
Once a dial is repainted it will never be original again.
Obviously get the best example you can but if people want a new looking watch they should buy a new one.
Cheers,
Neil.
That is lovely. The dial font is really elegant. What sort of strap are you going to put it on, if you are going to wear it?
That looks fantastic what a find,love these vintage Seiko's.
I've been thinking about that and I really can't decide what to put it on. Any suggestions?
What size is it. Something brown maybe to work with the dial. One of the TF Rally straps in brown? Think Cousins do a couple of leather big hole sports strap as well.
The lug size is 18mm. I'll have a look at your suggestions, cheers!
This is a dive watch (or at least a sports diver) and so to my mind it best suits either an original bracelet, a rubber strap of some sort, perhaps a vintage tropic, or that stalwart fall-back, the trusty NATO. For me leather would not be an option. In my case, I've fitted, somewhat incongruously, a plain, caoutchouc strap, which while perhaps not quite sitting happily with the vintage aesthetic of the watch, is supremely comfortable. Here's mine on the caoutchouc next to a 62mas on a vintage tropic:
Martin
I agree that leather and divers don't mix. But I would definitely class this as a sports watch. Unlikely to ever get wet now.
A NATO is a good all round safe option though!
What a catch! Wish I forgot stuff like this. Really cool.
Sorry, a question I meant to ask earlier.
Does the inner bezel rotate on this with the crown? Or is it fixed?
It rotates, you can turn it using the crown.
Thanks. It looks great. Will keep my eyes open for one.
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