Help to check a Seiko 'pogue' 6139-6002

Are you asking if it is all original? If so, it definitely isn't...it looks like it has an aftermarket inner bezel, outer bezel, dial, and possibly hands.

Many of these watches are "restored" with new aftermarket parts as most OEM parts are impossible to find. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, as finding an original 6139-6002 or 6139-6005 in that sort of crisp shape and at a cheap price is fairly difficult.

Regarding the crown, it might be an aftermarket crown, but it looks to be the correct style. It seems like the seller has it pulled out to the time setting position. If not, the stem could be too long and would just need to be shortened.

Compare your dial to this one from Worn & Wound, for example:


https://wornandwound.com/gallery-seiko-6139-6002-pogue/



Look at the fineness of the sunburst and the font of the subdial.

Frankly, I'm not a pro with these, but some of the "pogue" (I am using the term liberally) aftermarket parts just jump out at you and it becomes evermore clear once you've held an original one and compare.

Over the past few months, I've had a fun little journey with this model. I first purchased a cheap restored watch from South Asia, and was frankly a little disappointed, so I then started building/restoring one that I had with a totally ruined dial with Seikosis parts. However, I stumbled upon an all original (but slightly worn) example last week that I added it to my collection. Here are some comparison shots:


Left to right: A friends 6139-6005 with original dial and incorrect hands, a high quality aftermarket dial from Seikosis, a lower end restored watch from South Asia. However, note that different years and models will have slightly different writing.



The watch in the box is a 6139-6005 that was purchased from the original owner who bought it in 1972/73 in OK and the watch next to it is a true pogue parts watch that he bought a decade ago to restore and was included in the sale. Both are original.




Looking at the above, the one you came across looks similar to the first watch I bought, except your example seems to have a white inner bezel. The white bezel isn't always totally wrong because the original yellow bezels aged and turned white due to light exposure, but the one you have looks like a fake white bezel.

Hello!

I stopped following this reference which bytheway is not a true poque reference (6139-6005 is) when I realized that 99+% of those are not genuine but assembled with aftermarket pieces.
Condition of the caseback compared to dial and bezel insert tells me… this is the case here so better “run away”

Check also those links:

https://www.vintagewatchadvisors.com/2019/03/17/seiko-6139-600x-part-i/
https://www.vintagewatchadvisors.com/2019/03/17/seiko-6139-600x-part-ii/
https://vintagewatchadvisors.azurewebsites.net/2019/03/27/seiko-6139-600x-part-iii/

Watching a few Spencer Klein 6139 videos on YouTube is also helpful to novices looking for an honest example imo. 👍