January 1972 Seiko 6139 6005 True Pogue, Serviced

On offer's a watch I didn't imagine I'd be letting go of, but I just don't get to it enough.

CASE: 41mm steel tonneau case is in good, unpolished shape, with the original brushing evident on top and the original polishing on the sides. The serial numbers and reference are clear on the caseback, and it has been personalized (which conveniently dates the watch to June 1972). The original bracelet has 5 removable link and should fit up to a 7.5" or so inch wrist; the end links have folded-over edges, which I've read is earlier, if that's your thing. The pepsi bezel is in excellent condition, the internal bezel rotates as it should, and the original mineral crystal is scuffed.

DIAL+HANDS: All original and untouched. The only real flaw I can see is the slight rubbing around the edge of the subdial at 6. Otherwise everything is pretty incredible and, again, all original, with all lume bright, matching, and fading identically quickly after being activated.

MVMT: This was serviced three months ago; I'll provide the buyer with the details, receipt, and warranty. The watch is functioning perfectly, keeping excellent time, with the chrono starting/stopping/resetting crisply, and the quickset date and day both operating as they should.

This feels slightly bonkers, but the price, unless I'm missing something, should be $3000 USD; a better Pogue went for a few hundred more than that on ebay recently, and several much worse ones have sold for $2500+ in the last several months. I'm certainly open to reasonable offers, but stress *reasonable*. I've sold no watches here on OF but have sold many on ebay and directly through Chronotrader and IG (I'm @wescutter). I'm happy to provide as many references as are requested. Thanks for looking.

Bump, price reduction

Sorry: bump, price reduction to $2400. Also, when the movement was serviced, a jewel was added to the barrel arbor; the 6139 is notoriously weak in that one area (the watchmaker I'm closest with says it's a movement which, at its best, has 10k hours before it is destroyed), and having the barrel arbor jeweled all but assures it'll work for as long as the wearer wants it to.

Bump; still the nicest Pogue I can find for sale atm. This one just sold for $2500 on ebay and is just about identical, except of course it wasn't serviced and doesn't have a warranty.