First impressions are that I need to develop more will power. I only started looking at these a month ago, and here I am blowing through my 2023 watch budget in January. Such is the power of Seiko, I suppose. 😁
My fiscal irresponsibility aside, I'm smitten! It certainly will not be my last vintage Seiko.
Well, this just took a dramatic turn. Luckily I somehow caught it before it crashed into the kitchen tiles.
I had assumed the strap was recent, but am now wondering if it was brittle, vintage rubber?
Edit: further research says this is a reproduction... and a shoddy one at that, it seems.
Was it the orig strap?
Uncle Seiko makes nice ones for this including the waffle like you have, chocolate bar , and my favorite the tire tread which is heftier for this big watch. heresa shot of mine on tire tread
Yep, I'm filling up an Uncle Seiko cart right now! As best I can tell from documentation online, what I had was a knock-off Seiko strap.
These vintage divers all look so good on rubber straps! But now I'm self-conscious about their durability. Anyone else have a catastrophic failure with a rubber strap? Or did I just have a really unusually crappy strap?
What is the consensus on the traffic light sweep on the 6105's? I don't know much about vintage Seiko, but what I can tell is that:
A) 6105-8000/9 likely came with the longer sweep hand (it's tip extends to the outer edge of the applied indices)
B) 6105-811x likely came with the shorter sweep hand (it's tip hits right in the middle of the applied indices)
C) If you see a 6105-8000/9 withe the shorter (B) hand it was likely a service replacement
Thoughts?
I've been eyeing a 6105-8000/9 for a while now and couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. I don't know what it was, but I'm sure glad I finally did. I found this one from January of 1970 from a seller in Hawaii who bought it at an estate sale. Everything appears to be original to the watch. This one also happens to be equipped with the hacking "B" movement. Very pleased...minus the part where it's currently losing 30s every 2 hours. Service time...
Nice catch! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed mine.
It's fantastic. Thank you for playing a roll in me ending up with one. Glad I did.
I've been eyeing a 6105-8000/9 for a while now and couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. I don't know what it was, but I'm sure glad I finally did. I found this one from January of 1970 from a seller in Hawaii who bought it at an estate sale. Everything appears to be original to the watch. This one also happens to be equipped with the hacking "B" movement. Very pleased...minus the part where it's currently losing 30s every 2 hours. Service time...
I was away with this one for 3 months or so while my watchmaker was taking care of it. A lot was done. It was jeweled, fully serviced, and the crown gaskets were replaced and it passed a 100M WR test. The new Klein crystal made a HUGE difference and this watch is just that much better. Thanks again to @Dsloan for encouraging me to take the plunge on a 6105.
