Thanks, Al. I would be surprised. The sellers pictures of it looked good to me.

 

Movement looks good from this view certainly - some corrosion in the case back groove but that's not unusual. Leaks in the crown or alarm button gaskets though may cause corrosion on the perimeter parts that can't be seen until the movement is out of the case though. Just something for your watchmaker to check on.

For example this one looked pretty good too...



But when I removed it you can see the corrosion I'm referring to here (there's a screw there that's pretty rusted):



And deeper in more corrosion:



Certainly not seen on every one of these I've done, but not an unusual thing either. Just like any watch once the seals go water can get in and cause problems.

Cheers, Al

 

Thanks Al. That's one of those posts that the polite side of me wants to "like" and the other, practical, self-interested side is saying "Uh,uh. No way; you don't like nothing like that..."

 

Didn't mean to cause you any panic - the one I'm showing photos of was not as good in terms of condition as the one you have. Most likely you are fine, but again just something to be aware of.

Cheers, Al

 

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on this exact puppy. How is it in person??

 

Tres Hombres

 

My opinion, I like it as much as my brand new PO I got in Dec. The dial color doesn’t take a good pic, I’ve seen many that give it a teal color when in the light. It’s dark. It’s a solid watch, but wears light on the wrist...really comfortable for me.

One major reason I like it as it’s “just a Seiko” to non watch enthusiasts. It’s very nice under the radar quality and uniqueness.

 

my latest put it on a stainless band the nato it came with too small this was the first band I had to remove links 2 usually I have to add 2

 

My Samurai

 

I have a soft spot for Seiko. Here's one of my favourite vintage pieces which is still running to chronometer specs despite being nearly 50 years old

 

Liquid crystal from April '77

 

I just found a vintage advert for the King Seiko I posted above

 

isn't this a 007 watch? Rodger Moore? I like it...

 

I know the feeling... off to set an eBay alert. Never seen it before.

 

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

"Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."

-- Douglas Adams, Foreword to The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

Hi.
No unfortunately it does not issue orders on ticker tape as per film!

 

WHAT!
Do you mean to say all my daily clothes and watches are not in vogue?
How dare you Sir!

 

Ah, knitwear. I’d forgotten about knitwear (or erased it from memory, more like.)

 

My 6138-3002

 

This has been about for a while but still interesting.

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