Seikos!!!

Alphasports

Here's my 6309 I bought new in '78 (40 years!) and just pulled out of my drawer last week. Put a NOS Seiko strap on it and it's good to go.


Then I became so enamored by the nostalgia of it I just got one of these yesterday, from the excellent SeiyaJapan.com:



Then, I became so enamored of the new one that I just ordered one of these from Seiya:



Next order will be for some meds to put this obsession to rest!

I just got my Seamaster back from major service last week, and my Speedy is in now, but I'm obsessing about Seikos! Go figure...great watches though.

ewand

Just in - 1977 Bell-Matic; bought unseen from a Fellows auction. Whipped the movement out, took off the crystal, popped the case into the ultrasonic, put on a new crystal and it's looking pretty good 😀

bonerp

Just received this...

keepschanging

I’m a big fan of Seiko and solar watches, but not Seiko solars. On the models you picture above, imho the quality of the bezel and bracelet is really, really low.

The bezel on my Seiko SKX is far higher quality and looks better after 8 years than the bezel on my solar after 2 years.

To show the difference, below is a pic of my SKX with bezel still basically looking new, and the solar where the paint all along the crystal has come off (on the third pic I added red lines to show the area). The bezel also sounds and feels cheap, as well as the bracelet.

Oh, and my one-family 6309 from 1982 says hello