Another arrival :) Duo-Time

[croolis]

This arrived today via a postal forwarding service from UK .. bought on Ebay UK from a seller that wouldn't ship abroad, so I had it sent to a service that picks up mail and brings it to me in Malta. I think these Seiko Duo Time models are quite uncommon and I have heard they are of very high quality. The movement is a 5619, the 'Duo Time' hand is an extra hour hand, it can be moved in hour increments (while remaining aligned with the 'real' hour hand) by turning the crown anti-clockwise on the 1st position. Turning the crown clockwise adjusts the date. The movement hacks and handwinds, too, but is not a hi-beat.

Nobody seems to have noticed this auction and I was the only bidder .. so .. I got myself a (relative) bargain.

Photos taken under artificial light, it's night here .. i'll take better ones tomorrow .. suffice to say that condition is a lot better than I was expecting.

[sdoocms]

Congrats on a nice find!

[sweephand]

they are a very good quality piece - I owned one before I concentrated only on Citizens. Quite rare too - the 5619 movement is a 5606 with the additional hand.

Stpehgen

[croolis]

a couple more photos and some other stuff that arrived recently

[cobrajet25]

I have a few of these, including a NOS one, and none of them has a date/GMT hand that sets.  These all have the same quickset problem as all the other 56-series watches do.

If yours works, then you scored!

[croolis]

Mar 8, 2015 1:47:02 GMT -8 cobrajet25 said:

I have a few of these, including a NOS one, and none of them has a date/GMT hand that sets.  These all have the same quickset problem as all the other 56-series watches do.

If yours works, then you scored!

it does actually work fine, now that you're alerting me, though, i'll be extra careful with date/hour setting!

[earthphase]

I'm confused. Can the second hour hand be set independently from the first hour hand?

[sweephand]

Mar 8, 2015 7:52:57 GMT -8 earthphase said:

I'm confused. Can the second hour hand be set independently from the first hour hand?

Yep, that's right - it allows you to set the time in a different time zone and still show the time in your home zone. I think.

Stephen

[croolis]

Mar 8, 2015 7:52:57 GMT -8 earthphase said:

I'm confused. Can the second hour hand be set independently from the first hour hand?

the 2nd hour hand moves with the main one, but can be adjusted in 1 hour increments by turning the crown on 1st position.
There's a bit of resistance and then it moves a whole hour.

the movement handwinds and hacks, too, apart from being quite accurate so far

[earthphase]

I've been searching for a vintage seiko with this complication.