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Post by earthphase on Apr 10, 2015 11:17:35 GMT -8
In my hunt I have noticed 3 casebacks.
6138-8000
6138-8020
6138-8030
Can anyone explain to me the difference in the models?
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Post by rob3rto on Apr 10, 2015 11:57:37 GMT -8
A quick google image search brought this up.  |
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Post by doomguy10011 on Apr 10, 2015 13:33:43 GMT -8
The 8000 is the JDM "Baby Panda", which comes in a white or charcoal black dial. Quite hard to find compared to the "standard" panda, the 8020, which is SS with a white linen dial, or gold tone with a black dial.
8010 is a beautiful JDM, which I think is the rarest of all 6138s. It has a blue sunburst dial.
8030 is a somewhat common 6138, sometimes called the John Player Special. Comes in SS, with blue subdials, or two types of gold tone, with brown subdials.
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Post by estrickland on Apr 10, 2015 13:39:51 GMT -8
Love the Baby Pandas. Here are mine - the wife wears the white one:  Some of my very first Seikos. Still looking for a bracelet that isn't destroyed. |
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Post by docmac88 on Apr 10, 2015 14:45:43 GMT -8
Don't know, hard to beat looks of those on the straps estrickland
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Post by saul on Apr 10, 2015 14:55:50 GMT -8
-8020 in gold...  |
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Post by tritto on Apr 10, 2015 15:44:49 GMT -8
A quick google image search brought this up. Great reference material rob3rto. Nice to see the case dimensions side by side. |
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Post by earthphase on Apr 10, 2015 16:45:26 GMT -8
Good info guys. Thank you.
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Post by rob3rto on Apr 10, 2015 23:04:14 GMT -8
A quick google image search brought this up. Great reference material rob3rto. Nice to see the case dimensions side by side. Thanks but sadly not mine. Something I found on Google. It probably comes from one of the many watch forums. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 2:19:26 GMT -8
-8020 in gold... A friend of mine has a NOS one of these I serviced for him. Look even better in person. |
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Post by cobrajet25 on Apr 11, 2015 3:12:12 GMT -8
The "Panda" will be a 6138-8020 or a 6138-8021. The "Baby Panda", slightly smaller, will be a 6138-8000 or a 6138-8001. If you see either model with any other caseback, it has the wrong one. I have a gold one as well. A little odd because it has an English/Dutch daywheel. Great shape. The only thing I did to it when I got it was replace the crystal. The push/pull tension placed on the crystal caused it to split all the way around the circumference about 1-2mm from the base. Only crystal I have ever seen do that. IIRC, it was $52.   |
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Post by cobrajet25 on Apr 11, 2015 3:16:07 GMT -8
Good info guys. Thank you. The chart lists the 6138-803's lug width as 19mm. It is actually 18mm. |
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Post by saul on Apr 11, 2015 3:42:20 GMT -8
A friend of mine has a NOS one of these I serviced for him. Look even better in person. Mine was rebuilt around mostly nos. A botched replate lead me down that path. Nos pushers, crown, bezel and a sample case. None of my pics do it justice.   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 6:24:08 GMT -8
A friend of mine has a NOS one of these I serviced for him. Look even better in person. Mine was rebuilt around mostly nos. A botched replate lead me down that path. Nos pushers, crown, bezel and a sample case. None of my pics do it justice. It's a nice clean example and looks the dogs dangly's! It must have been a search to find those gold pushers!! |
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Post by Groundhog66 on Apr 11, 2015 7:00:45 GMT -8
Much love for the Panda, such a classy model.
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Post by saul on Apr 11, 2015 7:52:22 GMT -8
Mine was rebuilt around mostly nos. A botched replate lead me down that path. Nos pushers, crown, bezel and a sample case. None of my pics do it justice. It's a nice clean example and looks the dogs dangly's! It must have been a search to find those gold pushers!! Actually the pushers were not that hard. Always look to Stefan for the good odd bits. The kicker was when the case showed up on eBay. A guy in Brazil had a bunch of sample cases for a while. Also got a 6138-7000 case from him which was the final and hardest get of a 5 year parts acquisition process to build one...  |
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Post by dasher on Apr 11, 2015 7:59:55 GMT -8
I have a few - a clunker, a re-dial, and a quartz knock-off:
If you can find one, get it. No collection is complete without one.
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Post by docmac88 on Apr 11, 2015 12:09:28 GMT -8
It's a nice clean example and looks the dogs dangly's! It must have been a search to find those gold pushers!! Actually the pushers were not that hard. Always look to Stefan for the good odd bits. The kicker was when the case showed up on eBay. A guy in Brazil had a bunch of sample cases for a while. Also got a 6138-7000 case from him which was the final and hardest get of a 5 year parts acquisition process to build one... I really like this watch, I suspect it was actually useful in the days before electronic calculators ( remember how expensive they were when they first came out) I envision NASA engineers having this type watch back in the day. |
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Post by earthphase on Apr 11, 2015 12:34:22 GMT -8
Not easy to find
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Post by mikeyt on Apr 11, 2015 12:54:05 GMT -8
Actually the pushers were not that hard. Always look to Stefan for the good odd bits. The kicker was when the case showed up on eBay. A guy in Brazil had a bunch of sample cases for a while. Also got a 6138-7000 case from him which was the final and hardest get of a 5 year parts acquisition process to build one... I really like this watch, I suspect it was actually useful in the days before electronic calculators ( remember how expensive they were when they first came out) I envision NASA engineers having this type watch back in the day. Actually, the E6-B slide rule was a pilot's tool. It was a handy substitute for a circular slide rule used in the cockpit. Engineers typically used a straight slide rule about 10" long. I have one from my high-school days (yes, I'm that old) around here somewhere. If I find it, I'll post a pic. A friend of a friend got a "pocket" calculator for a graduation present from college. $400ish price. It would add, subtract, multiply and divide. Oh yeah square roots too. And, it was huge, too big for many shirt pockets. |
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