King Seiko 5626 7000 purchase - need advice

[sabarig]

Hello experts,

I posted this on another forum.. Looking for some advice regarding a purchase.

I might have the opportunity to purchase a King Seiko 5626 7000 and wanted to know what you guys think of the attached pictures. The dial doesn't have any inscription below the 6 o clock marker. Is this normal? Any other issues you guys see with this piece?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sab

[rossr]

It’s really hard to tell. As you’ve probably seen, all the other ones on the net have the dial code either side of the 6 marker inside the indices. It looks quite good to me.  Does the seller mention anything about the dial?

[Adrian-VTA]

Something is up there. Can't tell you what for sure without higher resolution images.

The dial has probably lost lacquer on the bottom. I can see some discolouration between 7 and 9 oclock on image 7 which may suggest this is the case. Doesn't look like shadows.

I've seen thousands of watches, most SEIKO and none have had print missing there without a dial fault.

The internet is a marvelous thing - 

www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1728&bih=831&ei=xbMkWoOhKIP08gW5jayQDw&q=seiko+5626-7000&oq=seiko+5626-7000&gs_l=img.3..0.302.3522.0.3793.16.16.0.0.0.0.368.2995.2-6j5.11.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..5.11.2984.0..35i39k1j0i5i30k1j0i24k1j0i30k1.0.XNHrnn39U50#imgrc=Mn2xGQw0GHOWIM:

Check out some others, they all have printing there.

Assuming the movement is in good order, it still might be a good buy at the right price.

[sabarig]

Dec 3, 2017 18:35:10 GMT -8 Adrian-VTA said:

Something is up there. Can't tell you what for sure without higher resolution images.

The dial has probably lost lacquer on the bottom. I can see some discolouration between 7 and 9 oclock on image 7 which may suggest this is the case. Doesn't look like shadows.

I've seen thousands of watches, most SEIKO and none have had print missing there without a dial fault.

The internet is a marvelous thing - 

www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1728&bih=831&ei=xbMkWoOhKIP08gW5jayQDw&q=seiko+5626-7000&oq=seiko+5626-7000&gs_l=img.3..0.302.3522.0.3793.16.16.0.0.0.0.368.2995.2-6j5.11.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..5.11.2984.0..35i39k1j0i5i30k1j0i24k1j0i30k1.0.XNHrnn39U50#imgrc=Mn2xGQw0GHOWIM:

Check out some others, they all have printing there.

Assuming the movement is in good order, it still might be a good buy at the right price.

Thanks guys for the responses. The seller got back to me with the question on the dial saying that this is a redial. He also says that it doesn't keep time and cannot show me pictures of the movement as he doesn't have the tools to open it up. The price is good, but I will have to drop it because of all these unknowns..

Thanks again.

[Adrian-VTA]

I'd probably top out at $150US at the most based on that.

You can get these in good condition and working OK for the 450-600 mark. Less on YJ.

You'll need to factor in the price of a service anyway on top, no matter which way you go though.

Dec 3, 2017 19:33:08 GMT -8 sabarig said:

Dec 3, 2017 18:35:10 GMT -8 Adrian-VTA said:

Something is up there. Can't tell you what for sure without higher resolution images.

The dial has probably lost lacquer on the bottom. I can see some discolouration between 7 and 9 oclock on image 7 which may suggest this is the case. Doesn't look like shadows.

I've seen thousands of watches, most SEIKO and none have had print missing there without a dial fault.

The internet is a marvelous thing - 

www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1728&bih=831&ei=xbMkWoOhKIP08gW5jayQDw&q=seiko+5626-7000&oq=seiko+5626-7000&gs_l=img.3..0.302.3522.0.3793.16.16.0.0.0.0.368.2995.2-6j5.11.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..5.11.2984.0..35i39k1j0i5i30k1j0i24k1j0i30k1.0.XNHrnn39U50#imgrc=Mn2xGQw0GHOWIM:

Check out some others, they all have printing there.

Assuming the movement is in good order, it still might be a good buy at the right price.

Thanks guys for the responses. The seller got back to me with the question on the dial saying that this is a redial. He also says that it doesn't keep time and cannot show me pictures of the movement as he doesn't have the tools to open it up. The price is good, but I will have to drop it because of all these unknowns..

Thanks again.

[cobrajet25]

Make sure the day/date quickset works on that watch as well, should you decide to buy it.  The 56-series watches have a flaw with the day/date corrector.