Post by bilda on Feb 10, 2021 11:31:59 GMT -8
Hi everyone
So first off, I can’t claim to be a watch guy. Well I wasn’t a watch guy anyway, and in fact I haven’t worn a watch since school days over 20 years ago. Like many of my generation, the watch gave way to having a phone in my pocket and it felt redundant.
Something changed over the Xmas break and on a whim I decided to start wearing a watch. Some quick researching lead me to automatics and the value for money of the Seiko 5 series. So I searched the watchsleuth Seiko 5 finder to find something that I liked and settled on a silver dial wth gold hands and indicators - it matches my 2 tone wedding band. Ended up buying from skywatches.
Along the way I found the Reddit group for JapaneseWatches and saw and fell for a 1970’s Seiko pillow case with crosshair dial and knew I had to have it. After a few days I found one I liked and ordered it from Chrono24 before I even had my first watch delivered.
Then I discovered the Japanese auction site and decided to add a green dialled version of the pillow case... after a few days I snagged one at a great price.
I saw an awesome beads of rice bracelet and after weeks of trying to identify what model it originally came from I discovered it was a lord matic bracelet. Which lead me to seeking one. The 5605 is still in its way and I while bought for the bracelet, which is a super-cool beads of rice, I’m starting to appreciate the pictures of the old lord matic watch head with all of its patina on the linen dial.
So in a little over a month I’ve gone from zero to four watches, three of which I now have and have been rotating on the wrist.
SNKK67 (silver dial, gold dial furniture, the daily beater)
7005-7001 (matt blue crosshair dial, it’s a casual Friday watch)
7005-7001 (metallic green cross hair dial, let’s get funky on the weekend)
5606-7010 (lord matic - yet to receive)
Now I want to learn to service. I’ll probably be asking some questions on the lord matic when it arrives as it needs some cleanup.
Looking forward to participating in the forum.
So first off, I can’t claim to be a watch guy. Well I wasn’t a watch guy anyway, and in fact I haven’t worn a watch since school days over 20 years ago. Like many of my generation, the watch gave way to having a phone in my pocket and it felt redundant.
Something changed over the Xmas break and on a whim I decided to start wearing a watch. Some quick researching lead me to automatics and the value for money of the Seiko 5 series. So I searched the watchsleuth Seiko 5 finder to find something that I liked and settled on a silver dial wth gold hands and indicators - it matches my 2 tone wedding band. Ended up buying from skywatches.
Along the way I found the Reddit group for JapaneseWatches and saw and fell for a 1970’s Seiko pillow case with crosshair dial and knew I had to have it. After a few days I found one I liked and ordered it from Chrono24 before I even had my first watch delivered.
Then I discovered the Japanese auction site and decided to add a green dialled version of the pillow case... after a few days I snagged one at a great price.
I saw an awesome beads of rice bracelet and after weeks of trying to identify what model it originally came from I discovered it was a lord matic bracelet. Which lead me to seeking one. The 5605 is still in its way and I while bought for the bracelet, which is a super-cool beads of rice, I’m starting to appreciate the pictures of the old lord matic watch head with all of its patina on the linen dial.
So in a little over a month I’ve gone from zero to four watches, three of which I now have and have been rotating on the wrist.
SNKK67 (silver dial, gold dial furniture, the daily beater)
7005-7001 (matt blue crosshair dial, it’s a casual Friday watch)
7005-7001 (metallic green cross hair dial, let’s get funky on the weekend)
5606-7010 (lord matic - yet to receive)
Now I want to learn to service. I’ll probably be asking some questions on the lord matic when it arrives as it needs some cleanup.
Looking forward to participating in the forum.
