Vintage Seiko World Time - Collectors / Owners

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My 6117-6400 World Time was missing a single tooth but it didn't affect the operation of the ring so I left it. I guess two missing teeth is one too many!

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Actually after disassembly for cleaning, it seems ok with those partially remaining teeth...  I just won't push it.

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Current state of the collection - bracelet issues to be resolved soon.

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Ok, so I swapped out some original (and non-original period correct) bracelets with some Uncle Seikos - making these nearly all wearable now...




Taking it one VERTICAL Column at a time, from Left to Right:
Col 1:
 Silver 6217-7000 from 1964
 Black 6217-7000 from 1964
 Dolphin from Dec 1964

Col 2:
 Asian Games 6217-7010 from 1966
 another Asian Games 6217-7010 from 1966
 The re-edition 6217-7000 from 1967

Col 3:
 Silver 6217-7010, standard edition w/ lume spot dial, 1967
 Black 6217-7010, standard edition w/ lume spot dial, 1967
 another Silver 6217-7010, standard edition w/ lume spot dial, 1967

Col 4
 Silver 6117-6010, 1969
 Black  6117-6010, 1968
 Gold tone 6117-6409, Feb 1972, Bezel Type 6 (London over GMT)

Col 5:
 White dial 6117-6049, 1971 Bezel Type #5 (Moscow-Riyadh)
 Black / Red 6117-6400, 1976, Bezel Type 6 (London over GMT)
 Black / Gray 6117-6400, 1970, Bezel Type 4 (Moscow-Dharan)

The latest additions are :

A 6217-7000 re-edition from 1967.  This has the new stamped torch on the back, and what I believe is the correct config with thin red GMT hand and lume on the hands:





And today this Dolphin - a short run from Dec 1964 only, and quite hard to come by in this condition - with correct thin black GMT hand and no lume on the hands





And here they are side by side:



Side note - I don't think the XAA-401 bracelet on the dolphin is correct, but it looks like perhaps a period correct bracelet - I wonder to what watch it belongs?

[dapellegrini]

having spent just about two years researching and collecting these, I have some better "educated" guesses at a few things that intrigued me early on - all relating to the 6217-7000

- Red GMT seems to belong to the 67 Olympic Torch re-edition, both silver and black dials - and these also seems to have gotten lumed hands

- I wonder if the dial marked MADE IN JAPAN was JDM, and 7000TAD was for overseas?  There are relatively few of the 7000TAD dials overall, and this seems like a plausible story, given the timing the the T dial requirements coming out of Switzerland...

- It has been observed that some black dial variants seemed to have the lower part of the 24 hour scale in a bronze/yellow color, while others seem to be more red.  I now suspect that the red variant is found on the 7000TAD black dials only, and it seems possible that these all really belong on the 1967 re-edition, with red GMT hand.  I don't think any 6217-7000 black dial had a thin GMT (whereas the silver dials started with tapered GMTs and then switched to thin versions in July/Aug of 64).  The thin gold toned GMT belongs on the black dialed 6217-7010 from 1967 with the lume spots on the dial.

[dapellegrini]

If anyone spots a lume-less 6117-6400 in good condition - please let me know.  I think I am going for academic extra credit - and targeting the black and white lumeless dial for an extra gold star