Wanted To Try This Just For Some Fun Guy's

[longbike]

   Ok here we go :
         I'll be the First to Post these then see if anyone replies back so we know that we are ... Good Collect's 
of ..... Our Watch Hobby or Business's.

Can We Post .... THE VERY FIRST  Diver's ...... Seiko 6309-7290 / 6309740 ...... WATCH'S IF WE STILL HAVE THEM.

Pardon My Old Camera Picture's but I still own them yet and never though to sell them since I started all this.

POSTING ......... THE VERY FIRST SEIKO DIVER'S I HAVE SINCE GETTING THEM.
Seiko -6309-7290 that I got from a ...... Seller in The U.S.A. State of New York.

     

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          Seiko 6309-7040    / 1977 Dated         All Original from a ....... Watch Collector in .... Chicago , ILLINOIS ... U.S.A. .
         And he gave me ... The Box, Receipt Papers, 3 - Cards and even a ....... Tag For It.
    Watch Case is a little bit worn but still very nice. All I did was .... Service It and that was all done.
  I still have .... The Original GL Strap Kept Away ....... that it came with but .... A Little Stiff now so I have used
... This Flat Strap instead.


           

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6309-7290  ........ It came to me .... Like This on that Strap
 ( Like to find a ..... Original Better Dial ..... for one other I have here yet. )

       

Aloha 
Louis / Long Bike in Hawaii

[victor]

Hi longbike, this looks a fun one to watch.  Just to clarify - is this only Seiko 6309-7040 or is this for the very first Seiko dive watch someone got?

[Fergus]

I bought this new in 1981 on returning to Aberdeen from a North Sea semi.

Still ticking and last serviced by my hand in 2020.

Oooppps, sorry I misread the 6309....but it's got a similar case.

[inboost]

My first 6309-7049 which I serviced and still own

But I've only had it since June of 2022, so not as special as some of these long-held beauties!

[iwaddell]

will add  picture later. but still have my first diver since new.

SKX-007K

It has taken a few kickings over the last nearly 20 years, but still looks good and so glad i still have it.

Next came the 6105 and the diver bug stung me ever since.

[longbike]

     Aloha ,
Oh good I got response's

Victor , No Man .... this is for your very first of that go got from your beginning One you got since you started.
It was .... My FIRST Bought ..... 6309-7290 .... to collect when I started.
Then I got the .....- 7040 .
Then I got about ..... 30- Aqualand Broken Watch's as I went along. They were cheap then so I liked them.

Note Victor :
( No special just if you still have .... Your Very FIRST Watch Model YET since started collecting . )
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 Nice piece Fergus
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Inboost .....  We will count for you. But what was your .... Very FIRST , do you still have it. How about a picture if you have one.
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Iwadell , How you doing Man long time to speak.



Louis in Hawaii

[69ChevelleSS]

I had one or two divers as a kid.  Pretty small IIRC and long gone.

Once I got the collector bug, I bought this one from Spencer.  That was many years ago and still runs like a champ.  Since then, I've added a few more modern divers.  I'm not afraid to swim with them and they still glow at night.

[scubarob99]

Not a Seiko, but this one was my first 'proper' dive watch (2007)
It's been as low as 100 feet down beneath the waves and as high up the mountain as 19340 feet.
Still going strong

Rob

[russtmurray]

Here's the first dive watch I ever owned and still have it. I bought it not long after I got certified in 1977 and as much as I coveted the Seiko divers back then, I couldn't afford one. The cool thing was the packaging because the watch was cased in pill box sized container filled with water!

[longbike]

Feb 24, 2024 7:15:52 GMT -8 scubarob99 said:

Not a Seiko, but this one was my first 'proper' dive watch (2007)
It's been as low as 100 feet down beneath the waves and as high up the mountain as 19340 feet.
Still going strong

Rob

            No Problem Rob ,
    The Challenge is ......The Very First and still owned by the collector......  .
    Don't have to be a Seiko but your but if it is .... The First that's good.

[victor]

I figure the instructions for this thread are vague enough that I can freelance it.  So I offer these three divers, plus a maybe diver.  All firsts for me:

This is my first 6309 - special to me because it's an acknowledgement of my superior skills at, well, guessing the number of cars in a parking lot based on a deliberately bad photo.

This is my first proper dive watch, given to me by my wife 25 or so years ago. Loads of honest scrapes and dings as a result of scrabbling in holes in rock walls after lobster.

This is the first Seiko (diver) that I bought new. 

This is my first vintage Seiko watch that I bought - I think it could have been used for skin diving back when it was new.  I liked the shape and the green bezel, but the overall pics were pretty shitty.  Supposedly running, but arrived a non-runner, but too much work to return.  Turns out this particular watch kicked around multiple forums and owners over the years, earning the nickname "ugliest Seiko".  I'm holding onto it with the intention to eventually restore it to running order and keep it as an amusing reminder of my first foray into vintage Seiko.

[longbike]

             Aloha 
           Thanks for participating in this everyone it looks good so continue if possible.
Those Watch's are fine examples of just what ..... We Like to Collect and Do.

Louis in Hawaii

[longbike]

Feb 24, 2024 10:49:25 GMT -8 victor said:

I figure the instructions for this thread are vague enough that I can freelance it.  So I offer these three divers, plus a maybe diver.  All firsts for me:

This is my first 6309 - special to me because it's an acknowledgement of my superior skills at, well, guessing the number of cars in a parking lot based on a deliberately bad photo.

This is my first proper dive watch, given to me by my wife 25 or so years ago. Loads of honest scrapes and dings as a result of scrabbling in holes in rock walls after lobster.

This is the first Seiko (diver) that I bought new. 

This is my first vintage Seiko watch that I bought - I think it could have been used for skin diving back when it was new.  I liked the shape and the green bezel, but the overall pics were pretty shitty.  Supposedly running, but arrived a non-runner, but too much work to return.  Turns out this particular watch kicked around multiple forums and owners over the years, earning the nickname "ugliest Seiko".  I'm holding onto it with the intention to eventually restore it to running order and keep it as an amusing reminder of my first foray into vintage Seiko.

   Hey Man , what Model is that one so we keep a look out and we might find a good parts one for you if it comes along.

Louis

[longbike]

            Thought of this maybe you guys want to do it.    What if we post .... Our Pictures of just who we are 
     because we all get along so we need to see each other also.

That way we know who we are connected to on ... This Forum. 
I can go First and start it up for this:
OK Me at now ....76 Years old this past November.

I still ..... Run with ....... My Military Friends on the beach for .... Three ( 2 - 3 ) Miles at times.
We swim for about .... 4 Hours also when we go out and our friend follows us with his ......  40 Foot Boat. 
I dive every week up to ...80-90 Feet 
I still Hunt many Miles and Pack 160 - 225 +   lbs. real easy yet.
I am .... 6 Foot 4 3/4  Tall and Weigh .... 225 - to  ( 230 lbs. some times ) depend how I like it..


 

Louis in Hawaii

[tommie]

Not Japanese… but my first dive watch, which I got for my 21st birthday 15 years ago and still own 

Seamasters RRP was considerably less then, less than a third of the price the new ones are today 

this watch started it all for me, ive bought a ton of dive watches since (seikos) 

[appumaster]

Interesting thread which brought back a lot of memories!

The Swatch was my first proper watch my parents got for me when I was 14 in 2000 on our vacation in Europe. The actual piece that I had is long gone and I was ecstatic to track down the exact same model with bracelet a few months ago. Got it in my forever box now.

The Tissot is what I got when I passed the first of the two national level school exams that's compulsory in my country in 2003. I have the bracelet for it but put it on a NATO just because...

I passed the second national school exams and got into a premier law school simultaneously for which I got a cherry red SUV, no watch 😆

The 1963 was my first mechanical watch which I got during the lockdown in 2020. Those two years will forever be etched in our memories and for me I got deep into mechanical watches and their restoration. The road eventually led to Seikos and now here I am with all you nutters having too many to count!

[Groundhog66]

My first Seiko purchase, and the rest is history.