Thomas
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Post by Thomas on Oct 20, 2014 16:26:49 GMT -8
Always glad to see the EMS bag arrive. My shopping bag... My newspaper... My bubble-wrap bundle... Looks like a watch! It IS a watch! A 1965 Seikomatic Weekdater, model 6218-8971, with a 35 jewel movement running at 18,000 bph. I understand this is a really good movement, a brother to the 62xx Grand Seikos. And what a great texture on the dial... Crown side... Other side... (Is there a name for the non-crown side of a watch??) The case-back with the cool "King Dolphin". :-) Here is a movment shot from the seller: I liked this new one so much I took off my recent purchase King Seiko 4402, which has bee keeping extremely accurate time, set this one and put it on. I LOVE the dial texture!! It also came with a non-Seiko (but period correct) "Bear" brand bracelet, of which I have no complaints. Classy and comfortable. - Thomas |
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cd_god
Is a Permanent Fixture
Finna set up a HOOD next door to your richie phuk suburban mansion
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Post by cd_god on Oct 20, 2014 16:47:30 GMT -8
You're on a roll  Buy them now before the prices go higher 5 years from now  |
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Post by timewatcher on Oct 20, 2014 16:54:33 GMT -8
Nice watch but never mind all the un-wrapping and bubble wrap pics! 7dfe79adc2f0
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Post by ninja01 on Oct 20, 2014 17:05:39 GMT -8
Nice condition!! Especially the back, lots of detail still left in there!!
One of my favorite movements too!! I see it is the "A" with the "tadpole" style adjuster ... the last (C) had the "cogwheel" style like the successor 6216 & 624x (GS/Chronometer) movements.
I have a few myself in both display style (separate Day/Date windows, plus the more conventional Day+Date @ 3 o'clock on the dial). I posted 1 example recently (collection not complete without thread) and some in the past.
Congrats!!
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Post by SpinDoctor on Oct 20, 2014 17:47:28 GMT -8
Wow you really find some gems lately. Good for you.
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Post by bobbymike on Oct 20, 2014 18:17:16 GMT -8
You should be getting some kind of volume discount for all this shipping  ... and never mind Rene, I like the unwrapping pictures - if you didn't do them I would think something was wrong  |
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Post by timewatcher on Oct 20, 2014 18:25:46 GMT -8
You should be getting some kind of volume discount for all this shipping ... and never mind Rene, I like the unwrapping pictures - if you didn't do them I would think something was wrong I was just foolin' with him! I'm sure he knows that! |
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Post by bobbymike on Oct 20, 2014 18:35:57 GMT -8
I was just messing with you Rene |
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Post by timewatcher on Oct 20, 2014 18:37:02 GMT -8
I was just messing with you Rene I know that! 7dfe79adc2f0 |
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Post by dougbthom on Oct 20, 2014 18:41:21 GMT -8
What a gorgeous piece. Wear it in good health.
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Rod
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Post by Rod on Oct 20, 2014 18:47:46 GMT -8
Beautiful watch the 6218 is just magnificent and still really affordable. I have to agree with you on the dial texture it just lifts the watch to another level and class, two thumbs up Now you need to find someone to service it before the wear of the bob weight starts to contaminate the other more delicate parts of the movement. The centre bearing that the weight swing off has worn to the point that the weight is touching the "barrel and train wheel bridge" and this is the cause of all the little black specks you can see. Time to get it sorted and wear it with no fear of further damage. |
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Thomas
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Post by Thomas on Oct 21, 2014 3:29:32 GMT -8
Beautiful watch the 6218 is just magnificent and still really affordable. I have to agree with you on the dial texture it just lifts the watch to another level and class, two thumbs up Now you need to find someone to service it before the wear of the bob weight starts to contaminate the other more delicate parts of the movement. The centre bearing that the weight swing off has worn to the point that the weight is touching the "barrel and train wheel bridge" and this is the cause of all the little black specks you can see. Time to get it sorted and wear it with no fear of further damage. Wow, thank you Rod, I would not have known any that. I will set it aside and have some watch doctor go through it. Can anyone on this forum recommend someone?  Okay, never mind! One of my recent Value Pack watches is also dead (the LM with the wasps nest texture), and an older $50 purchase will occasionally stop for no reason, so maybe I can make Spenser a package deal as well!  Thank you again sir for your valuable knowledge and assistance!! - Thomas |
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Post by ninja01 on Oct 21, 2014 16:03:38 GMT -8
the wear of the bob weight starts to contaminate the other more delicate parts of the movement. The centre bearing that the weight swing off has worn to the point that the weight is touching the "barrel and train wheel bridge" and this is the cause of all the little black specks you can see. Yes indeed! I've seen quite a lot of the 6218s around with "rotor scrape" on the edges of the underlying plates. You actually see yellow metal on the worn edges of those plates. I suspect that's what the designers of the Orient Grand Prix Almighty (64j) and 100 (100j) were trying to prevent when they designed these movements and put jewels in both the rotor and in the rings around the edge of the movement under the rotor:   Maybe not the most effective solution, but quite dramatic!! It allowed Orient to be a winner in the "Jewel Wars" of that era. The other watch to tie for 1st place @ 100j was the Waltham Centennial ... at least to the best of my knowledge that was the hi-end of the jewel count in movements available then. Now, here's a movement shot of 1 of mine:  It's pretty clean overall, but you can just make out the start of "rotor scrape" at the plate edges, especially @ the "corners" where the rotor would 1st hit when travelling clockwise (with respect to the image shown). Following is the successor to the 6218C, showing the same kind of cog wheel adjuster in the "C" variant:  You can see that the plate edges are "cleaner" (free of the rotor scrape) than the 6218's shown in this thread. |
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