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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 18:04:40 GMT -8
Just won a nice looking 6139-6001 proof/proof watch from August 70. Been looking for a nice blue dial proof for ages but they are so rare! and I rarely use that word!!  Ain't she a peach! T |
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Post by sdoocms on Nov 17, 2014 18:11:17 GMT -8
Nice find Tony!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 18:11:58 GMT -8
For the new Seiko addicts reading this thinking look at that old crap he's brought he must be crazy! Yep probably but this is not the reason I am a little nuts. It's a proof dial for starters. It also has a proof case back which is nice to see. The model is a less common seen 6139-600(1). In fact that's my first 6001 out of 20+ pogues. It's also unpolished and in good order with good original lume which is always a result. The bezel surrounds also nice. The inner bezel isn't all faded. The hands are correct and the seconds hand is the two piece version only found on the early watches. It all works as it should, ticks, resets to zero or 12! and the inner bezel rotates always a worthy question as the springs and gears are hard to get your paws on. No bracelet but I have a nice Stelux waiting for it  Crazy Tone |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2014 18:12:34 GMT -8
Thanks Carl |
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Post by SeikoPsycho on Nov 17, 2014 18:36:35 GMT -8
She's a beauty Tony!
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Post by Groundhog66 on Nov 17, 2014 18:39:47 GMT -8
:winner:
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Post by 69ChevelleSS on Nov 18, 2014 6:15:50 GMT -8
Nice! Congrats. Those proof / proof watches are the dogs danglies!
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Post by solex on Nov 18, 2014 6:24:34 GMT -8
now that I know what proof/proof means I appreciate this watch and can tell that this will be a nice restoration
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2014 6:46:49 GMT -8
now that I know what proof/proof means I appreciate this watch and can tell that this will be a nice restoration Some resist dial watches had proof case backs such as my 6138-0011 UFO/Yaughtsman does. Seiko had to change all their dials from 'proof' to resist due to US law but it would have cost a fortune to just bin the exisiting proof items so they were all used up but some resist dials have proof case backs and some proof dials have resist but I'm not so sure about those not being made up out of spare parts. The earliest 6139-6000 I have which is a yellow proof 'T' dial dates to 08/69 but I think some go back as early as 04/69. Those very early watches might well have been released early as a ploy by Seiko to have the first fully automatic chronograph in the world even though the official release date was set for August of 69. Earliest watches have proof/proof with a cutout above the winding crown and the narrow bracelet or a solid Stelux bracelet. They also have the 2 piece seconds hand as seen on my watch. I have proof/proof Yellow 'T' dial, a silver proof/proof although it's dial is well and truly beyond help and now a nice blue proof For a while some folk didn't think the silver proof watches existed. That is the rarest 17j Pogue you can find and I'd say followed by the blue proof. Tony |
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Post by dasher on Nov 18, 2014 7:08:46 GMT -8
I was in the hunt for that - dropped out after my dollar threshold was passed. Dial and inner rotating ring look great, nice pick up - glad to know who picked it up!
Dan
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Post by earthphase on Nov 18, 2014 7:27:42 GMT -8
Please explain "two piece" second hand.
thank you.
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Post by dasher on Nov 18, 2014 11:20:35 GMT -8
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Post by funkster on Nov 18, 2014 11:29:22 GMT -8
A lovely pick-up Tony
look forward to seeing it on the Stelux - should look great!
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Post by scubarob99 on Nov 18, 2014 11:48:42 GMT -8
Nice pick-up, I was a bidder as well, it went to a good home. It will clean up great!
Rob
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Post by cannop on Nov 18, 2014 12:10:43 GMT -8
A lovely acquisition Tony, it looks to be a nice honest example. It's always nice to find the early ones!
Coincidentally I also received a blue dialled 6139-6002 in the post today, not an early example like yours but it's a cracker and completes my little "set".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 1:24:58 GMT -8
I was in the hunt for that - dropped out after my dollar threshold was passed. Dial and inner rotating ring look great, nice pick up - glad to know who picked it up! Dan Dan I think you got your prize win for the month the other day! A lovely acquisition Tony, it looks to be a nice honest example. It's always nice to find the early ones! Coincidentally I also received a blue dialled 6139-6002 in the post today, not an early example like yours but it's a cracker and completes my little "set". Ah nuts I was going to offer you my 1970 resist now I have the proof as I knew you were after an early version. Anyway not to worry as I can ask more for it now  Glad you found a nice example anyway! |
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Post by martog on Nov 19, 2014 1:58:25 GMT -8
Beautiful Tony with a little TLC it will come up a treat.
Mark
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Post by SeikoPsycho on Nov 19, 2014 4:33:16 GMT -8
now that I know what proof/proof means I appreciate this watch and can tell that this will be a nice restoration I have proof/proof Yellow 'T' dial, a silver proof/proof although it's dial is well and truly beyond help and now a nice blue proof For a while some folk didn't think the silver proof watches existed. That is the rarest 17j Pogue you can find and I'd say followed by the blue proof. Tony The Proof silver dials are truly a rare breed but the JDM sports 5's speedtimers Proof's are equally rare and difficult to find in decent condition. Stolen photo  One of mine  6139-6000 July of 70'  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 6:09:10 GMT -8
What about this one?  Just freshly restored yesterday by my fair maiden hands! |
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Post by SeikoPsycho on Nov 19, 2014 16:01:05 GMT -8
That's another Beauty............  |
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