A "threefer’ vintage Seiko unveiling, '73, '74' '75 >>>
Feb 27, 2015 14:38:28 GMT -8
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Post by Thomas on Feb 27, 2015 14:38:28 GMT -8
Hello folks,
I found a seller on our favorite auction site, who goes by the appellation "seikocitizencollector" and is from California (where I spent most of my life) so you know he is a whack-job!! :-D He is on a few of the Seiko-Citizen forums as "bbilford83" and he seems like a very nice fellow.
Anyhow, he had some Seiko vintage watches for sale recently, and no one was bidding on them*, and they seemed interesting (I had none of the models that were for sale) so I put in bids and won all three! :-D
Here is the package that arrived just a few days later.
I thought his method of packaging was imaginative, but then I noticed there wasn't good protection for impacts to the sides of the watches.
And when I turned the package over, there was an "impact" damage, right where the carmel dialed 6106 was. :-\
Then the first day I wore that watch, the second hand fell off. :-( Who knows if these events are related, but I wrote to Brian and asked him to protect his watches better for future shipments.
Okay, enough shipping angst! :-D Here are the three watches liberated from the box. Let's look at them in calendar order, 1973, 1974, then 1975, okay?
Here is the 1973 Seiko ADVAN 7019-7230, with its strange hexagonal "dazzle" dial, faceted crystal, funky chunky case, white painted hands and "plate" style bracelet. :-O I often mention that 1973 seemed like the "acid trip" year for Seiko designers, but I think whoever designed this this one was also "flame-boy-ant", if you sense my sway!! :-D
A picture of the crown side...
The "common" side...
The bracelet clasp...
And the obligatory case-back picture.
One very nice thing about all of these watches from Brian, is that he and I have about the same size wrist! So everyone of these I was able to wear, right out of the box!
Groovy!! :-D
Okay! Moving onto 1974!
This beauty is a 1974 Seiko DX, 6106-7759. Brian described it as a "deep red" dial, "something between rust and burgundy", when I would call it a golden caramel in color.
Here is the crown side...
And the common side...
A picture of the bracelet clasp...
And the mandatory case-back shot.
Here it is on my wrist, before the second hand fell off! :-\
I LOVE that color!!
Now let's look at the 1975 Seiko DX 6106-7729. This model has an interesting textured blue dial and a faceted crystal.
And here is the crown side...
The "common" side...
A picture of the clasp...
And a picture of the case-back.
Again, instantly wearable, with the original bracelet.,
Well, I think did okay! :-D
One thing about these watches, they all have the characteristic that you set the "day of the week" by pushing the crown in "all the way".
The 1973 Seiko ADVAN 7019-7230 sets the date at the "first crown out position", but the two 6106 watches set the date by pushing the crown in part-way.
I had heard of watches that used this method of setting the date, but these are the first ones to enter my collection that use that method.
Thanks for clicking in!
- Thomas
