"Seiko Lifetime" -- mega-Feiko?

[Tegger]

Found this on the 'Bay:


www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Seiko-Lifetime-Mans-Wrist-Warch-Running-/251868596938?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa489caca

I'm just a Seiko newbie, but this one screams "FAKE" to me. Seller can't even spell "watch", putting "warch" instead. No bidders. Interesting that the auction URL ends in "caca"...

What the heck is it, really?

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Mar 13, 2015 15:43:10 GMT -8 Tegger said:

Found this on the 'Bay:


www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-Seiko-Lifetime-Mans-Wrist-Warch-Running-/251868596938?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3aa489caca

I'm just a Seiko newbie, but this one screams "FAKE" to me. Seller can't even spell "watch", putting "warch" instead. No bidders. Interesting that the auction URL ends in "caca"...

What the heck is it, really?

As fake as they come and it seems like the seller knew it too ... 'original bracelet'!

[cd_god]

Handwind Feiko made in the 1970's.

The dial should say "lifetime mainspring" as most of the Feikos of that era did.

The dials were marked Eseikor and Aseikon and other names with Seiko in the middle to avoid copyright infringment when importing and then the importer would rub the 2 end letters off and now you have a "Seiko"

[earthphase]

Quartzarama!!!!

[Tegger]

Thanks, cgod! Excellently informative reply.

It turns out that eBay watch actually SOLD for $13.50. Two bidders. Surely they knew what they were buying...?

This watch reminded me of the el-cheapo sub-Timex models that seemed to be common back before the cheap-watch market imploded.