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Post by suntzu on May 1, 2021 10:24:05 GMT -8
A nice Saturday afternoon score while watching on the couch the NY Yankees play baseball. I bundled these two items from the same seller at my honey hole for G-Shocks. I came across them in my usual searches and low balled for the pair and fortunately it was accepted. Both fully functional and the Citizen is new old stock with user manual.
I have really come to appreciate the vintage anadigi Citizen dive and pilot watches thanks to King Louis longbike and years of viewing his! I was hooked after I bought my first one. I find them well constructed, aesthetically pleasing and technologically advanced for their time.
Citizen Aqualand C506-E80427
This Pulsar Y182-6D10 looked really cool to me and in nice condition. I've never seen one before and it too looks well made with an old Seiko style screw down case back. Research shows that this is the original strap and it came in a few dial colors with bracelet and one is nicknamed "NASA"
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Post by trilo on May 1, 2021 12:48:10 GMT -8
Seiko C359-5010 with it's original pen (atleast what I know atm) and original bracelet. Crystal was smashed, but if it fires up with a battery should be a fun project. No signs of corrosion and the owned said that it has been unused for 30 years so chances are that there is a Seiko battery inside which stand up against time very well. In anycase pen and bracelet alone were well worth the money what I paid for the thing. We'll see! Watch arrived and it fired up. Proceeded to clean it and now waiting for a new crystal from Cousins. Can't wait to put it back together as it is absolutely an outrageous watch! Bracelet is also a work of art!
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Post by suntzu on May 1, 2021 13:37:10 GMT -8
Seiko C359-5010 with it's original pen (atleast what I know atm) and original bracelet. Crystal was smashed, but if it fires up with a battery should be a fun project. No signs of corrosion and the owned said that it has been unused for 30 years so chances are that there is a Seiko battery inside which stand up against time very well. In anycase pen and bracelet alone were well worth the money what I paid for the thing. We'll see! Watch arrived and it fired up. Proceeded to clean it and now waiting for a new crystal from Cousins. Can't wait to put it back together as it is absolutely an outrageous watch! Bracelet is also a work of art! Two posts about this so called C359-5010 and no pictures!
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Post by trilo on May 2, 2021 2:33:03 GMT -8
Watch arrived and it fired up. Proceeded to clean it and now waiting for a new crystal from Cousins. Can't wait to put it back together as it is absolutely an outrageous watch! Bracelet is also a work of art! Two posts about this so called C359-5010 and no pictures! Happy now ?
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Post by Solotov on May 2, 2021 6:23:18 GMT -8
Got this fella off ebay. Outer ring is pretty shot, but pleasantly hopeful about the insides
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Post by suntzu on May 2, 2021 17:28:47 GMT -8
Got this fella off ebay. Outer ring is pretty shot, but pleasantly hopeful about the insides Good luck with that! Worth the gamble. The dial and hands look nice under the crystal. A new one and new bezel insert and it'll look pretty cool. How's the case? From the little I see it looks pretty sharp.
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Post by HiBeat on May 2, 2021 17:33:13 GMT -8
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Post by Solotov on May 2, 2021 17:43:17 GMT -8
Got this fella off ebay. Outer ring is pretty shot, but pleasantly hopeful about the insides Good luck with that! Worth the gamble. The dial and hands look nice under the crystal. A new one and new bezel insert and it'll look pretty cool. How's the case? From the little I see it looks pretty sharp. Case looks pretty well loved, but it does come with an original bracelet so I'm not gonna complain
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Post by suntzu on May 2, 2021 19:01:28 GMT -8
Good luck with that! Worth the gamble. The dial and hands look nice under the crystal. A new one and new bezel insert and it'll look pretty cool. How's the case? From the little I see it looks pretty sharp. Case looks pretty well loved, but it does come with an original bracelet so I'm not gonna complain You can always have the top of the case brushed and hand polish the sides. Great project. Itโll look nice when finished
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Post by meanoldmanning on May 4, 2021 4:46:08 GMT -8
This was in the mail until yesterday afternoon
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Post by acace1 on May 4, 2021 8:54:57 GMT -8
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Post by Fergus on May 4, 2021 9:18:43 GMT -8
A JDM 7017 with one or two issues. But I enjoy a challenge.
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Post by acace1 on May 4, 2021 14:43:19 GMT -8
Bought a running 2C20 for a "parts donor" to resurrect a friend's late mother's watch. It just arrived and is in too good condition to part out. The donor is the one on the right, except for the extremely short bracelet its pretty much mint.
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Post by suntzu on May 4, 2021 16:42:13 GMT -8
Negotiated a nice deal for this. Quite chuffed (as you Brits say) to have finally acquired one. Off to Guy for service when it lands.
7025-8099 from October 1977.
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Post by Solotov on May 4, 2021 17:50:03 GMT -8
Negotiated a nice deal for this. Quite chuffed (as you Brits say) to have finally acquired one. Off to Guy for service when it lands.
7025-8099 from October 1977.
Nice bit of patina on that lume too, you planning on keeping it?
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Post by suntzu on May 4, 2021 18:03:58 GMT -8
Negotiated a nice deal for this. Quite chuffed (as you Brits say) to have finally acquired one. Off to Guy for service when it lands.
7025-8099 from October 1977.
Nice bit of patina on that lume too, you planning on keeping it? I want to see it in person with the crystal off. Guy is a master at tinting and reluming and has done amazing work for me. But thatโs in extreme cases of mold. I do my best to preserve the integrity of the dial at all times. Iโm leaning towards not doing it. But have to see it in the flesh.
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Post by SeikoSoMatic on May 5, 2021 6:57:25 GMT -8
Arrived today (a deal too good to pass up ). Had this once before a couple of years ago and flipped it. The stock strap is impossibly stiff so on went a Hirsch.
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Post by suntzu on May 5, 2021 11:40:38 GMT -8
Landed this morning ๐ New limited NASA G-Shock
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Post by suntzu on May 5, 2021 19:34:33 GMT -8
Arrived today (a deal too good to pass up ). Had this once before a couple of years ago and flipped it. The stock strap is impossibly stiff so on went a Hirsch. Love that. Congrats, Have the same one. The strap is probably the single most hideous thing Seiko has ever produced along with the fake alligator Alpinist strap ๐ I have mine on a tight mesh bracelet
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Post by acace1 on May 7, 2021 14:44:23 GMT -8
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