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OBSCURE SEIKO OF THE DAY Thread 3 - please join in
This thread is designed to give us a chance to show off any old Seiko products in our house, or the new ones on our wrist.
Grab a photo of any Seiko watch, clock, timer, etc. that you can find, and tell us about it, and why you do or don't wear it.
Original strap and buckle.
Choose your sport and time it going forward ... or backwards counting down to the end of the period or game/match/event.
The crown controls the functions with a window to tell you what it's supposed to be doing.
This is the mode it was in when the beeping started. A backwards countdown.
I'm not sure why Austrians have a lock on Sharkskin, or why Seiko decided to purchase their straps there ... but that's what it says.
The movement is an 8M32-7010. I think it comes from about 1991-1992. Here's the oh-No!-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me setting procedure:
Beep, beep! Beep, beep!
says something on the back counter in my room, just as I am writing this introductory paragraph.
Darn it, I hadn't planned to show this one today, but it's asking for exposure. I've never heard it make a sound before, but I took it out and was playing with it earlier. And it goes along with SteveG's contribution of his Age of Discovery watch.
Here it is, one of the weirdest watches I've ever purchased, an Olympic Timer. Notice how the shape, pushers, gold tone mirror that of the Age of Discovery series. (click to visit an astonishing collection, then please come back).
It's very hard to use as a regular watch, because the skinny red-arrow-tipped hand is NOT the seconds, but the minute hand. The other is hours. But doesn't it look as if the real minute hand is missing??
Original strap and buckle.
Choose your sport and time it going forward ... or backwards counting down to the end of the period or game/match/event.
The crown controls the functions with a window to tell you what it's supposed to be doing.
This is the mode it was in when the beeping started. A backwards countdown.
I'm not sure why Austrians have a lock on Sharkskin, or why Seiko decided to purchase their straps there ... but that's what it says.
The movement is an 8M32-7010. I think it comes from about 1991-1992. Here's the oh-No!-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me setting procedure:
Time Setting Procedure
Turn crown to set mode display to Ø
Pull out crown to first click
Press A & B and hold for 3-4 seconds until you hear a beep
Immediately let go of both buttons
Hands will start moving in opposite directions
Press either A or B button to stop hands
Press A repeatedly to set minutes to 12 o'clock
Press B repeatedly to set hours to 12 o'clock
Press in crown
Turn to set mode display to TIME
Pull out crown to first click
Press A repeatedly to set minutes to correct time
Press B repeatedly to set hours to correct time
Press in crown
Pour large drink
Collapse in chair
Is it any wonder this watch sits on the shelf?
Cazalea
OBSCURE SEIKO OF THE DAY Thread 3 - please join in
This thread is designed to give us a chance to show off any old Seiko products in our house, or the new ones on our wrist. Grab a photo of any Seiko watch, clock, timer, etc. that you can find, and tell us about it, and why you do or don't wear it. Beep, ...
That is a complicated one!
i saw one one those some years ago at a fellow collectors home. He never wore it for the simple reason that it was just too difficult to remember to operate. Here's another old Seiko that I happen to have in my possession now - it is 20 years old and was ...
Nice strap, it looks great
Good choice. Thanks for the photos - are you handing it back or "breaking it in" for him? :-) Mike
A little bit of both
last thing I need is a "complaint" that the strap is too hard ;-)
That's a real motivation watch
Hi See why it might not get much wrist time- I'd have to really feel in the mood to go through that! It's one of those sit with the manual jobs when setting it. Cheers JML
Don't know how old this one is....
... this is exclusively sold outside Japan. Bought used, was pretty much beat up. Found one by one the genuine parts - dial, hands, and such. Had it restored and has become like new :-) Nah, but in much greater shape... SEIKO 7016 "MONACO" Chronograph. Yo...
The 7016 is a wonderful watch!
They are from the mid-1970s, and although I am sure the movement was designed more for robustness than for refinement, it is a favorite of mine, with a sophisticated group of functions: time, day, date, and chronograph seconds/minutes/hours, and flyback! ...
"Cocktail" watch from about 2010
This and one other watch were apparently designed with the cooperation of a famous(?) Japanese(?) bartender. It is about 42mm diameter, pink gold plated, and other than being kind of flashy I think it actually a pretty attractive watch: ...
That's a great looking watch Steve
Thanks for pulling it out of the drawer for us. Do you ever wear it? Mike
Thanks! I'll be candid
it looks better in the box than it does on my skinny wrist :-(
