I have a 168.010 with dome dial, and need to replace the hands. The hands are silver (steel) dauphine with lume, and I believe the length I am looking for is 9.0 mm for hour hand, and 13.5 mm for the minute hand. The seconds sweep is ok, but should I…
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Vintage Grand Seiko production began in 1960, and continued production of mechanical watches until the Quartz era in 1975. Seiko's 2 often competing Suwa and Daini factories both delivered a total of over 130 Grand Seiko references during this ti…
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King Seiko 5625-7000 25J Vintage Automatic from April 1969, fully serviced prior to my purchase from known Japanese dealer in Nov 2021. Worn twice, running well with functioning quickset. Dial in outstanding original condition. High end High Beat movem…
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Seiko developed the Seikomatic line in early 60s as a watch to wear everyday and never need to set or wind. With the breakthrough of the Seiko Magic lever ( still used today) the watch could be wound with bidirectional rotor movement and they used a d…
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