The watch fell from a height of almost 5 feet, miraculously the crystal didn’t break. Apart from that broken piece, the watch works perfectly but I don’t know how its water resistance might have been compromised. The watch has a list price of about $600, but I’ve seen that currently it can be found for $400, I was able to buy it a couple of years ago for $280. Perhaps that’s the worst part, that it will be difficult to get the same unit for such a good and low price.

What do you…

The question is not whether it can be repaired, but rather if it’s worth doing it.

Here’s mine, not worn this one for a long time, so now its time it came out of the watch box, so i would love to see yours guys, so please post them up, thanks for reading.

I have been reading/researching what I can find and doing as much viewing of older vintage King Seikos as I can find. I really like the 4502 series, especially the 7001s. I’ve watched on youtube where someone says yes they were probably the most accurate of their time due to the 36,000 vph, but like a hi performance F1, they also require frequent upkeep like an F1. The person said the 5625 movement, albeit less beats/hr, is still a very accurate movement and is…

4502 vs 5625 Hi-Beat

To me it looks like a dress watch a lot of the time. I have mine on a blue croc leather strap and believe it looks awesome. I wear this watch often when I wear a jacket. In some reckonings it pushes the upper size limit for a true dress watch. It has a date. Some say that complication takes it out of the pure dress watch category (pedants).

When I go to a wedding or something I tend to default to my 1957 Bulova. It’s undoubtedly a…

Is the SAB065 Cocktail Time a dress watch?