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SEIKO LM 56 Series Watches

August 12, 2010 | Posted in: Blog Posts

SEIKO LM 56 Series Watches

The SEIKO 56 series family of movements until now have been neglected on this blog. The primary reason why has been the plastic gear on the setting wheel lever, issues with the date spring and accuracy rating of the base movement as compared to the 52 series movements. I have [...]

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Collecting NOS Watches

August 12, 2010 | Posted in: Blog Posts

Collecting NOS Watches

Collecting NOS (New Old Stock) watches is costly, but well worth it in my opinion. NOS wathes are in as good a condition as is possible to obtain. These watches will never be made again, so these examples will always be in the top tier of of collectable SEIKO watches as long [...]

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1968 SEIKO “5″ DX 5139-7010

July 14, 2010 | Posted in: Blog Posts

1968 SEIKO

1968 Seiko “5″ DX 5139-7010

The “5″ DX is the Cadilllac of the SEIKO “5″ line. It has fully automatic winding, push crown instant date setting and second setting (Hack) function.

This watch is the Daini vesion of the 5 DX with the low-beat (19800 bph) 27 jewel 5139 movement. Most 5 [...]

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