I’ve found a watch I like but I’m not sure if it’s authentic and if the measurements are correct.
It’s said to be 34mm in size with a 20mm strap, too me that’s not plausible and I hope it’s a slightly bigger sub 40mm watch.
The only clue I have it Seiko 760148, the number seems to be stamped on the back but there’s no clear photo of it.
Google onle shows me the one on the bay, no other example.
I really like the vintage look of it so I’d like to know more about it.
I think the HK761 is an internal code, they have like 13.000 listings.
Maybe I must write to them about the size, 20mm strap on a 34mm doesn’t match with the picture.
Would have been good to know if it’s really from Japan and not from India
That watch is 42mm though, so either it’s not the same exact case, or the listing has the wrong measurment. A solar in only 34mm is very out of character for Seiko other than women’s watches, and this doesn’t fit the design most of those have. The “weathering” looks like someone took a scotch-brite pad to it, vs factory finish (brushing seems to be showing lighter color bare metal where the DLC coating has been worn off), but IMO it actually looks pretty good.
I really doubt anybody would bother to fake a Seiko dial that isn’t real/nobody has seen before. Best bet is to message the seller and ask if any mods have been done to it, and to confirm the measurements. FYI 34mm is very small compared to most modern watches, so be sure that’s what you want. It’s vintage dress watch size if that measurement is correct.
Thank you for your picture. Now that you say the 42mm I guess they measured 43mm and mistyped 34mm on this one.
That would be good as it’s too big for me and my free budget for things I don’t really need will go to my car (custom badge)
I’ll keep it in my ebay list, maybe I’ll get it later. $20 shipping on a $60 item is quite steep though so we’ll see.
If anyone of the forum members would buy it then I’d be interested in pictures.
Even more than as a watch I’d like this one as a wall clock, it’s pretty an it would be good to teach kids how to read the time.
About the brushing I’m not sure, to me it’s looking original but the strap is not matching to my idea of this vintage style watch.
The strap should look like weathered leather, like an old wooden fence when it’s turning from white to pink.
But yeah, I said the same to my wife when I’ve shown the watch, it would be silly to copy the a brand like Seiko with a unique design.
Just strange that there’s nothing on google. Maybe I have to write to Seiko, not sure if I won’t be too lazy though.
FWIW any of the stock straps on watches in this price range will weather pretty fast, especially if you’re in a humid climate.
San Martin makes some and Parnis used to one that looked almost identical to the Seiko you posted, just with a black dial instead (like the IWC it’s modeled after). Either would probably be 38mm+ though.
I’ve checked those before buying the Seiko SNK809K.
If I buy another watch soon it won’t be automatic. These are just too much princesses to me.
I ordered a battery for my CK K2181, if it’s working I’ll make a new strap, the rubber ones are crap.
Also ordered a Ronda movement for my Traser P5900, I’ll try to follow a youtube vid and just change the coil as I don’t want to change hands.
I guess I should order a loupe, too
I like field watches, sub 40mm, I’d prefer if I could forget battery swaps and I don’t want another mechanic, maybe kinetic but they seem a bit epensive.
Yes, that’s a good one even though I’m a bit sad that I can find the ALBA APBT 211 only on youtube anymore.
Anyways, my CK is ticking again, now I just need new tiny screws from a watchmaker so I can make straps for it.
I told her the Seiko 5 would stop on my wrist so she took it started to wind it.
This watch doesn’t have handwinding I said, she smiled at me, Oh sure it does.
It was just empty, now it will work.
I also had a screw of the CK watch with me, she said she’d need the watch to order new screws.
When I came home I checked the Seiko in a quiet moment and realized that the rotor doesn’t swing as free as it should and that it makes a loud noise that it didn’t do when I got it. I tried it another time on my wrist but it stopped again.
So I’ve found a watchmaker who can’t/doesn’t want to use a calliper to check a screw and who winds a watch without a handwinding feature, not to mention who doesn’t realize the rotor is not ok.
Seems I haven’t found a watchmaker who’s doing their job by heart in Switzerland, yet, so I have to take the watch to Germany when I go to see my parents the next time.
That’s ridiculous, all but the very newest Seiko 5s all use 7S26 which has never had hacking or handwinding, incredible that a watchmaker wouldn’t be able to at least feel that the watch isn’t winding as the crown is turned.
Well I guess when a watch is not a $1,200 Rado or a somethousand Rolex or whatever then this watchmaker just doesn’t give a shi…lling.
I came there as the cheap customer who even wanted to make his own watch band, no business to make she thought.
So if I’ll ever go to buy a watch in a real world shop I know which one to avoid.
I feel like a pro. Ok, semi-professional as I followed these instructions:
I planned to replace the $5 movement on my $160-$200 Traser P5900 (I got it for $108 long ago).
The plastic case has no removable movement holder ring and I had no luck removing the unhardened scratch collector (read: bezel)
so I changed the coil and the metal parts from the Ronda 505 movement I’ve ordered.
Now it bugs me that on this El Cheapo movement the second hand jumps in sometimes small, sometimes big steps.
The horologic virus is growing stronger I assume, my watch budget sadly does not