Messages: 3500 Location: Louisville, KY USA
Registered: January 2005
I'm very fond of this watch
Sun, 24 February 2013 22:52
I've dabbled in vintage watches before and I think many of them are good looking. The problem is I eventually always feel they are too small. Enter this all original 1963 Seiko Crown. I've had this one for a while now and wear it quite frequently. The Seiko Crown is considered the precursor to the Grand Seiko line and this particular watch has a beautiful and pristine sun ray silver dial. The incredibly thin bezel makes this 35mm truly wear big for it's size. It's all dial. The bracelet is a NOS NSA nine row brick bracelet that is very nice IMO and super comfortable. All the lines on the case are still sharp so I don't think it's even been polished. The crown, dial, hands, crystal, everything is original and in amazing condition. Some nice touches are the concentric rings on the outer edge of the dial and the minute hand is curved downward at the tip. It even keeps good time. a 50 year old treat that also happens to be my birth year :)
- airku