nilomis
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A question to Seiko experts (Mr. Cazalea, please help) ...
Browsing the Damjan long and always legendary thread about Seiko watches, I notice a strange (to me) watch.
This watch was posted by Cazalea:
(Picture, of course, by Mike/Cazalea)
Since we live on a small world, here what I saw on the wrist of a dear friend:
(Yes, I agree that his arm demands a shave)
Another pic:
My friend's watch is not identical to Cazalea's (Mike) but VERY similar.
I immediately fired my trusty Android phone and showing to my friend he asked the following question:
They are from the same time or one is newer?
Since I'm not a Seiko guy (I'm working on that, stay tuned), I would like to ask this question to the experts here.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Nilo
A question to Seiko experts (Mr. Cazalea, please help) ...
Browsing the Damjan long and always legendary thread about Seiko watches, I notice a strange (to me) watch. This watch was posted by Cazalea: (Picture, of course, by Mike/Cazalea) Since we live on a small world, here what I saw on the wrist of a dear frie...
The Seiko Sportura line of kinetic chronographs were launched in 2000
if memory serves me correctly; my pictures and information are on an archive drive. They released several versions (different cases) in the immediate following years, then went to more convention cases and dials. I wish I still had mine. TM (above comment...
Thank you ...
Thomas, My friend will be very thankful for your information and more, about your comment "I wish I still had mine". Cheers, Nilo
Roughly the same era
Hi Nilomis, It looks like your friend\'s watch has a steel case. Mine is titanium Both watches have a unique mecha-kinetic movement known as 9T82. My later 40th anniversary watch shown in the same thread has the same movement even though its a decade or m...
Thank you Mike ...
I notice, after I posted the two watches, that yours was titanium cased. Thank you again, about the movement info. Cheers, Nilo
Funny because I was just looking at this very watch the other day!...
In September 2000, I got one of these (shown below). It's a Seiko SLQ007J Sportura Kinetic Chronograph in steel. As Thomas said, they were available in a variety of case materials and styles starting around 2000. Although mine is not a limited edition, I'...
My wife calls it a Sheiko "shake-o" watch
It is a bit of an issue when the power cell goes bad, because it's in the midst of the nicely-decorated movement. They either have to make a trip home to the spa in Japan, or get a slightly dodgy aftermarket redo. Both of mine still work great though. I w...
Ah, so you're rekindling an old question....
I recall there was considerable outrage at the mention of this "power cell" problem for those who thought it was a battery (vs. a capacitor). Do you know any more about this "fuel cell"? Was it more like a non-removable battery in that it has a self-conta...
It's a capacitor and ...
As anything in he universe, it expires. A parts supplier that I use from time to time has some replacements. Omega, if my mind is working had some watches with similar technology on the late 90's. Cheers, Nilo
Ah, okay. I guess these used to expire prematurely...
... because I recall quite a few people needed to get them replaced within a few years of purchasing these watches.
it is pretty much the same idea as the Omega-matic isnt it?
a capacitor powered by rotor, not a successful watch for Omega but the kinetic system really made it big time for Seiko. a good invention. G
That was the name .. Omegamatic ...
I remember, years back seeing my watchmaker trying to fix a watch with this movement. He fixed, after days of work but he stated: "No more!", followed by a stream of words that could make a sailor to blush. Cheers, Nilo
i owned one and had...
i owned one and had no problems with it, but they were a bit small. On 19 Jul 2013 13:46, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* nilomis (registered) on July 19th, 2013 - 05:46 > > *Title: That was the name .. Omegamatic ... > * ...