1963 SilverWave
A new acquisition received just today. Fully serviced 1963 Seikomatic SilverWave J12082 Mark 1 “Snowflake/Starburst”. Diameter is 37mm, Lug width of 18mm, with 11.5mm thickness. The vintage Seikomatic Silverwaves were powered by Cal 603 (renamed 6201), th...
Amazing! That First Pic 😍, Thank You 😊👍🙏
Put it on a nice leather strap and it would be a great dress watch.
That's a Tough One
An Awesome Watch like this needs a special strap, in the pic it looks lighter but reckon it'll be the right shade in natural light, I toned down the brightness from the one they posted. Also if they can do it with black stitching. Source: vild Hamburg ...
A truly lovely specimen and a historically significant one 👌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻💦
They restarted the line again in the 1970s if I recall correctly but then it was not nearly as avant-garde as this was at its time. I have one from the era 😊🤿 ...
Not sure this was a Genta design…
I believe he was more Credor focused at Seiko 🤷🏻♂️
Is the crown a winding stem
Or only for the inner bezel? My 1967 worldtime has a similar 4 o’clock stem with an automatic movement and no manual winding. The automatic movement was originally done to eliminate entirely the manual wind for water resistance. As I understand it, Rolex ...
So it does open to wind
Interesting. Originally the automatic movements where the only thing that wound the mainspring - that way the watch was always sealed. To wind these you must initially shake the rotor ...
Congratulations again, Rob, it looks Really good on your wrist !
Your passion for it and happiness with it really comes through in your photos and words !
At Salman’s suggestion…
How does she look in gray shoes, Brotherman? Or would black be better? ...
At Salman’s suggestion…
How does she look in gray shoes, Brotherman? Or would black be better? ...