Seiko

Looking at it nowadays it doesn’t sound like the clarion call to resuscitate mechanical watch making in Japan but with a GS movement from the 1970s and a design tested to appeal to the Japanese youth of the day that’s what it was. Together with the somewh...  

I particularly like the silver dial version, it’s a cool Seiko.

But then again Japan has always worked a tad differently 😊

With Japanese youth, going through all the old catalogs and selecting what appealed to them most.

Probably a very relevant model in the history of Seiko !

With it being a JDM only model and produced for a short while a long time ago it never got the popularity it would have had had it been made by a Swiss brand 😉 On the bright side they are still reasonably priced, even if it will most likely take you ages ... 

Great legibility. Easy and clean, I like it!

The case came pre-stressed (akin to stone washed jeans), so some dings came with it new and no two were completely the same. And the lumed hands are still like a torch almost 30 years later 😁🦾

What an interesting collection of Seikos you have!

For the kind words! Nothing on Cazalea but a small collection has accumulated over the years 😊

Not sure they would and definitely justifying such a high quality movement in a non-GS or Credor nowadays could be a challenge 🧐