cazalea
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Roughly the same era
Hi Nilomis,
It looks like your friend's watch has a steel case. Mine is titanium
My later 40th anniversary watch shown in the same thread has the same movement even though its a decade or more newer, and it has one crystal rather than 5 little ones.
Search for 9T82 Seiko on Google Images to see the variety of different models Seiko has released.
BTW Jay Leno has one too, and is frequently wearing it in his "Leno's Garage" videos. The five sundials are distinctive.
Cheers,
Mike
This message has been edited by cazalea on 2013-07-15 21:39:33
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 ... > * ...