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Ref. 43999, Grand Seiko Self-Dater, from 1964
Just arrived today. Thrilled with the condition. I was told the dial is original. It looks it. Hopefully the experts can opine. I was surprised that the date is a quickset. My recollection based on my transitional Rolex 16808 Submariner is that Rolex didn’t come out with the quickset date until around 1981? A really neat reference. Ahead of its time.
Wonderful! It looks great and I'm very happy that it
arrived so promptly and in good condition!
A piece of history on your wrist.
Enjoy and wear it in the best of health.
Cheers, Emmanuel
This looks spectacular 👌🏻👍🏻👏🏻
Huge congratulations 🎉🎊🎈
Quick set dates are quite common in Seiko’s and Grand Seiko’s from the era - some even had instant jump mechanism already, albeit that seems not to have been very common 😊
Thanks Kristjan. I wonder why Rolex was so late to the party in terms of quickset dates?
They have always been selective in terms of what they do and what they can industrialize easily 👍🏻
A bit like the Japanese car industry - don’t be first or the most exciting / experimental, just use what works well and what you can manufacture easily at scale and do this well.
People might hate me for the comparison even if it is meant as a compliment - Rolex is closest to the Toyota Corolla in automotive terms. No bells and whistles but does what it is supposed to do with utmost reliability and consistency. Funnily enough more Rolex watches than Corollas are sold annually, so the comparison is not as wacko as it may at first sound.
And once again - meant as a compliment 😊👍🏻