Thanks to this APxSwatch hype i remembered i had this vintage Seiko pocket watch in my collection. Manual winding chromed watch protected by an urushi lacquered shell.

an old piece with much to dial for enjoyment It would be much better if the case was a tad thinner and a closed case

Collected this on the last day of March 2026, just in time for Seiko to book the sale for its financial year end Mar26 😂. This was introduced in Jan 2026 after the Goldfeather range was revived in 2023 with two models in gold. A slim watch at 8.3mm with a

Hi All Having a bit of a sort out & found all the original paperwork, boxes & import docs from a couple of Seikos from a while back. Surprised it was the flyer for my Urushi. So here's mine with it's own mini brochure ( I think this all coincides with Sei

I never had a “lacquer” Seiko dial and wanted to see what I was missing. This “Urushi” feels and looks nice on the wrist. While I just received it today, so the novelty hasn’t worn off, I am very impressed with the quality of the watch in all respects. I

Hi Good to be wearing this again today - been a while! As ever think the dial is stunning, always good to get reacquainted with it. Cheers JML

i managed to snag the urushi version a tad bulky ....not much wrist time,but still interesting

It was quite a shock in 2016 when Seiko presented this and the Urushi dialed equivalent at a price point that was at a very different level from what one would get elsewhere. With several more launches soon after it looked like the Presage line would be p

The Grand Seiko First , released in 1960 , can probably be considered one of the most significant watches in the history of Japanese horology. It marks the moment when Japan decided to compete directly with Switzerland in the realms of high precision and

When these came out, they really added a certain amount of excitement to the Presage line below the fully fledged enamel / Urushi dial versions. While the line is far from dead I find the excitement of the later versions after the Sakura got slowly less a