As Watchheirmc posted his today and I had some time (and a macro lens), here come some details from my truly, really entry level mechanical watch. You will find no guilloche or anglage, or cotes de geneve but what you do find for the cheap as chips price is still astounding

Here some movement shots. Even though they are known to go for decades without any TLC, unlike a say System51 they can be fully serviced and taken apart. Not sure many owners do but the choice is there...

The rotor may not be a piece of beauty but it does its job well enough. As it should, since hand winding is not possible on this one. So a lasso style movement is required to power it up before strapping it on the wrist

There is even the possibility of regulating the movement, should you so choose. No COSC or equivalent here but then I rarely wear the watch for more than a day at a time, so I would not notice

A dial detail. The numerals for both hours and minutes are painted, while the brand logo and the model one (the famous 5) are applied. One can also nicely see the lume on the hands, as well as the red tip of the seconds one

FInally, with a 15x macro lens you can see the graininess of the dial, as well as the applied lume dots. Charming detail, even if most buyers will never notice (hardly any Seiko 5 owners examine it with a macro lens, I guess)

So here is a little journey into the details of a Seiko 5. Saw some details for the first time today, as well as the need to properly wipe the watch down, before taking macros (something not evident on the iPhone screen but here). Well, one lives and learns This message has been edited by KMII on 2016-08-15 10:38:42