New Vintage Seiko Digital
This little beauty was waiting for me in my mailbox when I got to work this morning. A Seiko A159-5009 from 1977. This matches my Citizen 59-1033 in terms of year and ugliness (at least according to my wife). 🤣
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Matthew(formerlyDigitalDivider)
LúmëgaudAnar is the correct spelling, and means time machine of the sun in Quenya. I've been collecting for a few years and have a decent collection of mostly budget and entry-level watches with a few...
Michigan City, IN, USA
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7.50” / 19.05 cm
I guess they figured out that watch alarms don't require speaker grilles on the face at some point?
The thing that mesmerizes me is the red Sunday ink. It took a while to register that this was not part of the LCD, just the bar above was. Speaking of which, does the LC in Quartz LC just stand for liquid crystal?
I guess they figured out that watch alarms don't require speaker grilles on the face at some point?
The thing that mesmerizes me is the red Sunday ink. It took a while to register that this was not part of the LCD, just the bar above was. Speaking of which, does the LC in Quartz LC just stand for liquid crystal?
I believe that is what LC stands for, just like it does in LCD. This one, more than any other Seiko digital in my collection, evokes many of the Seiko digital watches worn by Roger Moore as James Bond in the '70s and early '80s.
That's awesome!!
That's awesome!!
Thanks! Digital watches are the only vintage watches I dabble in, but I have managed to find a few gems, including this one.