Letting You In On a Little Secret 🤫
Grand Seiko prices keep going up and up. But if we look in the past, we can find many great watches from the 60s when King and Grand Seiko went toe to toe in an internal battle as a way to compete with the Swiss. Today, you can pick up a handsome King Seiko for under $1000, but is going vintage KS + GS worth the hassle?
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Captain Crunch
Co-founder of WatchCrunch; Inventor of the Zero Pass strap.
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Vintage Seiko is when Seiko cared about quality and timekeeping.
Today, not so much.
Vintage Seiko is when Seiko cared about quality and timekeeping.
Today, not so much.
I was blown away by this thing 😳
Vintage =
I mean, that's why @Porthole and @Aurelian are always so surly! All they do is collect vintage and they're constantly pissed off by their watches!
Vintage =
I mean, that's why @Porthole and @Aurelian are always so surly! All they do is collect vintage and they're constantly pissed off by their watches!
Haha, this explains everything...
Vintage =
I mean, that's why @Porthole and @Aurelian are always so surly! All they do is collect vintage and they're constantly pissed off by their watches!
This is hilarious!
Vintage Seiko's look like vintage Oysters or maybe that should be vintage Oysters look like vintage Seiko's? Either way I love them both 👍
Vintage Seiko's look like vintage Oysters or maybe that should be vintage Oysters look like vintage Seiko's? Either way I love them both 👍
Good comparison, they were all just simple and beautiful
Damnit Max, just as I was trying to track down a fair-priced 44KS this summer you had to let everyone in on the secret and now everyone will chase these beauties too! 😂
Seiko + caring about their product= brilliant watches. Not quite on topic but..
Damnit Max, just as I was trying to track down a fair-priced 44KS this summer you had to let everyone in on the secret and now everyone will chase these beauties too! 😂
I have to let the people know 😉
It's definitely worth the hassle,got a couple of ks saved ready to buy funny the amount of times I've looked at there vintage pieces only realised the other day it's my initials 🙄🤣more incentive 👌
Last week, I bought a KS4502-7001 and I love it. It wears great on my slender wrist, and that movement is great.
It's definitely worth the hassle,got a couple of ks saved ready to buy funny the amount of times I've looked at there vintage pieces only realised the other day it's my initials 🙄🤣more incentive 👌
It is destiny 😎
Last week, I bought a KS4502-7001 and I love it. It wears great on my slender wrist, and that movement is great.
Congrats dude 👏👏
I own one, these are great!
Your friends website about to be sold out now haha
Heres my vintage KS 45-7001 which has been serviced and the case re-finished by The Lapinist who is based in Poland.
With all the work put into it plus the cost of the watch, I'd say it owes just over £1000 which is still cheap in comparison to new GS. I hope to maybe find a new set of hands as the handset on mine is a little shot.
I recently just acquired this king Seiko sbp279. love the overall quality, definitely it felt as good as my GS.
Surprisingly I do not like the bracelet, and had to change to strap instead. But the silver dial make it harder to match with other colour other than black or brown. If only they have it with champagne dial.
I personally love the more dimensional Dauphine hand though. I was comparing it with sbgw231 Vs sbp279. And felt KS is more value for money. 😂
Agree GS keep making new models but with higher price, for me its pure marketing.
Video suggestion: GS SBGF021. 😬. Surely I am biased. Here my own.
8F movement with jumping hours function, the father of the 9f for less then 1k usd! Some say the 8F can be even better that the 9F in some aspects.
Just got this King from eBay.
That’s a gorgeous pickup.
Heres my vintage KS 45-7001 which has been serviced and the case re-finished by The Lapinist who is based in Poland.
With all the work put into it plus the cost of the watch, I'd say it owes just over £1000 which is still cheap in comparison to new GS. I hope to maybe find a new set of hands as the handset on mine is a little shot.
Love that strap. Got a similar suede grey one recently actually in 2 different sizes cause it sso slick.
Hey Max, I’m keen for a GS or KS from my birth year of 1970. Your video recommended that model up to 1968- is there a particular model from 1970 that is worth seeking please?
Hey Max, I’m keen for a GS or KS from my birth year of 1970. Your video recommended that model up to 1968- is there a particular model from 1970 that is worth seeking please?
Message Kingcollector on IG and he'll point you in the right direction 👍
Just got this King from eBay.
Whoa that's a looker 😮
Heres my vintage KS 45-7001 which has been serviced and the case re-finished by The Lapinist who is based in Poland.
With all the work put into it plus the cost of the watch, I'd say it owes just over £1000 which is still cheap in comparison to new GS. I hope to maybe find a new set of hands as the handset on mine is a little shot.
Nice pick up! Look at those lugs 😃
I actually got a 44GS from this seller because of this video. Hoping to get it soon
I think it is
Vintage seiko is where it's at! Phenomenal movements and really interesting and unique designs. Picked this guy up a few weeks ago, 50+ years and still running strong