Old watch and young-ish whisky

Cheers,sweet seiko

These early 1970s Seikos are such bargains. Serviceable, easy battery change and I have 4 currently all keeping time very accurately.

Nice,where did you purchase yours? I’m interested,but kinda of afraid

Being in the UK I didn’t want to start with anything difficult (international) so I have bought from The Vintage Japanese Watch Company (who service them) and from Gary from I Like Watches who has an eBay store (he has a nice 1974 QT for sale but gold tone, which is I think why it has stuck around).

Once I got comfortable and knew what I was looking at I have bought from elsewhere e.g. Japan (the Superior) and from Seiko-Works (Aberdeen). The latter tends to have honest watches but the condition is often hard to judge as there is only one pic of each watch.

My observation is that because these watches were expensive in their day, built to last and are serviceable they come around, not frequently, but regularly enough and it’s then really about price and condition.

I tend to focus on those with a battery hatch for two main reasons - 1. I can change the battery without dropping money (batteries last between 2-3 years in my experience); and 2. These are the older watches from the early 70s so they are both better built and more easily serviced.

It is a whole new rabbit hole so beware …

Being in the UK I didn’t want to start with anything difficult (international) so I have bought from The Vintage Japanese Watch Company (who service them) and from Gary from I Like Watches who has an eBay store (he has a nice 1974 QT for sale but gold tone, which is I think why it has stuck around).

Once I got comfortable and knew what I was looking at I have bought from elsewhere e.g. Japan (the Superior) and from Seiko-Works (Aberdeen). The latter tends to have honest watches but the condition is often hard to judge as there is only one pic of each watch.

My observation is that because these watches were expensive in their day, built to last and are serviceable they come around, not frequently, but regularly enough and it’s then really about price and condition.

I tend to focus on those with a battery hatch for two main reasons - 1. I can change the battery without dropping money (batteries last between 2-3 years in my experience); and 2. These are the older watches from the early 70s so they are both better built and more easily serviced.

It is a whole new rabbit hole so beware …

Thank you soooo much for the info. Nice collection

From Japan TokeiMedic has a steady through put of decent watches.