Vintage Seiko: 1966 62MAS (6217-8001)

Hatchi matchi

This pic might be what makes me finally pull the trigger on an SPB143. Gorgeous.

Go for it, great case shape and design. Lots of great skin divers done in the 60s, but I humbly suggest that Seiko did it best.

Beautiful watch👌 Your sample seem to be in excellent condition!

negative comment much?

I am a lover of vintage Seiko, but also of Seiko generally. I actually think Seiko is the most consequential and important watch brand in the world. This has to do with its history and innovation. Even today they are pretty much the only watch maker who does everything in house (and I mean everything dials, movements, cases, crystals, etc) across almost every price point. A critical part of Japanese culture is pride in work, which generally leads to great products. I love some of my Swiss watches that cost multiples of my Seikos…but love the Seikos just as much. I will now get off my soap box 😀.

No, we do NOT belive “the Japanese are inferior” where are you even getting that???

But we don’t believe Seiko should be charging $3000 when we damn well know it doesn’t cost half that much. Half of that money is selling their name and they still can’t get the bezel aligned right half the time. This is nothing to do with racism. That is purely misdirection. It’s all about greed. There is profit and there is larceny.

Is the $100 1970 Willard as good as the $3000 Seiko reissue? Of course not. But the Seiko is not $2900 better. And the Steeldive still has a REAL Seiko industries movement and a sapphire crystal. Seiko is flatly insulting its customer base and if you aren’t buying a grand Seiko they don’t care.

There is a reason the funniest joke in Seiko collecting is, you can tell it’s not a REAL Seiko, the bezel aligns properly is hilarious but not funny.

Now that is a sexy watch.

Hell I’m wearing a Seiko right now!

The typography on the date wheel...gorgeous.

You just don't see that anymore, like on my 72 Timex Quartz. Its all so cookie cutter generic now to save a few bucks........

Is it to save a few bucks or is it to avoid any risk-taking at all that could offend the narrow tastes of enthusiasts? Every time I see another new Tudor celebrated for its very absence of creativity or humanity, I feel like it's the latter.

I have no idea, I have no idea what people see in 99% of Rolex, let alone Tudor. I go into watches of Switzerland, I just drool on the Doxa's.

These old style divers have so much charm!!!! I hope one I am able to get one of these for a reasonable price.

That's a grail watch for many you have there, @mixitup. 😍

I also love me some Doxa. Great history and totally their own design language.

Keep hunting my friend

Thank you Matt

That’s why three of My favorite watches are homages of divers I could never possibly afford. Yeah they’re not perfect but the quality has gotten to the point where they’re really good daily wear watches and they look good too.

I love OG vintage watches, but totally appreciate the proposition of re-issues and re-interpretations. They keep a classic design alive, introduce it to new folks, improve the reliability, and make it more accessible.

The amount of posts generated by something as utterly insignificant as Rolex shaving 2mm off of a case dimension, Tudor swapping in a new bezel insert, or either one of them painting a dial a different color or finding a new way to trademark a common metal is an indication of how uninteresting their products are as watches. Browsing vintage is always great perspective when you see how much more variety, personality, and technological innovation was once the norm before it became a luxury, marketing-driven business. We pay so much more for so much less that it boggles the mind...

I'd far rather have something interesting and fun than having the price of a good car wrapped around my wrist. I saw an Omax Spaceman this week for the first time and I'm smitten. This winter when its too cold to go anywhere or do anything I want to find one. And if I had a Tudor, who would know or care? You can see the Omax Spaceman from across the room. I'm fairly sure you can see it from orbit. Its fun, its for me, not to show the world how well to do I am.

I'd never seen that Omax before...just looked it up and now I know where the Tesla Cybertruck shape originated (makes a better looking watch than it does a vehicle).

I'm dreading what my WatchCrunch and YouTube feeds are gonna look like next week when Watches & Wonders hits. Given how nuts people went over the Speedmaster getting a white dial (and for only $100 more than the black one? AMAZING!), I can't even imagine what we'll have to endure if Rolex adds another 100m of water resistance to the Explorer or re-re-re-releases the Milgauss nobody wanted when it was in the catalog but everyone wants now that it's not.

It looks MUCH nicer than Elon's Hotwheels car for big boys. OH you are looking at the other one. I meant this one.

Ha, yeah--I was looking at this one:

Although I wouldn't say no to that one either. That's my era. That's the watch you would wear in this music video. ***EDIT*** actually, the more I look, I think I may like this one even more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOwFVowEugQ

That is cool, the one like this I have been pondering is an Enicar Jump Hour

Love mine.