Seiko Kenitic

I've still got an old (1970 ish) seiko somewhere ..... one of the first LCD watches available I think.
Wonder what it would cost to get it back to a reasonable condition...
 
I've had this for 5 years now, never let me down.

Scratched the hell out of it thou.

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I've still got an old (1970 ish) seiko somewhere ..... one of the first LCD watches available I think.
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would be cheaper to locate a *** one

kinetic seikos are a lot cheaper to buy on fleabay and in reality the high prices charged do not justify the movement used , also there are very few seikos that are actually worth more than £150 used, only rare editions/models command high values such as grand/king seikos.

edit *** = new old stock ,dunno why it got filtered :confused:
 
Gamefreak501 said:
Sorry to hijack...but what do people think of automatic Seiko watches?
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+/- 30 sec per day kind of defeats the point of a watch in my opinion! You'd have to set reset it every week just to keep it on the right minute.
 
clv101 said:
+/- 30 sec per day kind of defeats the point of a watch in my opinion!
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Crikey!

That's quite poor actually!

I ended up sniping a Citizen Eco-Drive watch from ebay for not much money at all. I will check if it's a fake when I receive it :)
 
I've been watching ebay for the last few weeks and I don't think it's that much cheaper than the cheapest on-line shops for titanium Seikos.
 
Gamefreak501 said:
Sorry to hijack...but what do people think of automatic Seiko watches?
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good for the money , would expect accuracy to be more liek 10-15 seconds a day but obviously they will vary
 
Sorry, +/- 25 sec per day not 30. Still hopeless compared to +/-15 per month.

Q: How accurate should my watch be?

A: Seiko Watches (Including Kinetic, Quartz and Solar) +/-15 seconds per month

Seiko Perpetual Calendar watches +/- 20 seconds per year

Seiko Mechanical Watches +/- 25 seconds per day

Pulsar Watches +/- 20 seconds per month

Lorus Watches +/- 30 seconds per month

Seiko Clocks +/- 30 seconds per month

http://www.seiko.co.uk/html/supportfaq.php
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seiko automatics with a 7s26 movement can be regulated to +/- 4 seconds a day ,this is the standard seiko auto any better would require a chronometer grade movement. all in all seiko autos are very good value for money,if you want more accurate buy a tag heuer for £750 with a 60 quid quartz movement in it :)
 
Think I've made a decission:

The SGG605:
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Seems like it can be had for around £100. Only question is I can't find out which movement it uses... Is there a database somewhere that lists which movement each Seiko watch uses? I expect it's the 7N42 since it looks identical to this one on ebay but that one has a different model number.
 
I mean which quartz movement.

"got a lot cheaper" That company doesn't ship to the UK and anyway it's not much cheaper. $144 = £81 and that's before shipping and tax. It's available in the UK for under £100 inc VAT and delivery.
 
my point is that it took me all of 20 seconds to find that cheaper site using yahoo search engine,as for what quartz movement it doesnt really matter,they are all cheap and nasty,as an example when i first started collecting watches i bought an eterna galaxis chronograph around £450 + new ,the quartz movement was knackered so i ordered a new one, total cost of movement=£60 ,and thats a chronograph movement.

edit ,heres a seiko movement price list to give you some idea

http://www.clockspares.net/dept.asp?id=160

as always if you like the watch then go for it ,tho if asking for advice dont be upset if you get a negative answer.
 
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pugster said:
my point is that it took me all of 20 seconds to find that cheaper site using yahoo search engine...
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...but it's not cheaper than the "around £100" I said... or even available in the UK from there. :confused:
 
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