Everlasting Seiko Five watches
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Not a Seiko Five, but a Seiko NH35 in a fake Explorer.
Seiko did not invent the automatic watch but they’ve perfected it.
It’s accurate within a few seconds a day, and will be until it dies, ten, twenty, thirty or maybe forty years from now—with no service at all. It could be serviced, but they’ll just pop in a new movement or toss the watch.
The wholesale cost of the movement in bulk orders is ridiculously cheap. You couldn’t pay a kid at Walmart to change a battery for the cost of a brand new movement.
Seiko makes every tiny little part, perfectly.
Most of assembly is by robotic machines, even oiling.
And Seiko makes their own oil, as well.
So long as men like watches with a balance wheel they’ll make a Seiko.
Seiko did not invent the automatic watch but they’ve perfected it.
It’s accurate within a few seconds a day, and will be until it dies, ten, twenty, thirty or maybe forty years from now—with no service at all. It could be serviced, but they’ll just pop in a new movement or toss the watch.
The wholesale cost of the movement in bulk orders is ridiculously cheap. You couldn’t pay a kid at Walmart to change a battery for the cost of a brand new movement.
Seiko makes every tiny little part, perfectly.
Most of assembly is by robotic machines, even oiling.
And Seiko makes their own oil, as well.
So long as men like watches with a balance wheel they’ll make a Seiko.
I'm a fan of the "Hershey bar" magnifier. Otherwise, Day Date is useless to me.
For sporty vibe, I prefer divers because racers have a bad rep for failure due to complicated movements.
For sporty vibe, I prefer divers because racers have a bad rep for failure due to complicated movements.
Since this thread has been reactivated, here are my two Seiko 5s. The one on the left is from 1984 and the one on the right from 2000. Both keep great time during their rotation (one or two weeks).
Neither has been serviced, though I occasionally do whatever is necessary and within my skill-set to keep them running. I repolished the crystal on the red one after my son scratched it in some sort of bike accident. My wife went swimming with the black one (neither is waterproof) and it needed a serious tear-down and re-lube to get it running once it dried out.
The Seiko 5 is the wristwatch equivalent to a Medico or Grabow; inexpensive working-man’s gear designed to last a lifetime without too much attention… unless you let your wife or kid wear them. Our family is lucky to have six generations of watches in use, from the red Seiko 5 above to a late 1800s pocket watch. I wish I has the old pipes used by our great-great-greats.
Neither has been serviced, though I occasionally do whatever is necessary and within my skill-set to keep them running. I repolished the crystal on the red one after my son scratched it in some sort of bike accident. My wife went swimming with the black one (neither is waterproof) and it needed a serious tear-down and re-lube to get it running once it dried out.
The Seiko 5 is the wristwatch equivalent to a Medico or Grabow; inexpensive working-man’s gear designed to last a lifetime without too much attention… unless you let your wife or kid wear them. Our family is lucky to have six generations of watches in use, from the red Seiko 5 above to a late 1800s pocket watch. I wish I has the old pipes used by our great-great-greats.