Any love for vintage Seikos? Ref: 6218-8000, movements used as base for 62GS in the 1960s. The minimalist design inspired by “Grammar of Design” featuring mirror-like polishing (Zaratsu polishing) on the dials very similar to those in the grand seikos.

Paired with dark brown leather straps for that vintage feel.

Thanks man! I love it and the history behind the watch. Looking to get my hands on a King Seiko that’s still relatively affordable compared to its counterpart Grand.

I have an aftermarket SS bracelet for the piece but for daily wear, the leather strap provides some nice contrast to the otherwise silver monotone on my wrist ☺️.

Thanks man, I bought this recently off a vintage Seiko dealer in Singapore. They have their own in-house watchmaker which does the servicing and repairing, so I haven’t had much experience with maintenance on these yet. I plan to look for a vintage watchmaker when i get back to KL who has experience with Seikos.

Back to the seller, we spoke a lot about watches and he told me that the good thing about Seiko movements are they are more rustic and not as fine as Swiss made movements, so if there is a need to service, it is easier to source out someone.

Also, don’t quote me on this but he did mention that a lot of the vintage seikos have already lasted decades without any servicing done and usually they will only take it apart when it doesn’t keep time or it’s seen some damage. He’s been in the watch industry for a while now before starting his own store. Apparently what they do is if they’ve serviced the item a year or 2 ago, they’ll just give a warranty/ guarantee on the movement without taking it apart.

I’m still very much learning from the collectors and watchmakers that I meet with. The general consensus is that old watches were manufactured to be tool watches and built to last so people didn’t use to service it often and it never gave them much trouble even then.