hi all!
OK, I'm watching this one at the UK site of a certain well known 'auction site' -XXXXXXXXXXXXXX - Seiko 6309-729A Automatic 150 Metre Divers Watch - and while the pepsi dial isn't usually my sort of thing, this one does kind of hold a certain attraction in that it's my birth year, and only a few months younger than me! 7D0410 - December 1977...
Seller advises it's had a 'complete restoration' with 'new dial, hands and bezel ring' so it's not entirely original, but then again it is as old as me! What confuses me though is the case model stated is 729A. As far as I know, the 6309 was originally released with a case model of 7040 and 7049, and it wasn't until 1982 I think that the slimmer version of the 729x was produced - which of course doesn't tie in with the apparent production date.
Having read through the Seiko Divers Reference and some of the guides written up by Isthmus (in short, brilliant), I'm just a little sketchy about this one. Any thoughts? I had contemplated using this on as a base perhaps for my planned mod, unless that would be considered sacrilege!
cheers, H
OK, I'm watching this one at the UK site of a certain well known 'auction site' -XXXXXXXXXXXXXX - Seiko 6309-729A Automatic 150 Metre Divers Watch - and while the pepsi dial isn't usually my sort of thing, this one does kind of hold a certain attraction in that it's my birth year, and only a few months younger than me! 7D0410 - December 1977...
Seller advises it's had a 'complete restoration' with 'new dial, hands and bezel ring' so it's not entirely original, but then again it is as old as me! What confuses me though is the case model stated is 729A. As far as I know, the 6309 was originally released with a case model of 7040 and 7049, and it wasn't until 1982 I think that the slimmer version of the 729x was produced - which of course doesn't tie in with the apparent production date.
Having read through the Seiko Divers Reference and some of the guides written up by Isthmus (in short, brilliant), I'm just a little sketchy about this one. Any thoughts? I had contemplated using this on as a base perhaps for my planned mod, unless that would be considered sacrilege!
cheers, H