[OldHippie1968]

My guess would be ‘01. Many people don’t realize that you have to AC the movement when swapping batteries.
Cheers!
Mike

 

[OldHippie1968]

I checked the one fitted when it arrived, 0.55v......that would be the problem then......

Thanks for the date, what gives you that impression?

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Back in the day I had several of this caliber. If I remember correctly they ran from ‘93 to ‘02.
Cheers!
Mike

 

[OldHippie1968]

I did a web search, which I should’ve done in the first place, and it appears the production ran from 1988 to either 2001 or 2002. Here are a couple of relevant links:

Seiko 7T32 Caliber : The Seiko serial number decoder and dater

The Seiko 7T32 And Me...

Just posted this on the other side and thought I'd repeat myself for the none dark-siders and hard of hearing. Just a bit of noise about my first real 'collection', before I became a vintage Omega addict collector! When I got into collecting watches I wanted to focus on something interesting, not...

www.thewatchforum.co.uk

My mistake. It’s been over ten years since I collected this caliber. They are a great chrono but are a little quirky.
Cheers!
Mike