Aloha Jonathan, thanks for sharing this with the forum. Very interesting. This must be VERY unusual as Sieko was very keen on quality control> Mahalo, Fred
Never seen THIS before...
Back on the bench after an absence. "Real life" can be a true pain in the butt.
While getting into some estimates for a customer I found this very odd rotating ring anomaly on an otherwise very nice-looking and seemingly all-original 6105-8110 from November 1976:
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The rotating ring is missing four grooves. As you can see, the blank spot does not line-up with any other particular feature.
Could this be an instance of Seiko using up the last few parts despite the obvious imperfection as they wound-down production?
While getting into some estimates for a customer I found this very odd rotating ring anomaly on an otherwise very nice-looking and seemingly all-original 6105-8110 from November 1976:
The rotating ring is missing four grooves. As you can see, the blank spot does not line-up with any other particular feature.
Could this be an instance of Seiko using up the last few parts despite the obvious imperfection as they wound-down production?
