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I recently acquired a Seiko 6139-6012 Chronograph. I've been wearing it for the last week or so and here are my initial impressions on it.*
Details:*
39 mm without crown
19 mm lug width
Serial Number 664385 - June, 1976
Watch has a gold dial, black chapter ring and black chronometer subdial. Everything appears to be original when compared to this catalog photo. The watch is certainly showing some wabi from a life well lived. The case is a bit dinged, and the seconds hand has faded just a bit to a red-orange color. Overall the dial is in pretty good shape, there is a bit of a smudge at the 110 mark of the tachymeter and a few very small spots. The numbers are all crisp.*
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Lets check the lume, shall we?
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Ok, so the lume is gone. no biggie.*
The watch arrived with a rally style leather strap, but the strap was too big, so I switched it out for an 18mm NATO strap for testing purposes.*
Set-up
Setting the time and date proved to be a bit tougher than expected: The minute/ hour hands seemed to set "reversed" from a normal watch (turning the crown counter clockwise moves the hands clockwise)- Is this normal?* The date changed by pushing the crown in (very cool feature) but I could not get the date to change.*
Performance
I proceeded to wear the watch for a week, It did have some early hiccups with time keeping, running a bit slow for the first night. But it kept good time for days 2-6. On day 7 it again slowed down for a bit- I suspect it has something to do with the fact that I took it off a bit earlier than usual on day 6.* I left the chronograph running per the advice I saw on some forums.*
Daily wear
This watch was great for use in day to day operation.* Its size was spot on - big enough to read, but small and light enough to not be in the way. The chrono feature was a perfect timer for my beer brewing operations over the weekend.* My daily watch is a Seiko SKX-009, so i certainly appreciate how light the 6139 is.*
Conclusion
Although I enjoyed wearing this 6139 for the week, I think this watch will see limited wrist time. This might be due to the color scheme, which I didn't like as much as I initially thought I would - maybe I would like the blue or black one a bit better.* I have also been keen to try the 6138 chronos, so I will have to keep my eye open for one of them.*
Cheers*
-Greg
Details:*
39 mm without crown
19 mm lug width
Serial Number 664385 - June, 1976
Watch has a gold dial, black chapter ring and black chronometer subdial. Everything appears to be original when compared to this catalog photo. The watch is certainly showing some wabi from a life well lived. The case is a bit dinged, and the seconds hand has faded just a bit to a red-orange color. Overall the dial is in pretty good shape, there is a bit of a smudge at the 110 mark of the tachymeter and a few very small spots. The numbers are all crisp.*
Lets check the lume, shall we?
Ok, so the lume is gone. no biggie.*
The watch arrived with a rally style leather strap, but the strap was too big, so I switched it out for an 18mm NATO strap for testing purposes.*
Set-up
Setting the time and date proved to be a bit tougher than expected: The minute/ hour hands seemed to set "reversed" from a normal watch (turning the crown counter clockwise moves the hands clockwise)- Is this normal?* The date changed by pushing the crown in (very cool feature) but I could not get the date to change.*
Performance
I proceeded to wear the watch for a week, It did have some early hiccups with time keeping, running a bit slow for the first night. But it kept good time for days 2-6. On day 7 it again slowed down for a bit- I suspect it has something to do with the fact that I took it off a bit earlier than usual on day 6.* I left the chronograph running per the advice I saw on some forums.*
Daily wear
This watch was great for use in day to day operation.* Its size was spot on - big enough to read, but small and light enough to not be in the way. The chrono feature was a perfect timer for my beer brewing operations over the weekend.* My daily watch is a Seiko SKX-009, so i certainly appreciate how light the 6139 is.*
Conclusion
Although I enjoyed wearing this 6139 for the week, I think this watch will see limited wrist time. This might be due to the color scheme, which I didn't like as much as I initially thought I would - maybe I would like the blue or black one a bit better.* I have also been keen to try the 6138 chronos, so I will have to keep my eye open for one of them.*
Cheers*
-Greg
