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Gosh, it is hard keep track of all this! :-D
Like, you know that unveiling I just did, of Buyee Big Box #11? Well, tha was really Buyee Big Box 10! And this box, that I have been calling Buyee Big Box #10. It is really Buyee Big Box #8!! :-O
And you know how I kept saying it had 18 items in it? :-) Well, it really had 20 items in it!! I forgot that two of the ladies watch "items" came as pairs of watches. Bah! :-D
In fact let's start with the 7 ladies watches I bought for my local grocery store Sushi Lady. She saw one of blue faceted Seiko VANACs and asked if I could get her watches like that. She didn't care if they were used and old, she just wanted some "sparkle".
So I bought her these 7. Nobody wants old ladies watches I guess, I bought these for US$5 to US$10 each! And she is a natural WIS. She adjusted her own bracelets and got into the hand-winding every morning without issue! Cool!
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Next I bought a very cool Seiko Desk Clock. It is in excellent condition, with a World Time adjustable outer bezel, and is one of the more legible of the Seiko World Time desk clocks. And of course, who doesn't like a red jet second hand!?!?!
The next three items are these quaint Seiko Case-back prying tools. I don't really know what I'll do with them, if anything, but for US$7 each I think they will look good tucked in here and there among the watches on my Watch Table. Like little mushrooms in my Seiko bonsai garden!
Okay, how about a watch? This is a beautiful 1977 (1967?) Seiko Lord Matic 5601-9000. So clean, so elegant. Yet no one was bidding on it? I paid US$52 and it even has it's original bracelet, in fantastic condition. How can you turn away from something like this?? For fifty-two dollars!!
The next three items are some inexpensive Seiko leather straps. They were about US$7 to US$10 each, and coming from the same seller as the Seiko prying tools, so I figured I could afford them! :-)
Nest is an original 1964 Seiko Olympic bracelet. It could go on one of the "one button" chronos or the World Timer. Many of them have been cut-down to fit smaller wrists, but this one looked unmolestedly long. I havn't had time to check, but my fingers are crossed!
Hey! Another watch! And another neglected beauty! A 1967 Seiko Business-A 8346-8000 with the harder to find 27-jewel 8346 movement instead of the 8306. I believe the 8346 will quick-set while the 8306 will not. In wonderful condition, and it cost me US$61!!
And another fairly neglected watch, as far as the bidding went. There were about 15 bids, but only up to US$70. And I did not have a Seiko Gyro-Marvel in my collection.
This one is far from perfect, but it is still nice enough. I jumped into the bidding, and when I got to US$110, the bidding stopped. 10 minutes later it was mine!
The penultimate item came from the same seller as the Seiko prying tools and straps. When I clicked to see what other items they were selling, I was entranced by this Japanese indigo block print. The more I stared at it the more I was drawn into its pattern and visual harmony. The description said it is a buckwheat Inoguchi pattern. I finally stopped looking and paid US$9! :-D
Last item! Last item!
Let's end this with a beautiful modern Seiko watch.
This one was NOT so neglected, and I had to bid fairly high to get it. But I wanted it as a project watch, to make a "blue brother" to my SARB033 and SARB035, by putting their minute and hour hands on this watch, the bright blue SARB059.
The bracelet looks short here, but the other links are in the box!
The case and hour markers are the same as the SARB033 and SARB035. The only difference is the additional dial text. I'll get the hands changed, post some pictures and you can decide. It will look something like this!
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Oh, here is my new desk clock along with my "meditation" picture at the office. Styling!
Thanks for looking!
- Thomas
Gosh, it is hard keep track of all this! :-D
Like, you know that unveiling I just did, of Buyee Big Box #11? Well, tha was really Buyee Big Box 10! And this box, that I have been calling Buyee Big Box #10. It is really Buyee Big Box #8!! :-O
And you know how I kept saying it had 18 items in it? :-) Well, it really had 20 items in it!! I forgot that two of the ladies watch "items" came as pairs of watches. Bah! :-D
In fact let's start with the 7 ladies watches I bought for my local grocery store Sushi Lady. She saw one of blue faceted Seiko VANACs and asked if I could get her watches like that. She didn't care if they were used and old, she just wanted some "sparkle".
So I bought her these 7. Nobody wants old ladies watches I guess, I bought these for US$5 to US$10 each! And she is a natural WIS. She adjusted her own bracelets and got into the hand-winding every morning without issue! Cool!
Next I bought a very cool Seiko Desk Clock. It is in excellent condition, with a World Time adjustable outer bezel, and is one of the more legible of the Seiko World Time desk clocks. And of course, who doesn't like a red jet second hand!?!?!
The next three items are these quaint Seiko Case-back prying tools. I don't really know what I'll do with them, if anything, but for US$7 each I think they will look good tucked in here and there among the watches on my Watch Table. Like little mushrooms in my Seiko bonsai garden!
Okay, how about a watch? This is a beautiful 1977 (1967?) Seiko Lord Matic 5601-9000. So clean, so elegant. Yet no one was bidding on it? I paid US$52 and it even has it's original bracelet, in fantastic condition. How can you turn away from something like this?? For fifty-two dollars!!
The next three items are some inexpensive Seiko leather straps. They were about US$7 to US$10 each, and coming from the same seller as the Seiko prying tools, so I figured I could afford them! :-)
Nest is an original 1964 Seiko Olympic bracelet. It could go on one of the "one button" chronos or the World Timer. Many of them have been cut-down to fit smaller wrists, but this one looked unmolestedly long. I havn't had time to check, but my fingers are crossed!
Hey! Another watch! And another neglected beauty! A 1967 Seiko Business-A 8346-8000 with the harder to find 27-jewel 8346 movement instead of the 8306. I believe the 8346 will quick-set while the 8306 will not. In wonderful condition, and it cost me US$61!!
And another fairly neglected watch, as far as the bidding went. There were about 15 bids, but only up to US$70. And I did not have a Seiko Gyro-Marvel in my collection.
This one is far from perfect, but it is still nice enough. I jumped into the bidding, and when I got to US$110, the bidding stopped. 10 minutes later it was mine!
The penultimate item came from the same seller as the Seiko prying tools and straps. When I clicked to see what other items they were selling, I was entranced by this Japanese indigo block print. The more I stared at it the more I was drawn into its pattern and visual harmony. The description said it is a buckwheat Inoguchi pattern. I finally stopped looking and paid US$9! :-D
Last item! Last item!
Let's end this with a beautiful modern Seiko watch.
This one was NOT so neglected, and I had to bid fairly high to get it. But I wanted it as a project watch, to make a "blue brother" to my SARB033 and SARB035, by putting their minute and hour hands on this watch, the bright blue SARB059.
The bracelet looks short here, but the other links are in the box!
The case and hour markers are the same as the SARB033 and SARB035. The only difference is the additional dial text. I'll get the hands changed, post some pictures and you can decide. It will look something like this!
Oh, here is my new desk clock along with my "meditation" picture at the office. Styling!
Thanks for looking!
- Thomas