CLASSY~1961 BAUHAUS STYLE SEIKO LINER DRESS WATCH

CLASSY~1961 BAUHAUS STYLE SEIKO LINER DRESS WATCH

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FOR SALE IS A STRIKING 1961 SEIKO LINER 23 JEWEL MANUAL WIND DRESS WATCH WITH KILLER BAUHAUS DIAL

 

CASE: SUPER CLEAN AND SHARP  SOLID STEEL CASE MEASURING A HEALTHY 35mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL CROWN BY 44mm LUG TO LUG.  THIS THING IS SUPER THIN(8.7mm INCLUDING CRYSTAL) AND ELEGANT. I LOVE THE TWISTED BOMBE LUGS. SHE WEARS MORE LIKE A 36-37mm WATCH BECAUSE OF THE LONG LUG TO LUG LENTH AND THIN BEZEL. THIS WATCH IS ALL DIAL. 

 

DIAL: HERE IS SEIKO TAKING A STAB AT BAUHAUS DESIGN WITH THIS ULTRA SIMPLISTIC YET BOLD MINIMALIST DIAL. THIS REMINDS ME A BIT OF THE DIALS THAT MAX BILL DESIGNED FOR JUNGHANS. REALLY GREAT LOOKING SUNBURST SILVER DIAL WITH SOME MINOR SIGNS OF AGE AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTOS GIVING THIS THAT PERFECT VINTAGE FEEL. I LOVE THE 2-LINE SIMPLICITY, AND I'M A SUCKER FOR THE OLD SCHOOL SEIKO CURSIVE FONT. SUPER CLASSY. THE LONG THIN ELEGANT HANDSET REALLY TIES THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER.

 

MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A 23 JEWEL IN-HOUSE SEIKO CAL.3140 MANUAL WINDER.  SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE WATCH HAS BEEN KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME MONITORED OVER WEEKS OF ON/OFF WEAR

 

WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A COOL STITCHLESS BLACK ALLIGATOR GRAIN LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS SUPER ELEGANT ON THIS GUY. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MODEL IS IT COMBINES THE STYLE AND ELEGANCE OF THE EARLY 60s WATCHES IN A PACKAGE THAT WEARS MORE MODERN.  YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT 60s SEIKO......OR REALLY SEIKO FROM ANY ERA.