FOR SALE IS A SUPER COOL DECEMBER 1968 SEIKO 5 5126-8100 PROOF DIVER IN REALLY SHARP CONDITION.
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CASE: SEXY AND SOLID ALL STEEL CASE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION MEASURING 37mm ACROSS NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL CROWN BY 43mm LUG TO LUG. THE STAND-OUT FEATURE ON THIS ONE IS THAT ENGINE TURNED BEZEL WHICH GIVES THIS A SOPHISTICATED LOOK. ALL THE ORIGINAL FINISHES ARE COMPLETELY INTACT AND THE EDGES ARE SUPER SHARP. REALLY CLEAN PRESERVED CONDITION
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DIAL: THOSE LUME PLOTS, THOUGH. THAT'S WHAT CATCHES THE EYE AT FIRST GLANCE OF THIS NO-NONSENSE SEMI-MATTE BLACK DIAL. THOSE THICK PUFFY MARKERS LOOK SERIOUSLY COOL MATED WITH THE MATCHING AGED LUME ON THOSE STEEL STICK HANDS. THIS DIAL IS ALL ABOUT SIMPLICITY AND LEGIBILITY. A TRUE SPORTS WATCH DIAL. THE POPS OF COLOR WITH "SPORTS" IN BLUE AND THAT RED LOLLIPOP SWEEPER ADD A TOUCH OF PLAYFULNESS. .
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MOVEMENT: THIS SEIKO RUNS ON A BULLETPROOF SEIKO 5126 AUTOMATIC WHICH IS RUNNING BEAUTIFULLY. THIS ONE WAS SERVICED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER IN THE LAST YEAR.
WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A SUPER COOL PERFORATED BROWN LEATHER STRAP WHICH REALLY LOOKS THE BUSINESS ON THIS SEIKO. WHILE THIS IS A CLASSIC SEIKO 5 SPORTS WATCH, THAT SIMPLE AND CLEAN DIAL MATED WITH THE ENGINE TURNED BEZEL GIVES THIS ONE AN ELEGANT AND REFINED LOOK. THAT DUALITY OF FUNCTION MAKES THIS CLASSIC THE PERFECT ALL-ROUNDER WHICH WOULD LOOK CLASSY AND HANDSOME WITH A SUIT BUT WOULD MAKE TOTAL SENSE AS A WEEKEND KNOCK-AROUND CASUAL PIECE.
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