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Hi all!  Just thought I would share a project I'm finishing up that I thought was kind of interesting.  Hearing the name Sony I immediately think electronics, the last thing I would have thought of is a mechanical watch like this one.  After a service, new stem (in progress) and a little polywatch on the crystal I think it turned out to be a great looking watch.  Someone got a little ham fisted on the dial between the 5-6 markers and there's a little corrosion on the dial in the same area but that's alright.  Anyone have any info on the history of Sony with Seiko?

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46 minutes ago, Stevelp said:

Hi all!  Just thought I would share a project I'm finishing up that I thought was kind of interesting.  Hearing the name Sony I immediately think electronics, the last thing I would have thought of is a mechanical watch like this one.  After a service, new stem (in progress) and a little polywatch on the crystal I think it turned out to be a great looking watch.  Someone got a little ham fisted on the dial between the 5-6 markers and there's a little corrosion on the dial in the same area but that's alright.  Anyone have any info on the history of Sony with Seiko?

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Surely it's just a Seiko, supplied as a corporate piece for Sony?  The same as this 1977 4004 for Motorcraft....

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The watch is likely to be either an employee service award, an employee performance award or a corporate promotional item. I would be dubious to the possibility of it being branded and marketed for public sale by Sony. Considering Sony's deep connection to electronics, I would think if they were to have released a watch, it would be electronic, quartz or digital. Judging by the age of your movement (late 60's to early 70's), those were in existence, but were not used here.

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A year or two back I was give a TANDEM watch for repair.   TANDEM was an American computer company, This one had two faces and in side were two Miyota 2035 movements again a promotional piece.  The Gentleman who's watch it was worked for TANDEM.

I have also had one from Barbour  of  ( wax jacket fame) again with a miyota 2035 movement. 

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