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Still working on my collection of cheap watches to tinker with and came across this.... watch... on ebay. For the price I just couldn't pass it up.

A "vintage" Seiko 5.

Crown at 3 o'clock.

Hands with lume that doesn't match the dial lume (does the dial have lume? Another mystery!)

Square dial in oval case.

Exhibition back for.. some.. reason?

Fake dial that is either misprinted slightly off center or has broken dial feet (or both!).

Unreadable movement number unfortunately.

It's gonna take about 6 weeks to get here on a slow boat, but I already can't wait to find out what. And why!

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Haha yup! This is actually the third Mumbai Special (Delhi Delight!) I've bought. Funnily enough, the other two literally turned up today! I wasn't expecting them for another couple of weeks, but here they are. I'll upload some pics tonight.

Both Seiki 5's, one is actually fairly legit looking , the other is a complete basketcase that I can't wait to get into.

Also a Seiko Actus turned up in the mail (not from India) that l'm pretty sure is legit. Dial isn't in great shape but it's all period correct and the serial dates it to 1975. Once again, looking forward to opening it up.

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On 10/27/2022 at 9:56 PM, spectre6000 said:

Are any of these 404 contenders?

Sorry I didn't see your reply until just now! I stumbled across the 404 thread today. Sadly no, they wouldn't meet the criteria for that. I wish I knew where to get cheap watches from, even these complete garbage ones are ~$30.

I think I'm good for hobby watches now, but I wouldn't turn down some real cheap movements to add to the collection.
 

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