Swap Meet Find...

[ricardopalamino]

Hi All ,

 

I went to the Swap meet at Aloha stadium today and found this Seiko  6117-6409 World Timer made in Feb. 1972 . It's running and keeping time so far . The inner bezel with the cities rotates as it should and the GMT hand is also working . It has a Linen Dial and the watch is in good overall shape . 

The only flaw I can see is a scratch in the acrylic crystal that I can easily clean up but I made a bid on a new Seiko crystal . It has a generic expanding watchband , but I may get a dark blue leather or blue suede watch band . I'll look around for that and see what suits the watch ............I was able to pick it up for under $50 .

 

 

[Geo]

You're the man Louis, well done. It's just a pity the flight would cost too much or I'd go to the next one. ;)

[WillFly]

Nice one!

[seang]

Oh, that's nice! good find

[anilv]

sweet...

[Gary]

Very nice!

[Vich]

It's almost like you live in a bubble protected against the costs all the rest of us are subject to, are you sure it's not called Eden. Hawaii is definitely going on my holiday list !

Another great purchase !

Cheers,

Vic

[GuiBer]

Nice find. Very interesting watch!

[ricardopalamino]

Thank You , 

 I can assure you that not all of my purchases are a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow .  Just in the last week I received an Accutron that was advertised as a non runner . The outside looked good and I thought that maybe all it needed was a stem and crown and a battery .When I opened it  , it was a pile of rust .

  But the Seiko in this post is a nice one and I am always on the lookout for a nice watch at a value .

[Vich]

Hello Louis,

 

Pity about the Accutron but the Seiko seems to be a good find and with a new crystal it should be a vintage looker.

 

Cheers,

 

Vic