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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 .

 

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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

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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 .

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