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Found this wonderful Seiko 7625-8021 Sea Horse at a local estate sale for real cheap and had to snag it. It has the usual light wear and tear, but nothing that bad or that can't be buffed. The original band was busted on it unfortunately, missing the clasp, so I tossed on a temporary band (the only one I had that would fit it). It started ticking away right when I picked it up and so far has kept perfect time over the last 8 hours. After a few more practice watches I will attempt at giving this one a thorough cleaning, until then it may stay in the case to prevent running it dry for too long.

 

Now for some pictures.

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I appreciate it. I attempted to throw it on my "Timegrapher" aka the Watch Tuner Timegrapher app on my ipad with a mic to see how it was doing.  I honestly have no idea how accurate the app is, I am guessing it is not terribly accurate just using a stock headphone mic catching all the surrounding noise but this is what I got from it. 58afa5b576669_Seikotimegraph.thumb.png.f801e2d37cf038e1c538ee4f23a08478.png

Not the prettiest but my setup isn't exactly the most accurate setup either. 

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