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Jan 18, 2015, 12:38 PM
#1
Does this Seiko look legit to you?
I'm watching this on eBay but am slightly put off by the fact that I can't find a similar watch anywhere online. The fat lumed indices look out of place on the dial to me.
It's advertised as a Seiko 7000-8000 manual wind from the 1990s
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Jan 18, 2015, 12:40 PM
#2
just on gut feeling I would say bad refurb 
but did see this one 
Last edited by is that my watch; Jan 18, 2015 at 12:42 PM.
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Jan 18, 2015, 12:55 PM
#3
Originally Posted by
whatmeworry
I'm watching this on eBay but am slightly put off by the fact that I can't find a similar watch anywhere online. The fat lumed indices look out of place on the dial to me.
It's advertised as a Seiko 7000-8000 manual wind from the 1990s
You can get a proper 7000 8000 from the early 70s for sod all so I wouldn't risk it. Here's what mine looks like
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:05 PM
#4
Originally Posted by
is that my watch
just on gut feeling I would say bad refurb
but did see this one
Yes, that one is much more like it
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:11 PM
#5
Originally Posted by
Der Amf
You can get a proper 7000 8000 from the early 70s for sod all so I wouldn't risk it. Here's what mine looks like
Yeah, when I was googling for other examples a post of yours came up
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:18 PM
#6
I read somewhere recently that as the years went by Seiko downgraded the quality of these movements. I think I was reading about 6000 series not 7000, but it would make me careful.
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:19 PM
#7
at a guess was it coming out of India they do some great one's and some not so great one's but worth it if you find the good one's
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:23 PM
#8
Originally Posted by
is that my watch
at a guess was it coming out of India they do some great one's and some not so great one's but worth it if you find the good one's
Nope, UK seller (although I think there are a number of those who buy in watches from India and then sell them on with a mark up)
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:39 PM
#9
Apparently the 7000 8000 was a intended as a low-medium end watch, sold mostly in East / southeast Asia. Sorry can't remember how reliable the source of info was for that.
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Jan 18, 2015, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by
whatmeworry
Nope, UK seller (although I think there are a number of those who buy in watches from India and then sell them on with a mark up)
well yeah have seen some silly price one's so could be could be lol it's all in finding the decent seller ant it
some seller do it with the Russian vostok's all the time
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