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Old 20 June 2018, 06:21 AM   #1
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February of '69!

Here's one from February of 1969, with the dial being produced in December of 1968! This one is the 472nd produced!

Thought this one was pretty rare!
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Old 21 June 2018, 11:24 AM   #2
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Beautiful "proof" dial. The blue dials on early Seiko's are pretty amazing.


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Old 21 June 2018, 12:04 PM   #3
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Very nice. Seiko is a great option for birth-year watches....year and month serial takes the guesswork out of it.
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Old 21 June 2018, 02:52 PM   #4
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Wow!! Very nice!
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Old 21 June 2018, 08:34 PM   #5
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Congrats! I was born in February 1969 but I never managed to find an example like that. Actually in all my research at that time the oldest I was able to find were from March '69.
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Old 21 June 2018, 10:36 PM   #6
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I like it.
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Old 22 June 2018, 02:45 AM   #7
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Pretty cool
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Old 22 June 2018, 11:36 AM   #8
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Seiko has always said March of 69 was the earliest production models, but obviously some prototypes escaped before that. LOL

Seiko needs to update their claim to one of the first automatic chronographs!
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Old 26 June 2018, 03:30 AM   #9
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I have one of these from 69 too (the non 5 sport dial), amazingly I have the box, papers, spare links and the hang tag too. Got it from the widow of the original owner.
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I have one of these from 69 too (the non 5 sport dial), amazingly I have the box, papers, spare links and the hang tag too. Got it from the widow of the original owner.
Cool. Got a photo of all that? Would be great to see.
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Cool. Got a photo of all that? Would be great to see.


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Old 30 June 2018, 09:35 PM   #13
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Great set. Watch looks in great shape. You don't often see 60s Seikos with the b&p
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