The 7016 is a wonderful watch!

May 21, 2015,06:59 AM
 

They are from the mid-1970s, and although I am sure the movement was designed more for robustness than for refinement, it is a favorite of mine, with a sophisticated group of functions:

time, day, date, and chronograph seconds/minutes/hours, and flyback!

Here is mine:


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OBSCURE SEIKO OF THE DAY Thread 3 - please join in

 
 By: cazalea : May 20th, 2015-16:04
This thread is designed to give us a chance to show off any old Seiko products in our house, or the new ones on our wrist. Grab a photo of any Seiko watch, clock, timer, etc. that you can find, and tell us about it, and why you do or don't wear it. Beep, ...  

That is a complicated one!

 
 By: rnaden : May 20th, 2015-19:07
i saw one one those some years ago at a fellow collectors home. He never wore it for the simple reason that it was just too difficult to remember to operate. Here's another old Seiko that I happen to have in my possession now - it is 20 years old and was ...  

Nice strap, it looks great

 
 By: cazalea : May 20th, 2015-19:32
Good choice. Thanks for the photos - are you handing it back or "breaking it in" for him? :-) Mike

A little bit of both

 
 By: rnaden : May 20th, 2015-23:29
last thing I need is a "complaint" that the strap is too hard ;-)

That's a real motivation watch

 
 By: jml_watches : May 20th, 2015-23:37
Hi See why it might not get much wrist time- I'd have to really feel in the mood to go through that! It's one of those sit with the manual jobs when setting it. Cheers JML

Don't know how old this one is....

 
 By: KIH : May 21st, 2015-06:34
... this is exclusively sold outside Japan. Bought used, was pretty much beat up. Found one by one the genuine parts - dial, hands, and such. Had it restored and has become like new :-) Nah, but in much greater shape... SEIKO 7016 "MONACO" Chronograph. Yo...  

The 7016 is a wonderful watch!

 
 By: SteveG : May 21st, 2015-06:59
They are from the mid-1970s, and although I am sure the movement was designed more for robustness than for refinement, it is a favorite of mine, with a sophisticated group of functions: time, day, date, and chronograph seconds/minutes/hours, and flyback! ...  

Wow, minty!

 
 By: KIH : May 22nd, 2015-05:27
Thanks for sharing your great pic! Ken

"Cocktail" watch from about 2010

 
 By: SteveG : May 21st, 2015-06:48
This and one other watch were apparently designed with the cooperation of a famous(?) Japanese(?) bartender. It is about 42mm diameter, pink gold plated, and other than being kind of flashy I think it actually a pretty attractive watch: ...  

That's a great looking watch Steve

 
 By: cazalea : May 21st, 2015-16:38
Thanks for pulling it out of the drawer for us. Do you ever wear it? Mike

Thanks! I'll be candid

 
 By: SteveG : May 21st, 2015-17:11
it looks better in the box than it does on my skinny wrist :-(