Hi all,
A plea for help to the Seiko buffs..
A friend has asked me to see if I can find anything about this watch. His better half bought it for him, new, about 10/11 years ago. With the skeleton hands and the grey/silver dial, he's finding this a little difficult to read easily, and hasn't worn it in some time.
It's a true 1/100 Sec Chronograph, case and bracelet in PVD steel. The Serial Number of 850262 suggests a 1998 production date.
It's got an unusual 'horned and ridged' fixed tachymeter bezel, also finished in PVD.
The dial is quite unusual, definitely a 'dashboard' look, with layered segmented sections, a circular date window at 3, and 3 very cool subdials. The Upper register is for the chrono seconds - two hands, one that revolves once a second, and the little red one that goes round ten times a second to give a true 1/100 reading! The Lower register also has two hands for recording Chrono Minutes and Hours. The middle register is main time Seconds hand. Finally, there's a central chronograph hand, ticking round the dial once a minute. The chrono features start/split/continue/stop, and the flyback is very impressive as the 5 hands all zero together.
The backcase has 'Seiko', as well as a 'Machina Sportiva Giugiaro Design' stamp in the middle, plus Serial and Model details - see pic..
Any info you guys could offer on the history of this model would be gratefully received. I'm fairly sure my friend will want to move this on, so any advice on value would be appreciated too. The watch comes with the original box and manual, plus an extra link, but I'm not sure if the warranty card has survived. Condition is as pictured - the PVD is excellent on bracelet and case, some nibbles and scratches on the unusual bezel (looks worse under macro than in reality). All functions are spot on, and a new battery has just been installed.
Many thanks
Mike
And some pics:
