Watches

Slight signs of wear

It’s quartz, so it probably just needs a battery and It’ll be fine.

Well it's a quartz Seiko. Probably around the 80s if I had to guess, but there's really not enough info.

The case looks like it's in surprisingly good condition under all that crud. Is the green and white stuff inside the watch? Sadly that means the dial and hands will probably be quite damaged. The movement will probably be too far gone, but it should be pretty easy to find a replacement.

I think you could bring this watch back to life if you want, it would be a cool story. Take it apart, clean up the case, try to clean the dial and hands as well as you can and replace the movement. It will probably still look quite water damaged but would be in working condition.

If you want to see something cool done with it, you could try contacting this guy to.

https://youtu.be/3lss1DIRfUs?si=8DqPWxJQtb5562hn

Might be beyond saving, but the fire damaged Rolex in this video came out looking amazing.

Throw it back lol

Slight water damage

You should probably put it in a bowl of rice. Not to eat it, just to see what happens.

Score!

Bronze Patina and Turquoise green / Tiffany blue are right on trend at the moment.

Did you buy this from the Theo & Harris store?

r/seiko

Metaldetecting near Okinawa

You got a death wish OP? There is still so much artillery scattered over Okinawa.

It'll need a new movement for sure, but if you really carefully polished and cleaned it the patina might actually end up looking pretty cool. Especially the dial. Not sure if the case could be saved though.

Wow, ultra rare Seiko Coral.

I'm not an expert, but I think you might have some light water damage there my good sir

I would put this in a transparent resin block and enjoy this on my desk for the rest of my life

Patina to die for. In yon shoes I'd get a couple o new spring bars and a nato strap then wear it as is, that would be unbelievably cool. Hope yon enjoys wearing this in good health for many decades to come.

Nice to see something that wasn’t inherited from a dead relative for a change

You can sell this as barely used on ebay.

Sack of rice bro. Trust me.

Can you post an update in a few days?

A little polywatch will clean it up nicely

https://preview.redd.it/l3c525ud8p1c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07d95ebce30341e84c08d5487c9b7d686d9e91b2

Update. Scratched out a symbol on the back.

Someone suggested it was a silverwave, but I can't find the model where the symbol is directly above the crown.

Dope af

You have found it!!! The Holy Seiko of Okinawa!!!

Ebay seller: "Recently serviced"

It looks broken to me. But I am not a watch scientist

That will buff out.

holy crap , radiant!!!

It probably needs a battery change

Edit : a bit of polywatch won't hurt but keep the patina

The Suwa factory is never going to succeed with work like this.

Finally some real patina , gorgeous

Can you reuse that dial on another working Seiko? Might look good ngl

The impressive part is it wasn’t a mother of Pearl dial when it went in

does it still work?

God the metal detectors have spread to Okinawa lmao

The watch is great and all but I can say for sure by looking at the comments that OP has a good sense of humor lol

In its condition it’s still worth thousands

Box and papers?

Does it still run?

Neat

Luckily its certified diving watch

First time seeing green patina

Clean it up, and it will probably run.

What does "near Okinawa" mean. It's an island.

Unrecoverable.

Found with no band?

I automatically associated it with WW2 and didn’t think about other things happening there since

Somebody call Geraldo.

Al Capone's watch has been found.