Pulled the trigger last nite(Wed) on a 1976 Seiko BullHead and when I woke up Thursday morning, I saw this waiting for me on the table.
Sawadee kap, Kap kun kap!!
When I came to my senses, I realized it couldn't be the Bullhead. No courier company in the world works that fast.
It's a Seiko 6139-7101 Automatic Chronograph, also known to Seiko fans as the Seiko Helmet. I have no idea why it's called that. Doesn't look anything like a helmet to me. Serials on the back indicate the production date to be January 1978.
30secs sub dial. Start/stop pusher at 2 o'clock. Reset pusher at 4 o'clock. Cheap aftermarket bracelet looks and feels so cheap, it's probably cheaper than a plate of char kaoy teow. Without egg.
Not in the best condition with little nicks and dings and some fade. But still in pretty good shape overall. Time keeping is accurate as a needle so far.
The watch has the push crown day date setting mechanism where the day & date is set by pushing in the crown. Slight push & the date changes. Push deeper to change the day. Problem is the small crown (on most vintage watches) makes me think that people in the 70s must have had chopsticks as fingers. With my cucumber sized fingers, I can forget about turning the crown with two fingers, what more pushing it in.
Some quick snaps in my colleague's car.
At 40mm I feel it's a bit small on my sumo wrestler's wrist. Nonetheless it's a new addition to the ongoing collection.
Cheers.
