introducing my 48 year old vintage Seiko skyliner built in march of 1977
a direct descendant from the liner line yeah that sounds kind of weird sago liners are rare they
were made from 1960 to 64. very lived brought to you by the suwa factory who also made grand Seiko
they wanted liner to slot in right under grand Seiko and there is a fun fact there is a 46 999
chronometer Seiko liner that looks pretty close to the 43 gs the lugs are a little bit different and
it even has the line on the back in gold medallion now the lion back in the day was not the grand
Seiko logo it stood for a chronometer movement inside now when we see the lion we think grand
Seiko so a little bit of fun history there now the skyliner usually when they add a name like sky
it goes up in quality but skyliner is entry level it goes under the liner name the first
skyliner came out in 1961 that one had the 6200 series movement and the watch looked very similar
to this one but it had a chapter ring and I believe was a little bit bigger my model
6102 had a new movement 6100 series that came out in 1967 I believe this watch began production in
68 to 1974. I'm not sure if there is a 1975. let me know down below I could not find one in 1961
the Seiko skyliner could be purchased brand new from ad for 45 wow give me a time machine I would
love to go back to the 60s the golden age of Seiko nowadays you can find excellent condition skyliner
for around 200 to 300 usd okay so very affordable for a piece of history and you get a classy dress
watch that is definitely special if you're looking for a skyliner some key things to look out for
look at the Seiko logo okay it's an applied sickle logo sometimes it's bent or dented that means they
took off that logo and they refinished the dial so that's a big warning sign do not buy now the
case long lean elegant and streamlined this thing is beautiful brushing on top of the lugs the case
tapers downwards from that brushing in a beautiful high polished bevel that travels the length of the
case now the crown is push-pull it's supposed to be rated at 30 meters of water resistance but it's
vintage we're gonna rate it at zero okay so the crystal is held in by friction on the bezel that's
it there's no gasket on the crystal but there's a crown gasket and a case back gasket the case back
snaps on and off it does not screw down you should be really afraid of water when you own
a vintage timepiece now let's check out those dimensions that I got 30 6.7 in diameter
ultra thin 10.2 millimeters no drilled lugs and a lug to lug a 41.9 all right so a little bit short
there even though it looks long and lean it's just because it's so thin for the lug width 18 tapering
down to 16. this one I have it on horween it looks like crocodile but it comes on a bracelet which I
have right here the original bracelet very flimsy and I don't know it's that typical jingle jangly
Seiko bracelet I love the hexed oyster jubilee style right there nice and angular I wish grand
Seiko would go back to this style of bracelet sick of the oyster style Rolex copying really sick of
that anyways I digress the crystal is acrylic so polywatch is your friend here this one I think is
aftermarket I believe the original is a little bit more squared off and less domed now the dial in
hands we got that gorgeous silver sunray dial typical of vintage Seiko's and it's something
special that silver is gorgeous we've got a framed date window applied Seiko logo suwa logo
and skyliner on top of the six o'clock all applied faceted hour markers beautifully done the hands
are dauphine style and they do have a black line down the middle just like those indices beautiful
cohesive look the seconds hand is a pool stick plain jane seconds hand okay let's do the weight
wow 44 grams this thing is light as air let's check her out on the time graph caliber 6
1 0 2 21 joules no hacking but it is a hand wound movement non-automatic and it does beat at 21.6
vph it is a low beat powerful amplitude for almost 50 year old watch at 242 0.1 milliseconds in b
error and look at the rate plus 3 plus three plus two in the fourth and final round plus one
now let's check out 12 down how does this watch react on your wrist okay so amplitude did drop
typical b air did increase by 0.1 but look at the rate oh man
let's ignore the first number and we're gonna do five rounds let's see plus four looks like
zero yep zero oh wow man they don't make them like they used to I say that every time
okay zero because we're ignoring the first let's do the fourth and final round oh
zero good job Seiko it just went to plus one still good job Seiko this being a dress watch we're not
gonna do a loom shot there is no loom now when you're thinking of buying maybe an entry level
Seiko five you know what look into the vintage world maybe you're gonna find something better
with a much higher grade movement little bit of history and it's something special it's fun to
wear a vintage watch because you know what not many people are gonna have it on their wrist
except you let me know your thoughts and opinions down below on the beautiful skyliner
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