Seiko 6159-7001

jswing · Post by **jswing** » Tue May 12, 2015 3:52 am

toxicavenger wrote:I hope it was as good for you as it was for me...............................

I hope it has retained some water resistance, because I just washed it thoroughly.

T.R. · Post by **T.R.** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:35 am

CesarG wrote:
Terpits wrote:As a Seiko fan, I congratulate you.

Yes.

And damn!

Three fro rated plus:

+

T.R. · Post by **T.R.** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:37 am

Steve O. wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
toxicavenger wrote:I hope it was as good for you as it was for me...............................

Pure jealousy when I first read this thread, now pure passion.
Jealousy? How about stupidity? Sold one of these a few years back for what was then the outrageous sum of $1,800. Oh well, hindsight is...oh fuck it.

Sounds like my kind of deal. And, my exact thoughts when I think back to my lack of foresight! Sold a Speedy pro, mid-90's for $1600 a few years ago. Hell, thought I hit a home run. What a dumb shit I was. Oh well, fuck it!

dnslater · Post by **dnslater** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:42 am

Nice thing about this one is that event though it is close to 50 years old, it wears like a modern dive watch. Many of those old divers wear very small today.

Post by **toxicavenger** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:45 am

jswing wrote:
toxicavenger wrote:I hope it was as good for you as it was for me...............................
I hope it has retained some water resistance, because I just washed it thoroughly.

what a waste

, maybe my spunk could have been some special diashield coating for that old beast you have on your wrist????

you will never know now.

Steve O. · Post by **Steve O.** » Tue May 12, 2015 1:54 pm

jswing wrote:
Steve O. wrote:Appears to have come with its original XGL-731 strap, which is almost as rare as the watch itself. Well done indeed.
It is the original strap. And it's surprisingly pliant and not brittle. Still, I have a couple of wjean's repro straps coming. I don't plan to baby this watch, I'll be wearing it regularly, but I think I'll put the strap away.

Good idea. I saw somewhere that in addition to the waffle strap, wjean now offers repros of the 731 and "chocolate bar" strap. Cool!

jswing · Post by **jswing** » Tue May 12, 2015 3:01 pm

Steve O. wrote:
jswing wrote:
Steve O. wrote:Appears to have come with its original XGL-731 strap, which is almost as rare as the watch itself. Well done indeed.
It is the original strap. And it's surprisingly pliant and not brittle. Still, I have a couple of wjean's repro straps coming. I don't plan to baby this watch, I'll be wearing it regularly, but I think I'll put the strap away.
Good idea. I saw somewhere that in addition to the waffle strap, wjean now offers repros of the 731 and "chocolate bar" strap. Cool!

I ordered a waffle and 731 for my 6105 before I even bought this. I really like this 731 so I look forward to getting wjeans.

Dedalus · Post by **Dedalus** » Tue May 12, 2015 4:56 pm

jswing wrote:
Dedalus wrote:Wow.
Love to see pics with the box/papers.

Think I'll be returning to this thread for some time to come. Just stunning all round.

Steve O. · Post by **Steve O.** » Tue May 12, 2015 5:06 pm

jswing wrote:
Steve O. wrote:
jswing wrote:
Steve O. wrote:Appears to have come with its original XGL-731 strap, which is almost as rare as the watch itself. Well done indeed.
It is the original strap. And it's surprisingly pliant and not brittle. Still, I have a couple of wjean's repro straps coming. I don't plan to baby this watch, I'll be wearing it regularly, but I think I'll put the strap away.
Good idea. I saw somewhere that in addition to the waffle strap, wjean now offers repros of the 731 and "chocolate bar" strap. Cool!
I ordered a waffle and 731 for my 6105 before I even bought this. I really like this 731 so I look forward to getting wjeans.

Yeah, his repros are pretty good. For a while, at the beginning, the waffles even had the correct Seiko markings, and were identical to the originals.

mechnut · Post by **mechnut** » Tue May 12, 2015 5:09 pm

Damn, Jeff. You don't pussy-foot around. Congrats

jswing · Post by **jswing** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:47 pm

Roger, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But one thing I'm really enjoying about Seiko is that it's feasible to acquire a "grail". Back in my Panerai days, getting a vintage, or even a pre-v wasn't even a consideration.

Post by **toxicavenger** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:17 pm

Dedalus wrote:
jswing wrote:
Dedalus wrote:Wow.
Love to see pics with the box/papers.

Think I'll be returning to this thread for some time to come. Just stunning all round.

so will i

Dedalus · Post by **Dedalus** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:37 pm

toxicavenger wrote:
Dedalus wrote:
jswing wrote:
Dedalus wrote:Wow.
Love to see pics with the box/papers.

Think I'll be returning to this thread for some time, to cum. Just stunning all round.

so will i

In that case,Terry, fixed it for you.

thg · Post by **thg** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:10 am

Congratulations, what an absolute beauty! Definitely save the original strap and wear it with one of the wjean repros

mechnut · Post by **mechnut** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:42 am

jswing wrote:Roger, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But one thing I'm really enjoying about Seiko is that it's feasible to acquire a "grail". Back in my Panerai days, getting a vintage, or even a pre-v wasn't even a consideration.

It's a good thing. I'll definitely pick up a PAM next year, but I'll stick with a pedestrian 372, or the like; definitely not a vintage or LE. Although, 203 prices have "plummeted" 30k over the past several years into the 70k range

jswing · Post by **jswing** » Wed May 13, 2015 4:39 am

mechnut wrote:
jswing wrote:Roger, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But one thing I'm really enjoying about Seiko is that it's feasible to acquire a "grail". Back in my Panerai days, getting a vintage, or even a pre-v wasn't even a consideration.
It's a good thing. I'll definitely pick up a PAM next year, but I'll stick with a pedestrian 372, or the like; definitely not a vintage or LE. Although, 203 prices have "plummeted" 30k over the past several years into the 70k range

Wow, they're only $70K now? Time to re-think things.

The 203 is certainly nice, but even back then I couldn't quite figure out how they were costing basically what an original vintage cost. The 6152 4 liner was my fantasy watch, but of course it was only ever going to be a fantasy.

T.R. · Post by **T.R.** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:11 am

Jeff, the pic of the box and papers... man, that is cool.

Friggin epic score, I will say... yet again.

HapaHapa · Post by **HapaHapa** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:15 pm

T.R. wrote:
Steve O. wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
toxicavenger wrote:I hope it was as good for you as it was for me...............................

Pure jealousy when I first read this thread, now pure passion.
Jealousy? How about stupidity? Sold one of these a few years back for what was then the outrageous sum of $1,800. Oh well, hindsight is...oh fuck it.
Sounds like my kind of deal. And, my exact thoughts when I think back to my lack of foresight! Sold a Speedy pro, mid-90's for $1600 a few years ago. Hell, thought I hit a home run. What a dumb shit I was. Oh well, fuck it!

Takes insane foresight and some luck to keep the future collectors item.

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