This is a popular variant of Seiko 5 Sports. It is their Speed Timer line, which are chronographs. I have many chronographs including my favorite Seiko, Baume and Omega chronos but these vintage chronographs are hard to resist.
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| The watch has day and date features. The day feature is in English or Kanji. |
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| Side view showing the crown and timer buttons. The quick sets work well with the date set with the first pull of the crown and the day setting changed when the crown is pushed towards the case after returning it to the initial position. The timer hand resets to zero. |
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| The other side view |
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| The case back shows the model and the serial number. The serial number indicates this watch to have been manufactured in October 1972 - by birth year. |
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Close-up of the dial showing the correct dial/model number at the bottom. Note that for many Seiko watches, the dial number may be different from the model number (the one usually at the case back) due to the many variants that came out with certain mode watches (e.g., international releases may have different dial numbers with their JDM counterparts though they may have the same model number inidcated on the case back).
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This watch is powered by a Cal. 7015 movement that runs at 21,600 A/h with a potential reserve of 43 hours when used regularly. The watch came with the original bracelet and was just right for my wrist. As with my other watches that have a kanji day feature, I use that to indicate the days of the week. The photo above shows the Japanese kanji for Tuesday - Kayobi.
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