An interesting fact about Seiko was that it had two watchmaking houses: Suwa and Daini. Here is a vintage beauty from Daini from the 1950s. I still am unable to estimate the year of production for this model but some quick research over the internet dates it to the mid 1950s.
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| Simple watch face with leaf hands and no day or date complications. A friend noted that he liked the S logo of the old Seikos. |
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| Side view showing the crown |
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| The other side's view |
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| Case back showing the Daini logo, the serial number and the U marking you'd find at the backs of this watch model. |
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| This is a photo of the movement from the seller and likely runs at 18,000 bph, which is common for watches this old. I recently timed it to last about 34-35 hours on a full wind. Again not bad for watch that's more than 60 years old. |
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| It's a small watch but feels good on the wrist. |
I have quite few small watches including an old LeCoultre (ca. 1947/8) and the even older Laco (ca. 1937/8) that I have in my collection. These were the typical sizes for the older watches. I'm no expert in watches, just an amateur collector, but I think the movements made for these were a bit more delicate when you think about the sizes of the parts that went into these watches' movements.
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Note: I let go of this watch last year and unfortunately the buyer wasn't a collector but a reseller. Worse was that he tampered with the watch; transforming it to a coffee-colored dial and making it appear as if it had that patina from aging. And then he proceeded to sell it (we saw it on FB marketplace) at twice the price he got it from us. Sayang yung watch.
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