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·So everyone loves a story right?
My fiance and I are currently traveling around new Zealand after me being away for a couple of years and it's time for her to meet my parents and see the country I grew up in. We've brought an old Toyota station wagon and are camping our way around.
Have been visiting some old friends up in the North at paihia. We took a day trip out around the area visiting some hot springs near kaikohe and then went out to opononi on the west coast, an absolutely beautiful place!
On the way out I saw a knick knacks shop; 2nd hand clothes, household goods and they had a sign out for oranges. local oranges up here are famously good so thought on the way back will stop and get some.
Pulled in on the way back, grabbed a bag of oranges and an avocado on the way in and start having a look around for the usual, cool books, interesting watches just to see what's here. Grab a handmade soap from next to the counter and looking inside a cabinet filled with a mixture of jewellery, old cameras and small ceramics is the Seiko below.
I don't want to say unworn, but this thing is freakishly clean! Blue "ink" still on the back, also the sticker over that "movement parts Japan: assembled in Hong Kong"
Minute Hand show some slight darkening towards the center, hour and second hand show some slight marks on the stainless/chrome edges. Bezel clicks like nothing I've used before, such solid and chunky minute clicks.
Has possibly been sitting for awhile as runner bracelet is quite shaped in it's position.
Case is freaking flawless!
Haven't timed it as not wearing/winding but is running with day/date changing smoothly.
Best part, the lady had it listed at $120 nz dollars (84usd/71eur) paid her asking price without even worrying and she was clearly Happy to have moved it, so win win!
Tl;Dr
Lnib Seiko from rural NZ. Merry Xmas!
Now for the pics!
My fiance and I are currently traveling around new Zealand after me being away for a couple of years and it's time for her to meet my parents and see the country I grew up in. We've brought an old Toyota station wagon and are camping our way around.
Have been visiting some old friends up in the North at paihia. We took a day trip out around the area visiting some hot springs near kaikohe and then went out to opononi on the west coast, an absolutely beautiful place!
On the way out I saw a knick knacks shop; 2nd hand clothes, household goods and they had a sign out for oranges. local oranges up here are famously good so thought on the way back will stop and get some.
Pulled in on the way back, grabbed a bag of oranges and an avocado on the way in and start having a look around for the usual, cool books, interesting watches just to see what's here. Grab a handmade soap from next to the counter and looking inside a cabinet filled with a mixture of jewellery, old cameras and small ceramics is the Seiko below.
I don't want to say unworn, but this thing is freakishly clean! Blue "ink" still on the back, also the sticker over that "movement parts Japan: assembled in Hong Kong"
Minute Hand show some slight darkening towards the center, hour and second hand show some slight marks on the stainless/chrome edges. Bezel clicks like nothing I've used before, such solid and chunky minute clicks.
Has possibly been sitting for awhile as runner bracelet is quite shaped in it's position.
Case is freaking flawless!
Haven't timed it as not wearing/winding but is running with day/date changing smoothly.
Best part, the lady had it listed at $120 nz dollars (84usd/71eur) paid her asking price without even worrying and she was clearly Happy to have moved it, so win win!
Tl;Dr
Lnib Seiko from rural NZ. Merry Xmas!
Now for the pics!
