Vintage Seiko 5Y23-8040 A1 Day & Date Quartz Watch
You are looking at a vintage Seiko 5Y23-8040 A1 quartz watch, with a day & date function.
The watch pairs a silver-tone stainless steel bracelet with a 35-mm silver-tone case. We will also send an extra black leather strap, for those who prefer to change it from time to time, opting for a more classic style.
This RARE vintage Seiko wristwatch comes with its original Japan quartz movement, and it's now ready for a second chance! The watch has been preserved in very good condition, and it keeps time with high precision. A perfect choice for Seiko lovers.
Product details:
Case width: 35 mm.
Wrist size: adjustable.
Condition: Very Good.
Water-resistant.
Stainless steel back.
Base metal bezel.
Day & date window.
Model: 5Y23-8040 A1.
Movement: Japan Quartz 5Y23-804W R.
Serial number: 831793.
The watch is in working condition.
Our vintage watches are extensively verified by local watchmakers that we work with. Any repairs needed are done by professionals, so rest assured, all the watches are in perfect working condition. They are additionally checked for another 24 hours, once the order is placed, before shipping.
Because this is a vintage watch, we cannot guarantee that it is still water-resistant. We do not recommend testing the water resistance of the watch.
Seiko History
The Seiko brand has its roots in Tokyo and its history started back to 1881. Although in the beginning, the founder had a small business in watch repairing, after eleven years he established the " Seikosha" factory. In Japanese, "Seiko" means "exquisite", "success", " minute" and "Sha" means house. After more than 130 years of innovations and hundreds of watch models ( from pocket watches to chronographs, divers, LCD's and voice recording watches), Seiko is still dedicated to achieving grand perfection.
The first watches produced under the Seiko brand appeared in 1924. In 1969, Seiko introduced the Astron, the world's first production quartz watch; when it was introduced, it cost the same as a medium-sized car. Seiko later went on to introduce the first quartz chronograph.
In the late 1980s, Seiko produced the first automatic quartz that combined the self-energizing attributes of an automatic watch with quartz accuracy. The watch is entirely powered by its movement in everyday wear. In 1991, to increase popularity, these watches were relaunched under the name Seiko Kinetic.
Quartz Watches
The world's first quartz clock was built in 1927 by Warren Marrison and J. W. Horton at Bell Telephone Laboratories. The world's first quartz watch, however, was unveiled by Seiko as the Astron in December 1969. Since the 1980s, when the advent of solid-state digital electronics allowed them to be made compact and inexpensive, quartz timekeepers have become the world's most widely used timekeeping technology, used in most clocks and watches as well as computers and other appliances that keep time.
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Our vintage watches are extensively verified by local watchmakers that we work with. Any repairs needed are done by professionals, so rest assured, all the watches are in perfect working condition. They are additionally checked for another 24 hours, once the order is placed, before shipping.
The pieces we sell are vintage, so they may present marks of the passage of time. Make sure you have a close look at the photos of each product. We try to capture them as accurately as possible. Colors may differ slightly.
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