Poor man's watch thread

[DorianGreen]

35mm of faithfully restored vintage goodness from the early '40s.

Very nice outfit, from what I can see.

 

[RogerP]

Very nice outfit, from what I can see.

Cheers. Office attire has taken a decidedly casual turn post-Covid

 

[Michigan Planner]

35mm of faithfully restored vintage goodness from the early '40s.

Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[Genericuser1]

Red and blue striped shirt called for a Pepsi dial.

 

[Michigan Planner]

Not my image but after years of search for one at a fair price and in nice shape, I may have finally found a Seiko "Brightz" chronograph, complete with the original strap (not really all that great of a strap) and boxes and booklets.

From what I can tell, Seiko never made any of the watches in the Brightz line in any significant quantities and they were not largely available outside of Japan.

I also really like the non-chrono version but that one seems to be even more difficult to find.

It's hard to find much written on the Brightz line (probably because they were JDM-only) but it seems like it was sort of a short-lived hodgepodge of a sub-brand; nicer finishes and materials than mainline Seiko with a mixture of HAQ, solar, kinetic, radio-controlled, and automatic movements. It looks like the line sort of fell apart and some of the styles morphed into the "Presage" line while others morphed into the "Ananta" line of watches.

 

[RogerP]

Not my image but after years of search for one at a fair price and in nice shape, I may have finally found a Seiko "Brightz" chronograph, complete with the original strap (not really all that great of a strap) and boxes and booklets.

From what I can tell, Seiko never made any of the watches in the Brightz line in any significant quantities and they were not largely available outside of Japan.

I also really like the non-chrono version but that one seems to be even more difficult to find.

It's hard to find much written on the Brightz line (probably because they were JDM-only) but it seems like it was sort of a short-lived hodgepodge of a sub-brand; nicer finishes and materials than mainline Seiko with a mixture of HAQ, solar, kinetic, radio-controlled, and automatic movements. It looks like the line sort of fell apart and some of the styles morphed into the "Presage" line while others morphed into the "Ananta" line of watches.

Really nice find - and that whole lineup is pretty rare these days. I did until recently own the ultimate Brightz unicorn - the blue enamel version in a numbered series of just 200 pieces. The guy who bought it has managed to assemble a pretty extraordinary collection of the full lineup.

 

[Michigan Planner]

Really nice find - and that whole lineup is pretty rare these days. I did until recently own the ultimate Brightz unicorn - the blue enamel version in a numbered series of just 200 pieces. The guy who bought it has managed to assemble a pretty extraordinary collection of the full lineup.

That one (the SAGN015 I believe?) and the black enameled SAGN005 are others hat have been high on my list for a long time too.

I've always loved the enameled dial Seikos but vastly prefer the ones like these from the Brightz line with the Arabic numerals instead of the ones Seiko currently offers that have the Roman numerals. Something about the font and size of Roman numeral ones just seems oddly proportioned to me.

 

[RogerP]

That one (the SAGN015 I believe?) and the black enameled SAGN005 are others hat have been high on my list for a long time too.

I've always loved the enameled dial Seikos but vastly prefer the ones like these from the Brightz line with the Arabic numerals instead of the ones Seiko currently offers that have the Roman numerals. Something about the font and size of Roman numeral ones just seems oddly proportioned to me.

Correct - SAGN015.

 

[NakedYoga]

Really nice find - and that whole lineup is pretty rare these days. I did until recently own the ultimate Brightz unicorn - the blue enamel version in a numbered series of just 200 pieces. The guy who bought it has managed to assemble a pretty extraordinary collection of the full lineup.

That's a very cool looking piece, and definitely not what one (or at least I) would expect from Seiko. What is the case diameter?

 

[RogerP]

I don't recall the case size, to be honest. But it's not a large watch - I's guess a round case equivalent of 38-39mm.

 

[DorianGreen]

Not my image but after years of search for one at a fair price and in nice shape, I may have finally found a Seiko "Brightz" chronograph, complete with the original strap (not really all that great of a strap) and boxes and booklets.

From what I can tell, Seiko never made any of the watches in the Brightz line in any significant quantities and they were not largely available outside of Japan.

I also really like the non-chrono version but that one seems to be even more difficult to find.

It's hard to find much written on the Brightz line (probably because they were JDM-only) but it seems like it was sort of a short-lived hodgepodge of a sub-brand; nicer finishes and materials than mainline Seiko with a mixture of HAQ, solar, kinetic, radio-controlled, and automatic movements. It looks like the line sort of fell apart and some of the styles morphed into the "Presage" line while others morphed into the "Ananta" line of watches.

I love the case shape. Never heard of that line before.

 

[Jazzmenco]

 

[Father Style]

FatherStyle.com

 

[Genericuser1]

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Not a gold and black man myself but that Stingray band is perfect for it.

 

[Jazzmenco]

More rain, good lighting for photographs. The hills are saturated.