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King Seiko Watch Special 5256-8010 Hi-Beat Vintage 1975
King Seiko Watch Special 5256-8010 Hi-Beat Vintage 1975
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SPECIFICATION
Reference : King Seiko 5256-8010
Movement : 5256
Age : April 1975
Case Size : 36mm
Case Thickness : 10mm
Lug to Lug : 41mm
Lugs : 18mm
Condition : Used Seiko watch
Box & Papers : No
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
POINTS TO MENTION
- In great pre-owned condition, with light wear from use
- Case and bezel have some light scratches and marks
- Original Seiko metal quickset
- English and Kanji day wheel
- KS signed crown
- Fully serviced Hi-Beat movement
- Paired with an unworn grey suede strap
A BIT OF TRIVIA
Here we have a 1975 King Seiko Special Hi-Beat 5256-8010. The King Seiko was produced between 1961 and 1975, it sat just below the Grand Seiko. Initially, they were built in Seiko’s Daini Seikosha factory but by 1969 they were made in both factories. This 52 series of movement was the successor to the hand-wound 45 caliber and was pitted against the Seiko Suwa's 56 series of chronometers.
These were the first automatic Hi-Beat KS by Daini Seikosha. At a frequency of 28,800 bph, it was less than the 36,000 bph true Hi-Beat, but was regardless, significantly higher than what was the norm of that era.
The 52 caliber held its own in terms of accuracy and precision. The models with the ‘Special’ label were said to be at a standard near or even equal to the GS ‘AA’ standard.
THE WATCH
This KS has a 36mm stainless steel case, which flows over your wrist with a lug to lug length of 41mm and a case thickness of 10mm ensuring a comfortable fit on the wrist. On the right side is a signed KS crown. The polished smooth bezel holds a raised crystal above a white dial. Applied baton indexes have chamfered edges that catch the light as you rotate your wrist. At 3 o’clock a framed day-date window. Elegant steel hands complemented by a sweeping tapered second hand. At 12 o’clock we have Seiko and Automatic. At 6 o’clock we have an applied KS printed underneath Special. On the reverse, the watch details are engraved into it. Inside an Automatic King Seiko Cal. 5256, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour.
OUR THOUGHTS
The 5256-8010 appears to have been produced only in 1975, and is correspondingly rather uncommon, it is as accurate as a KS can be and adheres so strongly to the Taro Tanaka's grammar of design. Fully serviced and ready to be cherished, You might say its the perfect KS.
SKU:KSS5400WO




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