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Seiko watch Presmatic 5146-7090 Hi-Beat Vintage 1970
Seiko watch Presmatic 5146-7090 Hi-Beat Vintage 1970
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SPECIFICATION
Reference : Presmatic 5146-7090
Movement : 5146 27 Jewels
Age : April 1970
Case Size : 36mm
Case Thickness : 10mm
Lug to Lug : 40mm
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
- Linen dial has a tiny chip to the bottom edge
- Mark on hour hand
- Fully serviced Hi-beat movement
- Paired with an unworn blue leather strap
A BIT OF TRIVIA
The Seikomatic range was introduced at the beginning of the 60’s. It was the upper range of the production of automatic watches by Seiko at that time. As their name means it, all Seikomatic were fitted with automatic movements.
The first models were time-only watches, based on the Seikosha 603 calibre and date only watches (Seikomatic Self Dater and Slimdate), based on the Seikosha 394, 395 and 840. The famous “Weekdater”, with day and date display was introduced in 1963 with the Seikosha 400 calibre. These first couple of years, the name Seikomatic was treated like a brand. The Seiko logo wasn’t present on the dials.
In 1965 he range split in to sub ranges : Seikomatic (62xx movements), Seikomatic-R (83xx movements), Seikomatic-P (51xx movements) and the name Weekdater disappeared.
In 1967, the Seikomatic name is abandoned and replaced by Business for the 6206 movement and Business-A for the 8305/8306 movement. In 1968, the Seikomatic-P became the Presmatic (calibres 5106 and 5146) and is sold at least until 1970. P and Presmatic refers to the date quickset which is triggered by pressing the centre of the crown. The Presmatic range remains quite rare.
Beating away at 28800bph the calibre 5146 is the most advance and last calibre to be produced under the 5100 family. Calibres produced under the 51 family are known for the quirky quickset date function where the date is quickset by pressing the the centre of the crown. This 5146-7090 features a beautiful linen dial cased within a unique c-shaped case.
In 1968, the Lordmatic (LM) range replaces the Seikomatic/Business range, with the freshly developed 56xx movement, which will equip all mid and high range Seikos (Lord Matic, King Seiko, Grand Seiko). The Seikomatic-P/Presmatic were replaced by the Seiko LM Special 5206/5216 range.
OUR THOUGHTS
Some vintage Seiko's are well know to everyone and some go completely under the radar, this Presmatic like most of the watches mentioned above are top quality vintage time pieces that can get over looked. Personally I'm quite the fan of all things Seikomatic, this 5146 is a hi-beat 28.800 automatic watch, but can be manually wound from the crown and with the fun quickset makes a fantastic edition from to any collection.
SKU:SPM041WO



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