FULLY RESTORED & OVERHAULED
EXCELLENT CONDITION
RARE
1939-1945
SEIKOSHA
SEIKO
CHRONOMETER
MILITARY
WRIST WATCH
WITH
SUPER RARE
AWESOME ORIGINAL
ADJUSTABLE JAPANESE
MILITARY LEATHER STRAP
29 X 34
W/O CROWN
Kintaro Hattori
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881 — Kintaro Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop “K. Hattori” (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.
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1892 — Seikosha is established in Tokyo as the clock manufacturing arm of K. Hattori.
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1917 — K. Hattori becomes a company (K. Hattori & Co., Ltd.).
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1937 — The watch production division of Seikosha is split off as Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. ( “Daini” = “The Second” Seikosha).
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1942 — Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. is founded in Suwa, Nagano by Hisao Yamazaki.
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1943 — Daini Seikosha establishes a factory in Suwa for manufacturing watches with Daiwa Kogyo.
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FROM 1874 TO 1917, JAPAN HAD SHED HER ANCIENT OUT-DATED WAYS AND MOVED WITH UNEXPECTED FORCE INTO THE MODERN WORLD. JAPAN HAD BECOME A BUILDER OF HER OWN ARMAMENTS, SHIPS, PLANES AND HAD EVEN IMPROVED UPON THE ADVANCEMENTS OF THE MODERNIZED WORLD. IN FACT, AFTER THE 1904-05 ANNIHILATION OF TWO VAUNTED AND POWERFUL RUSSIAN FLEETS, AS WELL AS THE DEFEAT OF RUSSIA’ ARMY, SHE HAD BECOME A WELCOME TREATY PARTNER OF THE USA, BRITAIN AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.
BY 1917, DAINI SEIKOSHA WAS SEEKING WESTERN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE MODERN WATCHES. THEY INVITED SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCH COMPANIES TO JAPAN. THEY DID WHAT THE JAPANESE DO BEST. UNDER THE BANNER OF POSSIBLE EXPORTS, THESE COMPANIES WOULD, IN FACT, TEACH THE JAPANESE WOW TO MAKE WATCHES THAT, BY THE 1950’S, WOULD COMPETE TOE TO TOE, WITH THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WATCH COMMUNITY.
1917
IN 1917, JAPAN HAD AGREEMENTS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED COMPANIES IN SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. THE ABOVE ADD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS OFFER AND ITS HISTORY.
MANY SEIKOSHA MILITARY WATCHES CONTAINED WALTHAM MOVEMENTS! IN ADDITION, SWISS TECHNOLOGY AND FINISHING TECHNIQUES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LIMITED ANTIQUE VINTAGE JAPANESE TIME PIECES AVAILABLE TODAY, SUCH AS THIS SEIKOSHA SEIKO TIME PIECE WITH SEIKOSHA MOVEMENT THAT HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SWISS OR AMERICAN TIME PIECE OF THE DAY.
THE SEIKOSHA WATCH >
SEIKO > NATION + DELIKATA + OTHERS….
AFTER THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR [1905], WITH JAPAN’S STUNNING VICTORY, JAPAN WAS ON THE MOVE. HER EMPIRE ON THE BUILD -MOTIVATED BY A GROWING RIGHT WING IMPERIAL MILITARY WING – JAPAN, WITH FULL SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, RECEIVED THE RIGHT TO “COLONIZE” KOREA.
IN REALITY, THE US-BRITISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS SIMPLY HANDED OVER KOREA [1910] –WHICH HAD BEEN A RUSSIAN SEMI-COLONY–AS A “REWARD” OR THE LATE “SPOILS RESULTING FROM THE WAR.
IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT JAPAN SOUGHT WESTERN TECHNOLOGY IN A BID TO FURTHER WHAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FROM A BACKWARDS TECHNOLOGY NATION OF 1875, TO A NATION THAT DESTROYED TWO RUSSIAN FLEETS IN 1905.
THE ONE AND ONLY POWERFUL SEIKOSHA COMPANY TRAVELED THE GLOBE ABSORBING ALL THE INNOVATIONS IN TIME KEEPING AND SOON BECAME THE MAIN WATCH AND CLOCK DRIVING AND PRODUCING FORCE IN JAPAN.
WITH MILITARY ACTIONS IN KOREA, CHINA, MANCHURIA AND OTHER PLACES, SEIKOSHA PRODUCED A HOST OF WATCHES WITH NAMES SUCH AS “NATION” [ SIGNIFYING THE JAPANESE NATION] SEIKO [AS A MODEL LINE AND NOT NOT A BRAND YET], DELIKATA AND OTHERS. THESE WATCHES WOULD BE WORN AND CHERISHED JAPANESE SOLDIERS.
ABOVE ARE A FEW ROCK RESTORED
OTHERS CAN BE SEEN GOOGLE GOLDSMITHWORKS SEIKOSHA
ROCK KEPT THIS BEAUTY AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL CONDITION AS POSSIBLE, THE SUPER RARITY IS TRIPLE FOLD.
1- “BLACK” RADIUM DIAL.
2- SEIKOSHA SIGNED CHRONOMETER MOVEMENT WITH AWESOME THREE FINGERS BRIDGE
3- SCREW BACK CASE SIGNED WITH SEIKO NO 10076 , WATER PROTECTED – ANTI MAGNETIC
BLACK DIAL
GOLD OUTS AND PARTICULARS
GOLD HANDS WITH **RADIUM INSERT
**ALL RADIUM PROFESSIONALLY
REMOVED & REPLACED
WITH AF LUMINOVA
AS YOU CAN SEE
THE WATCH IS ILLUMINATED
AS IT WAS IN 1939
THIS LEATHER STRAP FITS 7 1/2
THERE WAS A NEAR IDENTICAL STRAP
WITH NAVY BADGE BUT IT WAS FAR GONE
ROCK UTILIZED THIS ONE WHICH HAD A COMPASS
THEN TRANSFERRED THE BADGE
ROCK THOUGHT ABOUT REPLATING CROWN
BUT IT LOOKS SO FANTASTIC AS IT IS
BUT ONLY IN THE CLOSE UP DOES IT SEEM THAT WAY
CASE HAS SOME CHROME MARKS
AGAIN IT IS CLOSE UPS
IT LOOKS PERFECT
WE DO NOT WANT THIS BEAUTY TO LOOK NEW!
ROCK TRANSFERRED THE STEEL & BRASS NAVY BADGE
THIS PARTICULAR BADGE IS TOP GRADE STEEL.
THE DIAL AND HANDS ARE SIMPLY STUNNING
SCREW DOWN CASE BACK IS SUPER RARE
TH FAR RIGHT IS THE KANJI ON THE BACK OF BADGE
A CLOSE UP SHOWS THE STUNNING DETAILS
CONDITION OF STRAP IS EXCELLENT
I ALWAYS SAY TREAT IT WELL AND WITH CARE
NOTE THE JAPANESE STANDARD IN STITCHING
THE TRIANGLE
NO BREAKS SPLITS TARES OR CRACKS
THE HANDS ALWAYS GLOW BRIGHTER
THE BLUE-GREEN COLOR IS SIMILAR TO RADIUM
MARKINGS ARE FROM HANDLING
THIS DIAL IS AWESOME
ABOVE MOUNTED A ND CLEANED ONLY
DUST FROM DIAL PAPER REMAINS
MOVEMENT SIGNED SEIKOSHA
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CONDITION
– EXCELLENT-
WATCH WINDS SETS & KEEPS TIME
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