Many Seiko watches from the 1960’s through the mid-1980’s have rightly gone down as design classics, building a considerable following amongst watch collectors.
Many of these vintage Seiko watches are popular with Seiko enthusiasts - but many are relatively unknown, like the svelte 1984 Seiko 7321-0220 womens watch here, with an original Seiko 7321 instructions manual – representing "diamonds in the rough" for its ability to stand out among routine and boring fashion watches.
Some truly gorgeous watches from the same era produced by the same company have quietly slipped under the radar for the simple reason they were designed for the typically slighter wrist, ie: women. The design of the 732 quartz sport diver - classic and simple - is one of these, and it borrows heavily from the instantly recognizable earlier Seiko automatic and quartz divers.
And it’s a shame, because many of these smaller watches feature exquisite details – Seiko found an original, great looking formula for its watches, and stuck with it. The quartz movements Seiko designed for watches like these are tough and reliable – and stylish!
This vintage Seiko comes on a rubber dive strap, and with nylon strap, rugged travel case, and springbar tool.
Matte-Black 1984 Seiko 7321-0220 Womens Sport Diver Watch
DIAL: Crisp dark black Seiko-signed dial, with atypical five-minute indicators in lieu of the usual hour indices, rendering a quite sparse dial with no day and date function.
CASE: Matte-black stainless-steel case measures 25.5mm x 31mm, with matching caseback.
CRYSTAL: Hardlex crystal, no scratches or cracks.
BAND: This Seiko 7321 comes on a Japanese Bambi rubber dive strap; it also comes with a black nylon strap.
MOVEMENT: Seiko 7321 calibre quartz movement, manufactured in October 1984; hacks as designed.
CROWN: Unsigned matte-black stainless-steel crown, atypically located at the two o'clock position.
Of note, this matte-black Seiko sport diver comes with an original Seiko 7321 instructions manual, in both English and Kanji Japanese languages.