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 gold 1983 Seiko Exceline 7321-0070 womens dress 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 Seiko 7321 here - 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 brown leather strap, and with a nylon strap, rugged travel case, Seiko 7321 instructions manual, and springbar tool.
Gold 1983 Seiko Exceline 7321-0070 Womens Dress Watch
DIAL: Crisp gold Seiko Exceline-signed dial, with applied hour indices every two hours, rendering a quite sparse dial with no day and date function.
CASE: Gold case measures 22.5mm x 27.5mm, with matching caseback; note remnants of original blue Seiko caseback sticker
CRYSTAL: Hardlex crystal, no scratches or cracks.
BAND: This Seiko 7321 comes on a dark brown leather strap, with gold hardware; it also comes with a black nylon strap, also with gold hardware.
MOVEMENT: Seiko 7321 calibre quartz movement, manufactured in July 1983; hacks as designed.
CROWN: Unsigned gold crown, with iconic black cap.
Of note, this Seiko dress watch comes with an original Seiko 7321 instructions manual, in both English and Kanji Japanese languages.
