A watch made in 1983 will have a serial number that starts with 3. So a watch made in 1971, will have a serial number that starts with 1.
The first digit of the serial number is the year of the decade in which the watch was built. On the back of every Seiko watch is a serial number that can be used to date the year of production of the watch. There is one brand, however, that makes identifying birth year vintage watches simple. Dating Vintage Seikosĭating vintage watches is often complicated and sometimes requires significant deductive powers combined with a deep knowledge of the brand. The search for birth year watches provides another reason – as if any was necessary – to search for more cool vintage watches. Imagine the gravitas such a watch would have as a jewel in one’s collection. How much easier would it be to justify the cost of a birth-year watch. “Imagine if I could just find that Rolex Sub, you know? With that dial that I really dig but that was also made in the year or even the month of my birth. Tales of $25 Rolex watches bought at the local thrift shop or found at the bottom of a battered box of worthless non-runners at an estate sale reverberate through our mind, urging just one more search, one more click’ deep into the early hours of the morning. The thrill of opening the next box or clicking the next link to see if it might be hiding something different. We love a chase don’t we? Watch enthusiasts I mean. Collector GuideBirth-Year Seiko Watches: 1960-1969
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