Seiko Marvel

[Trophy Husband]

Does anybody know much about these watches? I've got a slight touch on looking at this and wondered about cost v value at £500!



Cheers

[eccles]

Trophy Husband said:

Does anybody know much about these watches? I've got a slight touch on looking at this and wondered about cost v value at £500!



Cheers

I think the Marvels were late 50's early 60's.
At first glance that one looks to have been redialed in a lurid colour, probably in Korea or India.

Nicked from the Seiko and Citizen watch forum

"- MarvelSub-brand) - The Marvel was a Suwa watch introduced on June 10, 1956, a day that coincidentally was also "Time Memorial Day", a one day celebration of time all over Japan. The Marvel was the first modern caliber produced by Seiko and a large leap forward both for technical achievement and manufacturing efficiency. This sub-brand was Seiko's top watch line of manual-wind watches during the late 1950’s. They were made in 17j, 19j and 21j hand-wind versions and remained in production until 1959. The Marvel was priced from ¥4,500 and upwards which made it affordable to most Japanese."

[Trophy Husband]

Thanks for the response matey. I just loved the colour but only if contemporary if that makes sense? However, if it is a post effect I'm less attracted to it. I'm looking for original.