So true! This is an incredibly high quality movement as well, something you won't find outside of the Grand Seiko line up now. I should actually pick a few more of these older Grand and King Seikos while they are still available at these prices!

@@JustWatches1 great video! I was wondering what's the difference between 45-7000 and 45-7001? What is a good price for one of these in good condition and serviced. Thanks!

⁠​⁠@@paulpeter2869I might never figured it out neither I just bought the 45-7000 with date (it instantly changes at misnight) for ~450 dollars serviced.

Yes, these are very underrated in my opinion. Also, the do not build movements like this anymore, unless you are getting a luxury watch. Congrats on the pick up!

Thank you. Yes, I am just starting to explore vintage watches and love some of the old styles.

Wonderful! I am trying to hunt down an exhibition caseback mod because I love the way the movement looks!

Yay! Thanks Kaz, haha! I'm glad I didn't let you down - thank you for watching :)

Ditto.

Amazing, glad you got it running. These watches are amazing.

It's unreal how cheap these can be had for. Vintage Omega and Rolex from the same period goes for way, way more. The movements in these vintages King Seikos are built like tanks.

Yay, thank you Kaz and thanks for visiting :)

Oh that is a good idea to protect it, maybe I will do the same!

On nice! The Weekdater looks awesome, I love the full name for the day of the week. Enjoy it!

Fantastic. You can still pick these up for incredible prices when compared to say Omegas from the same time period.

@@JustWatches1 And I have just ordered a sapphire caseback for one of them. 😊

Excellent deal, especially if it was serviced - these are fantastic watches!.

Thanks! Yeah it is weird, but you can definitely tell.

Absolutely don’t sell it. I have a feeling these will be very difficult to get in the future!

Thank you :)

Oh fascinating, I did not know that!

@@JustWatches1 the Swiss forbade them to put it on the dial. Anyways after that seiko established their own metrics of grand seiko certified that even more stringent than the swiss one and id still in use till today. Btw try to find a clear case back for it. 1. The movement is too beautiful not to look at. 2. You save the gold medallion from corrosion.

@@faisalengler2133 Will do. I finally tracked down a new mainspring, going to replace that and if everything goes well will get the clear caseback next!

Thank you :) It was a pleasure to work on this movement. A very special experience.

interesting, I would never have thought of trying that. Do you have a recommendation on where to get one?

@@JustWatches1 not sure if my reply got deleted or didn’t send but here’s attempt 2: The best you can probably get is the BoR bracelet from Forstner. Highest quality and beautiful execution. Personally though, I’m getting the BoR bracelet from ThoseWatchGuys as it is cheaper with seemingly sufficiently good quality. Plus, they got a picture of a 4502-7001 in their BoR listing of their online shop. So you can already see how perfect it works on a BoR bracelet. I’ve been wanting a BoR bracelet for the longest time already and keep dreaming of rocking this combination myself, but I am forcing myself to wait until Black Friday to get a little discount on it (due to budgeting limits) Very hyped though! You should totally get one and make a video about it. More people need to know how perfect this works together.

Oh interesting, I didn't know that about the movement number, thanks!

@@JustWatches1 lovely piece by the way! Happy to see another KS/GS fan 😃

Thank you and welcome aboard :)

Awesome, thanks for subscribing and watch this video! I will check out your channel :)

I didn’t realize this is the chronometer version. Thank you for the insight. Yes I love this era of Seiko. Would love to know more about them!! Please share

@@JustWatches1 This is some research I’ve done. Unfortunately it was all in Japanese so took me a while to decipher it all. But here’s some interesting information for you. The 45 movement was the first “Official chronometer” (as in Swiss chronometer officials coming to Japan and approving the Japanese officials for world recognition and official permission to use the word “chronometer”); the KS 45 is the first watch with this official certification for domestic “japan” retail sale from Seiko Any other Seikos sporting the words “chronometer” on their dial before the KS45 were manufactured to chronometer specifications but not officially recognised. Later the Swiss drew a court ordered injunction to suspend Seiko from using this word from there watch dials. The 45 movement was the only highbeat movement from Daini factory The 45 movement was the last hand assembled king seiko movement The 45 movement architecture was adopted and highly regulated for use in the Grand Seiko 4580 for their high grade VFA movement.

Fascinating thanks for all the extra information I didn’t know any of this! 🤯

Lord Marvel is an amazing watch!

Oh fascinating, I am going to have to take a closer look with my scope. I love the effect and wish they would use it on some of their modern watches. As far as service, I am brand new to the servicing side of the hobby and definitely not comfortable to do so yet, maybe ask me in 5 years lol! I am pretty sure Vintage Time Australia will service any King Seiko, I watched his tear down videos on KZfaq to learn how to do much of the service.

Oh, thank you for the clarification :)

Interesting, I'm sorry I don't know.

It is a random Timex strap I took off another watch. I checked their website and I don't see the exact one anymore but it's a 2 piece fabric strap if that helps.

Funny story, this is a Timex quick release strap I took off another watch.

That's a great question. Opinions about servicing widely vary. For this one, unless it displays signs that something is wrong (starts losing time, etc.) I probably wouldn't service it against for 5-6 years because I used all modern synthetic oils/greases.

Yes! This is the era of movements that closed the gap with the Swiss.