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Seiko Elnix Hybrid Electronic Balance Watch 0702-7070 December 1974
Seiko Elnix Hybrid Electronic Balance Watch 0702-7070 December 1974
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The Seiko Elnix is an interesting genre of watch and interesting technology for its day. This is a fundamentally a mechanical movement all be it powered by a battery instead of a mainspring. The watch gets its regulation from a conventional balance wheel so there is no quartz in sight just a small circuit board to power the coil which is sandwiched between the two wheels that make up the balance wheel that have magnets on them polar opposite to the coil. The interesting thing is the whole thing runs backwards in that the balance powers the pallet fork to the escape wheel to drive the train of wheels.
The cool thing is you get a mechanical ticking noise from the watch and like an automatic you get a nice smooth tick. The advantage at the time was due to it having a battery you can take it off for a week and come back and it’s still telling the time!
I have stripped this one down and inspected it all before cleaning and servicing the movement. It’s now fully regulated and keeping superb time, take a look at the video on the timegrapher.
Watch has had a new glass and gaskets to the glass, case back and crown. I will not recommend that you bathe or swim with a vintage watch, especially one like this.
Want to see an Elnix watch movement being serviced? see my video here: https://youtu.be/Riq8s-Kmk1o
Dimensions
Case Diameter 37mm
Thickness 12mm
Lug Width 19mm
Lug to Lug 43mm
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from 34 reviewsAnother great watch fromTime-Tees all working perfectly and looks great.
Many thanks.
Even more beautiful in person, thanks Mike
This is number4 watch that I have purchased from Time tees and they are all brilliant , well serviced and exactly described in the video descriptions .
Am really pleased with my purchase, the watch is lovely and is nicer than I was expecting it to be.
I’ll certainly be buying again in the future
This is my first Technos and I must say I am impressed, There is so much light play going on in a refined way, the dial has "Geneva stripes", the Sapphire glass is facetted, so I just sit in the sun, admiring what happens, when I move my hand. I often ask myself afterwards, "What was the time?" and I have to look again. Due to the case is Tungsten/Wolfram, there is not a scratch on it, it looks like new, arriving with a time machine from the 70ts.
The price was a bargain, and as it was stated in the description, it is due to the small beautiful bracelet, that only my wife can wear, but she won't. ;-)
So I have put it on a leather strap, and it looks perfect, for office and party.
I am a very happy customer
The watch is absolutely gorgeous and gently humming away and another stunning tribute to Mikes skill. It's on the green rally strap which complements it perfectly. However, my wife has taken a shine to it and now wears it when it goes with her blouse, handbags, shoes etc.
Oh well its a good excuse buy another watch!
I love the 70's and I love this watch, case shape and dressy white dial. Delivered with a nice Croc. embossed leather strap and protective film on the spotless dial glass. I am very happy that this is now my watch, it's clearly a keeper.
I love my new Seiko, judging from your Web pictures and the description I knew something special was to be sent to me and oh my what a dial!, it looks like nothing I have seen before, like brown or golden colors on a bark structure, it plays with the light give all these colors.
Bracelet is beautiful smooth with its small links. The whole watch is simply a winner and I am so happy to be the owner :-)
Tshirt is top quality. Will return for another soon.
Wonder watch
Great review
Order and shipping was perfect
Another great and historical time piece from the seventies, looks great on once again thank you Time - Tees.
It's my second watch from Time-tee's and again it's a wonderful piece, thanks Mike.
It is a stunning watch and looks great on the wrist,many thanks to time -Tees.