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Seiko Elnix Electronic Balance 0703-7020 December 1973
Seiko Elnix Electronic Balance 0703-7020 December 1973
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Here is a lovely Seiko Elnix from 1973 that has taken a lot of work to save this one but with a dial like this it really needed to be saved and put back into service.
The movement has received a full inspection and service and its now running very well with a brand new battery installed. (see video) watch has had a light polish to bring back its shine, a new crystal and new gaskets to the crown and caseback.
It now just needing to find a wrist to call home!
The Elinx is a fantastic movement from an era when quartz was just beginning to take hold. This is a mechanical watch with a battery replacing a mainspring and a small transistorised circuit that sends a pulse to the coil. The coil is sandwiched between the balance wheel which has magnets on it. The pulse makes the coil react to the magnets causing the balance to spin. This makes timekeeping more consistent and the watch will not stop. You get a mechanical smooth tick second hand sweep with the reliability of a battery meaning you can take this watch off for days and not have to worry about setting the time again when you pick it up.
I find this short lived complication ingenious and you can see how watchmaking was being innovative to find reliability and more accurate timekeeping.
If you collect watches then you really need one of these hybrids in your collection!
Being a vintage watch I do not guarantee any real waterproofing so I do not recommend showering or swimming with this type of watch.
Fitted on a brand new leather Omega style 19mm strap.
I have also re-lumed the hands.
Dimensions
Case Diameter 37mm
Thickness 11.40mm
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.