King Seiko 56 Gold Plated

The King Seiko 56 or KS56 refers to the watches that house the Cal.5621, 5625 and 5626 movements. These watches were produced for 14 year period, spanning from 1968 to 1982. They are the performance automatics of the base Cal.5601 and Cal.5606 Lord Matics. The Kings run at a higher beat rate requiring a beefier mainspring and pallet fork jewels. For better accuracy, they are fitted with jeweled barrel holes. The KS56 movement also have a decorated bridge plate. The automatic rotor also has gold filled lettering. Furthermore the King line has been retired from the late 70 and has only been revived recently, giving the line a nostalgia that is frozen in time. This particular example is the 7111 SGP(Solid Gold Plated) case which has a screwdown caseback and without a gold medallion. The case is quite compact and the lugs have a sharper profile compared to the venerable 7000 monocoque case. It is also taller. The gold plating is almost perfect, which is very rare for a watch of its age. This is also a date only model which give the watch a very minimal look. The Dial is near perfect as are the hands. The Date Jumper Star has been replaced with a metal one an works flawlessly. The strap is genuine leather and has a gold plated buckle.

This is an excellent every day watch with vintage charm. Its design is versatile enough to be paired with dressy or casual wear. The gold plating does elevate it a bit and may clash with overly formal attire. This would also be a good choice for someone looking for a compact King Seiko that is a bit more formal. As for sizing, the case is a bit tall compared to its profile but the compactness of the Cal.56 makes for an overall compact wear.

• 30mm VTA 300V Style Replica Crystal : 1:1 to the Original OEM Crystal

• This Example has a new metal Date Star Jumper

• “Genuine Leather” strap

• 36.5mm Case Width

• 41.5mm Lug to Lug

• 18mm Lug Width

• 11mm Height

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• 28,800 Beats Per Hour

• 25 Jewels

• Automatic with Hand Winding

• Quickset Date

• Hacking Seconds

• English and Kanji

• 30mm VTA 300V replica mineral crystal

• Solid Gold Plated Case(SGP)

• 3 O'Clock Crown

• Push/Pull

• Suwa-Seikosha

Timekeeping

Average Deviation:

(+) 1.0 s/d 0.1 ms 245 deg