Seiko Lord Matic Special Charcoal Sunburst

This is an early example of the Cal.5206 from 1971, just one year after its launch. It was one of the most advance movements in seikos catalogue at the time of inception. It was so well engineered that even after it went out of production in 1980, Seiko revived the Cal.52 movement base design in the 4S Family, which was in production from 1992 until 2015. This particular example has a near perfect dial, hands and markers. The case has some wear and has marks but is clean and has been refinished. It is fitted with a flat top, lower dome new old stock crystal. The movement is bright and clean with no visible wear. The rotor has been rebuilt as the previous was sagging. The timekeeping is accurate and the amplitude is healthy. As for time setting, the crown is shallow and almost entirely recessed in the first position. This gives the model 6030 profile a very sleek appearance, however, hand winding in the first position is challenging so it is recommended to wind via the second position date change. Alternatively, simply putting it on and going about the day will let the automatic do its job.

The 52 series movements from Daini are incredibly compact and were typically installed in equally compact cases making them wear quite small. Further, this crystal is 28mm as opposed to the more common 30mm of that era. This is an excellent watch for someone who is looking for smaller vintage proportions, closer to that of the 50s, yet having the robustness and technicality of a more modern automatic watch. The LM Specials are also a great unisex watch.

• New Old Stock Crystal

• Refinished Case; Brushed Top, Polished Sides, Polished Bezel

• 36mm Case Width

• 39.5mm Lug to Lug

• 18mm Lug Width

• 10mm Height

• 28,800 Beats Per Hour

• 25 Jewels

• Automatic with Hand winding

• Quickset Day and Date

• Hacking Seconds

• English and Kanji

• 28.5mm Seiko New Old Stock Mineral Crystal

• 3 O'Clock Crown

• Push/Pull

• Daini-Seikosha

Average Deviation:

(+) 2.2 s/d 0.1 ms 236 deg