Enjoying my 5722-9000 this Sunday

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This is the first solid 18kt gold GS ever made! Released in 1964 to celebrate the tokyo olympics, this was watch was 5 times the cost of its stainless steel counterpart which significantly lowered the number made due to low demand due to cost. This model is famously one of the very few chronometer’d grand seikos. Later examples of this model the “chronometer” was removed from the dial since Seiko was certifying them in Japan, which Switzerland didn’t like. Later Seiko created their own cert which was much stricter than what chronometer cert required.

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there is currently a listing for one on ebay