King Seiko 45KCM | The Original KS1969, An Amazing Watch With A Hi-Beat Chronometer Movement

This is my first grail watch, the vintage King Seiko 45KCM, reference 4502-8010. It's a beautiful Hi-beat (36,000 bph), manual wind watch from January 1970.
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Chapters
00:00 B-Roll
00:21 Intro
01:09 A bit of history
02:03 Variations & price
03:31 Specs & dimensions
04:52 Movement
06:07 Instant date change
06:25 Accuracy
07:14 Watch case & crown
08:20 Bracelet
09:22 Dial
10:35 Wrist fit
10:56 Summary
12:25 Closing

[@scarredhandsreviews]

Beautiful ❤.

[@watchcrave]

Thank you! 😊

[@ms.bunniesarecute2287]

Classic beats the new one any day, but i do still want the new purple on ❤. Amazing watch and video 😊

[@watchcrave]

Thank you for the comment 😊. The purple certainly looks amazing. They all do actually 😆.

[@silverstacker4170]

I have one, but it's a chronometer officially certified(no superior)June 1970 manufacture on a very nice brown/tan Seiko strap that I added a KS signed buckle from Vintage Time AU. It's all very nice and to me punches well above its price point in class and style.

[@watchcrave]

Thanks for the comment. Glad to see another vintage KS owner 😊. Also great choice of strap and buckle!

[@neil4701]

There's nothing wrong with the bracelet!! People are just used to over-engineered, uunecessarily heavy bracelets these days. Nearly all watch bracelets in this period (whether from Seiko, Rolex, Omega or whatever) would have had the same type of stamped clasp and hollow end links. It's actually very practical and much lighter on the wrist than a modern bracelet. In fact, this particular Seiko bracelet is extremely high quality for the period. All of the links in the bracelet itself are solid steel (with none of the links being folded). Omega, Rolex etc. bracelets of this period all had at least some folded links. It only feels "cheap" because it's light and elegant and people nowadays falsely equate weight with quality (when in fact the opposite should be the case for an object designed to be worn on the wrist).

[@watchcrave]

Thanks for the comment. There are definitely good points in there which I agree with.