My Vintage Ricoh Watches - 70s Retro!!

[@hansverlaan4829]

Nice Ricohs, i also like the models with faced christal! Great video, thanks.

[@mywatchreviews]

Thanks for watching!

[@excdracmagyarszarnyak2398]

Yes, please, do that video about your faceted crystal watches!!! It is a very good idea!!!

[@mywatchreviews]

I will make it happen.

[@jacdavis]

Great video and a nice collection 👍 i still think the red one is my favourite.

[@shirishpanwalkar]

All of the three watches are beautiful, especially the grey one. Loved the video!

[@JoseReyes-jt6ob]

Diseños muy originales de la época son realmente bellos. Salú2 desde Puebla México.

[@mywatchreviews]

Thank you very much.

[@Bristol1]

I love faceted crystal watches. Yes please on a video of them!

[@mywatchreviews]

Will do!

[@ElderPinto254]

very nice love them ...between 70 and 80 they made some beautyfull stuff !!

[@gustavopomodoro]

Wow beautiful jobs, those watches are very unusual, it's like you said, they have a special taste japanese designs

[@miguelledezma3573]

Beautiful watches, didn't know Ricoh made watches. The Silver Grey is the nicest one, i really love the design, very pretty watch.

[@ruperthartop7202]

Great content Mike. Like the grey one. Facet special sounds good. Cheers

[@mywatchreviews]

Thanks Rupert. I will make that video! Great so see you again today too.

[@MrPleers]

The grey one would be my number one pick out of these 3. I just love how the hour markers, dial and the day and date windows all come together.

[@endy_fx]

I love the red dial with the faceted crystal, that restoration turned out beautifully. The thing that stuck with me from it is that pallet fork. It's retained the same function with a wildly different shape. Love it.

[@mywatchreviews]

Apparently a fork like this is seen in a few pocket watches also.

[@SrihariChilampuri]

I have one of these watches as a memory of my grand father

[@ThePalsta]

The grey one definitely. All day, every day and twice on Sundays! It's just effortlessly understated.

[@mywatchreviews]

I am glad you like it. It is a brilliant watch.

[@adk7962]

Very cool. I didn’t know Ricoh made watches. I also didn’t know they were a Japanese Company so that’s how clever I am. I like the red and bracelet on the green. Thanks for the great review!

[@mywatchreviews]

Well they say you learn something new every day. Thanks for watching.

[@stephenhuber1079]

I love the gray dial and red dial, especially the gray dial! All three are classic '70s design, and I do love the Ricoh brand. Great work on refreshing these handsome time pieces!

[@donbrough6386]

Loved it Mike. The before and after on the red was outstanding. You inspired me so much l bought my own Ricoh!

[@mywatchreviews]

wow amazing. I hope you like it.

[@dermoooojj255]

Just popped on Ebay and picked up a couple, thanks for the heads up

[@mywatchreviews]

Haha good luck with them!

[@dsb1763]

Mike, you are a very evil man. All three are great. You now have me wanting to find these.🤣🤣🤣. I have a couple of Timexs with the faceted crystals and love them. The first one I had I lost and only within a year ago found it with a red and orange like lightening strike dial. Awesome job on the restoration and I would say keep them all. Cheers 🍻

[@mywatchreviews]

Thanks and sorry lol 😂

[@phildunne2632]

I'd love to see your collection.....not sure my other half would be so keen😂

[@mywatchreviews]

The entire collection would be considerably long. The facet crystals not so much 😂

[@robertjordan7323]

I like the green dial with gold. Maybe on a black leather band.

[@rossjackson3670]

As usual, a good amount of information rather than a set platitudes. As others have done, I have used your 'myretrowatches' videos to aid with my own reconstruction. It was good to see the other Ricoh's.

[@mywatchreviews]

Thank you. This is a lovely comment.

[@johnrieley1404]

Great rehab jobs on really nice watches. As you say, phenomenal design with definite oriental punctuation in your eyes, and I agree. Brought one from India which is broken, hunt continues.

[@anthonycaryl1079]

All really neat, got to love the facets on the red one but they're right up my street. Yes please to a faceted crystal watch video. I think the hands on the grey one are excellent in they mirror the dial markers rather than just having 'enclosed' coloured centres like most watches and with enough consideration it would probably be the one i picked. Love the case shape and green on the last, but i'm less keen on gold even though it does work well with the green. Real shame the dial is so messed up, but hopefully if it's been heavily tinkered with what's left should be fairly solidly attached so the visual appeal isn't at any further risk

[@williammcdonald9342]

Mike that gray Ricoh is very rare. I love my Ricohs and have not seen that one often. There is only one I see up for auction for $200 US dollars from Argentina. And it is not in the same shape as yours. That one is a keeper!

[@mywatchreviews]

I saw another one only last week in a job lot that sold for £20… Still happy with mine. Thanks for watching

[@lulul]

My father's old watch is a ricoh 061437. It has an unusual case shape and a beautiful green + gold dial I'd say but it's different from yours. I thought it was lost or stolen a long time ago but my brother had it for some reason. I took it for a service and tried to clean the case a bit but the crystal after I sanded and polished it seems to have a fine grain texture to it and it's not the clearest (still much better than before). I wish I could replace the dial but it has an unusual oval shape and no gasket... I'm still thinking of sending it to a restorer that has a laping machine because it has a lot of angles and facets with different finishes. I might also improvise a laping machine myself and try to make it better but with the crystal I don't think I can do anything more. It works fine and the winding is much smoother (rotor too) than my seiko 5, the movement feels of a much higher quality. the day change button doesnt want to change the day any-longer, i think it´s the spring inside the movement that the button pushes onto that lost its springiness and gets bent when i push the button. it did not work before the service and only worked for a little while after the service ...

[@mywatchreviews]

The spring is considerable. If it’s not working then it could be missing or out of place. Lapping is a very expensive skill so you have to really want the case doing to part with £200 or more from any good lapinist

[@owengoodspeed5763]

I like all those, and I like having day and date displays. The grey dialled one is interesting and unusual in the way that the date and date are displayed although I would have thought there was space for an index at 3 o'clock? I love the combination of green and gold, and normally that would be an absolute winner for me, but the hands seem a little chunky and the second hand is very short so that it somehow doesn't quite work as well as it might otherwise, so it is that lovely red dial which is the winner for me, and especially on that mesh bracelet. But I'd be happy to own any of those.

[@mywatchreviews]

They are all so different and it must have been a mad time in the 70s in Japan!

[@Bristol1]

So the green one has a very similar outline as a Zodiac Olympus, which is a nice shape in my opinion. It's a shame the edges of the dial are in such poor shape. Thankfully it's not visible when it's cased. I think of the three, my favorite is the red dial with faceted crystal. Thanks for showing us your Ricohs! Cheers!

[@daveyoder9231]

Very enjoyable! Always enjoy Ricoh watches, different "feel" from the Seikos, Orients, and Citizens of the same era, even though they do share an overall aesthetic. RED dial caught my eye first, definitely like the result of your efforts, and really like the bracelet. That sets the watch off nicely. GRAY dial doesn't catch me the same way. Those indices put me off somewhat. The texture of the dial is very, very nice. GREEN dial is my least favorite of the three. The combination of green and gold is a classic, but is hard to complement to many clothes. Faceted crystal watches? Yes, please! Thanks as always for a truly informative and thoughtful watch review!

[@mywatchreviews]

Thank you. Great comment, This is what is so good we all like different things. My tastes in watches can be appalling sometimes, I buy stuff I will probably never wear but I like how bonkers or unusual they are.

[@WMIYC]

It’s more flash than I usually have on my wrist, but I am really drawn to that gold on green dial!

[@johntate5050]

I like all three but I'd probably go for the red one.

[@WrightsW5]

I just subscribed to the channel. These watches turned out great! The green dial reminds me of one of my Ricohs, although the case shape is different.

[@mywatchreviews]

Thanks for subbing appreciate that.

[@jozsefizsak]

I find these tremendously appealing. Were I a younger man with your skills or perhaps a lot of money, I really think I would start buying Ricohs. In terms of preference, I'd maybe place the grey one a bit ahead of the red one, and then the green one at the end, but they're all fascinating.

[@mywatchreviews]

Japan was a colourful place in the 70s I think. At least on peoples wrists.

[@simonmellor781]

Great content, Mike. Out of interest, knowing you have a pretty extensive watch collection, how often do these get wrist time? And which one do you wear the most ?

[@mywatchreviews]

Trust you to ask a question like this ! I pick up what I feel like on the morning sometimes it’s vintage sometimes one of the “homage” it’s hard to look at Watch boxes and decide to be fair. Many don’t get worn but I like them because they are different. The Ricoh, I can’t remember the last time I wore the grey or the green to be honest…

[@sarahhague4911]

Don't know a lot about watches Ricoh included, but in a charity shop now and one in jewellery section for £7.50! Needs battery...

[@deepakborkar6842]

Anyone knows the model name of that red dail ricoh watch??

[@mywatchreviews]

Don’t think it has one otherwise I would have said.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Nice :)

[@pgek5vz]

I have 3rd one ricoh watch same

[@avichal1219]

Ricoh produces watch in 2023?

[@mywatchreviews]

I dont think so.