SBDW001 Me new one

[mi3]

Hey boys.

I was on a search for some Pretty SEIKO's

For me pretty means some nice elegant and sporty look. Nothing bigger than 40 mm

I wanted some that looks byt like RLX. watches. But the SKX031 is totally sold out

or overpriced.

But suddenly in middle of searching thru the web i found this one SBDW001

 

And i was amazed. 

The perfect size and look.  Ofcourse it's bit flashy and higher than the RLX's 

this one is 13.3mm height and the 16700 from pictures is 11.2 mm  

But it's made from titan and is lighter . Around 85 Grams with the bracelet.

The RLX has around 120 Grams. 

 

The Flightmaster is from around 1996 and the lumi is still  bright. 

I saw 2 variants of this one. This is the older one. 

The newer has a little bit diferent dial.

And i have no idea what the AGS mean  

 

Cheers

 

And pictures !!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Waya03]

Very nice watch, seems that these were one of first watch powered by new movement, nowadays called Kinetic. At that time its was AGS (automatic generating system).

 

link http://global.epson.com/company/corporate_history/milestone_products/19_ags.html

 

The Seiko AGS (automatic generating system), introduced in Germany in January 1988, was the world's first quartz watch to be equipped with an automatic power generating system. An ultra-compact power generator was built in, so the AGS had no battery that needed replacing. Introduced at a time when global ecological issues were in the public eye, the AGS was spotlighted as a groundbreaking watch that would launch a new era of quartz timepieces.

Quartz watches employed drive systems that relied on battery power- and batteries require periodic replacement. This reliance on batteries was an issue from the start of quartz watch development, as there were concerns about issues such as the watches' practicability in regions where batteries would be difficult to obtain and the disposal of used batteries. Since the advent of the quartz watch, Epson had been casting about for and researching a variety of drive systems as it labored to develop a product that would overcome these obstacles. During this effort the company put much of its weight behind developing a watch with an automatic power generating system, one that would merge an automatic-winding drive system with the accuracy of a quartz system. A full-blown development effort that got under way in 1983 culminated in the successful development of the world's first automatic power-generating watch, a timepiece with timekeeping circuits driven by power generated by the movement of the wearer's arm.

The AGS that came out of this effort won wide acclaim in the United States and Europe, where interest in global environmental conservation was especially high. In April 1988 the watch went on sale in Japan under the name Seiko Auto-Quartz. The name of the mechanism was changed from AGS to Kinetic in 1997 to emphasize the convenience of a mechanism that uses the natural movement of the wearer's arm to generate power. Under either name, the AGS mechanism became one of the main models of Seiko wristwatches and is used in a great many different watch products. And it's not only used in watches. This automatic power-generating system has also been used in a diverse range of other applications.

[mi3]

Wow man !  Thanks for the explanation. So it looks that the watch is a bit rare.  Of course it was not cheep at all