Many Seiko watches from the 1960’s through the mid-1980’s have rightly gone down as design classics, building a considerable following amongst watch collectors.
As well, there are also many vintage Seiko divers popular with Seiko enthusiasts, and the 7548 and 6458 series – the big brothers of the 1984 Seiko "Royal Oak" 2A23-0100 womens diver here, on its original two-tone stainless-steel Seiko dive bracelet – stand out among these.
Some truly gorgeous watches from the same era produced by the same company have quietly slipped under the radar for the simple reason they were designed for the typically slighter wrist, ie: women. The design of the 2A23 quartz diver - classic and simple - is one of these, and it borrows heavily from the instantly recognizable earlier Seiko automatic and quartz divers.
And it’s a shame, because many of these smaller watches feature exquisite details – Seiko found an original, great looking formula for its divers, and stuck with it. The quartz movements Seiko designed for watches like these are tough and reliable – during its heyday, the movements were popular with armed forces for this same reason.
This vintage Seiko diver comes on its original Seiko-signed two-tone bracelet, and with rugged travel case and springbar tool.
Gold Two-Tone 1984 Seiko "Royal Oak" 2A23-0100 Womens Diver
DIAL: Crisp white linen Seiko-signed dial, with gold applied hour indices; day and date functions - with English/ROman numeral day variants - at the 3 o'clock position work correctly as designed. Lume shines brightly.
CASE: Stainless-steel case measures 28mm x 33.5mm, with matching caseback and gold bezel.
CRYSTAL: Hardlex crystal, no deep scratches or cracks.
BAND: This gold two-tone Seiko 2A23 comes on its original two-tone stainless-steel Seiko-signed bracelet, which will fit up to an approx. 6.25 inch wrist.
MOVEMENT: 2A23 calibre Seiko quartz movement, manufactured in January 1984.
CROWN: Unsigned stainless-steel crown.