Triathlon Seiko S600 (1989)

[Galpo]

Hi People,

I think It's my first post here on the Digi forum,
So all I can say is that I lurk here every few days,
trying not to miss all the knowledge and fine watches,
So thank you all for that.

Anyway, I landed an interesting vintage digital Seiko,
already a week on my wrist and can't take it off.
Only two mods - Time and Stopwatch, with 100hrs
& 10 lap memory, but it's nice and shiny
Here:









Thanks for looking
Galpo

[Isthmus]

Cool. It's like Seiko's idea of a Timex Ironman, but with all the "surface excitement" (read, superfluous case text) of a g-shock. Very neat.

So what features does it have?

[Claud]

Love it. I love the little men on the older Seiko sports watches. Gives my ideas and inspiration to go out and get the sport on! Enjoy and wear with greatness!

[Galpo]

So what features does it have?

Not many features, loks like it was designed for athletes.
The seller has sent me the original manual so I read it,
to see if there is anything I'm missing

It has only two modes:

Time: tells the time of course + date (no month)
It has only 12hrs display, no 24 option.

Stopwatch: measure up to 100 hrs, and a 10 lap recall memory,
so you can use it for working out, and review timing after training.

The manual has instructions on how to use it in a triathlon,
I must confess I didn't read into it, yet.

It also has a light (bulb, like old g-shocks) and the face/dial
is pretty cool - it's a gold-toned mirror around the LCD panel,
which is goldish too, and very legible.

No alarm, ABC sensors or even second time zone.
very humble featured.

[Galpo]

Love it. I love the little men on the older Seiko sports watches. Gives my ideas and inspiration to go out and get the sport on! Enjoy and wear with greatness!

Thanks, Thats true. I took it for some mountain biking, and this is a weightless watch, compared to any watch.

[Isthmus]

Wow, only time and stopwatch? That is indeed kind of limited by today's standards.

[OnTimeGabe]

That looks fantastic!

[wemedge]

Nice watch, Galpo. These older digitals are very interesting. I have a few older digitals as well; I like the relatively simple function-specific purpose of these watches (although I also like the newer everything-but-the-kitchen sink ABCs).

wemedge

[Galpo]

Wow, only time and stopwatch? That is indeed kind of limited by today's standards.

+1

Nice watch, Galpo. These older digitals are very interesting. I have a few older digitals as well; I like the relatively simple function-specific purpose of these watches (although I also like the newer everything-but-the-kitchen sink ABCs).

wemedge

+1

I like it as a "tool" watch, specified only for an athlete, and only for that purpose.
If there's a function that athletes doesn't use, it's out! very "Marathonian"
(the old greek one)