Seriously funky Ricoh with a tonneau streamline stainless steel case. Beautiful cotes de Geneve pattern dark purple grey dial with Date and day at 6 o'clock. I have been resisting in wearing it for ages and although Ricoh watches aren't in the same league of some of the highend Swiss watches and I consider many of them possess more charm and character.
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| Ricoh Automatic Watch - Ricoh Automatic |
Movement is Ricoh. Made in Japan. All the Ricoh
Automatics I have bear the same automatic movement. The construction and
craftmanship is top quality although they may not have the high level of
decoration and finishes comparing to the Swiss automatic movements.
Features:
- 18,000 Beat movement.
- Full rotor ball bearing rotor
- Bi-directional winding (rotor winds both directions).
- Rotor marked Ricoh Auto, 21 Jewels.
- Can also be wind by hand as well as the rotor.
- Power reserve roughly 48 hours
- Movement size: Diameter - 28.3mm, Height - 5.5mm.
- Jewelled lever escapement.
- Plain alloy balance with flat antimagnetic hairspring
- Ricoh shock protection system
- Sweep centre second.
- Marked F near the balance.
- Date display, quick set function by pulling out the crown by 2 clicks.
Case and bracelet:
- Streamline retro stainless steel case with stylish hidden lugs.
- Polished faceted case.
- Case width is 34mm not including the crown, 42mm lug to lug.
- Case back is stainless steel makerd All Stainless Steel,
Waterresistant, Shockresistant, Ricoh Japan. Still protective coating
from the factory.
- Lug size is 18mm.
- Signed original crown.
- Original acrylic crystal.
- Original stainless steel bracelet with original Ricoh signed clasp.
The dial and hands:
- Beautiful and retro purple gradient with cote de Geneva grained silver dial.
- Chunky and raised steel baton hourly markers with white stripe.
- Date day apertures at 6 o'clock with polished steel frame.
- Dial marked Ricoh, automatic near 12 o'clock and 21 Jewels Japan at 3.
- Steel hour, minute hands with lume slot. Steel second hand.
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| Faceted polished streamline case |
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| Date/Day at 6 |
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| Beautiful gradient cote de Geneva grain silver dial |
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| Original stainless steel bracelet |
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| Original signed Ricoh clasp |
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| Screw back with all the markings - note the protective coating still present |
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| Ricoh automatic movement |
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