Seiko Kinetic Mitsuro Ohba – SBCW009 Landmaster 5M45 -6A01 - Automatic

Seiko Kinetic Mitsuro Ohba – SBCW009 Landmaster 5M45 -6A01 - Automatic

Seiko Kinetic Mitsuro Ohba SBCW009 Landmaster with blue dial and baton marking each hour. At 6 o’clock is engraved “ Landmaster – Mitusor Ohba – Transpolar Adventure - World Record”- Japan 5M45 – 6A70 T2”. The hands are in titanium and yellow color with “Sword” style. There is a 24 hour inner ring. The bezel is in titanium with compass. It is a screw crown and pusher at 2 o’clock. It is a titanium case with engraved in a back “Seiko Landmaster – Titanium – Japan 23 – 5M45 6A01”. Automatic Kinetic movement. The watch comes with a rubber strap and Seiko buckle.

History

It took only 40 years for the Kintaro Hattori firm, which was established in Tokyo in 1881, to become what it is known as throughout the world today as Seiko. 1892 saw the opening of the Seikosha plant, and in 1917 K. Hattori & Co. Ltd became a joint stock market. In 1924 it was given its internationally known name. From then on, progress was steady as the company developed in stages into the world’s number one clock producer with 350 million movements a year roll off the Seiko Epson production lines. As early as the 1930’s the company was displaying its wares in Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza shopping district. In 1964, Seiko was the official timekeeper of the Tokyo Olympics. In 1971, it introduces on of the world’s first automatic chronograph along with an early quartz wristwatch. From then on, electronics dominated time-measurement at Seiko. In 1981, Seiko tool over Jean Lasalle SA, a Geneva luxury brand that had gone bankrupt.

Technical details

Automatic Japan made Kinetic movement

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 41mm


Length including lugs: 46mm