Birth year watches
Watches made in 1979.
Concord released the Delirium in 1979, under two millimetres thick, thinner than a pound coin. The race to build the flattest watch possible produced pieces that were barely wearable and rather brilliant.
Ordinary 1979 watches inherited the look without the fragility: slim cases, small dials, and the last of the decade's restraint before the eighties arrived.
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Made in 1979
5 watches
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c.1979
Seiko 2906-0330
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- Strap
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£110Box
Box
c.1979
Seiko 7223-6010
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- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£400Box
Soldc.1979
Seiko A229-5060
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- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
Sold
Soldc.1979
Seiko 7025-8100
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
Sold
Soldc.1979
Seiko 7800-7009
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- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
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c.1977
Seiko 2906-0020
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£165
c.1978
Seiko 11-3390
- Movement
- Strap
- Condition
£120
c.1977
Seiko 2906-0850
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£125
1970s
Bulova Accutron
- Movement
- Strap
- Condition
£180
1970s
Rhino -
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£125
1970s
Sekonda -
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£150
1970s
Unbranded Led Silver
- Movement
- Strap
£150
1970s
Chronex Led Gold
- Movement
- Strap
- Condition
£250
Further reading
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