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Rare Vintage Seiko Alba 1974 Chewie Newget Flip-Top Digital Watch Y800-4100 JDM

■ STATUS: NO LONGER LISTED
THIS LISTING HAS ENDED — IT MAY RETURN
LAST PRICE
$40.00
BRAND:
Seiko
UNIT CONDITION:
Pre-owned - Good
► SELLER'S DESCRIPTION
Up for sale is a rare vintage Alba by Seiko flip-top digital watch, model Y800-4100, produced for the Japan Domestic Market (JDM). This unique early digital design stands out with its flip-top case, revealing an American flag motif beneath the lid, along with a whimsical illustrated cover signed “Moskowitz,” giving it a distinctive character among Seiko’s novelty pieces from the era. The watch is in excellent physical condition showing only light signs of use and age. The photos best describe its physical condition. All functions have been tested and are working properly, including the digital display, time-setting buttons, and flip-top mechanism. The watch retains all of its original components, including the original blue linked bracelet with its safety chain, which is rarely seen intact on examples like this. Key Details: • Brand: Alba by Seiko • Model: Y800-4100 • Movement: Digital quartz • Features: Time display with adjustable settings via pushers • Case: Flip-top design with illustrated cover and American flag interior • Bracelet: Original blue linked bracelet with safety chain • Origin: Japan Domestic Market (JDM) • Condition: Excellent overall condition with light signs of use and age A highly uncommon and collectible piece that rarely surfaces, especially in this complete and well-preserved condition. Ships carefully. Feel free to message me with any questions.

► ARCHIVE FILE: SEIKO — BRAND HISTORY

Seiko begins with Kintaro Hattori, who opened a shop selling and repairing clocks in Tokyo's Ginza district in 1881, at the age of twenty-one. He founded the Seikosha factory in 1892 to manufacture wall clocks, built Japan's first wristwatch, the Laurel, in 1913, and put the Seiko name on a dial for the first time in 1924. By mid-century his successors ran one of the most vertically integrated watch companies on earth, making everything from hairsprings to cases under its own roof.

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