King Seiko - 1970 Hi-Beat Date 4502-7000

WHAT WE LOVE: The story loosely goes that King Seikos were made to an extremely high standard but were not generally tested or adjusted to COSC standards like Grand Seikos. Some later KS', such as the Special, did receive COSC certifications, but our piece today did not. Still, many of the mechanicals were similar. In fact, the movement in today's piece, Seiko's 4500 movements, were found in some amazing Grand Seiko's such as the 45GS (modified) and was actually developed by Daini to compete with the Grand Seikos being made by its Suwa counterpart. Of course, the other nice thing about every individual Seiko model, King or Grand, is that each received its own case design and dial. FIVEFORTYFIVE SIX MONTHS WARRANTY