{"product_id":"seiko-1974-automatic-hi-beat-tv-dial-2205-3090","title":"Seiko - 1974 Automatic Hi-Beat 'TV Dial' 2205-3090","description":"\u003cp\u003eWHAT WE LOVE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"TV Dial\" is the nickname that vintage Seiko collectors apply to the rectangular-dialled, television-screen-shaped automatic watches that Seiko produced across the early 1970s — and the angular case architecture that earned it is now one of the most visually distinctive and immediately recognisable case shapes in the vintage Japanese watch world. The 2205-3090's case is not merely rectangular; it is octagonal at the corners, with dramatic chamfering that catches light across multiple planes, and the transition from the top surface to the bevelled sides creates geometric complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grey-on-grey dial composition — a matte grey textured dial ground, silver-tone baton markers, silver-tone sword hands — is deliberately restrained, and the restraint is the point. This is a watch whose visual interest comes from the case rather than the dial, and the dial knows this: its job is to be legible and to frame the time clearly, and it does both with no superfluous detail. The red date window at 3 o'clock is the one accent colour, and it creates the necessary visual anchor in an otherwise monochromatic composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHAT'S INSIDE:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowered by Seiko Calibre 2205 — a 17-jewel automatic movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour (Hi-Beat), with date function at 3 o'clock. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFIVEFORTYFIVE SIX MONTHS \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eWARRANTY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seiko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54372918591761,"sku":"24822","price":450.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0072\/5332\/7960\/files\/Seiko-1974-Automatic-Hi-Beat-TV-Dial-2205-3090248221-7.jpg?v=1790033301","url":"https:\/\/fivefortyfive.nz\/products\/seiko-1974-automatic-hi-beat-tv-dial-2205-3090","provider":"FiveFortyFive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}