Seiko 5 Automatic 7S26 - OSP4

found this watch on ebay when i was looking for movements to fix my grandads watch (which will probably never get done), its an automatic with a sweeping second hand, i was drawn to it because it doesnt need a battery and winds itself from the movement of your arm/wrist.

the only flaws in the design is that its not 100% accurate but its good enough for using day to day and it has a "lumi brite" dial and hands which look crap at night, they are basically glow in the dark paint which charges up with sunlight, only problem is it doesnt seem to work very well, im lucky if i can see the glow at all in total darkness.

An auto quartz/kinetic would perhaps be better because thats the best of both worlds, Swatch make some quite nice looking auto quartz watches but they are a bit plasticy which puts me off.

heres some pictures :