{"product_id":"seiko-crown-chronograph-5719-8980","title":"Seiko Crown Chronograph 5719-8980","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn preparation to be the official timekeeper of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Suwa Seikosha did something they had never done before: Built Japan's first wristwatch chronograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat watch was the Crown Chronograph 45899. A true icon, it carried the hand-wound Crown movement as a column-wheel monopusher, a single pusher at 2 o'clock governing start, stop, and reset, all within an almost implausible 6.1mm thickness. The 5719A calibre beat at 39,600 vph with 38 hours of power reserve, the chronograph running the whole time. As a timing instrument, it had one meaningful limitation: Its sweep seconds hand could only measure up to 60 seconds. Seiko's workaround was a graduated rotating bezel, plastic on the 45899, which proved fragile in practice and left many surviving examples looking considerably worse for wear. The concept, however, was sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom that single reference, the Crown Chronograph family branched and multiplied in ways that keep us occupied to this day. Dial colours shifted: Black, silver, grey. Bezels evolved. Complications were added and rearranged. The 5717 brought a date window. The 5718 pushed the concept as far as it would go: Two additional pushers on the left flank, a lap counter at 12, a 60-minute register at 6, and a tachymetre scale. And through all of it, the 5719: The final and purest iteration of the 45899, which remains, in our view, the most beautiful of the lot. Clean and uncluttered, wearing a steel bezel with a black aluminium insert over a pure black dial, with no date window breaking the symmetry, and no additional complications crowding the case. Just the monopusher, the bezel, and that dial: Meet the 5719-8980.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there is the strap choice: rubber, which on paper sounds like an unlikely pairing for a dress chronograph of this pedigree, and yet it works completely. By this reference, the caseback had also evolved, the Olympic torch engraving giving way to Seiko's seahorse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen searching for a particular monopusher reference, you often find examples for sale, but if you really want to be impressed, wait till you see this new old stock one. This whole package comes complete, the straps still bent from being originally shipped to dealers in batches. Miraculous, in every sense of the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShips from Tokyo, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe monopusher is in excellent condition: The case is strong with little to no scratches due to storage. The dial is the main attraction here, as it is very clean and the hands are still intact. The bezel is immaculate with no visible scratches or bumps, and it rotates smoothly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are no visible scratches on the glass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe caseback retains its original blue film, and the seahorse etching is intact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe watch comes with its original price tag and rubber straps, which are in great shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRAND: Seiko\u003cbr\u003eMODEL: Crown chronograph\u003cbr\u003eREFERENCE: 5719-8980\u003cbr\u003eDIAL: Original silver dial\u003cbr\u003eCASE MATERIAL: Stainless Steel\u003cbr\u003eCASE DIMENSIONS: 40.5 x 44.5 mm, 12.0mm thickness, 18mm Lug Width\u003cbr\u003eCRYSTAL: Mineral Crystal\u003cbr\u003eCASE BACK: Snap-off Stainless Steel\u003cbr\u003eMOVEMENT: Seiko manual-wound Cal. 5719A\u003cbr\u003eManufacturing date: November 1964\u003cbr\u003eService History: Unknown, ±10s\/day\u003cbr\u003eBracelet\/Strap: Original rubber straps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE TOKEI CLUB","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":47127403430063,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0738\/1450\/7695\/files\/file_5fc552c7-753f-497f-af47-bed07cfda0a7.jpg?v=1782817641","url":"https:\/\/thetokeiclub.jp\/products\/seiko-crown-chronograph-5719-8980","provider":"THE TOKEI CLUB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}