SEIKO MODEL NUMBER QXE312FL DESK CLOCK SERIAL

Yeah, it's pretty shiny (no swirlies on the clasp, hardly any marks anywhere, but in need of a case and bracelet cleaning regardless). (I'm saluting my fellow percussionist with the background.)

Shipped price, $87 (someone bid it up to $120something, but apparently bailed).

SEIKO MODEL NUMBER QXE312FL DESK CLOCK SERIAL

The seller's caseback photo clearly showed the model and serial number, dating it to 1991. This one came up, apparently out of an estate sale, 'the wife said he hardly wore it,' and the box (yep, box, papers, etc.) included a 7T92 manual, so the listing was incorrect. (Stop laughing, you weren't expected to scroll down.) Thing is, most every 7T32 watch they produce is either a super-sized diving bell (some with gawdadful - and useless - bezels), or a super aviation-aspiring ring-tailed lemur, or a techie looking panda cupcake tray. Voila, a dual time zone watch, and you weren't even asking for it. You can set the alarm dial to any local time. Good to wake up to, my H558 woke me up for many an oh-dark-thirty-AM radio room watch or reconnaissance flight. The chime is the same two-WEEE, two-WEEE that the H558 (and I'm sure many other Seikos) bleat out. You set the alarm dial's local time with the crown on the second detent.

when you pull it out to the first detent, it beeps and rolls around to showing the time you set the alarm to. What's neat is that when the second (4 o'clock) crown is pushed in, the alarm dial shows local time. (As per my sig, I've had two Seiko quartz watches, both great designs, both well built, both holding up after 20+ years of frequent wearing.) I didn't rightly know how they worked until I noticed some on eBay, downloaded the manual, and realized how versatile the darned thing is. For years, I've sort of admired the Seiko movements with an alarm on a subdial.

Seiko model number qxe312fl desk clock