The Long Lost Seiko Crown Chronograph from the 1960s

When I was a child my father took several business trips to Japan. On one of those trips he picked up this watch. He wore it every day throughout the 1970s, no matter what he was doing on that day. The watch has a lot of wear and tear on the outside but, surprisingly, it still works today. It's the Seiko Crown Chronograph, which was originally released with a connection to Seiko's contributions to the Olympic Games in 1964.

After several years when I had no idea where the watch was, I just found it a few days ago in the bottom of a cardboard box in our garage. So, here it is. The original rotating bezel is gone (broken some time in the late 1970s). The crystal is scratched and cracked. The case is worn. The original watch bracelet has been replaced with a genuine 1970s Twist-O-Flex. And here it is.