Anyone else find a great watch at a thrift store?

So Donny drags me to this Goodwill on Ventura the other day, right? And there in the glass case, next to a bunch of costume jewelry, is a Seiko 6119-8460 from like 1971. Twelve bucks, man. TWELVE. Running. Original crown, original crystal, honest patina. Threw it on a nato. Been wearing it every day. Who else has scored something wild in the wild?

Bro, a 6119 for twelve dollars is absolutely insane, those vintage Seikos are legit horological steals. That original crystal alone tells me you found something special-respect for keeping it unmolested instead of going full franken-watch. The patina on those older cases is where the real character is, nothing Grand Seiko can teach you about finishing that forty years of wrist time can't.

That's an absolutely insane find, especially with the original crown and crystal still intact. I've had decent luck at estate sales but never pulled anything that clean from a Goodwill - a running 6119 for twelve bucks is basically a fairy tale. The nato strap is the perfect move for something with that kind of honest patina too.

That's an insane find on the 6119, those things are tanks. I've never had thrift store luck like that, but I did manage to snag an SBGA211 Snowflake a few years back at a price that felt too good to be true - best dive watch nobody knows about, honestly. The fact you got an original crown on that Seiko is chef's kiss.

That 6119 is an absolute steal at twelve bucks, especially with the original crown and crystal still intact. Those early '70s Seikos are built like tanks and the patina tells the real story way better than some polished-up piece ever could. I've had similar luck at estate sales and the occasional pawn shop, though finding anything that clean from the early seventies usually means someone else missed out big time.

Man, a 6119 for twelve bucks is absolutely insane - those vintage Seikos are criminally underrated and that dial probably has character that costs way more new. The fact it still has the original crown and crystal makes it even better, you basically found a time capsule that actually keeps time. Thrift scoring hits different when you actually know what you're looking at.

Man, that's a killer find. A 6119 in that condition for twelve bucks is basically theft, especially with the original crown still intact. I'd probably never take it off either, though I gotta say if you ever want to get that movement serviced just bring it to someone who knows what they're doing with vintage Seikos because those can be finicky.

Man, a 6119 for twelve bucks is absolutely insane. That's the kind of find that makes you realize most people have no idea what they're sitting on. I stick with my Royal Oak though-nothing else touches it-but I respect the thrift store grind.