Rare & Important EarlyQuartz

三八 (さんぱち, Sampachi) means "three and eight" and it is this cal38 that is the core of this important & beautiful & technologically outstanding watch -- a horological milestone in many ways: Very Fine Adjusted (V.F.A.) Sampachi-Quartz. A well-thought and -manufactured watch-movement that has an outstanding position in horology; on top of this horological & technological achievement is the mesmerizing washi-paper dial with 12 applied hour-indexes and the applied & floating SEIKO- & QUARTZ-logo; encased in a heavy and close-to-perfect watch-case. Something that would today find its position in the Micro Artist Studio-made Credor-line or in Patek Philippes "Rare Handcrafts" ("Métiers d’Art"), because it is exactly that: the finest art of manu-facture (ie. hand-made).

What we see here is something so special and outstanding -- a horological very important watch and at the same time something of probably perfect appearance: the worlds first quartz with (analog) temperature-compensation -- the first car with a turbo-charger: something that changed watches (precision) and cars (power & efficiency) forever -- in perfect design and execution.