{"product_id":"seiko-seikomatic-6216-9000-baby-gs-1966","title":"Seiko Seikomatic 6216-9000 \"Baby GS\" (1966)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eModel History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eIntroduced during one of the most important periods in Seiko's mechanical watchmaking history, the Seikomatic 6216-9000 represents the upper end of the company's automatic production in the mid-1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe Seikomatic family played an important role in Seiko's development of increasingly sophisticated automatic movements before the arrival of the first automatic Grand Seiko watches. The 6216-9000 is consequently often referred to by collectors as the “Baby GS”, although this is an unofficial nickname rather than an original Seiko designation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eAt the heart of the watch is the 39-jewel Seiko calibre 6216A, an unusually highly jewelled automatic movement for its period. The architecture of the 62-series would subsequently form the technical foundation for the calibre 6245 and 6246 movements used in the celebrated 62GS, Seiko's first automatic Grand Seiko generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe relationship is also apparent aesthetically. The 6216-9000 combines sharply defined lugs, a polished round bezel, applied faceted hour markers and angular hands with a restrained silver dial. Its relatively substantial approximately 37 mm stainless-steel case also gives the watch considerably more wrist presence than many Japanese dress watches of the same period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\" style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eBrand:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Seiko \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eModel:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Seikomatic \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eReference:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e 6216-9000 \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eSerial number:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e 6402798 \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eProduction date:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e April 1966 \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eMovement:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Seiko calibre 6216A \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eMovement type:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Automatic mechanical \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eJewels:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e 39 \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eFunctions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Hours, minutes, central seconds, semi-quickset day and quickset date \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDay language:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e English \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eCase material:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Stainless steel \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eCase diameter:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Approx. 37 mm \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eLug-to-lug:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Approx. 42 mm \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eDial:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Silver sunburst \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eCrystal:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Original acrylic crystal, polished \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eBracelet:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Original Seiko stainless-steel bracelet \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eMaximum wrist size:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Approx. 18.5–19 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eCaseback:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Stainless steel with vintage Seiko dolphin emblem \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eAccessories:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eNot included \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eService:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e Movement fully serviced in May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eGuarantee:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e 6-month functional guarantee \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-left: .375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe watch is presented in attractive and honest vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe original silver sunburst dial remains clearly legible and retains its applied faceted hour markers and original printed details. It shows some natural ageing, including light spotting, patina and areas of discolouration, particularly visible under certain lighting conditions. These marks are consistent with the watch's age and have been left untouched rather than refinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe stainless-steel case remains well presented, with normal surface marks and light scratches resulting from decades of use. Its angular lug design and overall case geometry remain clearly defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe original acrylic crystal has been carefully polished and presents well, although minor imperfections might still be visible under close inspection. The watch is fitted with its original signed Seiko stainless-steel bracelet, which also shows age-appropriate signs of wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eThe automatic movement has been fully serviced and checked, and all functions are operating correctly. The watch is supplied with a 6-month functional guarantee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003eAs with any vintage watch of this age, water resistance is not guaranteed and contact with water is not recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe watch has been serviced by our professional watchmaker and tested for full functionality. The water resistance of the watch cannot be guaranteed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SpecialTimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63374591263050,"sku":null,"price":545.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/0694\/7658\/files\/specialtimer_seikosportsmatic6216-9000_babygs_8.jpg?v=1787925280","url":"https:\/\/specialtimer.com\/products\/seiko-seikomatic-6216-9000-baby-gs-1966","provider":"SpecialTimer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}