This watch came to me from Liz's side of the family. I think she knew that watches are always something I have been interested in and it just came my way. At first it did not strike me as anything of interest and it sat in a drawer for a while. But at some point I decided to give it a battery and try it out.
This watch made me take a whole new look at quartz watches! It opened my eyes! The movement is (0) Jewel which is rather common for quartz given there is no torque of a mechanical, spring powered movement. It just keeps time! Scary so!! And that is not all, the watch wears better than my Air King. Yes, I said it. I cannot say enough about the wearability of this Z1475.L Seiko band. Very comfy.
The 5Y31 is a pretty simple movement. Nothing special at all but it sure runs well.
Update: The watch would stop running. Even a new battery did not seem to help for long. I bought a parts watch off of eBay with the same movement and luckily the movement was a runner. I ordered some tools and had my first go at swapping out a quartz movement. Simply you say? No. This is a very slim watch and replacement and clearance of the hands was a struggle. Even with a correct tool. Problem was I needed a smaller size than I purchased. I mangled one second hand which is easy to do. Ultimately I completed the job and got her running again.
