VINTAGE SEIKO CAPTAIN WILLARD 6105-8110 (1975) AUTOMATIC WATCH

THIS SEIKO 6105-8110 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CAPTAIN WILLARD AS WORN BY MARTIN SHEEN IN THE 1979 FILM APOCALYPSE NOW IS IN THE CONDITION YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR A DIVE WATCH THAT IS ALMOST 50 YEARS OLD.

THE WILLARD IS IN ORIGINAL CONDITION WITH ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SIGNS OF PATINA ON THE ORIGINAL DIAL AS WELL AS SOME SCRATCHES ON THE CASE. THE HARDLEX MINERAL CRYSTAL HAS SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES BUT IS IN AMAZING CONDITION. THE LOOM IS MISSING FROM THE BEZEL INSERT IN THE TRIANGLE AT 12 OCLOCK.

THE PERIOD CORRECT UNCLE SEIKO WAFFLE STRAP IS A PERFECT FIT FOR THIS WATCH.

CASE SIZE 44MM

THE WATCH USED SEIKOS CALIBRE 6105B WHICH FEATURES 17 JEWELS A BEAT RATE OF 21600 BPH AND A 46-HOUR POWER RESERVE. WHILST THE MOVEMENT CANT BE HAND WOUND IT DOES HACK AND HAS A QUICK SET DATE FEATURE.

THE WILLARDS CLAIM TO FAME.FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW THE WILLARD GOT ITS NAME FROM THE 1979 FILM APOCALYPSE NOW WHERE IT WAS WORN BY THE PROTAGONIST CAPTAIN BENJAMIN WILLARD PLAYED BY MARTIN SHEEN. THE WATCH WAS CHOSEN FOR SHEENS CHARACTER BECAUSE OF ITS POPULARITY AMONGST SERVICEMEN IN THE REAL WORLD.

WHILST U.S. SERVICEMEN IN VIETNAM WERE ISSUED FIELD WATCHES MADE BY AMERICAN BRANDS SUCH AS HAMILTON AND BENRUS THESE DID NOT HAVE A PARTICULARLY HIGH WATER RESISTANCE WHICH COULD PROVE PROBLEMATIC IN THE COUNTRYS HUMID CONDITIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS SOME SERVICEMEN WOULD PURCHASE WATCHES FOR THEMSELVES FROM PXS AT MILITARY BASES. ONE SUCH WATCH WAS THE SEIKO 6105-8110 WHICH WITH ITS 150M OF WATER RESISTANCE WAS PERFECT FOR THE JUNGLES OF VIETNAM.