This elegant vintage Seiko Sea Lion C22 (reference 6602-7020, serial 4D01356) left the factory in December 1964, making it a sixty-year-old artifact of a golden era in Japanese watchmaking. Powered by Seiko’s proven Caliber 6602 — a 17-jewel manual-wind movement running at 18,000 beats per hour with a 45-hour power reserve WatchProSite — it was built at a moment when Seiko was quietly proving to the world that precision and craftsmanship weren’t exclusively Swiss virtues. The Sea Lion occupied a place of quiet distinction in Seiko’s mid-1960s lineup, and the warm gold-tone case suits it perfectly, lending it the understated elegance of the era. The date complication, the refined dauphine hands, and the clean dial layout all speak to a manufacturer that took pride in the details regardless of price point. It is presented on its period-correct Expando rolled gold 14ct gold-filled bracelet in excellent condition — the kind of bracelet that stretched and flexed with its wearer through decades of daily life and somehow arrived here still looking the part. This example has been professionally serviced and runs perfectly — not a display piece frozen in time, but a fully functioning sixty-year-old watch ready to be worn and enjoyed. Perhaps most remarkably, it comes in its original box, a survival rate that defies the odds and makes this Sea Lion a genuinely complete, wearable, and highly collectible find.
Vintage Seiko Sea Lion C22 — Ref. 6602-7020 | Gold-Tone | December 1964
$475.00
This elegant vintage Seiko Sea Lion C22 (reference 6602-7020, serial 4D01356) left the factory in December 1964, making it a sixty-year-old artifact of a golden era in Japanese watchmaking. Powered by Seiko’s proven Caliber 6602 — a 17-jewel manual-wind movement running at 18,000 beats per hour with a 45-hour power reserve WatchProSite — it was built at a moment when Seiko was quietly proving to the world that precision and craftsmanship weren’t exclusively Swiss virtues. The Sea Lion occupied a place of quiet distinction in Seiko’s mid-1960s lineup, and the warm gold-tone case suits it perfectly, lending it the understated elegance of the era. The date complication, the refined dauphine hands, and the clean dial layout all speak to a manufacturer that took pride in the details regardless of price point. It is presented on its period-correct Expando rolled gold 14ct gold-filled bracelet in excellent condition — the kind of bracelet that stretched and flexed with its wearer through decades of daily life and somehow arrived here still looking the part. This example has been professionally serviced and runs perfectly — not a display piece frozen in time, but a fully functioning sixty-year-old watch ready to be worn and enjoyed. Perhaps most remarkably, it comes in its original box, a survival rate that defies the odds and makes this Sea Lion a genuinely complete, wearable, and highly collectible find.
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