Vintage Watch | King Seiko Vanac 5246-6030 (Two-Tone Bezel)

King Seiko Vanac Special 5246-6030: April 1972, Green Dial, Two-Tone Bezel (Fully Serviced)

This King Seiko Vanac Special 5246-6030 is a very early April 1972 Daini 52KS Vanac — a green sunburst dial with no aging, a faceted crystal in excellent condition, and a stainless case that presents as mint, set off by the gold-tone two-tone bezel that gives the watch its class. Caseback 5246-6030, serial 241036 (April 1972). It ships on the aftermarket steel bracelet as photographed.

King Seiko Vanac, and why the 52KS Special is different

Vanac arrived on the Japanese market in June 1972 as King Seiko’s fashion-forward turn: angular cases, colorful dials, faceted crystals, and no gold medallion on the back. Two factories built the line. Suwa’s 56KS Vanacs use Calibre 5626. This watch is the other branch — Daini Seikosha’s 52KS Vanac Special, running Calibre 5246: automatic, 25 jewels, 28,800 bph, hacking seconds, hand-winding, bilingual day-date, an instant midnight calendar, and crown quick-set. Special on the dial marks the higher-accuracy 52-family grade. It is not a 56KS Vanac.

This King Seiko Vanac 5246-6030 (April 1972 · green / two-tone)

The stainless case wears the catalog gold-plated (TSGP) bezel — the two-tone ring that defines reference 6030. Published size for this case is 37 mm across and 11 mm thick. Dial code at six: JAPAN 5246-6040R (case 5246-6030), a normal Seiko split; 6040 is the steel-bezel sibling that shares this green face. Applied SEIKO and KS, turquoise VANAC script, SPECIAL, silver faceted batons with gold-tone markers at 12 and 6, dauphine hands, and day-date at three. The faceted Hardlex crystal is the Vanac signature. Presented on the aftermarket steel bracelet as photographed — a horizontally ribbed, ladder-style bracelet that keeps the vintage vibe; not the original, and no strap pairing on this listing.

King Seiko Vanac 5246-6030 condition & what you receive

The green sunburst has no aging — even color, clean print, no spots. In the photographs the faceted crystal is in excellent condition, with no obvious face scratches or edge chips. The stainless case is in mint condition: sharp brushed flanks, crisp geometry, and a signed KS crown. The gold-tone bezel still reads clearly two-tone and classy; it shows only light hairlines, not worn-through plating. The screw-back has the usual light hairlines of a case that has been opened, with the KS logo engraving still sharp.

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Specification:

Maker: King Seiko (Seiko · Daini Seikosha)

Model: King Seiko Vanac Special 5246-6030 (green sunburst · dial code 5246-6040R · gold-tone TSGP bezel)

Era: 1972 Apr (caseback serial 241036)

Case Diameter: 37 mm

Thickness: 11 mm

Case Condition: Mint stainless mid-case and geometry · light hairlines on the gold-tone bezel · light screw-back hairlines · signed KS crown · screw-back, no gold medallion

Dial Condition: No aging · green sunburst · applied SEIKO / KS · turquoise VANAC · SPECIAL · gold-tone markers at 12 and 6 · day-date at 3

Crystal: Faceted Hardlex · excellent condition in the photographs (no obvious face scratches or edge chips)

Movement: Cal. 5246 automatic (25 jewels, 28,800 bph, hacking, hand-wind, instant bilingual day-date, crown quick-set) Fully serviced by our watch maker in Japan

Bracelet / Accessories: Aftermarket steel bracelet, horizontally ribbed ladder / beads-of-rice style (as photographed)

An early April 1972 King Seiko Vanac Special 5246-6030 — green sunburst with no aging, a faceted crystal in excellent condition, a mint steel case, and the gold-tone two-tone bezel that makes it, on an aftermarket steel bracelet with the vintage vibe intact.