{"product_id":"seiko-mickey-mouse-sunray-day-date-as12677","title":"Seiko Mickey Mouse Sunray Day-Date","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMickey Mouse watches have been around almost as long as Mickey himself. But every so often, one comes along that takes the familiar character-watch formula somewhere unexpectedly stylish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vintage Seiko Reference 5Y23-8229 is one of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeasuring approximately 34mm, the watch features a gold-tone case surrounding a wonderfully graphic sunray dial. Mickey stands front and center against radiating bands of gold, his famous white-gloved arms serving as the hour and minute hands. A slim central seconds hand handles the serious business of timekeeping, while black dots and stars form the hour markers around the perimeter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen there’s the day-date display at 3:00. Its decidedly grown-up practicality juxtaposed against Mickey pointing out the time is part of what makes this watch so charming. Inside is Seiko’s quartz Calibre 5Y23, providing central hours, minutes and seconds along with the day-date complication. A stainless steel caseback pairs up with a brown leather top-stitched strap and a gold-tone pin buckle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is a long tradition of serious watchmakers putting Mickey Mouse on the dial, and the best examples transcend the novelty-watch category entirely. This one combines Disney nostalgia with wonderfully exuberant vintage Seiko design—the sunray dial in particular feels like it could only have come from another era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFun? Absolutely. But with its compact proportions, gold-on-gold palette and wildly good dial, it also happens to be a genuinely great-looking watch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOh, Mickey, you're so fine. You blow my mind!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seiko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152819843159,"sku":"40993474","price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS12677_40993474_SEIKO_MICKEYMOUSE-6.jpg?v=1786978389","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/seiko-mickey-mouse-sunray-day-date-as12677","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}