#author("2023-12-03T23:37:26+00:00","default:admin","admin") Case: [[Tungsten carbide]], two piece screw on back with battery bulge, signed "Riquartz, 570017B Ricoh Japan, 891310", inside caseback marked "9-73" for Sep 1973. Glass crystal with three vertical facets. #author("2023-12-03T23:38:26+00:00","default:admin","admin") Case: [[Tungsten carbide]], two piece screw on back with battery bulge, signed "Riquartz, 570017B Ricoh Japan, 891310", glass crystal with three vertical facets. Dial: Green stone presumably [[Bloodstone]], with day & date apertures, signed "Ricoh, LSI 32768, Riquartz GTS, [[Tiger eye]], Japan 29 361" Movement: Calibre [[570]] quartz, white ceramic circuit, cylinder quartz tube, shock proof jewel setting, signed "Ten 10 Jewels, Three 3 Adj, Ricoh Japan 570". *Example serials [#ta590083] -891310 --Dated Sep 1973 --This date stamp is the earliest recorded 570 watch --IC marked "81473 7324" for 24th week of 1973 --Quartz tube marked "32K63F" for June 1973 --Marked Three 3 Adj --Early rotating shock proof jewel setting as used on [[550]] movements.