Orient J39701-70 - Indianapolis 500 Logo Variants

[Seiko7A38]

Well perhaps these Indianapolis 500 branded Orient J39701-70's aren't quite as rare as I initially surmised. Another was listed on Yahoo Japan yesterday evening, by a Store seller, as a 4-day auction with an opening bid price of only 1 Yen.
This is now the 5th example I've seen with a black dial.

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It came up overnight in my Buyee saved search notifications - not on the usual 'Orient + クロノグラフ', nor 'Indianapolis 500', but the model number J39701-70.
Google translates the lengthy title as follows:
1 yen working good Indianapolis 500 QZ J39701-70 black dial chronograph day date smoseco men's watch NBY0126000KYM. 'QZ' is probably an abbreviation for quartz; not sure of the meaning of 'smoseco' or significance of the alpha-numeric reference at the end, but note the complete absence of the word 'Orient'.

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/g1090193202

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There isn't much in the way of a description, merely a condition ranking: (4) Good product with some damage and dirt. However there is a gotcher. The seller states the wrist size is only 15 cms. Studying the last two photos, I can count 9 links on one side of the bracelet and 10 on the other (total 19), compared to the full complement of 11 + 12 = 23 links, meaning that 4 adjustment links have been removed. Pity, because I need the full complement of 23 links to fit my 7½" wrist comfortably. Otherwise it means having to resort to fitting longer clasp covers and / or clasp extenders.

[Seiko7A38]

The above 5-day Yahoo Japan auction for an Indianapolis 500 branded Orient J39701-70 with a short bracelet, ended on schedule about half an hour ago. Although the automatic extension was enabled, the bidding ended on time, @ ¥8,250 Yen after 18 bids. Adding 10% Japanese Sales Tax makes ¥9,075 Yen, equivalent to approx. $66 USD / £53 GBP.

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/g1090193202

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[Seiko7A38]

I have a confession to make. I also bought that one. At less than ¥10K Yen it was simply too good a bargain to let slip by. I knew the bracelet would be way too short for me, but I'd already hatched a plan to glean a few adjustment links from my other watches (and a spare gash bracelet). It now has the full complement of 23 links and comfortably fits my 7½" wrist. Here's a slightly different wrist shot to the one I posted in the WRUW thread.

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[Seiko7A38]

Here's my three black-dialed Indianapolis 500 versions, left to right in the order I acquired them - newest on the right:

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PS - I did try photographing the trio using my 1985 Indianapolis 500 sticker sheet as a background, per this earlier photo, but the combined detail of three busy watch dials and multiple logos proved too much for my camera's autofocus.