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25 June 2019, 12:51 PM | #61 |
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How big is your wrist? Looks chunkier than I expected
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25 June 2019, 06:51 PM | #62 |
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Slightly over 7.1”
Wears better than a turtle due to the thinner case and 19mm strap. For some reason it looks huge in photos! |
28 June 2019, 07:53 PM | #63 |
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I am weak.... hope Seiko will have NO reissue next year and I can stop with this...
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30 June 2019, 09:58 AM | #64 | |
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Oh and I agree with you - a Seiko's diver-trilogy reissue seems perfect to me (and all I am planning for). What would be next anyway... the Tuna? Well, there have certainly been enough Tuna tributes so I'm not sure how Seiko could pull of another one next year...
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30 June 2019, 11:24 AM | #65 | |
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Waiting for your pictorials! Yes there have been far too many TUNAs, even those Gundams are still plenty everywhere I visited, and I found about 2 quartz re-issue as well Let see..... |
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30 June 2019, 12:34 PM | #66 |
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This guy is challenging to photograph on my iPhone, but damn she is a beauty!
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1 July 2019, 04:57 AM | #67 |
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How is the crown action?
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1 July 2019, 09:59 AM | #68 |
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1 July 2019, 01:25 PM | #69 |
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these hit the US yet? do you have to reverse thread the crown to prevent stripping it? thats one thing that annoyed me about my sl025
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5 July 2019, 01:50 PM | #71 |
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There is no way Martin Sheen's character in Apocalypse Now would have paid US$5,000 for a Seiko diver even if the timeframe for those events occurred today.
I see the Seiko is trying to maximise the profit $ for the amount of work they put into a watch these days. OK that's business, but its a little sad for the traditional Seiko enthusiast. Only seen the watch in photos so its hard to judge. It looks great in some respects.
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That’s a different reference in a different time though. I think there are people like myself who are relieved it’s not the same watch, that it can be appreciated now for what it is. |
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7 July 2019, 09:38 AM | #73 |
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Looks great!
Enjoy it! But I couldn’t part with $4K knowing that there are similar looking watches for under $400.
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7 July 2019, 07:40 PM | #74 | |
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But you spend your money as you see fit. I think this watch may be a great buy for some.
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Hence the reason I only have ~4 Seikos and the "traditional Seiko enthusiast..." has two dozen...
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7 July 2019, 08:13 PM | #76 |
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Seiko can go up in price too as a collectable watch.
I bought the Ninja Turtle for $400 and now its worth more than $2,000. But its sad that Seiko has stopped making the SKX007 & SKX009. This seems to mark an upmarket transition in the Seiko range. An affordable Seiko may soon be an Orient. Maybe not but I hate to see the SKX009 go. As for the SLA033 as a limited edition it can only been seen as an enthusiasts or serious collectors watch, which in some ways is cool, but they could have just made it to standard Turtle specifications and then it would be a true re-issue at $400 as the original 6105 sold for $50 in the day. Its interesting in the USA the RRP of the SLA033 is $4250 (AUD$6,000) but the retail price in Australia was $7,000. My local shop got 6 pieces and they're all sold out. I guess the "stop sign" second hand didn't hold anyone back from buying this watch.
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7 July 2019, 09:22 PM | #77 |
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Excited to get mine. Picking it up from AD tom. Just got call.
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8 July 2019, 02:28 PM | #78 |
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Congrats, please let us know how the watch stacks up against your expectations
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13 July 2019, 05:04 AM | #81 |
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I spent more than an hour selecting mine yesterday - had the very fortune of having from two to choose between
Both had a less-than-spectacular second-hand (aka the same as your standard SBDX001/17 and breathen) which has a very rough finish and the 1st one had a slight alignment issue (bezel or dial, not sure who's really at fault..). But in the end, quite pleased with the overall package and it joins my SLA017 & SLA025
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Glad you got your SLA trilogy. Congratulations, it looks fantastic (to the naked eye)! |
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13 July 2019, 01:02 PM | #83 |
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Its a very nice watch and I like it. How is the timing on it? I wish Seiko would tighten up the tolerances especially on a watch of this price.
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13 July 2019, 09:11 PM | #84 |
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Congratulations.
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14 July 2019, 04:12 AM | #85 |
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Congrats on a beautiful watch!
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14 July 2019, 11:16 AM | #86 |
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ugh shouldnt have canceled my preorder. a lot of scratch for what it is, but looks good.
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Another shot, if I may, for #SeikoSunday two of the three of my LEs run between -1 & +5 which is awesome if you ask me. One runs a bit faster at +10 but it's still fine (and in the crown up position only it runs -5 so it offsets perfectly every night to bring it back to +5)
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15 July 2019, 05:37 AM | #88 |
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That's not bad thanks, its good that you can adjust it some.
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15 July 2019, 06:50 PM | #89 |
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In case anyone was thinking of using the M117113H0 bracelet from the SLA017, here are some photos. It doesn’t really work:
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15 July 2019, 07:09 PM | #90 |
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Yeah its not a very good fit unfortunately.
Does Seiko make any bracelet for any turtle past/present that has a lug drop out of 19mm? For the price being paid Seiko should really have also supplied a properly fitting bracelet with the SLA033, just like they did with the SLA017. Seiko really dropped the ball on this issue.
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