Seiko Monster vs. G Shock
Discussion
Arj256 said:
The Seiko are fragile when subjected to knocks, it contaminates the main spring which ruins the time keeping.
Worth bearing in mind if your going to be rough with it.
There not as tough as there made out to be..
Rubbish. I wear a Seiko 5 as a my work watch and it puts up with all sorts of abuse and knocks. I use rivet guns, hammers beating metal and tinker with cars wearing it and it's not missed a beat.Worth bearing in mind if your going to be rough with it.
There not as tough as there made out to be..
eccles said:
Arj256 said:
The Seiko are fragile when subjected to knocks, it contaminates the main spring which ruins the time keeping.
Worth bearing in mind if your going to be rough with it.
There not as tough as there made out to be..
Rubbish. I wear a Seiko 5 as a my work watch and it puts up with all sorts of abuse and knocks. I use rivet guns, hammers beating metal and tinker with cars wearing it and it's not missed a beat.Worth bearing in mind if your going to be rough with it.
There not as tough as there made out to be..
Ok, I'll get the Dulux....you provide the Monster 
I agree with your points, I think my argument was based around the Monster not having any buttons to worry about, and thinking the crown would provide a robust enough seal to paint, as well as water. Think you're right about the bezel though, but still confident you'll still have a functional movement with the possibility of a slightly gummed up bezel.
Yes..two different watches. The PH answer is to have both (reminds me to stick a battery in my G-shock, which I havn't worn for years)
I agree with your points, I think my argument was based around the Monster not having any buttons to worry about, and thinking the crown would provide a robust enough seal to paint, as well as water. Think you're right about the bezel though, but still confident you'll still have a functional movement with the possibility of a slightly gummed up bezel.
Yes..two different watches. The PH answer is to have both (reminds me to stick a battery in my G-shock, which I havn't worn for years)
Civpilot said:
If you managed to break a G whilst wearing it then congratulations..... You just broke your wrist ;-)
Oddly enough, this reminded me of an incident where this was completely true. My dad used to work at the BofE, and had a friend in the bullion department. There was a breakdown in the handling machinery, and his friend had a gold bar dropped on his wrist from about a metre up.Fortunately he was wearing a G-shock(I think)which was completely destroyed, but this saved his hand. It did break his wrist pretty damn thoroughly, though!
Apparently the staff at the local hospital called BS on the cause of the accident and took some persuading it was true.
Debaser said:
How tough do Seiko make it out to be?
Seiko don't mention its toughness as one of its sales points, but I have noticed the forums hype its toughness.eccles said:
Rubbish. I wear a Seiko 5 as a my work watch and it puts up with all sorts of abuse and knocks. I use rivet guns, hammers beating metal and tinker with cars wearing it and it's not missed a beat.
Well, I have had my Monster repaired once after either a vibration/knock incident ruined its timing. Speaking to the watch repairer, he said its common for that to happen, due to the way the mechanism is mounted inside the housing.
That lasted about 6 months and has broken again after a knock, with the same symptom of running very fast after, so hardly reliable or tough.
Funnily my Seiko 5 has proven far more reliable than the Monster
The Monster is a good watch when working though.
Arj256 said:
Debaser said:
How tough do Seiko make it out to be?
Seiko don't mention its toughness as one of its sales points, but I have noticed the forums hype its toughness.eccles said:
Rubbish. I wear a Seiko 5 as a my work watch and it puts up with all sorts of abuse and knocks. I use rivet guns, hammers beating metal and tinker with cars wearing it and it's not missed a beat.
Well, I have had my Monster repaired once after either a vibration/knock incident ruined its timing. Speaking to the watch repairer, he said its common for that to happen, due to the way the mechanism is mounted inside the housing.
That lasted about 6 months and has broken again after a knock, with the same symptom of running very fast after, so hardly reliable or tough.
Funnily my Seiko 5 has proven far more reliable than the Monster
The Monster is a good watch when working though.
7s26 movements are fitted in many of Seiko's lower priced watches and the 7s36 is barely any different.
Civpilot said:
If you managed to break a G whilst wearing it then congratulations..... You just broke your wrist ;-)
And they are pretty easy to sort, I had an old one (6900) with a duff movement found at a car boot... Casio sorted a new movement for about £29 including shipping. Fitted it myself in a couple of minutes.
Love my black monster but for durability there is simply no contest... G-Shock's are head and shoulders above all the competition on that score.
Learn something new every day! And they are pretty easy to sort, I had an old one (6900) with a duff movement found at a car boot... Casio sorted a new movement for about £29 including shipping. Fitted it myself in a couple of minutes.
Love my black monster but for durability there is simply no contest... G-Shock's are head and shoulders above all the competition on that score.
Thanks for all your opinions, I appreciate that a g is going to take more abusive I wasnt trying to compare just their durability but as an all rounder but by all your contributions I think I'm going to get a g-shock first as I think that will cope with all the day to day tasks and add a seiko later on or two!!
Thanks again
Thanks again
Is there anywhere that shows the whole monster range lined up? Creation seems to have a few, but Seiko UK don't seem to mention it on there site so wondered if there was somewhere you can see "all the options", as it were?
I quite fancy one, despite having a G and another Seiko diver.
O/T but my diver stopped my wrist being broken in a motorbike accident. Hard to explain but it was one of the ones with the huge thick bracelet pins. Anyway, it was under a jacket and a thick glove and afterwards when I removed the jacket, the watch fell out with a snapped pin. No marks to the watch or my wrist so unsure of what happened but the doctors were amazed, as was the jeweller who repaired it!
I quite fancy one, despite having a G and another Seiko diver.
O/T but my diver stopped my wrist being broken in a motorbike accident. Hard to explain but it was one of the ones with the huge thick bracelet pins. Anyway, it was under a jacket and a thick glove and afterwards when I removed the jacket, the watch fell out with a snapped pin. No marks to the watch or my wrist so unsure of what happened but the doctors were amazed, as was the jeweller who repaired it!
IS200RJR said:
eccles said:
IS200RJR said:
how can you compare an auto with a mech ?
They are both mechanical.....all I meant was there must be so much less that could go wrong with a quartz,
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