Seiko Monster Questions

[Rolls]

I too have now read this thread, and decided that I need a monster! - looks like the order will be going in tonight...

[andytk]

Due to this thread, I am now the proud owner of an orange Monster.

I decided I didn't need a subtle watch....




It looks massive due to my tiny wrists.

Seeing as mine will be going scuba diving at some point, I decided to opt for the rubber strap so it would fit over my wetsuit.

All for £110 from Singapore. Sweet.

Andy

Edited by andytk on Wednesday 14th October 19:23

[Gareth135R]

Unless I've missed it in this thread...why can you not buy a Seiko Monster in a high street shop?
Don't really want to buy from some dude in Japan which perhaps only leaves me with ebay as a source.

Edited by Gareth135R on Wednesday 14th October 20:22

[ShadownINja]

They're just not sold officially by Seiko in this country. It's all about the Kinetics, really. No idea why.

[Gareth135R]

OK, thanks.
What's the going rate for a Orange monster?
Prices seem to range from £115-£150

[sneijder]

Gareth, a lot of us bought ours from Creation watches

Just over 100 quid, none of us had any problems with the seller.

I would be more hesitant to go down the ebay route myself.

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/search/res...

[Gareth135R]

Thanks. I'll give them a go.

[Nick_F]

Unable to resist the siren call.

SEN007 from Seiya arrived safely this morning.

[Dan_1981]

Nick_F said:

Unable to resist the siren call.

SEN007 from Seiya arrived safely this morning.

Out of interest did you get stung for import fees and taxes etc on that?

[sb-1]

andytk said:

Due to this thread, I am now the proud owner of an orange Monster.

I decided I didn't need a subtle watch....




It looks massive due to my tiny wrists.

Seeing as mine will be going scuba diving at some point, I decided to opt for the rubber strap so it would fit over my wetsuit.

All for £110 from Singapore. Sweet.

Andy

Edited by andytk on Wednesday 14th October 19:23

my orange monster arrived this morning as well..from Singapore(£75+fed Ex)

Edited by sb-1 on Thursday 15th October 15:49

[Nick_F]

Dan_1981 said:

Nick_F said:

Unable to resist the siren call.

SEN007 from Seiya arrived safely this morning.

Out of interest did you get stung for import fees and taxes etc on that?

I did indeed, not much though: a tenner on duty and another £13 to ParcelFarce.

Edited by Nick_F on Thursday 15th October 16:39

[sb-1]

Nick_F said:

Dan_1981 said:

Nick_F said:

Unable to resist the siren call.

SEN007 from Seiya arrived safely this morning.

Out of interest did you get stung for import fees and taxes etc on that?

I did indeed, not much though: a tenner on duty and another £13 to ParcelFarce.

Edited by Nick_F on Thursday 15th October 16:39

Nick,
That looks terrific,great buy!

I am hankering after one of the Seiya Asian monsters....that purple/maroon? looks great.

[Nick_F]

It's purple; a purple night monster, in fact.

See page 2 or 3 of this thread for suitable innuendo...

[bikemonster]

andytk said:

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Seeing as mine will be going scuba diving at some point, I decided to opt for the rubber strap so it would fit over my wetsuit.

The steel strap bracelet has an adjusty thingy that lets you extend it to allow it to go over a wetsuit.

Which will work really well as long as your wetsuit thickness matches the extension difference, IYSWIM.

[Frederick]

Nick_F said:

I did indeed, not much though: a tenner on duty and another £13 to ParcelFarce.

Very nice! The purple one is rather subtle at a glance but more prominent when you look at it. It's not as anonymous as the black/black that I have.

So, let me be the first to ask - have you polished your purple monster yet? They pick up fingerprints like nothing else

[Nick_F]

All the time. I can't help myself.

[gsx600]

Had my orange monster now for about 5 years, got as an engagement pressie

I went for the subtle seiko orange divers rubber strap to match the orange face

Wear it as a daily watch and now keep my 25 year old citizen for best as has a more subtle blue dial, along with things like alarm chrono, count down, 2 time zones etc - still amazes me when the hands move backwards to the correct time even after 25 years

Always like the divers watch style after 'borrowing' my fathers Aquastar many years ago and going through many a casio g shock's

I'll try post pictures later