which seiko monster ?

[mrh1275]

checking these out on ebay prices range from £189 to £450 ?
what is the best model to go for ? do the have different movements in the seiko range ?
cheers for any advice.

[bry1975]

Have you tried creation watches and chronograph.com

[TeaNoSugar]

They're decent watches for the price. I bought an orange one last christmas and I wear it most days now. The main difference between the old style and the new is the movement (the new one -6R15- is a hacking movement where the second hand stops when you set the time. The older one -7S26- doesn't do that, although you can make it stop by twisting the crown back a fraction).

Also, the old style ones (like mine) have rectangular hour markers, whereas the newer style have pointed hour markers.

For a brief summary of the differences, see this forum thread at WUS:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f21/seiko-monsters-wh...

[mrh1275]

thanks for the info, i cannot find any of the new models ?

[CardShark]

The newer movement also hand winds as well as hack Personally I'd stick with the older model.

www.creationwatches.com is the place to go, you should get away without paying tax/fees but factor it in just incase.

[CardShark]

mrh1275 said:

thanks for the info, i cannot find any of the new models ?

They look very similar.

Old model vs new model.

Other colours are available, the quickest way to identify one from the other visually is to look at the crown - the older model is ridged and the newer model is knurled.

[mrh1275]

at that price i will get one of each, thanks for the link..cheaper than ebay !

[mrh1275]

does the day change from white to red on the original model ?

[CardShark]

The Monster that I had (the older model in my link above) had a black date wheel with white print except for Sunday which was red, Saturday might have been blue as well but I can't be sure. I know that another SKX watch that I have, with the came movement as the Monster, has a blue Saturday but then it's a white wheel.