New Seiko GMTs
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Bob_Defly

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5,139 posts

252 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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Man these look nice!







Really liking that white one (JDM only).

soad

34,255 posts

197 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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Not bad, prefer a black dial myself (easier to read?).

Ninjin

1,334 posts

96 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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Finally they release with a 3'oclock crown position.

Tempting.

Jamescrs

5,695 posts

86 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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Nice looking watches, especially the white face, looks very much a copy of the Rolex Explorer 2, not that it's a bad thing

Barchettaman

7,040 posts

153 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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24hr track on the face, plus identical 24hr on the fixed bezel?

Isn’t that a bit fussy?

alabbasi

3,086 posts

108 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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Barchettaman said:
24hr track on the face, plus identical 24hr on the fixed bezel?

Isn’t that a bit fussy?
If the bezel rotates, you can read 3 timezones

Super Sonic

11,450 posts

75 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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Barchettaman said:
24hr track on the face, plus identical 24hr on the fixed bezel?

Isn’t that a bit fussy?
The 24 hr on the face is for the normal hour hand which goes round the face in 12 hrs.
The 24 hr on the bezel is for the 2nd time zone hand, which takes 24 hrs to go round once.

Barchettaman

7,040 posts

153 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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alabbasi said:
If the bezel rotates, you can read 3 timezones
Fixed bezel on these apparently.

Ian-266b5

29 posts

118 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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I might have to look into availability on the white face and dip my toe into the JDM.

eccles

14,140 posts

243 months

Thursday 28th December 2023
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The bracelet on these looks the same as this limited edition, standard 5. It's nice quality and has old fashioned sping pins for when you want to remove a link, so no fiddly pins and collars.


Gastons_Revenge

463 posts

25 months

Friday 29th December 2023
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Nice to see Seiko further expanding the current 5 range. I don't really gel with these field watch versions, IMO the addition of the 24 hour bezel on these GMT models just makes it look really busy and cluttered- 3 sets of numerals is a bit much on anything other than a slide rule flight watch like a Navitimer.

redrabbit

1,930 posts

186 months

Saturday 30th December 2023
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Barchettaman said:
24hr track on the face, plus identical 24hr on the fixed bezel?

Isn’t that a bit fussy?
Agreed - there's far too much going on there, exacerbated by mismatched fonts and an overdone GMT hand - it looks like a parts bin special. A missed opportunity, imho.

Barchettaman

7,040 posts

153 months

Saturday 30th December 2023
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Super Sonic said:
The 24 hr on the face is for the normal hour hand which goes round the face in 12 hrs.
The 24 hr on the bezel is for the 2nd time zone hand, which takes 24 hrs to go round once.
Oops, of course, I should’ve looked more closely.