Let's see your Seikos!

Let's see your Seikos!

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Jobbo

12,960 posts

263 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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JackReacher said:
Greendubber said:
A seller called lawr389 on eBay suggested by Lostkiwi on another thread.

Really comfy, quick delivery and came in at under £15.
Great, thanks very much
I would also highly recommend his straps - they're a bargain so I have three or four. You might need to wait until he has something available in the right size and colour.

For the price, you'll no doubt forgive the fact that the keepers are invariably a little loose.

lostkiwi

4,584 posts

123 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Jobbo said:
JackReacher said:
Greendubber said:
A seller called lawr389 on eBay suggested by Lostkiwi on another thread.

Really comfy, quick delivery and came in at under £15.
Great, thanks very much
I would also highly recommend his straps - they're a bargain so I have three or four. You might need to wait until he has something available in the right size and colour.

For the price, you'll no doubt forgive the fact that the keepers are invariably a little loose.
If you ask him he'll make to order.
As above I have half a dozen in various widths, colours and textures.

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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SeanST150 said:
I'm currently wearing my GS with a brown gator recently collected from Seiko Boutique. I'm still unsure, I think I'd prefer a black gator, but it's not too bad....

What happened to your strap? It looks damaged...

Nice watch by the way. smile

SeanST150

74 posts

83 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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NDA said:
What happened to your strap? It looks damaged...

Nice watch by the way. smile
Huh? Where do you see the damage? Either it's the gator grain you see, which has caught the sun. Or you're talking about the end of the strap from the other side?

And thanks, is a mega watch. My favourite I've owned to date.

tertius

6,838 posts

229 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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The strap is the “unconventional” way round - is it that?

ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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tertius said:
The strap is the “unconventional” way round - is it that?
My presage with deployant clasp came like that.

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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SeanST150 said:
Huh? Where do you see the damage? Either it's the gator grain you see, which has caught the sun. Or you're talking about the end of the strap from the other side?

And thanks, is a mega watch. My favourite I've owned to date.
I thought this was damage - but maybe I can't quite see what it is.


SeanST150

74 posts

83 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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tertius said:
The strap is the “unconventional” way round - is it that?
I guess that could be it. The deployment folds in the same direction like any I've had before, same as my old Omega and Tag. The only difference is the long strap which doesn't finish with the clasp is on the outside, rather than being under the other strap, tucked in against the wrist.


SeanST150

74 posts

83 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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NDA said:
I thought this was damage - but maybe I can't quite see what it is.

That's definitely just the angle and catching the morning sun. It's the grain/scale of the gator.

TheJimi

24,862 posts

242 months

Tuesday 13th November 2018
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SeanST150 said:
I'm currently wearing my GS with a brown gator recently collected from Seiko Boutique. I'm still unsure, I think I'd prefer a black gator, but it's not too bad....

That's absolutely gorgeous.

Wadeski

8,132 posts

212 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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I love the Tuna Can watch design...but am struggling with $1k for a quartz, even if its a really fancy, unique quartz.

I can justify spending reasonably large amounts on an automatic watch both for the aesthetics and because there is "a lot inside" it. They are unnecessarily complicated machines, and I like that. But a high end quartz feels like its just about the looks, the case design - and It grates.

What say PH? Should i just get over myself?



And yes there are automatic and spring drive Tunas, but they are multiples of the price....


ZesPak

24,421 posts

195 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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I agree, not much of a snob but I would never spend over 300 quid on a quartz.

tertius

6,838 posts

229 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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ZesPak said:
I agree, not much of a snob but I would never spend over 300 quid on a quartz.
I used to think like that but now I realise quartz have their place and some are (to me) definitely worth more than £300.

Jobbo

12,960 posts

263 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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Sidestepping the quartz price discussion, there are other Seiko Tunas available for way under £1000; here's one: https://www.lowryjewellers.com/watches-c1/seiko-me... (also quartz, also more than £300)

And here's another: https://www.devicemonster.co.uk/seiko-prospex-auto... (similar price, not quartz)

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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SeanST150 said:
NDA said:
I thought this was damage - but maybe I can't quite see what it is.

That's definitely just the angle and catching the morning sun. It's the grain/scale of the gator.
Ah, OK... as is often the way, you can sometimes see things that don't exist.

I have been reading a great deal recently about Grand Seiko's, Spring Drive and High Beat. It seems to me that Seiko make watches that easily rival the very best that Switzerland make. Their attention to detail is quite incredible.

I am resisting all the watches that tempt me as I have two great watches already and really mustn't have any more. I like yours a lot.

tobinen

9,184 posts

144 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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That GS GMT is super.

number2

4,268 posts

186 months

Friday 16th November 2018
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tobinen said:
That GS GMT is super.
Agreed, and it looks much nicer (fantastic) on the croc. strap rather than bracelet: http://www.seiko.co.uk/collections/men/grand-seiko...

SeanST150

74 posts

83 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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tobinen said:
That GS GMT is super.
Thanks! It's certainly the nicest watch I've owned.

SeanST150

74 posts

83 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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number2 said:
Agreed, and it looks much nicer (fantastic) on the croc. strap rather than bracelet: http://www.seiko.co.uk/collections/men/grand-seiko...
Seiko's website is absolutely terrible. The pictures on there are useless. Mad considering the asking price. I love the bracelet and probably prefer it.





Edited by SeanST150 on Saturday 17th November 10:37

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Saturday 17th November 2018
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SeanST150 said:
Seiko's website is absolutely terrible. The pictures on there are useless. Mad considering the abing price. I love the bracelet and probably prefer it.



They are lovely and I'd prefer a bracelet having lost (and found several hours later) an expensive watch on a golf course where a leather strap had failed.... a small area that was glued around part of the buckle had heated and come apart in hot weather. Watch dropped off and I didn't notice until about 3 holes later!

Do you tend to leave the GMT hand reading GMT when not travelling? I wondered about swinging it under the hour hand - or would that look odd?

Does a Hi Beat need servicing more regularly? I imagine not...