Let's see your Seikos!

[sizona]

TheJimi said:

sizona said:

Am looking for a Seiko 6138-8039 chrono in the black gold colour if anyones has one laying around! 1977 time wise

Its the 'JPS' version, to go with my '78 JPS Esprit. Think they'll look great together.

Thanks

Edited by sizona on Tuesday 22 October 17:43

As a watch & car combo, that has to be way up there in the coolness stakes!

Thanks! Its been a 2.5 year resto, hopefully will be ready by year end. Be nice to have the watch to go with! Oh and JPS aftershave too.

[TheJimi]

Dude, we need pix!

[CrackTaxi]

magpie215 said:

CrackTaxi said:

I took delivery of this yesterday:


1st gen orange face monster, mint condition. Massively happy with it, joins my 4th gen monster I got as a gift off my girlfriend:



I prefer the look to the older ones, there’s a few more I intend on getting!

Also, does anyone recommend sizing these themselves? I haven’t done it before but I don’t want to keep taking them to the jewellery shop to get links removed/added every time I buy a new watch! Advice wanted, also any tools recommended would be helpful. Cheers

I sized my own monsters....some jewellers dont understand the pin/collars style on the monster bracelet.

Thank you for that! Are there any specific tools for pushing these pins I’ll need if I ever decide to size it myself?

[Greendubber]

CrackTaxi said:

I took delivery of this yesterday:


1st gen orange face monster, mint condition. Massively happy with it, joins my 4th gen monster I got as a gift off my girlfriend:



I prefer the look to the older ones, there’s a few more I intend on getting!

Also, does anyone recommend sizing these themselves? I haven’t done it before but I don’t want to keep taking them to the jewellery shop to get links removed/added every time I buy a new watch! Advice wanted, also any tools recommended would be helpful. Cheers

Very nice, my first decent watch was a gen 1 black Monster which I still have.

[magpie215]

CrackTaxi said:

magpie215 said:

CrackTaxi said:

I took delivery of this yesterday:


1st gen orange face monster, mint condition. Massively happy with it, joins my 4th gen monster I got as a gift off my girlfriend:



I prefer the look to the older ones, there’s a few more I intend on getting!

Also, does anyone recommend sizing these themselves? I haven’t done it before but I don’t want to keep taking them to the jewellery shop to get links removed/added every time I buy a new watch! Advice wanted, also any tools recommended would be helpful. Cheers

I sized my own monsters....some jewellers dont understand the pin/collars style on the monster bracelet.

Thank you for that! Are there any specific tools for pushing these pins I’ll need if I ever decide to size it myself?

Nothing specific just a pin tool smaller than the collar to push the pin out then for refit ideally a pin as big as the collar to push the collar onto the link pin

[CrackTaxi]

Greendubber said:

CrackTaxi said:

I took delivery of this yesterday:


1st gen orange face monster, mint condition. Massively happy with it, joins my 4th gen monster I got as a gift off my girlfriend:



I prefer the look to the older ones, there’s a few more I intend on getting!

Also, does anyone recommend sizing these themselves? I haven’t done it before but I don’t want to keep taking them to the jewellery shop to get links removed/added every time I buy a new watch! Advice wanted, also any tools recommended would be helpful. Cheers

Very nice, my first decent watch was a gen 1 black Monster which I still have.

Thank you very much! I have one of those in my watch list too! Lovely they do look nice in black I think

[CrackTaxi]

magpie215 said:

CrackTaxi said:

magpie215 said:

CrackTaxi said:

I took delivery of this yesterday:


1st gen orange face monster, mint condition. Massively happy with it, joins my 4th gen monster I got as a gift off my girlfriend:



I prefer the look to the older ones, there’s a few more I intend on getting!

Also, does anyone recommend sizing these themselves? I haven’t done it before but I don’t want to keep taking them to the jewellery shop to get links removed/added every time I buy a new watch! Advice wanted, also any tools recommended would be helpful. Cheers

I sized my own monsters....some jewellers dont understand the pin/collars style on the monster bracelet.

Thank you for that! Are there any specific tools for pushing these pins I’ll need if I ever decide to size it myself?

Nothing specific just a pin tool smaller than the collar to push the pin out then for refit ideally a pin as big as the collar to push the collar onto the link pin

Excellent thank you for the info!

[craigdub]

First wear for this today, new Seiko SNJ027 "Arnie"

[bazza.]

Something to brighten up the day

[vixen1700]

Seiko powered Orion Sylph on today. One of my favourite watches.

[wisbech]

Been travelling now for couple of months so needed just one watch. Went with SKX013 - very happy I did.

[frye]

Just got back from Tokyo and naturally I went to the Seiko Museum.

Its small (can do the place in around an hour) but its fascinating seeing on the ground floor the ancient time models etc. The 2nd floor was more Japanese clocks from earlier times before it became standardised. However further on within this floor, it talks about how Seiko came about and you see all its innovations , models and mechanisms etc from The 1913 laurel to the latest grand seikos / Astrons.

The 3rd floor is a library but also office space. Very weird

If youre a seiko fan and in tokyo, go check it out.

[Dung8]

Hey everyone.

I picked up a seiko SKA Kinetic Watch and love it. Issue is, I rotate my watches every couple of days. Everytime I get around to wearing my seiko again, its dead. Takes a good day/2 days to fully charge again so I can use it to tell the time!

Any advice or appliances one can buy to keep it charged?

thanks!

[ZesPak]

You would need a watch winder box.
Plenty of them about. Some can be relatively noisy though, so watch out. (pun intended)

[Dung8]

ZesPak said:

You would need a watch winder box.
Plenty of them about. Some can be relatively noisy though, so watch out. (pun intended)

Thank you. My understanding was being kinetic, it needs more motion that what a watch box can offer?

[eccles]

Dung8 said:

ZesPak said:

You would need a watch winder box.
Plenty of them about. Some can be relatively noisy though, so watch out. (pun intended)

Thank you. My understanding was being kinetic, it needs more motion that what a watch box can offer?

You can buy a Seiko kinetic charger, but they are rare and expensive, or you can try your luck with an electric toothbrush charger (google will tell you more than I can).

[RicksAlfas]

You could strap it across your wheel spokes before you go out in the car.

[liner33]

Swinging them in at arms length will charge them quickly , they should run for 6 months once fully charged but many people shift them when they start to play up

[seadragon]

[tobinen]

Lovely dial colour