Seiko divers watches

Pic in OP is a seiko skxa65k, Thailand limited edition.

Seiko divers rock, have 4 and 2 5’s mocked up as divers.

I’m in Bath. If you do know of a good indy, nearby that’d be helpful for other watches.

If you need a good shop that has its own watch makers in-house, then Deacons in Marlborough,  Swindon and  Royal Wootton Bassett are the people to go to. They repaired my old Yema Rallygraf a year or so back after the mainspring broke, serviced it, replaced the crystal and polished the case. Cost me £460, which seems a lot for a watch I paid £40 for in 1970. One sold at auction in London in March for £3400…

I also have a Seiko diver, a SPORK, or SP045RK, stunning watch, face style is pilots watch, and they were only made for a while, mine was NOS, with box and warranty from a dealer in the Midlands, cost £650, with money my mum left me. As someone else said, it’s not too difficult to regulate them yourself, but a minute a week would be considered acceptable for a Rolex, mine was running at around a minute every couple of weeks, after I tweaked it, not quite as good now, but still more than acceptable, I’ve got a G-Shock that’s much worse.

That Seiko is very handsome indeed CZ.

As for the rest of you, stop mincing about with the Pepsi and just go full Monster.

more love for Seiko here. Great quality without the cost.  I got a thing for their high frequency 8f quartz movements – supposedly accurate to about 10 seconds per year, long battery life (8 years claimed) and perpetual calender (so no fiddling every other month).

SBCM023 diver.  Face very small compared to most modern watches but if you’ve small wrists like me it looks to size and far easier to wear.

Also have a very well worn Sportura titanium. Lovely 3d face and a  movement that has a second hour hand you leave set to GMT and allows moving the hour hand without moving minute/second so can change timezones. Great when travelling. Smooth edges and light weight mean it’s really comfortable to wear (and ride with when commuting)

So annoyed they dropped the 8F movements – I don’t get the love for mechanical.  I want a watch that’s accurate and will be telling the right time and not need winding/setting if I pick it up having not worn it for a month.  Do like that Samurai though – wish they did it in Quartz!

This is definitely turning into an expensive thread for me, I’ve got about 5 different 6309/7002/skx pepsi’s that I’m now watching on ebay! I know the 6309’s etc will be modded but I definitely prefer the pepsi bezel to the stock.

Actually does anyone know of anywhere else other than getting lucky on ebay to pick one of these up? I don’t really want to spend masses….

Amazon?

Creation Watches is what I have in mind for when I click buy. Think I’m going for the 011 now, the more I look at the orange the more I like it.

Needs an orange nato band… But yes, do it.

Thanks, johnners, I love it to bits, it’s such a clean, uncluttered design, I changed the bracelet for a stainless mesh ‘sharkskin’ one, like Breitling fit, the difference is roughly £600! Mine was $18, if I recall, and it really suits the watch, plus it’s super comfy, and lighter than the original.

Currently $29.99 for a mesh bracelet like mine, which is still damn cheap!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/20mm-Shark-Mesh-Stainless-Steel-Watch-Band-Strap-fits-Breitling-Thick-Heavy/162088510454?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D44039%26meid%3D693146cbe95b47f7a71cdc0b4fd346d0%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D281220073111%26itm%3D162088510454&_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850

I’m wearing my SKX009 now.  I quite like it, although it’s not been without trouble.  It was from Creation which meant that when I had an issue (it suddenly started gaining lots of time – gaining about 5 mins/hour), the warranty process was a pain (Although to be fair to Creation it worked out OK in the end).

I’ve changed the bezel and bezel insert as well as strap.  All are easy mods.  I’ve also learnt to regulate it, and it now keeps good time.  I might try a snowflake hands mod at some point.  Buy it if you want a cool, interesting watch which you can play with.  Don’t buy it if you want a low-maintenance, super accurate watch.

https://flic.kr/p/26tMpsu

Seiki

Kinetic, Water Resist 100m

Great watches and try creation watches for an excellent deal I’ve bought a few off them over the years.

Just picked one of these up. I have the non-chrono solar Seiko divers and it keeps almost perfect time. A few seconds a month. So hopefully this will be similar.

Those two directly above are particularly nice. Gobuchul, what model is that?

Can’t comment on the Pepsi watches.

But I’ve had several of the automatic and kinetic Seikos, the kinetic I’ll never sell, but it never gets worn. As I always wear my Seiko orange monster, best watch I’ve ever bought, tough as any other watch you can buy and once serviced, keeps bloody good time.

And as johnners stated above, Seiko monster is the watch to get, but it has to be the orange monster.

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-prospex-299/seiko-prospex-divers-solar-chronograph-200m-ssc617-ssc617p1-ssc617p-mens-watch-11658.html

it has to be the orange monster

and you were doing so well…

After this thread I’ve been wearing my Kinetic for a day or two and the, sadly it seems the battery is struggling with holding its charge.

The watch is quite old and I’m surprised it’s lasted this long.

Anyone recommend a Seiko or good watch mender in Bristol.

Any thoughts on the WatchLab in Bristol Cribbs, The Mall.

Cheers.

I can’t knock the Seikos at all, good watches and great vfm. There’s lots of other choices though and choose quartz of convenience is an issue. If you want a cheap diver that’s made for the job then look at a Divex. Not got the bling of the Seiko but rarer and you can add a decent after market bracelet if you wanted one. Proper tool watch.

https://www.jfdglobal.com/products/compasses-gauges-and-watches/divers-watches/

As for auto timing, I’ve several and wouldn’t  be happy with less than +/-15secs per week with any. Rolex run within that easily and many much more accurate so a minute a week is NOT acceptable.

Lovely watch, if you go with the rubber strap keep an eye on it, I lost mine on a ride never to be found (by me anyway) replaced with an Orient which won’t be as painful financially if the same thing happens again.

Not noticed any mention of yokobies mods yet:

https://www.mywatchmart.com/users/yobokies/

I bought one of these 5 years ago and it’s done me well. Looks very premium on the arm but with the practically and price of quartz.

After this thread I’ve been wearing my Kinetic for a day or two and the, sadly it seems the battery is struggling with holding its charge.

The watch is quite old and I’m surprised it’s lasted this long.

Anyone recommend a Seiko or good watch mender in Bristol.

For a kinetic battery replacement, I got mine done by Watchkings (advertising on ebay). Not Bristol, but somewhere in devon.

Seiko diver? Has to be a samurai surely?

Get a Stargate!

Good call on the Stargate, wearing my skz323 atm and have another as a pmmm.

Gold coated rotor on a 7S36c anyone?

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i was sure someone linked to a site that did great second hand watches, any ideas?

I’ve a memory like a sieve.

Reading this made me wonder where my old watch is. A friend gave it to me around 1985, he got it in Belize says 6309-7049 on the back. Rubber strap split decades ago and stopped wearing it, maybe time for a new strap, any recommendations?

Aaarrrgh, was going to post photo but forgot what a pain that is! What are you all using, last time I put up an image was with photobucket, what works with mobiles too … why can’t we copy paste?

Not noticed any mention of yokobies mods yet:

the picture I posted has several mods on it.

maybe time for a new strap, any recommendations?

Everything i’ve bought from TimeFactors has been high quality and good value, and they’re in the UK.

Their deluxe Nato straps are particularly good.

Thanks, not sure I’d like the deluxe nato strap as it goes across the back of the watch and it’s already a big beast, but the nylon TF 2 piece strap looks ideal.

Kojacklollipop – postimage.org works like photobucket used to.

Probably need a service now.

No idea if this picture will turn out properly but you people are a terrible influence.

Just picked up a modded 6309 with a pepsi bezel and a (new) bond nato. Feels pretty big on my dainty wrists but I’m sure I’ll get used to it!

Picked my 007J from the post office today.

Forgot how great they are in the hand – quality finish.

Here it is with my 6309 – which as far as I can tell is pretty much original including 6309 movement too.

This is mine. I didn’t like the rubber strap so replaced it with a Nato one. Makes a very nice everyday watch.

maybe time for a new strap, any recommendations?

Try one of the stainless mesh bracelets I posted above. At around $30, and virtually indistinguishable from a £600 Breitling mesh bracelet, it brings some subtle bling to a watch, and they’re really comfy to wear, because they’re really flexible, and being mesh it breaths well.

Well this thread was a bad influence….

After I picked up the SKX I decided that my 6309 needed a bit of TLC.
Turns out that the dial I had on it wasn’t original – but I had got some ‘spares’ that I’d picked up a while back.

This one of the bunch was an original ‘Hong Kong’ dial:

My tame watchmaker did a fantastic job of restoring it and re-luming it, along with the hands.
Movement was serviced, new crown and new crystal installed:

It arrived back yesterday looking like this:

I do have a new bezel insert to go one but couldn’t get it to my watchmaker in time before he finished.
Total transformation! well worth the time and money….

Oh and this also arrived yesterday after seeing one in the window of the local jewellers:

2018 Solar ‘Tuna’ – this is smaller than the ‘Proper Tuna’ which is nice as it fits my skinny wrist unlike the original version!

SBCM023 diver.  Face very small compared to most modern watches but if you’ve small wrists like me it looks to size and far easier to wear.

This is the one I want if I can get hold of one. Nice size and quartz.

@dirkpitt74 – nice work on that watch! Who’s your ‘tame’ watchmaker, seems like someone it’s worth knowing.