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w00dsterFull Member
Very similar number as well Kryton, but due to The pandemic I’ve not seen or had access to two of my watches since December 2019, one of them I really like as well. They’re locked in a safe I don’t have access to!!
I’m tempted with making a new purchase but would need to sell two watches…..only problem is the wife bought me one of the ones I’d off load….not overly sure I’d survive intact if I even mentioned it!!
Years ago an ex RAF friend of mine purchased a Bell & Ross (square face one resembling a WWII fighter “dashboard”?, anyway I was politely saying how I really liked it (I didn’t)…but the wife bought me a similar one. I feel really bad for wanting rid, but it’s sat there not getting used. She mentions it, but I call it my office watch and I’m working from home.
Chopard Mille Miglia Gran Turismo XL is my current favourite and tempting me.neilnevillFree MemberThinking of selling my green sumo (generation 3, current one with sapphire crystal and upgraded movement). Would anybody be interested, before I stick it on the classifieds?
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Latest Singletrack VideosFresh Goods Friday 696: The Middlin...WallyFull MemberKryton – post up a link to your ebay antics. Neilnevill a pic says a 1000 words.
I have found classifieds on here an absolute delight.
I have found ebay to be 20% nutters who buy something from me and then pull out – I am waiting for the other 20% who want to return the item I have posted and then finally the 20% fee invoice.bungleFull MemberKryton, I’m disappointed. Only 10? Two years since you started this thread and poured petrol on my own addiction; much worse since lockdown with my Ebay watch list being mostly
watches…
Latest acquisition was a Chronologica carbon-cased diver which looked well cool in photos online but sadly looks like plastic in real life
tthewFull MemberI have found classifieds on here an absolute delight.
Aw, cheers Wally. 😍
I’ve ordered a nice new strap for it from Barton Bands.Kryton57Full Member@bungle lol, I’m sorry. I’ve pulled myself together now and although I shan’t be buying so easily in the future, I’ve kind of categorised my watches appropriately. Even I dont know how my head works sometimes but I had some kind of “MUST WEAR ALL OF THEM!” angst in my head.
Now I’m back to accepting if one gets shut in the box for six months well, so what. The 10th one hasn’t arrived yet, it’s a rather good looking piece coming from Meranom (eventually) which is of course a clue.
ircFull Memberit’s a rather good looking piece coming from Meranom (eventually) which is of course a clue.
Vostoks! The Lada of the watch world. I’ve got 3.
CountZeroFull MemberThe 6R15 is an upgraded 4R36/NH36 and will work, but I personally wouldn’t pay the extra for one. Cousins have the NH36 for £30 plus vat and the 6R15 for £255 plus vat and the only difference between them is the 6r uses a different steel for the hairspring and mainspring, so the 6r is slightly more resistant to magnetism and has a few hours extra power reserve. Hardly worth it for almost 9x the cost.
@Fudd – thank you, that’s actually the movement I was looking at, the 6R15, but I had no idea of the sort of price they go for. My thinking was to use a movement that’s actually marked Seiko, as the watch is a Seiko, but your point about the price difference is very well made! 😁SaccadesFree MemberWith all due respect I disagree about the movement recommendation by Fudd.
The 6R15 has an extra 10 hours power reserve (getting it over the 2 day, 48 hours magic mark) and the spec is to be 20 seconds a day less variable than a 4R36 you mentioned.
In addition, the 4r36 is a day and date movement whereas the 6r15 is just the date.
Personally, if on a budget I would go for the answer inadvertently touched on by referencing the NH36. Buy a NH15, sometimes called an NE15 movement. These are the same as the 6R15 movement, made by Seiko but unbranded to be fitted to other manufacturers watches (micro brands). Last time I looked they were about $70 USD.
Win, win.
neilnevillFree MemberReally? With the Seiko fans here I thought a great condition sumo would stir interest …. Look at that lovely sunburst green dial….no? I’m interested in another green dialed Seiko diver and want one out first…. Desperately trying not to buy a second new watch in a month!
KamakazieFull MemberOnly your second?
I’ve bought 4 since Christmas but then I guess I’ve sold 2, and another soon so not really that bad numbers wise.Planning to build up to 10 or so max, though wherever I look a see different ones I like so that may not happen.
IvanDobskiFree MemberI’m not in the market for that Seiko but I’ve always been a bit on the fence ref green dials until I got my green Pantor a few months ago and decided green looks much, much better in the flesh than it does on screen. So if there’s anyone on the fence about the colour I’d take a punt on it.
johnnersFree MemberWith the Seiko fans here I thought a great condition sumo would stir interest …. Look at that lovely sunburst green dial….no?
I’m usually an absolute sucker for a green dial but FedEx just turned up today with a 40mm Swordfish in emerald green so I’m less interested than I’d usually be. Jody JOMW just posted a review of a Sumo today, rather a conservative black model though.
Kryton57Full MemberOn a similar theme the other day I watched Jody’s Samurai review so have a new appreciation for mine.
neilnevillFree Member🙂 I bought it after i decided I wanted a green dial, didn’t have a Seiko, didn’t want to pay loads but was content with something quality and the new sumo had been getting lots of reviews as it had been out only 6 months or so. I thought it might be comically large on my slim wrists but it is the most comfortable watch I own despite its 45 mm size. the hugely chamfered case and lug shape make it great. The dial and bezel are a great colour, nice sunburst to the dial, and the colour changes from almost black in some lights to really vibrant in sunlight. The reason I’m thinking of changing is I have seen another watch with a brighter green dial though that just made me go, ‘ wow!’
BulletFull MemberHad some money to spend as a retirement gift from work so just bought one of these. Fancied something with a bit of colour as all my watches have black faces. Really pleased with the weighty feel and look, makes a nice change to have some colour! The brushed finish to the stainless steel is almost titanium in appearance which again is a nice contrast to my other steel bracelet watches.
CountZeroFull Member@Saccades – thank you for that, that’s useful info. There are two reasons for considering the 6R15, first there’s the improved power reserve, along with it being hackable, the second is that the watch is one I bought with money left me by my mum, so it has a sentimental value, but also the value of the SRP045K1 is going up due to the scarcity of the watch – it was only produced for about 20 months, wasn’t really a big hit, but collectors are now starting to appreciate it, and so is the value starting to appreciate, so I felt it might be worth spending a bit on a good Seiko calibre, I only paid about £250 for the watch, NOS, but they seem to be going for two to three times that.
It’s a very solid watch, if it’s got the original bracelet, it’s certainly noticeable on the wrist!SaccadesFree MemberI know all about the spork (Inc yours from this and the original thread), it’s been an appreciated model for quite some time, yobokies even did an skx007 mod version.
The NH15 is the same seiko movement as you have without the “SEIKO” branding on the rotor.
What you do, depends on your budget and sentimentality tbh.
At £220 for a new 6r15 it’s worth getting your movement serviced rather than a new movement. This would by my option if it was from my mum.
If you want the same performance on a bit of a budget, £70 quid without the Seiko name (the spork doesn’t have a display case back so only you would know) but made by Seiko gets a NH15 dropped in and have the original movement to get serviced in the future. This would be my option funds are tight at the mo. You could swap the rotors over (it’s easy, even I did it once to sputter coat a rotor in gold) but as there is no display back there is no point.
If you are on a budget, get a nh35 dropped in. I’d rather not wear the watch and save up than do this tbh as jewellers costs are probably the greater chunk of the bill.
Or leave it 20 years like my dad’s skx031 and then do something when it’s ground to a paste.
bradsFree MemberMust have £25k of watches upstairs and am currently kicking about in a Citizen Eco Drive lol.
Plain military style watch and it really rocks.
Cost me £60 on the plane back from Gran Canaria haha.Kryton57Full Member@bullet you’ve been sucked in haven’t you? Isn’t that the 3rd in recent times? 😀
johnnersFree MemberThe reason I’m thinking of changing is I have seen another watch with a brighter green dial though that just made me go, ‘ wow!’
Do tell…
KamakazieFull MemberI think green dialled watches are my current favourite, with the Minase Horizon being at the top of the list.
But others I really like are the Hanhart Pioneer II limited edition, Seiko Presage SARX071, Millecheon Monarch and then right at the relative budget end of the scale, the Geckota G-01 green dial.
There’s a few others too, mostly divers and infact the Boldr above comes in a nice green too.Stevet1Free MemberAnyone here own a Tissot T-touch solar? It appeals to the inner geek in me, which, lets face it, is why watches hold such appeal anyway. Would be buying second hand, although they do seem to hold their value quite well. Worried it may look too big, and also it may go ‘kaboom’. Anyone have any experience with one?
Thanks.BulletFull Member@Kryton57 – yep, proper watch geek now. Was the Speedmaster Moonwatch last year, the Steinhart for Xmas and now the Boldr 😀 Still get caught looking at Bremont’s now but that may be a step too far!
I blame everyone on this thread 😉
neilnevillFree MemberHaha johnners! If you must know it’s something rare that popped up on tz-uk sales corner and may be gone by now anyway. A limited edition JDM (one of 2018) modern 62mas. If it had been available when I first was hunting I may have got it then but it had sold out. It was a difficult choice anyway, although the 62mas has a brighter green dial that really appeals and is more my normal size then the 45 mm sumo, the sumo has a green bezel and the 6r35 movement. Hopefully Saccades will correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the 6r35 is the same as the 6r15 in the 62mas, but with a 70 hour per reserve, so it’ll go a weekend unworn. However any fear the sumo was too big was misplaced and it’s my most comfortable watch to wear!
johnnersFree MemberA limited edition JDM (one of 2018) modern 62mas
Ah, I think I know the one. SBDC059/SPB081, an absolute beauty. One a limited release of 1000 and JDM, the other an international release of 2018. Other than that I don’t know what the difference is and I’ve seen neither in the flesh. Both 6r15 with 50 hour reserve.
neilnevillFree MemberYep, except I think it’s 2018 for the JDM .. Not sure though
CountZeroFull Member@Saccades – thanks, I’ll probably go for the NH15 version, I’m not so sentimental about the movement, those can and do go wrong, and fixing one like my SPORK has is clearly a non-starter. I did fork out £460 to have my fifty year old Yema fixed and serviced, but that’s now worth close on £4k, so worth it.
Having the SPORK’s movement serviced wouldn’t fix my reasons for wanting to change it, the ability to hack it – you can, with a bit of effort, ‘hold’ the second-hand while resetting the time, but it’s such a faff, compared to the movements in my two Heimdallr watches. Having that facility would encourage me to start wearing it a lot more as well.johnnersFree MemberHaving the SPORK’s movement serviced wouldn’t fix my reasons for wanting to change it, the ability to hack it
It’s nice to have but tbh I don’t really get the big deal with hacking unless you’re dealing with a COSC certified watch. The worst you’ll be setting it is 30 seconds out and that’s no big deal for an ordinary mechanical. If it tends to lose a few seconds set it ahead, if it gains set it behind. I’ve an Orient that gains about 15 seconds a day, it’s a waste of time worrying about setting that bugger to the second!
CountZeroFull Member@johnners – yes, I know it’s a minor irritant, but being able to hand-wind is useful, and I found another irritating feature of the SPORK’s movement this morning when I dug it out to wear having not done so for over a year, and that’s the date change! With the more modern movements like in my Heimdallr watches, if the watch has been sat unused for a while, changing the date just involves pulling out the winder one click, then winding backwards, takes a few seconds; with the SPORK, it had stopped on the 17th, and you have to wind forwards continuously to change the date every twenty-four hours, which took several minutes.
But it’s not just that, honestly, the movement won’t be improved by an expensive service, and I’ve always felt that the watch is so well made, it’s under-served by the movement Seiko put in it, it really deserves a much better calibre, and if it can be done for £70, which is a lot less than a service, then I consider it worth every penny.SaccadesFree MemberWoah there Count Zero.
The NE15 is a direct like for like swap with the 6R15, it just doesn’t have the Seiko branding
It does not have hacking.
To get a better movement with hacking you are looking at the (divers?) 8L35 and maybe Rob at monsterwatches can get you one but you’ll pay through the nose.
I’m not familiar with the 6R35 to know if that has hacking, but again as a Seiko branded movement it’s going to cost you.
I don’t think you need hacking unless you can get the movement to cosc standards (and it stays there).
IvanDobskiFree MemberI’ve never really understood the fuss about hacking, likewise sapphire crystals and ceramic bezels. Not only am I not fussed if a watch doesn’t have them, in some watches I’d specifically prefer them not to have them.
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