Category: SEIKO

Owner Review: Seiko SLA017 – My highly anticipated……deception?

What if you finally can date that beautiful girl and it turns out to be not what you expected…..and you walk away bored. That’s basically what happened to me with the Seiko SLA017, the diving watch –limited to 2000 – that is praised for its perfect 39.9mm case size, a beautiful modest sunburst dial, a…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Presage Cocktail Time SRPB43

The already legendary Seiko Presage Cocktail Time SRPB43 is one of the classiest dress watches in the entire Seiko line, it is even widely regarded as classy by luxury Swiss watch standards. Let’s get started by focussing on the real selling point of this watch, yes, you guessed it, we are talking about that mesmerizing…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Arnie SNJ025 – Get to tha Review!

While the entire watch enthusiast community was poised for the luxury Swiss watch companies to announce their latest incredibly dull creations at 2019 Baselworld (the last of the Baselworlds) Seiko’s offerings shadowed their somewhat uninspiring new models, the Seiko Arnie SNJ025 was one such watch. Announced by Seiko as a reissue of the awesome H558-5000…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Presage SRPD97J1

A white textured dial inspired by the winter seasons of Japan, blue seconds hand, superb value proposition with impressive finishing? It can only be Grand Seiko. Wait, no, hang on. This is no GS. This is a regular old Seiko. Design cues usually reserved for Grand Seiko have trickled into the Seiko Presage SRPD97J1 /…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Presage Cocktail Time SRPB41J1

When people invariably ask me to recommend a dress watch to them this is almost always in my list regardless of price. For most people this would be the watch to put on for a night out to dinner or to wear to an event where they wanted to add a little sparkle to their…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko 5 SNK809

The Seiko 5 SNK809 is everything you could possibly want in a watch, and more. With a svelte 37mm/11mm stainless steel case, the three-hander is set on a sector-like dial with painted hour and minute Arabic numerals, along with a classic field-watch style triangular marking at the 12 o’clock. It comes with a day-date complication…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Cocktail Time SRPB41

The Seiko Cocktail Time SRPB41 takes the renowned Seiko formula of great value, ravishing dials, unrelenting reliability and presents it in the presage line up. This watch has been around for some time and is a fan favourite among enthusiasts, but should you buy the hype? With a 40mm steel case, rather slim proportions and…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Prospex Land SNE421

The Seiko Prospex Land SNE421 is a solidly designed watch, provides good value but misses the mark with a few attempts at cost saving. The dial and hand set are well designed and legible in almost all conditions. The dial is a mix between printed and applied indices, with gorgeous applied hour markers. The hand…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Gold Turtle SRPC44

The Seiko Gold Turtle SRPC44 (or ‘Gurtle’ as termed by a fellow Aussie watch enthusiast), is probably one of the best F@*% off watches out in the watch space right now. For a brand like Seiko; arguably the king of true utilitarian, affordable tool watches to make a watch that encompasses all those characteristics, but…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Tuna SBBN017

In 1968 the Seiko management gave the order to Ikuo Tokunaga to develop “the perfect professional diver’s watch”. Seven years later he presented the first Tuna (6159-7010), this was the ancestor of the Seiko Tuna SBBN017. It was the first diver’s watch with a titanium monocoque case, a titanium shroud with ceramic coating to protect…
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02/01/2021