REFERENCE. SBDC063 (JDM VERSION OF SPB079)
YEAR. BASELWORLD 2018 - CURRENT.
STYLE/SHAPE. DIVER - QUASI HERITAGE REISSUE
MARKET. MID LEVEL JAPANESE DIVER - AROUND 1000USD
FUNCTIONS (WHAT CAN IT DO?)
FUNCTIONS - TIME/DATE
SIMPLE 6R15 - HACK/HANDWIND/QUICK SET DATE
LEGIBILITY – INCREDIBLE
BIG FLAT DIAL - CLEAN HI CONTRAST INDICIES - FLAT AS A TACK CRYSTAL WITH AR
SIMPLE SWORD HANDS, MIN HAND LONG. COMBINED WITH MARKERS ON REHAUT
MONSTER HOUR OUT OF THE WAY BUT REALLY OBVIOUS
POWER RESERVE. 50 HOUR - LITTLE OVER THE STANDARD 38-42 IN THIS RANGE.
SHORT OF THE 70HR THE BLACKBAY GIVES BUT 5TH THE PRICE
VERSATILITY (WHO CAN IT FIT AND HOW CAN IT BE USED)
WEARABILITY - WHO.
44mm X 51mm X 13.1 mm
ON THE BIGGER SIDE - VERY EASY ON MY 7.5INCH WRIST
LUGS SWEEP LOW, SHAPING THE WATCH TO WRIST AND HELPING 6.5 SHOULD OK
ROBUSTNESS - DOING WHAT
316L STEEL/SAPPHIRE
GREAT STEP UP FROM HARDLEX
NEW SEIKO’S DIASHIELD COATING ON THE CASE AND BRACELET, PROVIDING BETTER SCRATCH-PROTECTION AND EXTRA CORROSION RESISTANCE.
NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS - APPEARS TO BE A COATING NOT A TREATMENT
SPRON 510 MAINSPRING CO-NI-CR-MO ALLOY IT IS NON-MAGNETIC AND FEATURES ULTRA HIGH ELASTICITY AND HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH, AS WELL AS HIGH DURABILITY AND HEAT RESISTANCE.
STAINLESS STEEL BEZEL MY FAVORITE MATERIAL I THINK - GOLDILOCKS - HARDER TO SCRATCH BUT WONT SHATTER LIKE SAPPHIRE
200 M WATER RESISTANCE - AND SCREW DOWN CROWN
NO CROWN GUARDS BUT REALLY? IS THAT ACTUALLY AN ISSUE?
BANDS - WITH
COMES ON A SIMPLE SILICON ACCORDIAN STYLE BAND - REALLY NICE HARDWARE THOUGH
20MM - SUPER COMMON
DRILLED LUGS - VERY CHANGEABLE.
QUITE HEAVY, LUGS NOT SUPER LOW COMPARED TO LITTLE POT BELLIED CASEBACK SO A BIT WOBBLY ON A NATO.
OCCASIONS - WHEN AND WHERE
PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME - ANY PLACE
THE SLIGHTLY VINTAGE FEEL, SUBDUED COLOURS AND DISCRETION FROM ITS SLOPY MAGIC VANISHING TRICK MEANS THIS DIVER CAN PROBABLY GO JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT SUBMARINERS FITTING IN ANYWHERE AND I THINK I GET THAT NOW - THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT A SUBBY KNOCK-OFF BUT ITS PULLING THE SAME TRICK.
LOOKS (TO YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE)
CLASSIC DIVER
BIG AND CHUNKY BUT NOT A LUMP
ITS A RETRO INSPIRED DESIGN BUT COULD BE MODERN
LOOK MODERN ON ITS OWN BUT RETRO NEXT TO ALPINA
CARNIVAL OF COMPOUND CURVES, BARELY A STRAIGHT LINE TO BE SEEN
CURVE TOP TO BOTTOM AND END TO END
SCALLOPS AND SUBTLE BULGES
NO FEATURELESS SLABS OF STEEL
BUT ALSO NOT FUSSY - THE CURVES ARE LONG
THE SURFACES ARE BROAD AND RUN THE LENGTH OF THE CASE
ANGLED NOT FACETED
COMBINATION OF THESE SWEEPING CURVES AND SLIGHTLY THICK BEZEL IS THE VISUALLY SHRINK THE WATCH
SLOPING SHOULDERS
COMPARE TO ALPINA - ONLY ABOUT HALF A MM IN SIZE
HAD TO MEASURE IT - I DIDN'T BELIEVE THE SIZING
FINISHING AMAZING AT THIS PRICE
HIGH POLISH - DOUBT ITS SEIKOS ZARATZU - ON TWO ASPECTS OF CASE FLANKS
CIRCULAR BRUSHING BUT SO FAINT I THOUGHT IT WAS A NON DIRECTIONAL SATIN FINISH ON LUGS
DIAL
SO SIMPLE BUT BEAUTIFUL - THIS IS A SEIKO STYLE I KNOW BUT REMINDS ME OF ALPINA SEASTRONG DIVER THAT SAME BEAUTIFUL SPARSENESS
HANDS ARE SIMPLE AND FUNCTIONAL BUT WORK WITH THE INDICIES
LUMABRITE FILLING GIVING UNIFIED LOOK
SILVERED INDICE/HAND SURROUNDS ADD A TOUCH OF CLASS AND IN THE RIGHT LIGHT MAKE THE ENSEMBLE REALLY POP
REHAUT MARKERS ADD VISUAL APPEAL AS WELL AS A FUNCTION
LOOKING DOWN KIND OF OUT OF WAY
FROM ANGLE ADD INTEREST
BEZEL
SLIGHTLY THICK BEZEL (?) I THINK
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE BLUE - REALLY DEEP CYAN - TOUCH OF GREEN - A PETROL BLUE
ONLY COLOUR ON THE WATCH AND STEEL/METALLIC NATURE DOESNT JAR WITH THE REST - ALMOST FORMS A VISUAL BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PLAIN STEEL AND BLACK
DATE. OK.
IN AT THE 3 - NICELY INTEGRATED
GOOD CHOICE TO JUST REPLACE INDICE - RATHER THAN MASH IT
WHITE ON BLACK NOT AWFUL
WHITE SEMI MATCHED WITH LUMED IN HANDS
BUT I THINK I WOULD HAVE PREFERED WHITE ON BLACK
SPEAKING OF LUME - NOT NORMALLY SOMETHING I CARE ABOUT BUT HERE IMPORTANT SEIKOS LUMABRITE IS JUSTIFIABLY FAMOUS
CASE BACK NOTHING SPECIAL
CLASS SEIKO TSUNAMI AND SPEC SHEET
NICE BUT UNSPECTACULAR
ON THE WRIST LOOKS.
LESS PRESNENCE THAN NOMINAL SIZE WOULD INDICATE
THAT MAGIC VANISHING TRICK COSTS YOU THERE
VERY NICE THOUGH
WATCH SITS REASONABLY FLAT
BUT LITTLE POT BELLIED MVMT MEANS STIS A LITTLE HIGH
HAVEN'T TRIED ON A NATO - WOULD GO FOR A THIN ONE ONLY
FEEL.
CONTROLS - OK - TYPICAL 46r15 FEEL
CROWN BIG END OF MIDDLING - COMMON 7MM, EASY TO GRIP, SOLID POP, POSITIONS CLEAN AND POSITIVE I HIT RIGHT POSITION EVERY TIME
TYPICAL SEIKO KIND OF BUZZY TO WIND
IN THE HAND. HEAVY - SMOOTH - QUALITY - CLEAN .
ON THE WRIST. SOME HEFT BUT COMFORTABLE.
THIS ONE IS COMFORTABLE
SCALLOPING FROM CASEBACK TO MID CASE HELPS
ALSO SITS NICE AN SNUG SO VERY SECURE.
BUILD.
CASE EXCELLENT -
OK - FROM A BUILD POV THE CASE IS PRETTY SIMPLE BUT
THIS WOULD NOT BE AN EASY CASE SHAPE - THOSE COMPLEX CURVES REQUIRE GOOD MACHINING AND POLISHING
POLISH GREAT, BRUSHING FINE AND LIGHT
DIAL. LIKE THE CASE SIMPLE SO NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNE TO SHINE
HANDS NICE OF SUBSTANTIAL - NO OBVIOUS FLASHING LEFT OVER
LUME VERY WELL APPLIED, EVEN AND DEEP
SAME WITH THE INDICIES - SIMPLE, WELL PLACED, NO FLAWS , EVERYTHING WHERE IT SHOULD BE
BEZEL. 120 CLICK UNIDIRECTIONAL AS YOU’D EXPECT
BUTTERY - EACH CLICK IS DISTINCT BUT THE RACHET ROLLS FROM CLICK TO CLICK
LITTLE BIT OF PLAY - MEANS WHILE IN THEORY EVERYTHING LINES UP, IN PRACTICE YOU CAN MISS
MOVEMENT. ITS A 6R15 SERIES. SO STILL WORKMANLIKE BUT MORE SO.
NOT ESPECIALLY ACCURATE - SPECCED AT +25/-15 BUT THATS NOT SEIKOS AIM
WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN
THESE ARE MOVEMENTS PEOPLE CAN - AND DO - BET THEIR LIVES ON
EASE OF OWNERSHIP
MSRP - ABOUT 800-950 USD DEPENDING ON BAND OPTION.
CAN GET THEM AT 690 AT GNOMON - VOUCH FOR THEIR DELIVERY
SPECTACULAR VALUE
MAINTENANCE:
ITS AN UNTOUCHED SEIKO CAN IT BE EASIER?
FINDING ONE. DESPITE BEING JDM ITS A PIECE OF PISS - GNOMON, JAPAN ONLINE STORE AND MANY OTHERS HAVE THEM
LONG ISLAND DID TOO UNTIL RECENTLY - LOVE TO KNOW THAT STORY.
AUTHENTICITY. - 50:50 ON AUTHENTICITY WATCH
TRUE TO HISTORY. IN 2017 SEIKO GREAT SUCCESS WITH SBDC051/53 MODELS.
SEIKO RETURNED TO THEIR HISTORY BOOKS AND INTRODUCED A PAIR OF PROSPEX DIVERS BASED ON THEIR 1968 VINTAGE REFERENCE 6159
THE SBDC061 AND SBDC063 ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS INSPIRED BY THE 6159 RATHER THAN REISSUES
LINEAGE IS CERTAINLY THERE BUT THE NEW BOY IS FAR MORE SOPHISTICATED
DIFFERENCE IS MNF 1968 TO 2019
DESIGN (TRUE TO ITSELF). ABSOLUTELY - THE DESIGNERS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRAINED BY THE PAST:
SIZING
SHAPING
MONSTER HANDS
FINISHING
ALL JUST - BETTER AND YET - IT HASNT DITCHED ITS ROOTS
TREADING THE LINE PERFECTLY IN MY VIEW.
TRANSPARENCY/HONESTY. AS HONEST AS THE DAY IS LONG - DOES PRECISELY WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN..
POSITIONAL POWER - HOW IT WILL BE SEEN BY OTHERS
(HIGH SCHOOL CROWD - JOCK/CHEERLEADER/GEEK/BADBOY/GREYMAN/PREPPY/HIPSTER/TRADIE ETC)
ITS A SEIKO - LIKE IT OR NOT THAT WILL LIMIT THE VIEWS OF THIS WATCH
FOR BETTER OR WORSE, NOT TOO HIGH, BUT NOT TOO LOW
THEY ARE FAMILIAR AND FAMILIAR AS MATES NOT CELEBRITIES
LOCAL FOOTBALL STAR VS THE INTERNATIONAL WE SEE ON EUROSPORT
BUT IT HAS AN AIR OF QUALITY THAT SETS IT APART
HES A LOCAL BUT HE COULD MAKE IT IF ONLY HE GOT A BREAK
THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR ISNT COMMON
NOT A MALL BUY
YOU SOUGHT THIS ONE OUT
THATS WORTH SOMETHING
SO WHAT’S THE VERDICT - SWIPE RIGHT (GOOD) OR LEFT (BAD)
SWIPE HARD RIGHT
GREAT LOOKS
WELL BUILT
REALLY SOLID VALUE
NOT SUPER COMMON BUT REALLY EASY TO LIVE WITH
MY SEIKO STORY -
I COLLECT SEIKO DIVERS - GOT 5, REVIEWED 4 NOW AND PREVIOUSLY BEEN A BIT AMBIVALENT
THIS WATCH IS WHY I LOVE SEIKOS
THE TURTLE/SAMURAI AND MONSTER ARE GREAT VALUE
THIS IS JUST A GREAT WATCH
FOR NEW COLLECTORS - I REALLY RECOMMEND STARTING HERE IF YOU CAN
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