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Hello

Please tell me is SNK809 have these below option

* Shock-Resistant to ISO Standards

* Strong mineral crystal protects dial from scratches and scrapes

* Is SNK809 Anti scratches and scrapes ? ( I don't like my watch have scratches and scrapes after use it )

* Is this Stainless Steel

* What is made in

And i find other name like SNK809 and SNK809K1 and Snk809k2 what is Difference between it and which one is better

And please tell me about lume , How many hours or minutes can be light in the Night/dark Is this need to charge or not
for example can show light for 6 hours ?

Thank you
 
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The different endings to the Snk809 name denotes the type of strap it comes on. I have the SNK809K2 for example and it comes on a two piece zulu style canvas strap whereas the K1 comes on a metal bracelet. Otherwise the actual watch is exactly the same. You can get different coloured dials also which will have a different number.

The watch is shock resistant(one of the five attributes that gives it the Seiko 5 name).

It is stainless steel.

The lume will shine for a good few hours but there isn't much of it on there.

It is mineral crystal so will be resistant to scratching but not as much as sapphire.

I'm sorry but I don't understand your "What is made in" question. If you mean "Where is it made?" Then they are a Japanese manufacturer but I believe they are mostly made in Singapore.

They are a great little watch. I love mine.

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People say the lume will glow for several hours, maybe it's just me, but my seiko 5 (similar to 809) will be invisible in the dark after 20 minutes. It's a great looking watch, don't get me wrong, but lume ain't it's strongest point.

Polished parts will scratch easily as will the crystal. Mine is in rather rough shape after a year of wearing it as a beater, but I am a klutz. I don't see any deep scratches on the crystal but hairlines are there.

Not to say I would not buy it again, it looks and works far better than its pricetag suggests
 
Discussion starter · #7 ·
Thanks for all responses
lume Is important for me, Because my job is on night and don't allow to use my mobile phone to check Time and i like seiko and Invicta
Do you know Which one brand have great Glow/light for all night ? Invicta Tritnite or Seiko lume ?
Thanks again
 
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gooduser said:
Thanks for all responses
lume Is important for me, Because my job is on night and don't allow to use my mobile phone to check Time and i like seiko and Invicta
Do you know Which one brand have great Glow/light for all night ? Invicta Tritnite or Seiko lume ?
Thanks again
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If lume is important how about SKX007 or Monster ( Seiko )
It's have great lume but it cant stay long all night....too
Looking for lume GLOW all night it should be Luminox (brand). It Glow for 25 years!
I got Luminox A1827 the lume cant be so great/strong but it's there when u need to see time at night/dark.
 
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Just a couple more suffix designations:

A1 or A2 at the end of the model # = made in the Alpha Centauri nebulae between August 2074 and December 2092 at which point Seiko relocated its seminal Series 5 Triangulum factory to Andromeda due to available non-unionized robotic labor

C1 at the end of the model # = made in Centaurus by Caliguarian impressual automation at a rapidfire rate of 10 assemblies per millisecond
 
#10 ·
All Seiko 5s are shock resistant, and have lume.
But the lume is quite minimal.

The case is bead-blasted stainless steel, and the crystal is Hardlex (mineral). The dull finish of the case makes scratches less noticeable than a polished case, but in my opinion looks a bit old / weathered to begin with. The crystal's scratch resistance is decent but not as good as sapphire.

I'm fairly sure that model is made in Malaysia.

It's a good little cheap watch, but if you want better readability in the dark, I'd suggest:

If you're happy with the idea of pressing a button to light up the dial, a G-Shock / Casio with backlight or Timex with "Indiglo".

If you don't want to be pressing buttons, and prefer strong lume, an affordable Seiko dive watch. The Samurai and Turtle are the better options at the moment, both having some of the best lume money can buy.
 
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I love the SNK809, have one still, with modded dial and hands, but that said:

- the lume sucks.
- bead blasted case scuffs and shows scratches easily.
- mineral glass scratches more easily than sapphire.

For my money, I'd be looking on ebay for a San Martin or Heimdallr 39mm pilot watch -- about $150, excellent lume, sapphire crystal, brushed stainless case, upgraded seiko movement compared to a Seiko 5.
 
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mconlonx said:
I love the SNK809, have one still, with modded dial and hands, but that said:

- the lume sucks.
- bead blasted case scuffs and shows scratches easily.
- mineral glass scratches more easily than sapphire.

For my money, I'd be looking on ebay for a San Martin or Heimdallr 39mm pilot watch -- about $150, excellent lume, sapphire crystal, brushed stainless case, upgraded seiko movement compared to a Seiko 5.
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Bead blasted stainless absolutely does NOT show scuffs and scratches more easily. That is why I bought the bead blasted version of the Guinand Series 40. Not showing a scratch after 3 months of wear unlike pics I see of the polished version (and the Sinn 103)
 
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fish70 said:
mconlonx said:
I love the SNK809, have one still, with modded dial and hands, but that said:

- the lume sucks.
- bead blasted case scuffs and shows scratches easily.
- mineral glass scratches more easily than sapphire.
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Bead blasted stainless absolutely does NOT show scuffs and scratches more easily. That is why I bought the bead blasted version of the Guinand Series 40. Not showing a scratch after 3 months of wear
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OK... let me clarify: in my experience, bead blasted cases and components show scuffs and scrapes worse than brushed surfaces.

I wore an SNK809 for two years straight as an only watch. Scuffs and scrapes show up shiny, which to my eyes, is a bigger contrast to the bead blasted finish than the same kinds of marks on a brushed finish. I'm finding the same kind of thing with the bracelet of my Sinn 656L.

When such blemishes accumulate, it's much easier to polish or brush them out, than it is to fix a bead blasted surface.

I do not have experience or knowledge of Guinand, beyond their origin where Sinn is concerned, and because of that provenance, I don't know if it has a hardened finish. Also, there are different finishes where bead blasting is concerned based on the media used and other factors.

Bottom line is, OP was asking specifically about an SNK809, not a Guinand, and I was relating my direct, first hand experience and OPINION regarding daily, long term wear of the SNK.

Enjoy your Guinand, they are fantastic tool watches.
 
#14 ·
gooduser said:
Hello

Please tell me is SNK809 have these below option

* Shock-Resistant to ISO Standards

* Strong mineral crystal protects dial from scratches and scrapes

* Is SNK809 Anti scratches and scrapes ? ( I don't like my watch have scratches and scrapes after use it )

* Is this Stainless Steel

* What is made in

And i find other name like SNK809 and SNK809K1 and Snk809k2 what is Difference between it and which one is better

And please tell me about lume , How many hours or minutes can be light in the Night/dark Is this need to charge or not
for example can show light for 6 hours ?

Thank you
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Shock resistant? Yes. ISO standards? No, it is not a dive watch.

Scratches and scrapes... it has a hardlex crystal and is made from stainless steel so it should do pretty well... but ultimately this depends on how you use it. There's no way to prevent scratches and scrapes from showing on a watch if you're prone to banging it around.

It uses Seiko's lumibrite material which is very good, but lume performance really depends more on how much of it is applied than on the material. The SNK809 has small lume dots which might be OK for a little while, but if you want something that will last through the night, you probably really want a dive watch with large lume plots for indices.

It seems to me, based on your questions, that what you really want is an SKX.
 
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Not Seiko specific, but if you want all night lume and don't want to worry about charging, there are 2 solid choices:

- Timex Indiglo, which requires pushing a button, so a 2 hand operation.
- Tritium capsules (not vintage tritium paint), which is readable in the dark for the next 20 years or so.

If you're looking for budget tritium, there's a thread on Carnival tritium watches:
https://www.watchuseek.com/f71/carnival-watches-tritium-tubes-1286074.html

I'm not familiar with the Invicta Tritnite series, but the few I see look like vintage, and vintage tritium doesn't hold up well.
 
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tuckerm said:
The real question is: why did someone suddenly reply to this thread from 2013? :)

But we don't know if OP has pulled the trigger on that SNK809 yet. This decision may have been haunting him for years.
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Ah hahaha! I didn't even notice that. Ah well, maybe this will help someone else.
 
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tuckerm said:
The real question is: why did someone suddenly reply to this thread from 2013? :)

But we don't know if OP has pulled the trigger on that SNK809 yet. This decision may have been haunting him for years.
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That was my thought, too. I always like to read the necro-threads to see just what made someone jump back into an old thread.

Mr. Gooduser hasn't been back on the forum since March 2013. I'm guessing he bought the watch and has been so thoroughly satisfied with it for 6-1/2 years that he never needed to come back.
 
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MrDisco99 said:
Shock resistant? Yes. ISO standards? No, it is not a dive.
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ISO standards aren't limited to dive watches. Within the ISO6425 requirements for dive watches are additional specific ISO standard regarding temperature resistance, shock resistance, water resistance, magnetic resistance, etc.

That said, is the SNK80x shock resistant to ISO 1413 standard? I have no idea. The movt does obviously have shock protection though (Diashock)

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Weetabix said:
That was my thought, too. I always like to read the necro-threads to see just what made someone jump back into an old thread.

Mr. Gooduser hasn't been back on the forum since March 2013. I'm guessing he bought the watch and has been so thoroughly satisfied with it for 6-1/2 years that he never needed to come back.
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Maybe he's still saving for a SNK809. Not everybody has a huge watch budget!
 
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