Sorry, I didn't think people cared that much.

 

Seiko is dead to me, until they start adjusting their mechanical movements.

 

Seiko is dead to you yet you're still an active poster here.

Right.

Gotcha.

 

The new alpinist is dead to me. The sarb017 was never slim to begin with, they go ahead and make it even thicker. The cyclops doesnt do it for me either. And dont even get me started on the price.... glad I got the sarb017 when pricing was still normal.

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They pick an iconic watch that wasn't broke to begin with, increase the thickness, add a cyclops, leave the movement completely untouched and expect people to pay extra for it because it now has an X on the dial??

Probably best the 033/035 stays dead



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They pick an iconic watch that wasn't broke to begin with, increase the thickness, add a cyclops, leave the movement completely untouched and expect people to pay extra for it because it now has an X on the dial??

Probably best the 033/035 stays dead

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It has a new movement.

 

*Mods please move to Seiko forum if required*

Done. People looking for Alpinist related info would search here first.

 

I thought about picking up the previous green no cyclops for a minute.

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I thought about picking up the previous green no cyclops for a minute.

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I think most of us did at some point [emoji1787]

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I like the new ones much better.

However, can they not make both crowns screw down? Makes no sense to have the secondary crown accidentally move, ruins the whole point of the watch.

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The crown for the inner dial does not affect the WR of the movement. Accidental movements dont matter as it is a solar compass.

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Thank you for this information. Was late to the Alpinist party so settled for the 2020 Alpinist when it is available at my local dealer and was earlier wondering if a strapcode bracelet could fit it. Now i know it is possible. Thank you very much once again.

 

The strapcode bracelet is excellent, the screws make resizing a breeze and the 6 micro clasp is great for comfort adjustments on a hot day.

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Thanks for clearing up this question. I always though the SARB017 was 38mm and was basing my future purchases on this inaccurate information

 

Thank you for this. I've been trying to figure out sizing of a future purchase and the Alpinist is the closest in size to it. Having spent a fair amount of time trying to garner size spec and see it in comparison to other Seiko models, I didn't come to a conclusive answer.

Any chance you could provide the lug tip to lug tip? Also, have you an SKX/turtle/mini turtle that you could show side by side, if it's not too much trouble? - Either I've got worse at getting what I want out of search engines/serch functions, or they've gotten more useless!

 

Thank you for this. I've been trying to figure out sizing of a future purchase and the Alpinist is the closest in size to it. Having spent a fair amount of time trying to garner size spec and see it in comparison to other Seiko models, I didn't come to a conclusive answer.

Any chance you could provide the lug tip to lug tip? Also, have you an SKX/turtle/mini turtle that you could show side by side, if it's not too much trouble? - Either I've got worse at getting what I want out of search engines/serch functions, or they've gotten more useless!

Hi mate, the lug to lug is ~46mm so quite short. I don't have any Seiko divers to compare it to sorry.

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Thanks for this. I may give the 2020 Alpinist a look later in the year.

 

I bought the good old green dial/goal hands after the announcement it had been discontinued and still think it's one of the best interpretations of the model. Plus, it was a hellva lot cheaper than the new ones. Thanks for the dimensions check tho.

 

I bought the good old green dial/goal hands after the announcement it had been discontinued and still think it's one of the best interpretations of the model. Plus, it was a hellva lot cheaper than the new ones. Thanks for the dimensions check tho.

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Same here. Although if Seiko were to throw caution to the winds and come out with a green dial and a bronze case.......

 

Thank you for the SARB017 dimensions. I, for one, was confused with different dimensions floating around.

 

Without having the old and new Alpinist side by side, this does not definitively prove that the cases are identical and that the bracelets are interchangeable, merely that it remains plausible (or perhaps likely) that the are.

 

Strapcode have officially stated that their bracelets fit the new 2020 alpinists.

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I thought it was kinda fun seeing someone new post on every page of the Alpinist thread about how they would be in for this new one if it wasn't for the increased case size and picturing the Dutchman being like:

I was gonna suggest we turn it into a Seiko forum drinking game every time someone mentions it :-d

 

I thought it was kinda fun seeing someone new post on every page of the Alpinist thread about how they would be in for this new one if it wasn't for the increased case size and picturing the Dutchman being like:

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I was gonna suggest we turn it into a Seiko forum drinking game every time someone mentions it :-d

That is my exact reaction in a picture haha!

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@OP, thanks for addressing this issue.

I specifically remember watching this vid some good time ago:

and even though it clearly showed 39.3mm there, I still had the 'official' 38mm stuck in my mind and was frowning at the rumoured 2020 'enlargement'.