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Re: SPB149/SBDC107 Seiko Diver's 1965 Modern Re-Interpretation

This is GORGEOUS

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I've been following this thread and I gotta say seiko really dropped the ball on these because it seems like every other one posted has some sort of issue.

Paint flaking on a NEW watch???

Ridiculous. Go home seiko, you're drunk.

But here it is under a loupe. Pip isn't actually off from center, but the paint around the pip is unevenly applied/flaked off, making it look like slight mis-alignment:
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I hope Seiko does a Pepsi version of this next year, would be awesome!

 

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This thread has 313k views and 3k comments vs Willard 36k views and 366 comments, the 62MAS releases are clearly more popular watches so more of them are in the wild.

I admit I did leave a somewhat negative comment earlier in the thread but I mean com'on every other new owner commenting had a problem with their watch. Seiko seems to be moving from a value proposition to a 'nice watch for nice watch money' and their QC is lagging. I'm crossing my fingers that my SPB151 arriving tomorrow is aligned ?

Guys I see a ton of people venting in this thread but in the Willard thread there is a lot less. Don't they have the same inner workings? So what gives? Genuinely curious.

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Personally I like the circular brushing on the crown more than it being broken up by a 'S', adds a nice visual contrast to the parallel brushing on the case side. Besides, Seiko is already on the front and back why do you need to be reminded on the side as well?

I know this is picky, but why isn't the crown signed on these watches? There is no logo or indication that it is a Seiko. Weird.

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You can get a signed crown on an invicta and lots of lower end watches so I don't think fine watches have a monopoly on them. We all value things differently ?

...but the absence of a logo on the crown - a spot where there is nearly always a signature on fine watches - makes it look a bit generic. In some ways, the crown signature is reassuring. Personally, I like to see signatures on the dial, case back, crown, and clasp.

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