Awesome! Thanks for sharing
What was your opinion on the size of the SPB149? Did it wear like a 40mm or did it feel bigger or smaller?
Cheers!
Seiko Diver’s 1965 Modern Re-Interpretation SPB143J1 / SPB145J1 / SPB147J1 / SPB149J1
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SPB143J1 / 145J1 / 147J1 / 149J1
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Just saw this getting posted about here and thought it may be worth getting it's own thread going.
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https://www.seikowatches.com/ca-en/products/prospex/spb149j1
https://www.seikowatches.com/us-en/products/prospex/special/55th-anniversary-limited/
It looks like an LE of 5,500 and a price of 140,000 yen.
Sapphire crystal
200m
Diashield
6R35
40.5mm diameter
47.6mm lug to lug
13.2mm thick
For my part I love the size and the dial, case and hands. No chapter ring.
I have been looking for awhile and I think It is almost my perfect seiko diver dare I say it.
There are also some non limited editions with grey and brown dials.
SPB143J1
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SPB147J1
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Just saw this getting posted about here and thought it may be worth getting it's own thread going.
https://www.seikowatches.com/ca-en/products/prospex/spb149j1
https://www.seikowatches.com/us-en/products/prospex/special/55th-anniversary-limited/
It looks like an LE of 5,500 and a price of 140,000 yen.
Sapphire crystal
200m
Diashield
6R35
40.5mm diameter
47.6mm lug to lug
13.2mm thick
For my part I love the size and the dial, case and hands. No chapter ring.
I have been looking for awhile and I think It is almost my perfect seiko diver dare I say it.
There are also some non limited editions with grey and brown dials.
SPB143J1
SPB145J1
SPB147J1
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What was your opinion on the size of the SPB149? Did it wear like a 40mm or did it feel bigger or smaller?
Cheers!
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They totally hooked me
Loving everything but the price. But at this point I feel Like I'm in still.
Hoping to see in some official documentation somewhere still that the insert is ceramic.
Oh man I have no idea.. Especially as this is a new beast. I'm not as deep in the seiko game as a lot folks around here. Seems a reasonable guess though I think.
It may be easiest to compare an existing models retail prices in Yen and USD and see how it shakes out with a local currency.
Seems the Australian dollar prices came in but I'm not sure how they compare to past values in that currency.
Hopefully all will be revealed soon
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Here is something new to check out...
Over on the new and upcoming seiko thread member jeffing posted a link to this video of some of the new 2020 models. Thanks for sharing
Check out the 5' mark of the video for the 149.
Great to see it live.
Still heavily leaning towards the grey 143 but that blue 149 is very tempting too.
Over on the new and upcoming seiko thread member jeffing posted a link to this video of some of the new 2020 models. Thanks for sharing
Check out the 5' mark of the video for the 149.
Great to see it live.
Still heavily leaning towards the grey 143 but that blue 149 is very tempting too.
Yup me too for sure.
I was going to spend some time looking at the SLA017 to try and get a read on it, assuming it is a similar sunburst grey.
Yup. I thought in the quick glance as it rotates in the video that it looks nice thin as I hoped too.
I was wondering if the clasp was the same as the 51/53/61/63 series. I had a version of those but without the bracelet. Good to hear it's of appropriate quality.
I think I would be very happy with a blue 149 if the grey 143 wasn't an option. A little more pondering last night affirmed that while I love sunburst blue as a result I already have a couple that I really like. I have no grey dials though and I have always admired sunburst grey. Especially if it isn't too electric and active, which seems to be the case with seiko sunbursts. Not too flashy. I think the grey dial will be really versatile.
My only concern would be if the the polished hands would blend into the dial and decrease legibility? I suppose the lume plots are large enough that this wouldn't be an issue....
Any feedback from owners and handlers of a sLA017 on legibility would be welcome
I wonder if there will be any early real life pictures of the non LE variants before these go on sale?
I was wondering if the clasp was the same as the 51/53/61/63 series. I had a version of those but without the bracelet. Good to hear it's of appropriate quality.
I think I would be very happy with a blue 149 if the grey 143 wasn't an option. A little more pondering last night affirmed that while I love sunburst blue as a result I already have a couple that I really like. I have no grey dials though and I have always admired sunburst grey. Especially if it isn't too electric and active, which seems to be the case with seiko sunbursts. Not too flashy. I think the grey dial will be really versatile.
My only concern would be if the the polished hands would blend into the dial and decrease legibility? I suppose the lume plots are large enough that this wouldn't be an issue....
Any feedback from owners and handlers of a sLA017 on legibility would be welcome
I wonder if there will be any early real life pictures of the non LE variants before these go on sale?
Thanks!
Hard to say, some pics make it look engraved.
I suppose we really won't know until we see a production version.
That's great.
I had found mixed things so I wasn't certain. Last I looked in Seiko websites I didn't see ceramic mentioned, but nor did it state it was anything different. I talked to an AD who didn't think it was ceramic, read a blog that said it was "brushed ceramic...coated in sapphire" which didn't make sense to me and saw just now Topper has it listed as ceramic, which from them I reckon would be accurate.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing that
I love the slim case profile
As well as the bracelet link profile.
I have a feeling this series will wear really really well. I like that it has the polished soft curves and bevels on the underside that other seiko divers share which would make it ride super comfortably.
Still excited for it
The blue dial looks richer in that video too
I also dig the strap and wouldn't mind a black version to go with the grey dial 143
I also dig the strap and wouldn't mind a black version to go with the grey dial 143
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Odd decision for sure to talk about the gold highlights then filter it out. The whole watch looks washed out.
But still nice to see some more pics.
It seems that those pics show brushed hands if you zoom in, even though they look pretty overexposed
Pics From Time and Tide - Nick Kenyon
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But still nice to see some more pics.
It seems that those pics show brushed hands if you zoom in, even though they look pretty overexposed
Pics From Time and Tide - Nick Kenyon
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