I really like the simple strong look of the bracelet and I can definitely see enjoying it on one of these models It. But I think it will look simply fantastic on a rubber strap too.
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Seiko Diver’s 1965 Modern Re-Interpretation SPB143J1 / SPB145J1 / SPB147J1 / SPB149J1
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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SPB145J1
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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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Awesome. Thanks!
Nice video there to show some of how it will wear. It appears there's a nice curve to the lower profile that should help it hug the wrist.
I agree with one of the above posters that it would have been nice to see it in some brighter and more direct light to get a read on the dial.
Still great to see another live video.
The couple 6R15s I had were very good on the wrist and I'm hoping if I get a SPB14- that the 6R35 will be decent, that said I know it is luck of the draw and if it is at the outside of the broad accuracy range I guess that's life and I guess I would have to live with it or get it adjusted.
Awesome!
Happy waiting
Hopefully the delays seiko is warning about aren't too long.
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Awesome CK.
Thanks for sharing. I have often wondered where the ubiquitous skin diver case originated.
That said on the topic at hand here, I really like how seiko has kept that classic skin diver character but smoothed it out a bit. I have often thought the traditional skin diver case a bit blocky, hash and undefined. And in doing so detracting from it's smaller size. I really like the bevels seiko has put in these cases and especially their familiar sloped longitudinal undercuts. It should wear more nicely than a traditional skin diver I reckon.
Are you getting in on this series?!Great points about the refinements to the case style.
I have an old flash brand skin diver that is so blocky (a rugged look I kinda dig) that I literally have to wear running gloves when I change straps so that I stop cutting myself on the sharp angles around the lugs
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I wouldn't be surprised as we tend to have similar tastes.
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Need a lume shot now 
Though I'm going to go ahead and assume the lume is awesome.
Though I'm going to go ahead and assume the lume is awesome.
It sure doesn't look like 15mm even if accounting for the bump of the tsunami logo and domed crystal. But that's just my guess.
That's odd though as the crystal doesn't look like it is 1.8mm tall to add onto seikos 13.2mm measurement.
Even if it is that thick looking at pictures the height is very well concealed with the case back shape, bezel shape, domed crystal, but especially the mid case shape with its bevels.
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That's odd though as the crystal doesn't look like it is 1.8mm tall to add onto seikos 13.2mm measurement.
Even if it is that thick looking at pictures the height is very well concealed with the case back shape, bezel shape, domed crystal, but especially the mid case shape with its bevels.
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I am curious about the hour indices too...
It seems that the lume is printed in top of them rather than filled into a hollow marker.
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Contrast that to the SPB079 for example where it is hollow and the lume flush with the top
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I'm not sure how I feel about it.
On the one hand the 143 style adds a bit more depth, but on the other it feels cheaper. Like what you would see on an older sumo if I remember right.
Thoughts?
It seems that the lume is printed in top of them rather than filled into a hollow marker.
Contrast that to the SPB079 for example where it is hollow and the lume flush with the top
I'm not sure how I feel about it.
On the one hand the 143 style adds a bit more depth, but on the other it feels cheaper. Like what you would see on an older sumo if I remember right.
Thoughts?
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