My recent pickup from SC. Love it. Lovely and understated, and oozes class.
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Thought this was overdue some time out the box.
The dial offers so many shades and colours.
The sunburst dial here appears slightly more blue, than the green it actually is.
You need one from the fourth generation now then!
But this is my favourite followed closely by the Jade monster.
After dipping my toe in the water with a Solar Tuna I thought it was time to upgrade to this beauty.
I can honestly rate this alongside a previous 14060 and Pelagos for quality and sense of special occasion when worn on the wrist!
Just put my SBDB013 Spring Drive Tuna back on the Geckota black sharkmesh bracelet for the winter. I like the combination, used to do the same on my Darth & Emperor Tunas. Not the easiest watches to change bracelets on - only the Emperor & the 300m quartz ones have drilled lugs, Darth & SpringDrive don’t have that luxury.
Steve
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Thank you. There were 3 watches in the series released around 2009. The SARB059 has the emeral Green dial and steel bezel, the SARB061 is the same watch with a Black bezel and the SARB063 was the limited edition with a matt Black dial and PVD coating. I think PVD and DLC are basically the same thing or certainly the same idea, to coat with a scratch resistant material. For a 10 year old watch it looks brand new, so the coating clearly works unless the Watch has spent its life in a safe.
I get confused with terminology - I know in G shock land DLC is a significant step up over the standard IP based coating. I assume this is probably somewhere in between.
These watches are closer in terms of philosophy to the Landmaster with a normal bezel compared to internal rotating and more importantly, normal hands!
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Can’t get this cracker off my wrist
Nice one Andrew!
So this is a SARB021 - bought it 10 years ago for my dad but he managed to totally destroy the bracelet and lingered in a draw.
If you think it looks similar to the 033, there are key differences - the crown guard, more blingy markets and hands and a deeper black dial.
Been struggling with finding a combo without spending too much. I think a NATO works really well!
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They’re great Seiko’s these old SARBs and quite a few variants. No crappy branding and just damn well made watches. And visually more interesting than the 033/035 which became the most popular. Shame more recent ones don’t have quite the same charm.
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Added a Turtle "Coke" and a SKX009J "Pepsi" to the collection.
Pepsi had the blue sapphire upgrade.
Kind regards, Peter
Got the SBDC053 back on the wrist
Two new ones to the fold. Very pleased with them and they are better than expected.
Still considering the new Arnnie reissue. Love my original. But sadly due to age my eyes cannot read the digital display without glasses. So likely to be a pointless purchase.
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Zimbe #10
One of my favorites.
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