Reply With QuoteMy understanding is that is the only difference.
Do you want to pay a few extra quid for a Japanese watch made in Japan, over one made usually in Malaysia? Just personal preference.
I often cough up the extra, but no big deal if I get a K either!
Hi folks,
Is the only difference between the different Seiko models with J or K numbers their place of manufacture? If so, are the Japanese ones worth the extra few ££'s?
Cheers,
Adam.
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My understanding is that is the only difference.
Do you want to pay a few extra quid for a Japanese watch made in Japan, over one made usually in Malaysia? Just personal preference.
I often cough up the extra, but no big deal if I get a K either!
If money is no issue and said watch should normally remain in my hands for quite a while or even forever I'd get the Japanese models.
I got the J model. There's little difference now apparently but historically build quality was better in the Japan manufacture, so I think it's worth the extra few £
Its only people like us that care about the j and k models.
Does that answer your question?
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Text on dial and case back is slightly different. Think that's it.
I have a 6900 with 'made in Thailand' on the backOriginally Posted by Mr Curta
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
It wasn't so long ago the difference in price of a J & K Skx was always a fiver at creation. Then again they were £110 vs £115 and nobody ever got stung with a tax bill.....ah good times.
Apparently even the J's can be made in malaysia or elsewhere, it does not mean they are made in Japan. But I have heard that the J's have a different QC?
With the SKX007, I observed some minor differences. More consistent, boundaries, and tidier brushing against the polished surfaces. Honestly, that was about it - all cosmetic.
I understand its even less with newer watches, just bragging rights.
Urban gentry has a great comparison video between the J and K. On his YouTube channel from over a year or so ago.
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I used to think there was a difference, partly due to my very unscientific sample of my 007j being more accurate than my 009k, and partly due to the old "if it's written on the internet, it must be true" adage.
Now I think it's just a bit of dial text and wording on the caseback that is different.
But if the j is not much more expensive than the k, get it by all means, it'll always be worth a little more if you flip it due to the perceived differences.
Ps, many dislike the extra text on the j dials, I prefer it.
Cheers again chaps...
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I recall reading, so it must be true (!), that the Js made outside of Japan could be classed as 'made in Japan' because the production line on which they were manufactured was overseen by a Japanese manager. The same watch coming off the same production line, but overseen by a Malay or non-Japanese manager, would have to be a K.
Sounds so ridiculous that I think it's probably true.
Any differences noted between J and K models could as easily be found between different Js or different Ks, most likely.
I've seen the urban gentry comparison vid on you tube and have to say that the differences that he finds (other than the extra wording on the dial of course) are so negligible that you could probably see them on different batches of a 009/007 that have come off exactly the same production line regardless of whether it's a Japanese or Malaysian one.
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This is so very true. It's all perceived difference and supposition that the j is 'better' than the k. It will boggle your mind and niggle if you get a k so give in and get a j . Or get a k and convince yourself it's the same.
It's think like buying a can of real Coca Cola from Waitrose and another from home and bargain . People always think the home bargain one was dodgy and stale and somehow not as good as the Waitrose one they paid triple for ...
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