Don’t have one, but as I can’t stop looking at them online at the moment the odds are fairly good that I will at some point soon!
Leaning towards the blue, only wish it was available on bracelet as well.
There was some talk of these a while back when they came out on pre order. As predicted you can find them now for a lot less and really like the look of the blue dial version. Anyone got one and any views of the quality? Anyone picked up the black version on a bracelet any thoughts on that one?
Don’t have one, but as I can’t stop looking at them online at the moment the odds are fairly good that I will at some point soon!
Leaning towards the blue, only wish it was available on bracelet as well.
Yep, got the 051 and I much prefer it to the Sumo and it has almost, well I think it has actually, displaced my MM300.
I am waiting for an 053 at the moment, I was offered one but the alignment was bad. I got a replacement Seiko bracelet from ebay $130. I have mine on mesh at the moment though.
Love the blue of the 053, just think it would be a touch too big for me unfortunately. Shame because I think these are quality, which (unusually) are within my budget range.
I really like them too but the Chapter Ring to hour marker alignment is really bad on a lot of them. Some I've seen have been shockingly bad. It's not even a case of adjusting the Chapter Ring either, some of the pics I've seen show the misalignment at 12/9/6 and spot on round the right side!
[QUOTE=robert75;4567776]I think I prefer it on the original Seiko bracelet. There is currently a few Black Friday deals with 10% discount on these bringing the blue version down to about £600 That being said, I think buying straight from Japan even including import duties it still comes in cheaper.
Any links to these on sale would be greatly appreciated.
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A friend picked up one of these yesterday. I'm looking forward to handling it but it looks rather nice.
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It may just be me, but that hour hand completely ruins an otherwise great looking watch.
I got used to the hour hand with my old Shogun. I think the large size dial needs a larger hand, I like them.
I have seen mods where the hands have been swapped out for MM style but I wouldn't bother myself.
With customs duties I paid around £760 from a Japanese dealer (for the 051) Jura has them pre-order at £1k, I don't know whether they will drop much below £850 new from a UK dealer.
These look much nicer in real life pictures. How big are they? Sadly they look bigger than the perfectly sized 62MAS.
Just managed to snag the black dialled bracelet model - 051 - from these guys at 25 percent off rrp.
House of Watches
Must have been the only one, as now showing out of stock. Some decent prices on othe Prospex models, plus additional 10 percent off with code HOW10
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The joys of modern e commerce - notified via email that watch was back in stock at 11.25am Friday, payed for via PayPal 11.30am Friday, and on wrist at 11.55am Saturday!! Very happy as well.
Indeed. I don't understand Seiko's addiction to these weird looking hands on their dive watches. I understand it must be easy to differentiate hands under water and in low light, but still the industry produced solutions for this problem with better taste. Sometimes they get it right and ending up with a classic like the mm300. (But it was done only to recall the original more less)
Shame they do have many good looking divers ruined by hand sets only.
Agreed - I'd be all over that Padi version. Not much info about it on the net at the moment. The Facebook post that shows the same picture suggests a January 2018 release.
House of Watches have the 053 listed at £663 at the moment, with an additional 10 percent off in the sale.
Showing as out of stock at present, could be worth a click on the "notify me when back in stock" button, as it took them less than a week to get my 051 in.
These are brilliant for the money in my book.
Loving mine, the case is beautiful, the bezel insert is so glossy, the dial colour is dreamy. And + 1 second for 48 hrs .
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