I like the aesthetics of it. But I never came to terms with the Kinetic movement.
A really good watch though.
Thanks for sharing!
Just picked up this Seiko SBCZ005 ‘Grey Ghost’.
The watch was in production for quite some time but has now ceased. This one dates from 1997.
The watch is all titanium and is light as a feather on the wrist. It is probably lighter now than when I received it as it was filthy and an amazing amount of gunk came out of the bracelet and case. The bezel was completely jammed up with this gunk and wouldn’t turn at all. After a good cleaning the bezel is now turning freely. It is a 120 click, uni-directional bezel and is perfectly aligned and solid with no slop or slack when set.
It is not a large watch being mid-sized for a diver. It is about 43 mm to the crown, 46 mm long and is 12 mm thick. Here it is with other Seiko divers in size order.
it is quite an attractive shape and sits well on the wrist. The case has a satin finish with some polished elements on the edge of the bezel and on the centre bracelet links.
The watch gets its nickname of ‘Grey Ghost’ from the sparkling grey dial. This is a really interesting and unusual dial treatment, it is hard to capture on a photo but looks great in hand. The applied lume filled markers and white hands stand out well on this dial.
The lume is the usual excellent Seiko stuff, still bright after over 20 years.
It has quick set day/date in Kanj and English with Sat and Sun in red and blue. The movement is kinetic and it has a button to show you the current state of charge, it can run for many weeks when fully charged.
It has a solid link titanium bracelet with an integrated fold out divers extension. The caseback has the usual Seiko scuba ‘wave’ engraved on it.
I am quite liking the watch it feels and looks really well made, the dial does make it a rather special thing.
Mitch
I like the aesthetics of it. But I never came to terms with the Kinetic movement.
A really good watch though.
Thanks for sharing!
The dial looks amazing are they like that when new? It looks almost like one of the old omega stardust dials. I've had a kinetic seiko and liked the idea of it basically being a mechanical, good build to. As a passing...the bracelet clearly pays homage to the 90's line of omegas including the 120 and smp. Enjoy it.
I have a seiko black knight kinetic and the dial is a very inky black which is appealing to me.
I also charge it on my phillips idealo? candle induction charger.