They must of replaced it with something similar or for the non -JDM market ?
Great looking watch !
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Thanks to the very lovely Wooster I have been enjoying the Seiko SBCA001 very much recently. There was a gap in my collection just right for it, and I've been wearing it a lot more than I foresaw.
Whenever I post photos of it, I get asked for the model number, and I have to reply, unfortunately it's discontinued and there don't appear to be a lot of them floating around.
It would be nice to be able to give a more helpful answer. Is there a Seiko currently and easily available that has these same specs:
* Quartz
* Black dial with lumed numerals
* Black date wheel
* Bead/brushed sporty-styled case about 37mm
* Oyster bracelet
* 100m WR
Why they discontinued such a good looking watch, I don't know.
Lume shot stolen from Instagram:
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They must of replaced it with something similar or for the non -JDM market ?
Great looking watch !
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Alba APBT211 - but it also has the day, no bracelet, and is a bit smaller.
Pulsar make a more similar one - again strap only - but it has an illegible black second hand.
Or the Hamilton Khaki Field quartz.
One of my favourite watches too, although I wear it on nato having never tried the bracelet. Looks great in your photos though, the centre links look like they are finished differently to the outer ones?
I'm strangely more careful with it now it has been discontinued, Seiko only seems to do 40mm ones which don't have the same classic military design anyway.
God only knows why the discontinued them as it's a cracking watch and size.
The only thing I've found similar which I own is the Hamilton khaki field Quartz and mechanical, two great watches and very wearable size for me.
I think they made two variants of the Seiko Jdm and non afik.
I can see the attraction, but have to admit I sold mine because it somehow didn't feel very substantial. The closest you'll get in the current lineup is probably an (automatic) Seiko 5, such as the snk809. That's not nearly as attractive though.
How are the end links with this model, a bit rattily or totally solid/fixed?
In my view - Seiko nailed the whole 'mid' size quartz sport watches in the early 2000s. My equivalent is the kinetic landmaster - fantastic watch. In reality, can't get much better than this in a go to watch.
Although slightly bigger, how about a Smiths Seafire.
Not the same I know but still lovely.
SNzG131k - £135 from Yorkshire watches
Similar but no cigar
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^^^the case of that looks rather more crisply shaped than the SBCA - but is a slightly hazy shape inevitable with bead-blasting? The bracelet looks a bit more solid too, at first glance.
PS I think the model number is SNZG13K1
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If anyone was after a SBCA001, there's one being sold on ebay (seller: vinstink)
I spent so long searching for quartz watches remotely like this and getting not very far at all. I just came across this one, still available from Jura and significantly less from Joma even after tax. I haven't found a lume shot, but believe the numerals are lumerals. It's 37mm and the code is C022.410.11.050.00
^^That's a nice looking watch^^
It’s not really a brand I’ve looked at in the past.
Cheers.
Found it on Amazon for £220: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Certina-Wat...410.11.050.00.
Its also on Jomashop for $180, which even with import tax might be cheaper than that: https://www.jomashop.com/certina-wat...11-050-00.html
Thanks for the replies guys. I should have clarified a bit more!!
We are flying back from Hawaii (LAX-LHR) so were thinking of breaking the trip up a bit otherwise its a Looooonnnnggg flight so thought somewhere not far from LA international airport.
So Santa Monica sounds a lot more preferable.
Sorry I should have been a bit clearer!!
Damn - Replied to wrong thread as if you didn't guess. I had too many tabs open!