wle
April 2, 2018, 11:03pm
702
atbglenn:
It is quartz. I’m personally tired of manual and autowinding watches poor accuracy to be honest. The Seiko I ordered has an accuracy of plus or minus 15 seconds a month, typically only a few seconds compared to plus or minus 15 seconds a day for mechanical watches. Not only that, it gets minimum 5 years of battery life.
several of my quartz watches including a 1984 seiko are like 5 sec a year or less
15 sec / month is just the spec
will probably be way better
and of course the atomic ones are 0 sec /eternity
wle
atbglenn
April 3, 2018, 3:10pm
703
Got my Seiko SBBN033 MarineMaster Professional today. I got it from an authorized USA dealer for a great price. I’m loving it!
wle
April 3, 2018, 3:17pm
704
pretty watch.
now you have to track and report accuracy in seconds/year
wle
atbglenn
April 3, 2018, 3:28pm
705
I set it to the atomic clock at https://time.gov/HTML5/ . I’ll be sure to check it often.
pcruz
April 3, 2018, 5:18pm
706
isti242:
wle:
—no, you will surely like it…
—fit and finish is perfect, adjustment - the adjustment links are attached via screws, which is unusual but no harder than the usual push-out kind
==it;s very heavy, ends are polished
==did you already have one ordered ?
( i just could not see paying $110 for a watch band, this was the perfect thing for a $150 watch)
—wle
It’s funny because I pulled the trigger and ordered one a couple of days ago.
ven:
Yes the black will no doubt scrape off, no matter how much care , swirls,scratches happen in abundance. There is another from HK which is excellent value, a real chunk! 6mm thick, stainless and i was that impressed i bought 2(around £20 iirc and again on ebay, UK watch shop for around £80. It does add some heft!
Can see how chunky compared to the other engineer II
Wow, that’s quite impressive! :+1:
Would you mind providing links to these watchbands (Super Engineer II clone and the 6mm band)? I was looking at a Strapcode Super Oyster Curved End, but still on the fence on paying that much for a fairly budget minded SKX007.
Are there any HK direct bands similar to the Strapcode Super Oyster Curved End (#SS221803B019 )?
isti242
April 3, 2018, 6:22pm
707
atbglenn
April 3, 2018, 6:46pm
708
I just ordered a real 22mm Super Engineer II from Amazon for my new Seiko. The fake ones are not nearly as good. I know because I bought one for one of my Timex’s. The clasp is thin and doesn’t clamp well. The band it’self isn’t bad, but uses push-in pins instead of screws. I already had to re-push a couple of them in after a couple of weeks. I ended up putting loctite on them. That said, you get what you pay for in most cases.
Geuzzz
April 3, 2018, 6:42pm
709
A leather nato is verry nice also with that watch, good to have strapoptions.
Google find, not my picture:
atbglenn
April 3, 2018, 6:47pm
710
Geuzzz:
A leather nato is verry nice also with that watch, good to have strapoptions.
Google find, not my picture:
Looks nice! Do you own one?
JamesB:
JamesB:
I received my Casio G-Shock GW-M5610-1BJF today.
My first negative display g-shock, it’s even worse than what i though regarding readability, it’s terrible.
I bought it with the intent to mod it to positive display because the equivalent positive display model (GW-M5610 wich i had a few monthes ago) has a dial surrounding the display a tad too colorful for my tastes.
Hopefully i don’t mess up.
I recieved the polarizing film today, changed it on the watch, it’s like night and day difference, so happy i did this.
Edit:
Took a picture next to my Rangeman, sorry for the dirty Rangeman, been cutting some branches in the rain.
Good to know just in case.
I think I’m going to get the DW-5600BBN-1ER variant (nato strap, no solar model) but don’t plan to mod anything
Geuzzz
April 3, 2018, 7:30pm
712
Not this one but I do own a Seiko Monster and a SKX007. I love to wear them with natos.
isti242
April 3, 2018, 7:32pm
713
atbglenn:
I just ordered a real 22mm Super Engineer II from Amazon for my new Seiko. The fake ones are not nearly as good. I know because I bought one for one of my Timex’s. The clasp is thin and doesn’t clamp well. The band it’self isn’t bad, but uses push-in pins instead of screws. I already had to re-push a couple of them in after a couple of weeks. I ended up putting loctite on them. That said, you get what you pay for in most cases.
I bought it for my Amphibia and I didn’t want to double the value of the watch by the bracelet.
atbglenn
April 6, 2018, 6:23pm
714
Got my Super Engineer II today. Excellent quality, and I think it makes my new Seiko look great. Much nicer than the rubber band it came with.
ven
April 6, 2018, 6:28pm
715
Very nice Glenn :sunglasses:
atbglenn
April 6, 2018, 6:35pm
716
Thanks Ven. I’m loving this new watch. It’s been 3 days since I received it and it hasn’t lost or gained a second so far. I’m sure it’s well within it’s 15 seconds a month spec
I may have said this before, but Alex at Yellowdogwatchstraps does really nice straps. I have a few and I’ve been very happy with them.
I bought quite fast a Seiko SARB017 Alpinist, since they were going out of production.
Got it, tested for 2 days and no. Did not impress me for the price, so I sold it away already…
