introducing the speed timers return once again in non-limited form srq037
with the beautiful slate gray dial now we did the white one the limited srq035 1000 units
this one non-limited so everyone can get it so the white one had undeniable charm being a dead ringer
for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic stopwatch this one has quite a few differences but first
the similarities it does have that stopwatch style case so completely round and the angular
geometric lugs just jut out abruptly and they're beautifully finished the brushing
looks like Seiko went the extra mile on this case and there's a high polished bezel that's
beautifully done it looks like it could be zaratsu polishing it's highly finished
the whole case and bracelet is coated in Seiko's super hard coating now some of the key differences
right off the bat you can see those beautiful our indices catching the light jagged serrated applied
indices very similar to the 1964 crown chronograph Seiko's first wrist watch chronograph and another
key difference the dolphin hands these ones are dolphin with loom also the pump style pushers
are smooth throughout on the limited they have a lip all the way around the edge the crown is still
push pull 100 meters of water resistance but the coinage teeth are much finer and it has
more teeth than the limited so those are the key differences the date is still perfectly placed
at six o'clock and this one is a black date disc it blends in nicely but you can still
see the date if you need to now let's do the measurements I got 42.5 in diameter a thickness
of 15.1 with that double domed sapphire crystal with super AR and it does a great job lug to lug
49.8 I guess Seiko didn't see my last review because they still have 45.5 as their lug to lug
on the website they still need to fix that the bracelet 20 down to 18 so subtle taper rounded
oyster style links the end link is a little bit more sharp kind of doesn't match the rest
of the bracelet and there is a little bit of play there is a gap in between those lugs it's a little
bit of a ding we do have i believe it's pins and collars half links and a flush clasp which is nice
twin button release fully milled and you can see that sapphire case back that displays
the fully automatic vertical clutch column wheel chronograph you're not going to see the column
wheel it is modular and it is sitting on top of the 6r movement the tachymeter scale on
the rehaut is exact same as the limited but i do love the railroad track markings on the sub-dials
the dial has no texture but it's a beautiful slate gray and the way it plays with the light is
a thing of beauty we mentioned the dolphin hands already but look what they did with the sweep hand
in front of the pinion it's painted white and has that beautiful downturn at the tip and the
counterbalance of that sweep hand is high polished nice contrast there the running seconds is a stick
hand and it just has white painted tip and the 30 minute sub dial at nine is completely white
paint so i love the different looks of each hand it makes legibility fantastic still i think the
white one is more legible but they did a good job here now the price this one comes in at $3000 USD
a couple hundred less than the limited and you can pick this up at kavar jewelers email me down below
if you want to discuss it now competition to this watch the Hamilton intramatic which is a fully
integrated chronograph value based but it doesn't have a vertical clutch it has a horizontal and has
cam pushers not a column wheel all right and that one is around 2800 so very close price to this one
here it is on my 6.5 inch wrist it does look a tad big here of course with that 15 height and
the long reach but it has a relatively flat case back so it wears well it is a bit top heavy but
overall the look is just unbelievable if you have a bigger wrist i say go for it let's do the weight
196. if you like a substantial chunk of steel on your wrist you're gonna love this one
okay on the time grapher 8r 46 hack and wind column wheel chronograph automatic
45 hours power reserve with 34 joules and you can hear it 28,800 vph a nice smooth sweep all right
look at these numbers hmm 12 13 13 and the fourth and final round 13 no b air strong amplitude
now the white one we had was running perfectly in both positions i believe it was zero and one
correct me guys down below this one is still running fast 14 7 amplitude did drop b error
did increase 0.3 but it's settling plus six and the fourth and final round plus six all right so
not as highly regulated as i thought from the first one okay anytime Seiko has creamy patina
loom it's beautiful blue seiko lumabrite and I'm a huge fan of that look at that very nice sickle's
new speed timer is a thing of beauty especially with the gray dial i don't see the connection
though with the speed timer of the past seigo definitely piggybacking from that iconic history
i still think the white one is the one to get and i wish they used the 6l higher quality movement
as the base so we would get a little bit of a thinner watch here i don't mind the 42 width
especially because you know not everyone has small wrists but i do wish it was at least a
little bit thinner the Hamilton intramatic automatic is about 0.6 millimeters thinner
not much so now I pass it to you what are your thoughts and opinions on the speed timer being
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