let me take you back to 2019 Seiko officially discontinues the s k x, darkness
falls upon the world!!! Everybody upset! because we got this guy. Some people saying a fashion
watch. A lot of people complaining about the 100 meters of water resistance well now the skx
style case has evolved into a pilot's watch and 100 meters
for a pilot's watch is amazing Seiko's pivot perfection three time zones Seiko five pricing
fully in-house gmt I think we have an excuse to get hyped now let's check it out
introducing the all-new Seiko 5 sports skx style gmt a brand new direction for the line I was not
a big fan of the fashion diver no loom pip no screw down crown no iso it was disappointing to
say the least it still sold like hot cakes however because Seiko made a ton of different colorways so
no matter what your tastes were there was a sports 5 for you but this one kind of gives the skx
a new purpose i love the direction and today I have all three colorways but I think the zero
zero three batman will be the fan favorite I know a ton of people love the Rolex batman but maybe
they don't want to spend ten thousand dollars well you know what you can save nine thousand
five hundred dollars because this one comes in at 475 usd and they have the same water resistance
now let's be serious a fully in-house gmt where are you getting that at this price competition
is there any I know Hamilton makes the khaki aviation gmt that's about 1500 mido ocean star
gmt about 1200 you're probably going to have to look at micro brands no major brands here
to come close Steinhart is a good example we have the iconic skx case shape it's a fan favorite
and there's not a lot to complain about well I think we can complain about the thickness it's a
little bit thick now let's do those measurements I got 42.5 millimeters in diameter we got a
thickness of 13.6 drilled lugs and a lug to lug of 46 millimeters definitely has the skx magic it's
going to wear great on many different wrist sizes now the bracelet 22 down to 18 nice dramatic taper
solid links solid end links beautiful jubilee twin button release and unfortunately it's a pressed
clasp you can upgrade the clasp if you want with the marine master 300 clasp I have a
separate video just on this class so check that out at the end of this video here you can see
it gives you a dive extension there we go now let's check out the case back we have a hardlex
display case back so you can see the new 4r34 but I suggest you replace it with a trim case back
from any of the mod sites and that should knock off one mil of height now I want to knock the fact
that it comes with a hardlex crystal but it's kind of hard because the skx has so many aftermarket
options that it makes it kind of fun you can make this watch your own they got top hat sapphires
there's flat there's beveled there's double domed the options are amazing on the skx you may have to
change the gasket but the options are limitless and the same thing goes for that bezel insert
it is hardlex but you can put a sapphire insert or a ceramic because there are so many options for
the skx bezel you can even add a diver style bezel like this one if you want that functionality and
you only need to track two time zones so yeah for the majority of people buying this watch they're
not going to care too much that it's hard likes and for the hardcore enthusiasts I think they're
going to be happy that there's a ton of options to customize with and make it their own now let's
check out the movement it seems like the gmt hand may look off when it's jumping but when you're in
the time setting mode it seems to realign itself perfectly okay so that's something I noticed with
all three of them so be wary of that weird quirk there is the loom shot powerful Seiko lumabrite
the gmt hand is loomed the bezel is not okay let's check her out on the time graph for the first time
for our 34 24 joules hack and wine automatic 41 hours of power reserve and it is low beat 21.6 vph
0.1 milliseconds in b error 307 that's a powerful amplitude and now let's look at the rate plus nine
seven seven and the fourth and final round seven
okay we are going to do 12 down now to see that positional variance and how is it going to wear
on your wrist looking pretty stable with eight now plus five the b air went to perfect zero very nice
amplitude did drop but it's still very powerful 284.
let's do a couple more rounds plus six so we got seven dial up 12 down
oh plus four not bad if Seiko is smart I think they will limit the availability of this movement
I think they should force people to buy these gut them and make their own creations
with whatever case and chaptering the aftermarket is no doubtingly going to provide in droves but
that's just from a business standpoint of course I do wish they do make it available
I think either way Seiko is laughing and Seiko is winning here and I can't wait to see what's next
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