Introducing the all-new Seiko SLA057
with a striking gilt and black sunray dial. What a bewitching watch, and guess what we have number
99!!! YES!!!! An amazing number to get! #99 Wayne gretzky (hockey Reference) the great one
and it's fitting for this watch because this watch is a great one
and if you want to buy this watch email me down below in the description
and we'll discuss it and you will also receive a free Kavar jewelers watch roll. That's their logo
it's actually pretty nice I haven't used it before but it says Kavar there and these
come off with buttons. But what are you getting for your money is this watch worth it at $4600
usd? You know what in this video I'm gonna try to find out! We did review the SLA055 with the ice
blue frozen dial and there's a slight difference the blue one sla055 has a flat cutout around
the date window. This one has a beveled cutout I believe the texture on that ice dial they couldn't
do the bevel. I think it would crack, so there must have been some kind of a difficulty with
that pattern on the dial. So this one does have a bevel and it's a sun ray black dial absolutely
gorgeous I asked Kavar jewelers, "hey was it 057 hard to get?" and they just said one word, "yes"
So at 600 units if you're thinking about investments, you know what,
you should only be looking at a couple brands (Rolex, Patek) but because we're only at 600 here
you're gonna hold value at least and in five to ten years you know what you might even make money
but don't buy it for investment buy it because you love incredible timepieces and there is a lot to
love here we have a highly legible symmetrical dial with indices that have ridges that just
catch the light in a beautiful way I'm a big fan of these indices it does pay homage to the 6159
7001 but this is clearly a reimagination it is a fresh look and you can tell right away with
that bezel that gorgeous ever brilliant steel oh look at that look at those lugs they just are mind
blowing I'm in love with ever brilliant steel a lot of people wishing this had an ever brilliant
steel bracelet well Seiko already said the material is hard to work with and you know what
it's so bright I think it would look strange but I wish they would do it just to quiet the critics
I strongly believe that all Seiko divers just like the ones in the past belong on a rubber strap they
just look better I know when you're buying in the luxury realm and that's what this is you
want a bracelet you want it fancy you want it like jewelry you want people to notice we have a 20mm
chocolate bar strap, tapering down to 18mm. And I love that they brought back the chocolate bar
and they brought it back to perfection. Because the thickness is just so spot on, with the side
of the case doesn't look too thin for the watch. It's well done however the keeper, the keeper is
a BIG DING for me! Not signed and really painful on the wrist Seiko needs to learn from g-shock
when we look at the g-shock keeper it's highly polished rounded edges (on inner side) and it
tapers down I hardly feel this keeper on my wrist so you can see how thick it is but it tapers down
right there it's very comfortable the dimensions of this watch are 42.6mm in
diameter and we have a thickness of 13.1mm but there is a slight dome on that sapphire crystal
all right it almost has an oil filled look looks like it is a double dome and the domes
have different angles creating that effect we have drilled lugs here and a lug to lug a 49.3mm
nice long elegant reach here this one is a tad big for my wrist if they made this in
40 Kavar would not get this watch back actually you know what I'm trending downwards I love 38
39 so I would want a 39. if I'm wishing then I might as well get the perfect size we have a nice
big seven mil crown here that's very grippy and it screws down perfectly every time
I may have unscrewed it a couple hundred times while doing the macros keeping the hands at 10:10
and I never had to backspin it it just worked flawlessly every time this also has Seiko's new
replaceable crown tube system they use this steel in the critical components of marine structures so
like a bridge that lives in salt water can you imagine how long this metal is going to last
on your wrist so with the replaceable crown tube you have a lifetime watch
and your kid's lifetime and their kid's lifetime so I love that Seiko is thinking about longevity
here hands are beautifully brushed with high polished bevel marine master style hands and the
finishing is not quite grand Seiko but it's close superior to Rolex yeah it is actually when I take
my new lenses some of you may have noticed I have new lenses and I take my new lens I can always
find specs on the Rolex the bezel glides very buttery and smooth nice dampened quality feel
ceramic bezel insert that gold creamy color let's have a listen
okay we are going to do the weight
115 grams we are gonna check her out on the timegrapher the 8L35b movement is hand
assembled in japan grand Seiko studio and not only that the escape wheel each tooth is individually
hand polished amazing 26 jewels 50 hours hack and wind automatic and you can hear it 28 88
vph you're gonna get a smooth sweep unlike the Seamaster with that jagged 25 tube alright so
strong amplitude here basically 300 and looks stable at plus two the movement also uses mems
technology there are no stand parts everything is milled or forged it's amazing spron 610 hairspring
developed in 2009 took five years it's basically cobalt nickel and a couple other alloys it's
anti-magnetic ultra stretchy returns to form and as you can see here it does a lot of heavy lifting
wow all right so plus two dial up plus two dial down no error amplitude not bad still 273.
overall this movement is awesome there is the loom shot very powerful basically the same as a marine
master 300 but this one has the date window at 430 so we have those symmetrical indices
and it looks gorgeous we do have loom on the bezel insert just at 12. fantastic loom as usual
Seiko's high-end line of watches is something very special not the typical d-bag watch
for showing off it's a watch you buy to keep it's a watch you buy because you love quality history
and you want to watch from a house with tons of pedigree and to be honest watchmaking just
wouldn't be the same without Seiko so you got to have one you might as well have one of their best
and the sla-057 is definitely up there I think moving forward Seiko does need to establish some
kind of seal of approval kind of like how Patek made their own seal and Rolex has superlative
chronometer I believe they should make one for the high-end line I don't know what they can call it
Japanese chronometer certification I don't know something like that I think that is the key major
gap in the Seiko line and it needs to be addressed hopefully someone at Seiko sees this and puts a
movement forward at least give a certification to 8l and maybe 6l it would drastically improve
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