Seiko's trinity is back with icy cool texture dials the 65 the 68
and the 70 and of course they're limited edition no it's not limited what a non-limited
Seiko I think I remember these non-limited Seiko it's special edition they're extremely
rare so in a way it's kind of limited so let's check out this non-limited limited edition
introducing the all new Seiko save the ocean 63 mas the spb297 and it's a special edition
some of the proceeds are going to paddy aware the national institution of polar research
and an excavation project in Greece you can check out Seiko's save the ocean projects
on their website I have come to realize that special edition just means it's a little bit
different it's not limited in any way so you don't have to rush out and get this one a good
example is the srpa21 the patty turtle that came out six years ago in 2016 and is being sold today
under a new reference number srpe99 now what is this one selling for coming in at a price
of 1200 1250 usd on bracelet you do not get a secondary strap and I'm going to knock it for that
because being almost 1300 a special edition iso rated pro diver it needs to come on a rubber strap
as well as the bracelet the watch is rated at 200 meters of water resistance with a 6.5 millimeter
coin edge or fine knurling crown the case shape is inspired by the 1965 62 mas sickles first
professional diver gorgeous squared off faceted tip lugs this watch is best described as handsome
it's just clean cut well thought out look to it everything is completely brushed except for
the faceted tips and a high polish bevel that travels along the case to give this
tough looking tool watch a little bit of pizzazz and oomph now these are the measurements 40.5
millimeters in diameter thickness of 13.2 drilled lugs and a lug to lug of 47.6
the bracelet 20 mil tapering down to 18 oyster style solid end links I'm gonna knock that
it needs to be female here even though it does downturn pretty quick the bracelet is pins and
collars you have a dive extension fold over twin button release fully milled clasp now the star of
the show the beautiful textured dial if you're a fan of the award-winning grand Seiko white birch
this one is going to give you a taste of owning that fantastic dial when I first saw the renders
I was worried it looks a little cartoonish maybe even a little bit cheap but in hand there is a
shimmer here it's beautiful so maybe it's hard to see on the darker dial but I do have the icy
Willard in hand and it's easier to see that sunray pattern underneath the texture on this dial maybe
I'll show a super macro to demonstrate that sun ray pattern within that textured dial the bezel
has a gorgeous coin edge grip and it's a joy to use the tension perfection and let's have a listen
everything lines up perfectly loom pit perfect hands aligned perfect I have
been noticing that they really are dialing in that qc it is much better than it was
when the first 63 mas came out spb149 the hour indices are pressed so it only has a paper-thin
application of Seiko's very powerful lumabrite formula and you know what I wish they gave us
applied indices it makes a big difference here I have a mod I'm working on it's a replica dial
for the sla-037 with deeply filled c3 loom and it outperforms Seiko lumabrite the Seiko lumabrite
is stronger it has the same strength as c3X1 but because it's so thinly applied
it loses out to deeply filled weaker c3 so man imagine putting this dial in this watch
blasphemy is that blasphemy I wish I could do it just to show you how it looks you get a nice
premium look with the applied indices 179 grams with all the links so this one is definitely heavy
on that bracelet we have the 6r35, 70 hours of power serve 24 jewels hack hand wine automatic 216
vph a low beat movement and this one looking pretty good very powerful amplitude 311. we got
some b error here 0.3 and look at the rate plus 2 plus 2 plus 1 and the fourth and final round
plus one okay we're going to do 12 down to see that positional variance and how will this watch
actually react on your wrist right off that bat plus 12 we're gonna ignore it because I
just flipped it and flopped it let the watch get its bearings 275 amplitude it did drop which is
normal b air got better which it does change when you change positions with this movement
and uh wow plus three plus four plus two oh we're gonna do the extra round because we're
ignoring the first and the fourth and final round plus two all right good job Seiko okay
there is the loom shot powerful Seiko lumabrite there is a loom pip at 12 o'clock maybe i should
do a battle between the aftermarket dial and the Seiko dial in a fun video there is a lot to like
with this watch beautiful glacier deep blue textured dial tough reliable movement
sapphire officially iso rated wet tested pro diver excellent bezel feel and if you haven't picked up
a Seiko diver yet this one might be the one you've been waiting for and guys if you're still here and
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