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Seiko SARB017 is an excellent field watch in a very special green color with a kind of mat sunburst and applied "gold" logo and numerals and "gold" cathedral hands. Green might not be for everyone, but I love it. The inner rotating compass bezel is anthracite and the date wheel is black with white numerals. They both offer a good visibility without being distractive. The legibility of the dial is excellent in bright and also in dark where the generously applied Seiko lume comes to its own. You get tough 39mm field watch case with 200M water resistance. This more traditional size will fit most wrists. The case is only 12mm thick with a conical high polish bezel, which should slide easily under the shirt cuffs, should you choose to wear it for a more formal attire. The crown at 3 o'clock is screwed down and signed with Seiko "S" which is a nice touch. However the second crown at 4o'clock that operates the compass is not screwed down and can be easily rotated which makes me a bit worried about the practicality of using it for any diving. As this is field watch and not a dive watch and originally supplied on a leather strap you probably won't use it for diving anyway. Case finishing is nice, high polished with brushed lugs and nice bevels transitioning from the case top to the side. polish to brush transition is nice and distinct. The crystal is sapphire which is great at this price point and quite appropriate for the field watch. The only negative thing I can say about the crystal is that it has no AR treatment and that reflections can affect legibility from time to time. Watch screwed in back is non transparent which helps with its anti-magnetic properties and is consistent with the field watch theme. The back has brushed finish has engraved Alpinist logo. Driving the hands is Seiko's work horse movement 6R15 that is quite a step above the old 7S26 found in Seiko 5 and SKX. This is an 21,600bhp automatic movement that hacks, has hand winding and diashock shock protection for increased toughness. Since the finishing is nothing to write home about it might be for the best that it is hidden behind a solid case back. Despite all the positive points of this watch the strap is a real disappointment. It is stiff and plastic-like feeling with an unsigned pin buckle. It makes wearing of the watch uncomfortable. The best thing you can do is to replace it with another strap. There are tones of options. I have opted for a leather strap with a Tag Heuer style brushed deployant clasp which makes the wear of the watch much more comfortable. The other option is to go for an original bracelet or even better a Miltat bracelet for SARB017, if you can get your hands on one. All in all this is a incredibly good looking, great traditional size and good value watch that is for some strange reason released to the Japanese domestic market only. The only serious negative point about it is a stiff strap that I have replaced immediately. Good: - Beautiful green dial - Great lume - Nice case finishing - 200M water resistance - Hacking movement - Automatic and hand winding - Anti-magnetic - Excellent price - Sapphire crystal Bad (not so good): - No AR treatment on the crystal. - Compass crown is not screwed in type - The original strap is stiff and cheap looking with ab unsigned pin buckleVollständige Rezension lesen
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The good: Beautiful green dail, accurate to about 4 sec/day, wears very well. The bad: Nothing really bad here. The watch wears a bit smaller than you would expect even for a 38 mm and the wrist band needs some time to break in. Overall, a real beauty of a watch for an incredible price. Highly recommended.
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Many things was said about this unique watch. So I’ll just add something important- the leather strap it comes with, don’t run and change it as soon as you get one. It is possible to simply work it- play and band it for a few minutes,couple of times a day for a few days-it will be much more flexible and comfortable!!!
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The watch is very, very nice. Finishing of the case is exquisit. Time keeping is +-0s/d for several days now (straight from the box). And the leather strap everybody is nagging about just has to be forcefully bent a couple of times in lug area and it becomes super comfortable and takes the shape of the wrist. Overall exellent and beautiful time piece.
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I have been wearing it non-stop for 3 days now since I received it. The mechanism has not given even a second deviation so far. Amazing accuracy for an automatic watch at this price level. The green dial, gold digits, arms, along with the fine polished case make its special and distinctive look. Non-pretentious but very fine. Certainly a nice piece to wear.
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