I'm still toying with the idea of pulling the trigger on the Pelagos FXD. Such a cool watch.
Daytona22 said:
I'm still toying with the idea of pulling the trigger on the Pelagos FXD. Such a cool watch.
MarathonAg12 said:BBRex said:You're looking for something more like this:TheOC16 said:
I had heard of Seiko mods but didn't really know what they were.
Not what I was envisioning. This seems more to be fake Rolexes that have a Seiko dial swapped in.
https://www.namokimods.com/
Well this looks familiar
Silian Rail said:
Whichever ******* posted this, go and collect your referral fee from Longines
AgLA06 said:
That's awesome. I real like that one second from the right. It would look good on a leather strap.
Any idea on value? Seems like the run from $100 to expensive online.
That "Willard" is straight sex.File5 said:AgLA06 said:
That's awesome. I real like that one second from the right. It would look good on a leather strap.
Any idea on value? Seems like the run from $100 to expensive online.
The one on the left is probably worth $350+, the other three are $150 or so depending on condition. Not the most expensive or rare Seikos, but I like the fairly clean, classic styles, smaller cases, and the affordability allows me to purchase more I've started trying to find more of the SS watches as the base metal ones pretty much all have a "patina" from the top layer wearing off.
I've also started putting together a list of more rare/discontinued Seikos that I want to buy - my wife saw me working on it and told me to send it to her so that's a good sign HA. Mostly standard stuff like the "Willard" from Apocalypse now and some other divers, and then some other stuff closer to what I'm refurbishing.
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[ol]Willard 7C46-6009 "Ashtray" Seiko SBCM023 Perpetual Calendar Seiko Lord Marvel 5740-8000 [/ol][/ol]
Price of entry is high, but if can find a nice preowned they retain value. Meaning if you get tired of it, want to try something else, need cash, etc you can flip it for same or more than you paid for it. I bought used, wear mine daily, and could flip it tomorrow for more than i paid 4 yrs ago. I dont want to, cuz i like it, but there is peace of mind knowing the value appreciates.TheOC16 said:4 figures is a lot to drop on a wrist watch. Heck 3 figures is nowadays when the time's on our cell phones.Coog97 said:
I'm a huge Seiko fan boy... have been since I was a kid, thanks to my Pops.
As an LOLpoor that will very likely never be dropping five-figures on a wristwatch, my current grail piece is the blue Tudor Pelagos.
A Tudor Pelagos is a worthy grail piece - maybe the most specced out watch for the money.
(I'm currently wrestling with pulling the trigger on a BB58)
SPF250 said:
What would you do?
I am looking at a vintage watch from a seller in which I have confidence. It is the model and year having the hour markers I particularly like. It is also a day date version of that model. The problem is, it's in a foreign language. Not English, or even Spanish, which, whoever lives / lived in Texas hasn't picked up enough to know the days of the week. There must be English versions of this watch out there, but I have looked and haven't found any.
Would you by a day / date watch in a language you do not speak?
SPF250 said:
Negative. One of the European languages.