NSOW Seiko Baby Marinemaster Review

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My review of the Seiko SBDC063 Baby Marine Master, a relatively new dive watch loosely on a classic Seiko (the 62MAS) of the sixties. • This is a member of the Seiko Prospex line and is one of the cheapest Seiko dive watches fitted with a ceramic bezel, sapphire crystal and the 6R15 movement. This is a japanese domestic market version however there is a US domestic market SKU as well, the SPB079. • Here's my speaking notes if you are interested. For an slightly extended (and easier to read) version go here: https://www.notsoobviouswatches.com/2... • FUNCTIONS - TIME/DATE • SIMPLE 6R15 - HACK/HANDWIND/QUICK SET DATE • LEGIBILITY – INCREDIBLE • BIG FLAT DIAL - CLEAN HI CONTRAST INDICIES - FLAT AS A TACK CRYSTAL WITH AR • SIMPLE SWORD HANDS, MIN HAND LONG. COMBINED WITH MARKERS ON REHAUT • MONSTER HOUR OUT OF THE WAY BUT REALLY OBVIOUS • POWER RESERVE. 50 HOUR • VERSATILITY (WHO CAN IT FIT AND HOW CAN IT BE USED) • 44mm X 51mm X 13.1 mm • ON THE BIGGER SIDE - VERY EASY ON MY 7.5INCH WRIST • LUGS SWEEP LOW, SHAPING THE WATCH TO WRIST AND HELPING 6.5 SHOULD OK • ROBUSTNESS • 316L STEEL/SAPPHIRE • GREAT STEP UP FROM HARDLEX • NEW SEIKO’S DIASHIELD COATING ON THE CASE AND BRACELET, • NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS - APPEARS TO BE A COATING NOT A TREATMENT • SPRON 510 MAINSPRING CO-NI-CR-MO ALLOY NON-MAGNETIC ULTRA HIGH ELASTICITY AND STRENGTH, HIGH DURABILITY HEAT RESISTANCE. • STAINLESS STEEL BEZEL MY FAVORITE MATERIAL I THINK - GOLDILOCKS - HARDER TO SCRATCH BUT WONT SHATTER LIKE SAPPHIRE • 200 M WATER RESISTANCE - AND SCREW DOWN CROWN • NO CROWN GUARDS BUT REALLY? IS THAT ACTUALLY AN ISSUE? • BANDS - A SIMPLE SILICON ACCORDIAN STYLE BAND - REALLY NICE HARDWARE • DRILLED LUGS - VERY CHANGEABLE. • QUITE HEAVY, LUGS NOT SUPER LOW COMPARED TO LITTLE POT BELLIED CASEBACK SO A BIT WOBBLY ON A NATO. • PRETTY MUCH ANYTIME - ANY PLACE • THE SLIGHTLY VINTAGE FEEL, SUBDUED COLOURS AND DISCRETION FROM ITS SLOPEY MAGIC VANISHING TRICK • LOOKS (TO YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE) • CLASSIC DIVER • BIG AND CHUNKY BUT NOT A LUMP • ITS A RETRO INSPIRED DESIGN BUT COULD BE MODERN • CARNIVAL OF COMPOUND CURVES, BARELY A STRAIGHT LINE TO BE SEEN • BUT ALSO NOT FUSSY - THE CURVES ARE LONG • THE SURFACES ARE BROAD AND RUN THE LENGTH OF THE CASE • ANGLED NOT FACETED • FINISHING AMAZING AT THIS PRICE • HIGH POLISH - DOUBT ITS SEIKOS ZARATZU - • CIRCULAR BRUSHING • DIAL • SO SIMPLE BUT BEAUTIFUL - BEAUTIFUL SPARSENESS • HANDS ARE SIMPLE A WORK WITH THE INDICIES • LUMABRITE FILLING GIVING UNIFIED LOOK • SILVERED INDICE/HAND SURROUNDS ADD A TOUCH OF CLASS • REHAUT MARKERS • LOOKING DOWN KIND OF OUT OF WAY • FROM ANGLE ADD INTEREST • BEZEL • SLIGHTLY THICK BEZEL (?) I THINK • I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE BLUE - REALLY DEEP CYAN - TOUCH OF GREEN - A PETROL BLUE • DATE. OK. IN AT THE 3 - NICELY INTEGRATED • WHITE ON BLACK NOT AWFUL • BUT I THINK I WOULD HAVE PREFERED WHITE ON BLACK • SEIKOS LUMABRITE IS JUSTIFIABLY FAMOUS • CASE BACK CLASSIC SEIKO TSUNAMI AND SPEC SHEET • NICE BUT UNSPECTACULAR • • LESS PRESNENCE THAN NOMINAL SIZE WOULD INDICATE • LITTLE POT BELLIED MVMT MEANS A LITTLE HIGH • HAVEN'T TRIED ON A NATO - WOULD GO FOR A THIN ONE ONLY • FEEL. • CONTROLS - OK - TYPICAL 4R/NH35 FEEL • IN THE HAND. HEAVY - SMOOTH - QUALITY - CLEAN . • ON THE WRIST. SOME HEFT BUT COMFORTABLE. • ALSO SITS NICE AN SNUG SO VERY SECURE. • BUILD. • CASE EXCELLENT - • THIS WOULD NOT BE AN EASY CASE SHAPE - THOSE COMPLEX CURVES REQUIRE GOOD MACHINING AND POLISHING • POLISH GREAT, BRUSHING FINE AND LIGHT • DIAL. LIKE THE CASE SIMPLE SO NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNE TO SHINE • HANDS NICE OF SUBSTANTIAL • LUME VERY WELL APPLIED • INDICIES - WELL PLACED, NO FLAWS , EVERYTHING WHERE IT SHOULD BE • BEZEL. BUTTERY - THE RACHET ROLLS FROM CLICK TO CLICK • LITTLE BIT OF PLAY - MEANS WHILE IN THEORY EVERYTHING LINES UP, IN PRACTICE YOU CAN MISS • MOVEMENT. ITS A 6R15 SERIES. SO STILL WORKMANLIKE BUT MORE SO. • NOT ESPECIALLY ACCURATE - WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN • EASE OF OWNERSHIP • SPECTACULAR VALUE • ITS AN UNTOUCHED SEIKO CAN IT BE EASIER? • FINDING ONE. EASY • AUTHENTICITY. - 50:50 ON AUTHENTICITY WATCH • TRUE TO HISTORY. THE SBDC061 AND SBDC063 ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS INSPIRED BY THE 6159 RATHER THAN REISSUES • DESIGN (TRUE TO ITSELF). ABSOLUTELY - THE DESIGNERS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRAINED BY • ALL JUST - BETTER AND YET - IT HASNT DITCHED ITS ROOTS • TREADING THE LINE PERFECTLY IN MY VIEW. • POSITIONAL POWER - HOW IT WILL BE SEEN BY OTHERS • ITS A SEIKO - LIKE IT OR NOT THAT WILL LIMIT THE VIEWS OF THIS WATCH • FOR BETTER OR WORSE, NOT TOO HIGH, BUT NOT TOO LOW • LOCAL FOOTBALL STAR VS THE INTERNATIONAL WE SEE ON EUROSPORT • NOT A MALL BUY • SO WHAT’S THE VERDICT - SWIPE RIGHT (GOOD) OR LEFT (BAD) • SWIPE HARD RIGHT • GREAT LOOKS • WELL BUILT • REALLY SOLID VALUE • NOT SUPER COMMON BUT REALLY EASY TO LIVE WITH • THE TURTLE/SAMURAI AND MONSTER ARE GREAT VALUE • THIS IS JUST A GREAT WATCH • FOR NEW COLLECTORS - I REALLY RECOMMEND STARTING HERE IF YOU CAN

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