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    Seiko SLA025 Hi-Beat 1965 Re-creation

    10/10 · Unreal scenario · Mr Jun

    My favourite watch case ever and, for me, the best Seiko watch in the world, but it's so mirror-polished it'll break your heart with every scratch.

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    Seiko SLA023 Marinemaster 300

    9/10 · Beyond thunderdome · Gethin's own

    I still love it as much as I ever did and the loom is brighter, but that unprotected painted-on loom triangle and the X of doom have to go.

In his words

"This is for me the best Seiko watch in the world."

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"It is my favourite watch case."

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"Get rid of it, bros. And the X of doom."

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"This one is beyond Thunderdome."

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