The line-up
- 1
Seiko SBBN045 Marinemaster Tuna
9/10 · Beyond thunderdomeQuartz, so no setting it every time you wear it, the best lume in the box by some margin, and it runs about 5 seconds a year.
- 2
Seiko SKX007
9/10 · Beyond thunderdome · Mr JunMr Jun's 2019 J on a Strapcode Hexad: everybody knows it, we've all got one, the most known twerp in the history of twerps.
- 3
Seiko 6309-7040 'Frankenstein'
5/10 · It wants to be good · Mr JunA 1981 Frankenstein that's been fiddled with over the years; the bidirectional bezel and that one-pusher affair are pretty crap, send it back to Hattori.
- 4
Seiko SPB077 Marinemaster 200 (Gen 1)
9/10 · Beyond thunderdome · Mr JunOne of my favourites: beautiful banana case, lovely lacquer bezel, sublime bezel action, and the arrow hour hand is growing on me.
- 5
Seiko SKX033
7/10 · For the beeeech · Mr JunA little Christmas cracker toy, about 50g, crappy clasp, hollow end links, rubbish, and somehow I absolutely love it; New Old Stock from 2006.
- 6
Seiko SRP773 Turtle
7/10 · For the beeeech · Mr Jun (formerly Gethin's)My old watch, sold to Mr Jun; 2015, 4R36 day-date, on a Strapcode Engineer, and very nice.
- 7
Seiko SRPE93 Turtle (black dial)
8/10 · For the beeeech · Mr JunSame as the old one but they cheaped out on the bracelet and added a lume sliver; the Strapcode Razor is lovely quality and it's extremely comfortable.
- 8
Seiko SKX007
9/10 · Beyond thunderdome · Gethin's ownMy 2015 K1, on a Strapcode Oyster, which I prefer to the Hexad on this watch; Mr Jun doesn't agree.
- 9
Seiko SLA051 'Naomi Uemura'
9/10 · Beyond thunderdomeA step up from the pack: papery dial, ceramic bezel smooth as silk, a sublime watch and better than most of the others.
- 10
Seiko SLA065 'Astrolabe' Save The Ocean
6/10 · It wants to be good · Mr JunOne of my least favourites but one of Mr Jun's: basically an SPB143 on growth hormone with a silly dial, now upgraded to the SPB143 bracelet.
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Seiko SLA023 Marinemaster 300
9/10 · Beyond thunderdome · Gethin's ownMine: one of the best bezels you'll ever rotate, staggering lume, still accurate after two years of constant use, on a Strapcode Hexad.
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Seiko SLA047 'Island Green'
9/10 · Beyond thunderdome · Mr JunMr Jun's green one with the black bezel, a limited edition from November 2020, on a Strapcode Angus Jubilee, one on each wrist for the show and tell.
In his words
"It runs, I'm not joking, at about 5 seconds a year."
▶ Play from 02:10"This is like a little Christmas cracker watch."
▶ Play from 05:59"Smooth as silk, eating butter off a piece of velvet."
▶ Play from 11:17"It will get you nowhere fast if you try to use it to find Aldi."
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