Ok I’ll guess I’ll buy another seiko !

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Good plan!

Thanks, Mark! I wasn’t aware that Seiko made a smaller version of last year’s srpg. I’ve officially found my next watch 😁

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

👍🏻 enjoy!

Seiko field watch at 36mm with a handwind/hacking movement - finally! Great looking dials - especially the green.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

I have the beige/champagne 38mm SRPK and it is an underrated watch overshadowed by the overrrated teal/not teal dial. The black/gunmetal hands and indices and the sunburst (yes it is a sunburst) dial make it much more appealing in person.

Wow the SRPJ87 looks great! Hope I can pick one up from you soon!

It's worth noting that the new 38mm 5XK watches don't have the same dimensions as the SKX013 - they're 12.1mm instead of 13.5 for the SKX013, which a lot of smaller-wristed folks thought were too top-heavy. I have the SRPK29, and it's very wearable on my 6.25 inch wrist.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Interesring, thank you.

@EarlyNai

11 ай бұрын

thinner is great!

Wowsers. Thanks for taking the time.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Beautiful watch and functional

I have an almost 8 inch wrist, but I'm really pleased that the day of the 45mm watch is passing. Even on my wrist, the big (now old-fashioned) watches hang over the sides, catch on sleeves, bang into doorframes, and just generally say "Look at me!" I'm wearing a 36mm watch as I type, and it looks just fine.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

👍🏻

Just purchased the turtle from you… Damn you Long Island… tempting me into another seiko purchase… how could I not though seeing as it’s a model not available in the uk! Can’t wait and thank you!!

Nice this is the first video I have seen of the. New ones!

I’ve always be sceptical about Seiko after watching many reviews but I had a blueberry gmt bought for me and I was dead impressed, can’t fault the watch for finish, quality, wearability and worth every penny. They are for the masses and mass produced but the quality control is second to none

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it, Paul.

Love the green 36mm ❤❤

The small watches fit you fine as well, you're just used to wearing the larger sizes and seeing them on wrist. If you wore the smaller ones for a while you'd see they are actually more proportional to your wrist size.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@stephenrasmussen8160

11 ай бұрын

@@islandwatch You're welcome, I've been wearing the Seagull '63 daily and then bought the Casio Duro the other day and it looks too big to me when I wear it. So I'm getting the opposite effect with a 7 1/2" wrist, haha!

@Cortesevasive

11 ай бұрын

Yes 36mm is best size, its impossible to obstruct any movement.

Finally a proper field watch from Seiko in 36mm.

I know that Seiko is a profit and money maker, but after looking at all of these. I'd buy an Islander over any of them every day of the week. you offer more for nearly equal pricing. And I would support an independant shop that makes such a great product. I have my Islander Polar monster and it's one of my best watches.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Well, thank you.

@Messier31NGC224

11 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I've got 2 Islanders, and I think I've been spoiled by them. Better water resistance, screwdown crown, sapphire crystal, better bracelet construction. The specs on these Seikos just aren't good enough for informed watch enthusiasts. Probably okay for the general public though.

👏great show!

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

👍🏻

I've just got my Seiko 6139 pepsi pogue, back from service and I've got it on a rubber strap, Marc have you had any thoughts of doing some of your rubber straps for the pogue, like the ones that fitted to the titanium watch....??

I can see why the 5 in green/blue is back-ordered - it looks really great.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a great color.

That seiko "Khaki Field" is killing meeee.

I like the ivory-champagne pilot’s one 👌🏼

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Sweet! And a great size.

Marc is spell casting again. Off to consume more Seikos

I think the SRPJ81 on the bracelet might be the cheapest explorer 1 type watch you can buy without going the homage route

Love those 36mm field watches!

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

I think they will be a hit.

@Strideo1

11 ай бұрын

It's too bad they can't seem to get them a bit thinner like the old SNK809. Newer Seiko movements are kinda chunky.

@ClearBrookExotics

11 ай бұрын

@@Strideo1 Which is why I won’t buy the new Alpinist. Have my eye on a Certina 38mm DS diver instead.

I really like big watches, but even these SNK809 replacements can wear much bigger when worn on a bunt strap. I especially like the tan face and strap 👍🏻

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks.

Awesome Marc, do you know if you’ll be getting any stock of the SRPK17 seiko The 6106 8120 seiko sports from 1968?

All-righty: The "5KX" and bluesy Turtle numbers are nice, although I've scratched that collective itch by getting a 5 Sports GMT "Batman" from you a few months back (once again, thanks for getting it out to me crazy-fast as usual). But, that green-dial 36mm...ouch, that's *seriously* nice. If I didn't already have my 017 Alpinist (also bought from you just before Seiko pulled the plug on the whole SARB line), I be on this watch *stat* (and I won't rule out getting one at some point anyway). Thanks for showing this one!

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for checking it out

Hi Marc, i love the seiko two tone brown dia+ All gold blue dial is gorgeous!!! How does Seiko achieve that gold tone if it's actually steel?? Is the gold color gonna fade out over time?? Thank you

Yes

Hi Mark thanks for the update! Do you know off hand if your Islander skx013 bracelets fit the new 38mm seikos?

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

They will not.

Beautiful watch.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

*watches !!!

@rons7555

11 ай бұрын

@@islandwatch yes, indeed.

I wonder if Seiko will release a 36mm dresskx given the smaller 5kx

Really like the 43 turtle. 🤔

I really dig that 36 on the bracelet

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Great 😃

These viseos are really needed

I own a few Seiko’s including the PADI Turtle but they’re killing us with the hardlex

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Sorry 😔

Glad they've dumped the B dial aviator numbering on the field watch for the traditional field watch, but man, I really wish they'd dump the day/date windows for these. Domed crystal is cool though! And perfect sizing.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

that is a nice watch.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

4:46 I saw that model an hour ago in a boutique, I think it's the best looking one, with the orange being pretty cool. The seller told me he would not give me any discount, any time of the year, because he was tired of Seiko ( France ) calling them everytime they do a discount 😂 at least that was clear. I don't know if it's true or if he's just tired of B2C in general, but he seemed genuine.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Sounds about right

These bracelets on the new Seiko 5s have the same problem that my old Seiko 5's have which are only two micro-adjustments. So only one adjustment really. If I pull out a link it is too small, if I leave the link in, the one adjustment is still too big so I can't get a good fit so I had to replace the bracelets and at the time the older Seiko 5s were about 80 to 100 dollars and was not a big deal but these new ones are over 300 USD so that is a big difference. I think your house brand is a better value in the 38mm in the dive watches plus they have Sapphire crystal and 100x better bracelets. and I hate hardlex as they scratch and can't be buffed out.

We watch it for your yapping.. 🧐😉

My three favorite watch brands are Omega, Zodiak and Seiko.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Sweet. I'm a fan as well.

What is the Orient you're wearing and is it available?

Any recommendations for upgrading the bracelets for the 5kx?

@mariog7213

11 ай бұрын

Strapcode has two

Nah, an Islander for me please... 😁

SRPD53 looks pretty cool Pepsi bezel @6:30

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, shame it was an exclusive to Amazon for so long.

Have they discontinued SRP775? Black and Gold was a beautiful combo

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Yeah. Years back.

I like the light colored dial in the first group. The gold ones not so much although the blue dial one’s not bad. Thanks Marc. Have a great day!

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, same to you.

Somehow these new Seikos look like gimmicks to me. For around 300€ I got a beautiful SEIKO Lord Matic directly from Japan. Such a classic beauty! ❤

Your recent all gold Islander looks much better than the Seiko 👍🏻

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

haha, thanks Richard.

I wish the orange dial SRPK had black hands. Not keen on those pinky colour ones, they don't look good against the orange to me. Shame otherwise I'd pick one up.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Oof those all gold Seiko look hideous. I can live with a gold case but that bracelet has got go. 😂

Finally a two tone 5kx,thank you seiko

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Took long enough.

Wait, if you change the date at the wrong time you can break the watch?!

4:39 why so they need 120 clicks? Just for the fun noise? 8:07 real gold electroplate?

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Gold tone.

@johnsrabe

11 ай бұрын

@@islandwatch but does Gold Tone have any actual gold, no matter how minimal?

@johnsrabe

11 ай бұрын

Or is it like wood-tone sides on a 1970s clock radio. Or pleather.

I have too many seikos… one more won’t do anything ;)

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

😂

He Marc, maybe Seiko is late to give you new releases because your own brand Islander just blows them out of the water in terms of specs and price. Just a suspicion...

still waiting to hear from your watch repair department please advise

Where are the "new" seiko watches? I only see watches that were on the market years...maybe new for your shop, every single watch you showed here where in the video, was in my local shop for more than 3 years...

Why can't Seiko make a non date watch ? They go other other direction and add the day of the week. Why not the month & year too ? For me the calendar is for month, day & year. The time of day is for the watch.

Отл! Спасибо! 👋🇷🇺

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

:)

If anybody was wondering, 20 min. is how long you stay underwater on a typical sport dive. Hence the blue is 20 min. 👾yep, captain obvious here... lol

Seiko = Japan = From Midgets = To Sumo Wrestlers 😁

I'm fairly certain the SRPD43 has a sapphire crystal, not hardlex

It’s really disgraceful that Seiko continues to make $400 divers w/o sapphire. Beautiful watches though.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out

Just got the citizen unite with blue promaster. That iridescent dial and perfect alignment makes Seiko look like amateur watches.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

LOL. Well, enjoy.

Seiko is too overpriced these days.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

Noted

Arm Crack

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

😂

What is the point of this video? You make the same model watches but better. If I was going to spend that much money I would rather get an Islander.

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

LOL. But when I show Seiko, many more people watch it.

@JB-wc9fz

11 ай бұрын

He still needs to sell his inventory doesn’t he? I think the point is obvious when he owns a watch store that sells watches other than Islanders.

Mark, Are you ok?You look very thin?

@ryanthomas9306

11 ай бұрын

Looks normal to me, I’ve been watching him for years

@tommyg4842

11 ай бұрын

Sound like a mom lol but it’s real nice of you to ask him

@islandwatch

11 ай бұрын

I did lose some weight, but that was about a year ago.

@edhammond6911

11 ай бұрын

@@islandwatch I’m glad you’re healthy