Grand Seiko Diver (Spring Drive)

[Sam]

Maybe I'm the odd one here, but the hands don't bother me. The minute hand is almost identical to the one on the SKX007, 009, etc. I'll admit, the hands aren't my #1 choice, but they don't suck IMO. The bezel may be a little OTT....but again, don't hate it.

What's weird is that for a guy that like a PR meter, that is the one thing that looks out of place to me. I just don't like a PR on a dive watch.

The bracelet looks GREAT....but then again, the first thing I thought was that it looked like Seiko managed to stick a 2254.50 bracelet on one of their watches.

I know Grand Seikos (and Spring Drives) are top notch quality, but I couldn't spend $6K on one.....or even 30% off of that. I can't stomach to buy a watch that I couldn't sell for very close to what I paid for it.

[amanda]

admin said:

amanda said:

At 6grand that seems outrageous!

How do they come up with these prices tho? The mind boggles.....

11 people make those virtually by hand, at a rate of just a few hundreds per year.
IF you look at the price from that angle, Rolex, Omega and all others start to become the outrageous ones.

However... Like Ben said: They should learn a thing or two from Toyota and Nissan before they market that stuff here.

Although... they have no problems selling like hot cakes in Japan, this watch's only market at the moment.

Thanks Chip for explaining things I didnt know about these Seikos. I really like the look of the dressier models but have to confess that I've never really looked closely at them

[truerolexer/trueradiomier]

I think I choose Black Monster over this GS.

[amanda]

truerolexer said:

I think I choose Black Monster over this GS.

Other than both being seikos, can you really compare these watches? I'd think not... the GS is of a total different league altogether.

Now if you chose between the Samurai and the Monster that would be different.. I'd go with the former of those two. Not a Monster fan Im not.