Thanks bro. Appreciate the tip.

Anybody here have any of the shrouded divers?

One of the more affordable ones is the Franken Monster. One of my personal favourites. Sold this orange one recently to a member on this Seiko thread.


Still have the Tuna though.


What about the shrouded divers are you asking about?

I'm buying SBDX011, but that is if and only if I become a commercial diver next year.

Where you source that JDM Seiko? SeiyaJapan or Higuchi?

This post has been edited by LEVIATHAN: Dec 6 2010, 12:31 PM

I got my Emperor Tuna (SBDX011) pre-owned but all my brand new JDMs come from Higuchi. But Seiya's great as well. It really boils down to which one offers the best price. Service is comparable.

Note if you're paying by credit card and not paypal, expect to pay more than the price in YEN that they quote you. Your bank will charge you interest and pay them immediately but there are often difference that you have to pay due to currency fluctuation on the posting date. From my experience, the banks always choose a day when the YEN has risen for the posting. The most expensive that I had to pay to the bank was about RM160, that's not to Higuchi but to the bank.

Mine is exactly as the following pic ..



Have it for the past four years, bought it from clearance sales at Argos/Manchester for £80.

Nice. Thanks for the info bro.

This post has been edited by LEVIATHAN: Dec 6 2010, 02:31 PM

Wow that's nice. Seldom see that one locally.

Almost identical to Pepsi don't you think? SKX009.

What's the caliber?

The model as per the back of the watch is 5M62-0A10 probably only available in certain part of the world. Argos is a catalogue shop in UK, and they sometime brought thing not usually sold elsewhere (i.e. in the watches/jewelry brick & mortar shops).

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Added on December 6, 2010, 2:39 pmBTW, I've never had any special interest on watches, and from my recent search just now, it seems that the serial number contains some information about the watch. Where can I find this information?

This post has been edited by wiraone: Dec 6 2010, 02:39 PM

refer to this..
http://quartzimodo.com/how-to-tell-when-yo...as-made-part-1/
and this
http://www.pmwf.com/Watches/SeikoReferenceNumbers.htm

Ah, thanks, mine starts with 54, so it will be either April 2005 or April 1995. I bought mine circa 2006, so probably the former ..

any seiko promotion recently?

I don't know any Seiko specific promotion going on now. However, I saw 25% off from some shops around KL.

Man since I got my SKX007 I stop hunting around already. Literally, the watch completes me. I bring it everywhere. I bring to swimming, diving, shitting and pissing, eating, repairing engines, maintaining compressors, pulling wires, changing oils.

Sleeping only I take it off.

good....i still hunting..
yup,seeing 25% off now.Wonder it last how long..and any more superb sales in year end..

That's great man. That's the way it should be.

With Seiko you don't really need any promotion period. 25% is well within the discounts that they can offer. Even without promotions, 25% is quite standard. Try walking into City Chain when there's no sales and stand in front of the Seiko display. Stand long enough and the sales person will automatically open his mouth to offer you 25% discount (unless its Seiko5).

You can also get more discounts at smaller name shops that carry Seiko like those in Sg. Wang. Another option is to contact LY seller virustar here, I find his price to be very good.

since Orient is part of Seiko Group I decide to share this here.

Not sure what's the shipping costs to Malaysia but 49% off is a great deal.

I've had my eye on this one for some time now but never pulled the trigger. Too many black watches with black bezel. Need to flip some to make space in the watch box. But definitely in my list.

Is Orient mvmt as robust and accurate as Seiko's? I like the idea of having reserve indicator there. I poisoned a bit when I see that picture.

Hehe, just bought this yesterday.