If you like to change straps often depending on mood, then the best would be to get a watch with drilled lugs, coz it makes changing straps a breeze. I just use my Iphone sim remove pin to change my straps

this is the latest seiko solar chronograph

http://yeomanseiko.wordpress.com/2012/01/1...-diver-ssc017p/

Seiko Spork Mod!!!

Silicon Rubber Strap with deployment ala Oris style huhu





Advantages of this mod :

1) Make the watch lighter
2) Protect and prolong the life or ur original SS bracelet
3) Oris like Style and just to be different

What you need

1) The rubber deployment clasp 20mm for spork, monters, starfish and stargate (any other seiko with 20mm lugs would fit perfectly)
2) Pin to remove spring bar ( i use my iPhone sim pin)
3) Scissors to cut and adjust the strap to size (it does have a 3 hole micro adjust though)
4) 10 minutes of your time

I didnt use the original seiko fat spring bars as I didn't want to force it on the rubber so I kept the spring bars nicely tucked in the original SS braclet micro adjust slot so as not to lose them



I searched KL high and low to find this kind of strap but didn't find any watch shop having it so ff any other Seiko fans wish to do this mod on their own seiko watch with 20mm lugs feel free to drop me a PM as I bought extra straps so save you the trouble



This post has been edited by fariq_azad: Apr 2 2012, 01:22 PM

I tried out the bracelet version, shame that it has folded end links instead of solid ones...

Pertama complex and Sg Wang has a few monsters and SKX007's on display. u missed mine as I just sold off a mint condition SKX007 recently

you can get nato n zulu straps by searching mudah.my

or you visit Amcorp malls flea market on sundays

if you are talking about popularity I think in Seiko 5 I think the seiko 5 military ones are the most popular

this is nice... hard to find seiko 5 with design like this nowadays, simple and nice with full arabic numerals

spot on... that why some are crazy about it hehe

Did you get the spork? RM1200 is a good deal. Worth every penny. It's on wrist everyday. This is one watch that is nearly making my watch collecting fetish to an end. Hehe

Which model did you overhaul

hi friends, my head already itchy in getting another watch huhu

I need a reference watch. currently all 4 of my watches are all automatics. and here is the requirements :

1) Must be solar powered (dont like battery changes, dont want to open case back ever!!
2) Must be Titanium ( I miss my old seiko titanium, i miss the lightness )
3) Chronograph ( currently dont have any chronos )
4) 200m water resist ( Just like the secure feeling )

so currently I am dwelling on this model AS4035-04E :

it has all the criteria above plus little extras like perpetual calender, saphire crystal, radio time sync, alarm, leather deployment strap.

anyone sighted this watch in KL/PJ?

or can recommend any other alternatives?

itchy....

This post has been edited by fariq_azad: Apr 16 2012, 12:52 PM

hmm thanx Naka7a. not bad I like the 24 hour half and half dial. the screws on the bezel is the deal breaker for me..

anyone else has any recommendations? as long as it fulfills the 4 criterias mentioned earlier

hmm but when that time comes would still run straight of solar or will it die complete. anyways I'm sure it'll take longer than the battery ones

hmm funny how seiko solar advertises "no battery replacement required ever" on the seiko solar tags

well its true, Citizen and Seiko have different warranty policies.

what I have noticed is that the price difference for a titanium and SS for a seiko is not much but the citizen titaniums are priced at a premium...

really miss my seiko titanium, any other titanium watch alternatives?

Aloha Seiko fans...

Introducing my Seiko Spork Mod MKII (now with a 22mm rubber deployment strap thanks to bro putterbit )

Before when I put on a 20mm strap it fitted well but I noticed that the strap was not straight cut but tapered down to 18mm as it reached the clasp.

after having a closer look at the original seiko clasp I noticed that its width was 20mm.

A 22mm rubber strap did the trick as it tapered down to 20mm. All I had to do was slight cut to the strap to make it 20mm at the lugs.

Now I have a rubber strap on my Spork with :

* The original Seiko clasp thats more solid
* Have a divers extension (not that I go diving anyways )
* Have a thicker strap to complement the size of the watch
* the bigger clasp also makes it easier to take off the watch
* Now you get a 4 hole Micro adjust instead of three



front...


original seiko clasp with divers extension...


on the wrist...

have a nice day Seikoholics

This post has been edited by fariq_azad: Apr 18 2012, 11:39 AM

Seiko watch starters beware... I found a fake SKX009. it was selling for RM280 only

I looks very convincing with lume and also uses an automatic movement. even the caseback was convincing with 7S26 and seiko divers 200m marking and even the tsunami logo.

this the watch :

can you guess what were the giveaways that showed it to be fake?

This post has been edited by fariq_azad: Apr 20 2012, 05:19 PM

haha a thousand points for spotting them

also the bezel is not unirotating.

What are you wearing today?

I am wearing :

I'm always mezmerized by the reflective blue dial.

(Side by side comparison reveals that the Ori Mako Blue dial is different from the blue dial on the Ray. Ray is a bit darker)

nice strap.

what about the seiko BFS?