Its definitely fake.. There is alot of fake turtle out there..

if the price is too good to be true then it is confirmed not true

better stay away unless you are prepared to burn $

Been looking at 2 models, both Samurais.

1) Padi
2) Save the Ocean Collection - Great White Shark

Leaning towards the Padi first, probably along the way might scoop up the Save the Ocean edition - the blue is just too beautiful.

(2) blue sunburst dial and rarer to see on wrist. padi has been in the market for a long time saw too many wrist shots not so fresh already

I would lean towards oceans first then padi

hi guys.. I've updated the first post for link to SEIKO DIVER MALAYSIA FACEBOOK GROUP

lots of active members there sharing seiko dive watches related goodies. go join in the group and share our passion together

I'm planning to create a fb group for this lyn thread too since the diver's group not many dress / sports models covered by the members there

what do you guys think? yay or nay?

Thanks! Yeah I rarely see this model / colorway on people's wrist.

Also, I noticed the PADI Samurai has 2 versions, Japan edition and non-Japan wordings. Are there any difference aside from the JAPAN Movement wordings?

This post has been edited by andrewtho: Dec 18 2019, 11:30 AM

is the same quality in both K and J so shouldn't make much difference where the watch was manufactured

J series tends to be more popular for collectors / resale value and people tend to pay more for the Made In Japan written on the dial compared to

K series which has Movt Japan and usually made locally here in msia

JDM = more fancy hence more expensive. I will only consider Kanji day, nothing else.

Get the blue... I'm using that. No regrets...

Joining the kopi club

This post has been edited by ck77: Dec 22 2019, 04:24 PM


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wow nice.. previously didn't know this came in frost dial until now.

got some vintage feel in the color

Useful info! Will keep this in mind

welcome.. remember to share your new toy here after receiving it ya

New 2020 Alpinist already available in some markets.

This post has been edited by seiken: Dec 24 2019, 11:45 PM

the price increment from the old sarb017 is just insane

for this amount with unsigned crown too. can't they even bring back the crown from the sarb017

I think seiko increasing the pricing will kill a lot of mid tier jdm watch collectors that adores this brand for their affordability as opposed to swiss counterparts

seiko already been increasing prices of the 6r models like the sumo / shogun... then the newer 6rmas / mm200...
while 4r models are taking over the old 6r prices.

that's why i think those "rumors" of alpinist / sarb getting discontinued is for ppl to quickly buy off remaining stocks... of cos that backfired abit since they're still readily available.
looking at the trend, the discontinued applies more to the 6r15... the models with 6r15 are just casualties...
then those models will later get upgraded with 6r35...like sumo / alpinist...

ya man that's how I see this going too..

hopefully our 6r15 models maintain / go up in price in the used markets in future so we don't have to lose so much from our past purchases

the old SARBs are likely just going to go up in price, especially when the 'new' benchmark is MSRP at around usd700.

i doubt they will...maybe just a fraction...
but eventually the new sarbs will also drop in price...

Hard to say la. the 017 @ usd400 is now being touted as a fantastic price, which to me is mind boggling given what we paid for it just a few years back.

Seiko is pushing it's price point higher and justifying it with the LE or upgraded spec game, but I guess that isn't unexpected.