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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Incidentally my Seiko SARB065 Cocktail Time just shipped says the sketchy Ebay dealer, looking forward to getting it next week. I'm a little worried about the Hardlex crystal, but I guess it can always be replaced by sapphire if I like...
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I've had Hardlex before with the old SBBN007 Tuna and yea they do scratch rather easily so you got to be careful.
Having said that, my current MM300 also has Hardlex and I beat it to death however not a single scratch, maybe the bezel took all the hits lol!
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Originally Posted by serialk11r
This thing is really really thick (oh wait, I have calipers time to measure..), 13.2mm says my calipers, which I think is a little clumsy and ugly. That said, everyone loves the sunburst dial so it's still a styling win.
The one thing I'm pretty pissed about is the strap, which is total garbage in every way. It's some kind of patent/calfskin with ...alcantara? on the inside, blue stitching, and one of those flip? clasps. The smooth leather makes it look like a rubber or plastic band from a Swatch. I hate the clasp, I have the clip at the 3rd hole in the leather band, and it is a sort of loose fit but it pinches my arm when I try putting it on. The clasp opens when you bump it against anything, but is super hard to close. Perhaps worst of all, the leather around the hole is starting to tear already...
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Yea the casing is thick probably because your watch has a display back? This is the reason why I would never trade my old SBGR001 for any of the new fancy GS watches as solid backs tend to make the watch thinner and more comfy to wear.
The leather bands always have that soft suede on the back even the very nice ones, but they don't last if you have sweaty wrists.
But yea don't expect too much these days for $400 bucks, but you are still getting a lot of watch from Seiko. I remember over a decade and a half ago a Quartz Tuna was $300 bucks, now they are like over $1000 and the clasp doesn't even have "Japan" stamped on it anymore.
Personally I don't understand the trend with crazy large diameter watches these days, as if everybody grew up wearing POP Swatch or something lol!