The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread
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The Alpinist has been going up in price since it was discontinued. They used to be found for ~$300
Seikos are an anomaly right now, they actually go up in value a pretty decent amount after they are discontinued. If I tried to sell my Omega Seamaster today, I'd lose my shirt.
I ordered an Alpinist from Amazon about year ago, kept it for maybe ten minutes before I printed out the return slip.What were you qualms with it?
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I always thought it was ugly as all fuck, but must have been missing something because of it's cult following.
I absolutely will not buy a watch with cathedral hands, but the dial is a really pretty shade of green.
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I always thought it was ugly as all fuck, but must have been missing something because of it's cult following.
I was wrong, it was even more gross in person.
I was sooooo hoping that you would give some constructive criticisms, lol!
Aesthetically, as with most things in the world (Except Halle Berry), some folks love it and some folks hate it… I thought you would have possibly some performance issues to explain.
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Well, I've come full-circle…
First page of this thread, I mentioned Hamilton's being nice looking, and that's what I've just pulled the trigger on.
42mm Hamilton Khaki Field, model: H70555533.
https://shop.hamiltonwatch.com/khaki-field-auto-42mm-h70555533.html
Found a great deal on it, it's a simple, clean, and versatile design, and from what I understand, the H-10 movement is better than the Alpinist's movement.
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Thats a nice looking watch and as you said….'Simple and Clean'.
Looking forward to a wrist pic @UnTucked
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I also really like the look of those.
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Also, my rubber NATO trap came in, and I'm super happy with it, aside from it smelling like a bicycle inner tube, lol!
After ordering, I got an email asking for my wrist measurement, and asking if I wanted enough slack to be able to fold back the tail through the links. After answering those questions, he made it to the length that would fit what I wanted, and I received it yesterday; only 5 days, including the weekend.
4hrs in to wearing it, and I'm super happy with it. The rubber is a genius idea! I can pull it less tight than my nylon NATO I was using before, and it fits more comfortably with less movement. I'll likely get one for my Hamilton.
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Thanks a Solid look!
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After digging around and doing some more research, from what I can see, Seiko will be discontinuing a few of the more popular models (SARB017, SARB031, SARB033 to name a few), all of which were in the running to go in my "noob watch collection". This info has been floating around for months, but I guess I just hadn't noticed or paid attention. I cam across it last Friday as I was browsing the webs for an Alpinist, and started to notice that there aren't many places to have them in stock.
Deliberating if I should get a new one now, before the chance is gone forever…..
You definitely should get one if you are on the fence. I got a SARB35 for 318USD in June now they are selling for 450 and upwards with most of the places out of stock already.
