Watches - another OCD problem

[Chiba J.]

New arrival. Had been looking for quite a while at picking up a Seiko Diver, and eventually started to lean towards a vintage 6306/9 after seeing one in person last weekend. There were quite a few on Yahoo Auctions, but I ended up taking a chance on this one because we share the same birth year and month (April 79). The online photos were crap, but I am happy to say that it appears to be all original and in great condition.

[Qinhan]

^  I really like that.  Nice pick up.

[Chiba J.]

Thanks man. Looking forward to getting this on a nato..

[Qinhan]

That'll look great.  What size strap does it take?  Is that tritium lume on the dial and hands?

[Chiba J.]

Not really sure. I've seen it stated that the original lume material was Promethium 147.

Guess I forget to mention that mine is a 6306, basically the same as the 6309 except that this was a JDM only and is somewhat rarer, has a kanji date wheel and also hacks.

[Qinhan]

Kanji date wheel is excellent.

[Chiba J.]

Yeah, I like the kanji wheel. Lug width is 22mm, so lots of strap options. There's also quite a few after market bracelets for this one too.

[Sugar Mountain]

That Kanji date wheel was the first thing I saw in the photo. It's damn cool!

Nice pick-up Chiba.

[Qinhan]

Currently weighing up different NATO options for my sub.

Black + grey striped ("James Bond"):

Maroon + white ("Harvard"):

Black + Sand:

Regular 'ol plain black:

Black with red + white stripe ("Hotrod"):

Black + grey stripe ("monochrome"):

Figured this one was fun as a novelty even though the colourway doesn't really match.  "Selvedge":

Grey with black + white stripe:

Bonus pics for @Sugar Mountain:

[Chiba J.]

I like the black nato and the leather. I don't care for striped natos, but the black and beige looks good.

I've got this one incoming.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/taikonaut/nato22008b/

Also quite liked this one, but it's a lot of dough for a strap.

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/taikonaut/20b20ezz00c2s01-22b22ezz00c2s01/

[Sugar Mountain]

@Qinhan I like the black and grey Bond strap and the Black and Tan the best. Those two options really chime with the colours of the watch. The B&S leather one is also lovely!

[davito]

Good catch @Chiba J. Looks great

@Qinhan awesome sub mate, looks sweet on the leather

[Anesthetist]

Bond, Harvard, or the distressed leather IMO.

[ben2t]

i like the watch. 

[ben2t]

it may take me years to save for Tudor,
This will work for the time being.

[Finn666]

what watch is that @ben2t …my eyes are too bad? -.-

[davito]

@ben2t:

Great watch @ben2t

@Finn666 ^

[Finn666]

ups, my bad! thanks d.

[davito]

No worries Sir have a look at them there is also another nice sub model which you could like @Finn666

[Finn666]

i think i may hold back for the "real deal"…no more second pieces to tide me over