What is that gentleman's knife on the right side of the picture?
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Random question: Any chance you are a radiologist?What is that gentleman's knife on the right side of the picture?
I agree. Sadly Seiko is behind the curve on a lot of features. Amazing they can make what they do (and as many of them) in house and at their price points but they do often leave a lot to be desired. It might be worth your time looking into some micro brands that use seikos (and others) movements. Generally they are a bit closer to the heart and ran by enthusiasts so you’re more likely to see things like sapphire crystals, screw bracelets, ceramic bezels, screw down crowns etc if you can stand it not being a mainstream brand.Sounds like I made the right choice then.
It’s baffling. The cheap seikos have sapphire but everything from there is harldex. I was considering a cocktail time dress watch but couldn’t bring myself to buy one with the inferior crystal. I’ve even seen aftermarket sapphire crystals for about $100 or less but I can’t justify having to mod a watch that already costs as much as they do. It’s infuriating.
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Wholeheartedly agree. As much as I’d love to be wearing a Rolex right now I’ll just have to do without.My local watchmaker will refuse to service counterfeits, threaten to report it, and call you a fraud to your face if you show up with one. I watched him tell someone “this is no different than you walking around with fake $100 bills, and I wouldn’t let anyone pay me with fake bills”.
Better to wear an authentic Timex, G-Shock, or Seiko 5 than a fake Chinese ripoff/violation of intellectual property. How long is the world going to enable this?
Yes, some won’t. Others won’t because movements can be all over the place. Higher end fakes are mostly dressed up ETA 2824 clones (very common movement). Sadly there are probably 50 fake Rolex’s for every genuine one in the wild and all with varying degrees of quality from absolute lower than $10 walmart tier trash to pretty decent. Let’s not forget Rolex makes around 1 million watches a year, they’re not exactly rare despite what the AD would like you to believe. IMO at a similar ~$400 price point vs a Seiko some of the fakes are arguably better watches, at least construction wise if unable to do your own mechanical work (no guarantees or support). I have a clone 2824 I did a full service on that runs +1s/day worn, and another that I only regulated that runs +4s/day. My Rolex runs +1.5s/day and my Omega runs less than 1s a day. So sadly with a bit of elbow grease and time I have a $300 Chinese watch with a $30 movement that is running more accurately than my $9000 Rolex. Granted it will not keep this up like a Rolex will over years of use, and my Rolex could be tuned to run better. A Seiko NH35 ($200-500 range watches) out the door is -20/+40s per Seiko spec and has a mineral crystal, soft bezel, and junky bracelet.My local watchmaker will refuse to service counterfeits, threaten to report it, and call you a fraud to your face if you show up with one. I watched him tell someone “this is no different than you walking around with fake $100 bills, and I wouldn’t let anyone pay me with fake bills”.
Better to wear an authentic Timex, G-Shock, or Seiko 5 than a fake Chinese ripoff/violation of intellectual property. How long is the world going to enable this?
Wise choice. If it’s between a hunt and a watch the hunt wins, hands down. My favorite watch at the moment is my radio solar g shock. I love how they’re kinda smart as wellWell now that I’ve chimed in here I might as well show and tell. The watch I wear while I’m hunting is the…
Casio G-Shock Mudman 9500-1
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At the end of the day, I’m a 90’s kid, and a big digital rubberized watch just makes me happy. I like that it is solar powered yet only kinda smart. So a compass, barometer, and altimeter are always ready to go without needing a charge. I can check sunrise and sunset times. I can set an alarm to go off at whatever insane time I think will result in me having a successful hunt (the alarm always works, the hunting rarely does). It’s as comfortable as other watches in my humble collection that are much smaller. Lastly, when I’m in the backcountry and trying to conserve battery on my phone, even checking the time on a watch instead of my phone helps quite a bit.
What watch do I want most? This Rolex Datejust 41 I tried on. Picture below. The blue, the fit, the cyclops date…it’s just me. And a million other people apparently.
But it came down to that or my first safari as a 2026 finish-paying-off-student-loans present. And I’m going on safari. And the Mudman and one of my Seikos will go with me.
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I handed my square 5610 down to my little brother when I got the Mudman. It was unique in that I melted the finish off the band with some zealous DEET application before a hike once. So be careful with that! Before that I had a non-radio 5600 that I had to take off and lay at a work station on my way to deliver a baby (I’m a family doc). When we wrapped up it was gone forever. It was a gift from my mom so that was a bummer. Anyway, I love the square radio-controlled G-shocks. I’ll probably buy another before too long.Wise choice. If it’s between a hunt and a watch the hunt wins, hands down. My favorite watch at the moment is my radio solar g shock. I love how they’re kinda smart as well
Nice pieces. If you could stomach a used one and 36mm you could get into one for maybe around 5k and under for one that’s not rebuilt/redialed (avoid those) 41mm is going to cost you though. Could always sell it down the road too to upgrade to a 41 and shouldn’t lose any value.Well now that I’ve chimed in here I might as well show and tell. The watch I wear while I’m hunting is the…
Casio G-Shock Mudman 9500-1
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At the end of the day, I’m a 90’s kid, and a big digital rubberized watch just makes me happy. I like that it is solar powered yet only kinda smart. So a compass, barometer, and altimeter are always ready to go without needing a charge. I can check sunrise and sunset times. I can set an alarm to go off at whatever insane time I think will result in me having a successful hunt (the alarm always works, the hunting rarely does). It’s as comfortable as other watches in my humble collection that are much smaller. Lastly, when I’m in the backcountry and trying to conserve battery on my phone, even checking the time on a watch instead of my phone helps quite a bit.
What watch do I want most? This Rolex Datejust 41 I tried on. Picture below. The blue, the fit, the cyclops date…it’s just me. And a million other people apparently.
But it came down to that or my first safari as a 2026 finish-paying-off-student-loans present. And I’m going on safari. And the Mudman and one of my Seikos will go with me.
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Oddly my Rolex purchase is kind of what spurred my Safari ha. Kind of a stupid story but I had bought a lower end milgauss fake and kind of got burned on it, it showed up in the mail and I sized it etc and it was a Friday night and I was wearing it and drinking etc, and every little (major) imperfection in it started to bother me more and more every time I looked at it until I began to hate it. Well the booze flowed and I got so pissed off with it I charged all $9999 of a real one that night on a credit card (my grail watch I’d wanted since I was a teenager). Wake up the next morning and it’s already fedex’d to me lol. Anyway I ended up selling some things I wasn’t using and scraping the cash together to pay it off that billing cycle. That was in August and after that ordeal I decided if I can do that stupid s&$/ and make it I can afford a safari so I booked that October. I was in my mid 30s and spent my entire adult life investing all the left over income i could and decided to live a little.Wise choice. If it’s between a hunt and a watch the hunt wins, hands down. My favorite watch at the moment is my radio solar g shock. I love how they’re kinda smart as well
Nice lolNice pieces. If you could stomach a used one and 36mm you could get into one for maybe around 5k and under for one that’s not rebuilt/redialed (avoid those) 41mm is going to cost you though. Could always sell it down the road too to upgrade to a 41 and shouldn’t lose any value.
Oddly my Rolex purchase is kind of what spurred my Safari ha. Kind of a stupid story but I had bought a lower end milgauss fake and kind of got burned on it, it showed up in the mail and I sized it etc and it was a Friday night and I was wearing it and drinking etc, and every little (major) imperfection in it started to bother me more and more every time I looked at it until I began to hate it. Well the booze flowed and I got so pissed off with it I charged all $9999 of a real one that night on a credit card (my grail watch I’d wanted since I was a teenager). Wake up the next morning and it’s already fedex’d to me lol. Anyway I ended up selling some things I wasn’t using and scraping the cash together to pay it off that billing cycle. That was in August and after that ordeal I decided if I can do that stupid s&$/ and make it I can afford a safari so I booked that October. I was in my mid 30s and spent my entire adult life investing all the left over income i could and decided to live a little.
Funny how often watch and hunting stories start with “kind of a stupid story” ha ha. I don’t drink, but from experience my inhibitions on rifle and optics buying seem to be lowest at about 2 AM…I think that’s when my last rifle, scope, and binos were ordered online.Nice pieces. If you could stomach a used one and 36mm you could get into one for maybe around 5k and under for one that’s not rebuilt/redialed (avoid those) 41mm is going to cost you though. Could always sell it down the road too to upgrade to a 41 and shouldn’t lose any value.
Oddly my Rolex purchase is kind of what spurred my Safari ha. Kind of a stupid story but I had bought a lower end milgauss fake and kind of got burned on it, it showed up in the mail and I sized it etc and it was a Friday night and I was wearing it and drinking etc, and every little (major) imperfection in it started to bother me more and more every time I looked at it until I began to hate it. Well the booze flowed and I got so pissed off with it I charged all $9999 of a real one that night on a credit card (my grail watch I’d wanted since I was a teenager). Wake up the next morning and it’s already fedex’d to me lol. Anyway I ended up selling some things I wasn’t using and scraping the cash together to pay it off that billing cycle. That was in August and after that ordeal I decided if I can do that stupid s&$/ and make it I can afford a safari so I booked that October. I was in my mid 30s and spent my entire adult life investing all the left over income i could and decided to live a little.