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Title: Seiko Diver
Post by: TheHobbit on April 17, 2013, 08:03:18 PM
I am just happy to get this watch back from my watch guy. It is a simple, honest diver in the Seiko SKX031. I have been looking for this watch for sometime now (for a project) when I came across this piece, strapped on a friend's wrist. I asked about it, and he (literally) took it off his wrist and gave it to me. How awesome is that.

But that is not the end of the story. The watch has been with him since he started his working life as a marine biologist. The watch has been with him through thick and thin, working on producing fish that can live in the worst of conditions. Why? To allow fish to live in the most inhospitable places on earth and feed the hungry. How cool is that? Low key guy, one of the youngest guys to become a professor in this part of the world. Talk about provenance.

Also a low key WIS, with a collection that will make many of us green with envy. Anyway, enough about him, the watch, post service.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6278_zps3579170f.jpg)

Well used... and well loved...

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6279_zps02974e3c.jpg)

The bracelet is too short for me, so I am using a Nato. Did not know that the lug width was 22mm...

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6280_zpsb839aadd.jpg)

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6281_zps3711d7aa.jpg)

As for the project... I will update once I decide if I will proceed....
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: ck77 on April 17, 2013, 08:53:25 PM
Anymore?
I want I want  ;D
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: takashi78 on April 17, 2013, 10:16:11 PM
How old is the watch?
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: CKL1213 on April 17, 2013, 10:38:05 PM
I like this Seiko "Submariner" so much
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: TheHobbit on April 18, 2013, 08:24:41 AM
Quote from: takashi78 on April 17, 2013, 10:16:11 PM
How old is the watch?

I believe it is about 11 years old. Just under went its first service.
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: nazren on April 18, 2013, 09:35:54 AM
Beauty...
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: pexus on April 18, 2013, 01:39:02 PM
touching tale... ;D. 
Anyway, here's to a successful project ! :Cheers:
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: hanz079 on April 18, 2013, 01:45:18 PM
Wow... a watch with some real history!!
A diver watch strapped on a marine biologist... thru thick and thin... doesn't get any better than that.  :Cheers:
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: D'Andy on April 18, 2013, 02:24:29 PM
Can't wait to hear more of your story hereafter!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: 1to12 on April 18, 2013, 10:07:24 PM
What a great guy and fren! Usually not easy to part with something that's been with u thru ups and downs...
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: Quasimodo on April 20, 2013, 02:34:57 PM
It's always great that a watch has a story... one reason why I appreciate a watch with some wabi.
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: Cocas on September 06, 2016, 05:13:14 AM
Quote from: TheHobbit on April 17, 2013, 08:03:18 PM
I am just happy to get this watch back from my watch guy. It is a simple, honest diver in the Seiko SKX031. I have been looking for this watch for sometime now (for a project) when I came across this piece, strapped on a friend's wrist. I asked about it, and he (literally) took it off his wrist and gave it to me. How awesome is that.

But that is not the end of the story. The watch has been with him since he started his working life as a marine biologist. The watch has been with him through thick and thin, working on producing fish that can live in the worst of conditions. Why? To allow fish to live in the most inhospitable places on earth and feed the hungry. How cool is that? Low key guy, one of the youngest guys to become a professor in this part of the world. Talk about provenance.

Also a low key WIS, with a collection that will make many of us green with envy. Anyway, enough about him, the watch, post service.

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6278_zps3579170f.jpg)

Well used... and well loved...

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6279_zps02974e3c.jpg)

The bracelet is too short for me, so I am using a Nato. Did not know that the lug width was 22mm...

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6280_zpsb839aadd.jpg)

(http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn322/TheHobbit_01/Collection/IMG_6281_zps3711d7aa.jpg)

As for the project... I will update once I decide if I will proceed....

SS316 long time contacting sea water will form a very thin  brownish on the ss surface due to oxidization. it will look nice for the SS casing.
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: andrewhtf on September 06, 2016, 08:07:45 AM
Quote from: TheHobbit on April 17, 2013, 08:03:18 PM
I am just happy to get this watch back from my watch guy. It is a simple, honest diver in the Seiko SKX031. I have been looking for this watch for sometime now (for a project) when I came across this piece, strapped on a friend's wrist. I asked about it, and he (literally) took it off his wrist and gave it to me. How awesome is that.

yeah that's bloody awesome. i have this unit on my ebay watch list, but i am still aiming for the SKX007 for now.
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: asimo on September 25, 2016, 10:28:46 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160925/0c63a66e5604b242dca74a9b2ef129e7.jpg)

My favorite skx007


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Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: Cocas on September 25, 2016, 10:43:33 AM
My SKX171
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: Cocas on October 06, 2016, 06:47:29 PM
You can never go wrong with MM 300
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: andrewhtf on October 07, 2016, 10:58:18 AM
I liked both!

(http://i.imgur.com/BZCyZkFl.jpg)
Title: Re: Seiko Diver
Post by: King Fisher on October 12, 2016, 11:31:31 AM
My latest acquisition and first Seiko. Just lovin' it.