I picked up this Seiko SPB155 Alpinist to start the new year. The green dial kept catching my eye, sapphire crystal and 200m water resistance should survive me frequently busting my ass wading rivers. View attachment 1000015913.jpg
Let’s see your watch. What’s the story behind it?
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YETI
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I got my watch back Friday and put the new strap on it. I thought they were just going to clean the movement and get it working again. Nope, they took the whole thing apart and refurbished it. Here's the after:Inspired by this thread, I decided to look into my old Seiko. For background, my first job after getting out of the Marines was a San Diego Diver's Supply. I'd been certified for years and was getting back into diving so the job, and the employee discount, made perfect sense. I quickly realized I needed a diver's watch and this was in the cabinet at the shop. It was bit more than a recently discharged Lance Corporal could afford, so I put it on the credit card to my wife's displeasure. (See @Omega Watch Guy , it's easier to beg forgiveness than ask for permission) I've had it ever since but never looked it up. Turns out these were issued to SEALs and are actually bad ass watches.
SEIKO CALIBER 7002A IS AN AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT WITH 17 JEWELS FOUND IN MANY PRE-SKX SEIKO DIVERS. THIS CALIBER WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LATE 1980S AFTER SEIKO STARTED TO PHASE OUT THE PRODUCTION OF THE CALIBER 6309 AROUND 1988. SEIKO PRODUCED THE 7002 UNTIL CIRCA 1996 – WHICH IS WHEN THE C ALIBER 7S26 WAS INTRODUCED.
My watch was produced in May of 1992 and was the 477th watch off the production line. I'll be getting it tuned up and get a new strap for it and wear it on my Africa safari later this year.
And here's the before. Look at the center of the second hand and minute hand. They're all clean and polished now!
I hadn't realized they did that much work until I re-visited this thread. Best $300 I've spent in a long ass time.
To celebrate, I took it swordfish fishing with my brother and dad on my brother's new boat. We didn't catch anything, but I'm taking any time I can still get with my dad.
jeff
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Like newI got my watch back Friday and put the new strap on it. I thought they were just going to clean the movement and get it working again. Nope, they took the whole thing apart and refurbished it. Here's the after:
And here's the before. Look at the center of the second hand and minute hand. They're all clean and polished now!
I hadn't realized they did that much work until I re-visited this thread. Best $300 I've spent in a long ass time.
To celebrate, I took it swordfish fishing with my brother and dad on my brother's new boat. We didn't catch anything, but I'm taking any time I can still get with my dad.
I bought this Rolex Explorer 2 for myself when I was at the jeweler buying some nice baubles for my wife. After 27 years of marriage, it dawned on me, in that store in that moment, that the last bit of jewelry I bought for myself was my wedding band. The jeweler is a Rolex AD. Asked me what I was looking for. No waitlist. Took it home the same day.
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variable81
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Wore this watch every night for more than a year of flying direct support, capture/kill missions as a CH-47D crew member/doorgunner in Afghanistan 2010-2011. Not high Horology, not even as tough as a gshock, but it handled it all.
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