SEIKO King Turtle Drops the Cyclops - About Time! 

Best video thumbnail to date right here

The 1st mechanical watch I purchased was the black waffle King Turtle. The cyclops is very helpful for those of us with weaker vision.

I bought my father the brown dial a little over a year ago, every time I see him he is wearing it. I bought it close to when it came out so it was a little more expensive than it is now, it is still the best gift I have given anyone. I get so much more when I see him wearing it and I know my dad really likes it

Seiko does dials so well.

"In Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks." 😂

Those are very cool. Can’t go wrong with a turtle! 🐢 And thank you to Seiko for finally allowing you to offer these at the competitive prices everyone else can offer them in. Thanks for showing them to us!

Funny I'm eyeing the brown one also, its different and thats the appeal

I love these. I’ve had the turquoise/green dial one for over a year now. I think Seiko takes extra care with these turtles. Mine runs incredibly well for a 4r movement-like -2 seconds a day. Awesome stuff!

I like the cyclops, Marc. I wish you would add it to some of the Islanders. It's a blessing for those with less than perfect vision, especially on watches with small date windows. The number on a date window is usually so small that if it were on any other part of the dial, people would be criticizing the watch for lack of legibility.

I got the SRPE03 black waffle dial and had the candy bar cyclops taken out, I love the watch even more!

I bought my SRPH59 right at the beginning of 2023 for $540. Amazing watch. One of my absolute favorites in my collection.

Love the new turtles

The brown or tan want is because of the Mohave IWC. Omega has a tan Planet Ocean on rubber that is gorgeous!

The brown one...is...a...King Tortoise ;)

New? Thought they were released three years ago. In any case, love the blue one! Glad they dropped the cyclops.

Best King Turtle to date! I have the SRPH57!

Nice looking watch. Love the kanji option.

Absolutely gorgeous!!!!! Thankfully no magnifying glass. It's on my wish list. Cheers.

I like the cyclop

I think these initially released in 2022. I love that they dont have magnifiers as well as the turtle conservatuon aspect. I ordered the blue one❤

Gorgeous looking watches. I do like the king turtle case. I’ve got the PADI. Great vid thanks.

Those look pretty dope. It also helps explain some of the discontinued stuff.

Thank you Mark. Nice changes to the king turtle, love the kanji, the lack of the magnifier and the made in Japan dial, so true regarding the magic turtle fit and feel that is fantastic. I don’t prefer the turtle dials but they are nice looking for sure.

It's cool that they got rid of the cyclops, but I do wish they added a polished border to the day/date window.

Thank you.

that is the perfect Seiko King turtle.

I always held off on a turtle because the design is so retro and screams 1970's. But the dial brings it into 2024. Super interested now.

The Brown one looks like The Thing from the fantastic 4

The purple islander with the white 🔥

Thanks Marc, those SE Turtle dials are awesome! I'd go for the aqua I think, torquise a close second. Dropping the candy bar cyclops was a good choice - it was too polarising.

Beautiful additions!

Ceramic, sapphire crystal, kanji date.. turtles all the way down!

I wish they made this in a red. I have a manta samurai and have been contemplating buying a turtle recently. Right now black with the waffle and yellow second hand is the best

The brown is classy. I dont have any brown dials but that is a winner for sure.

Nice to see a king Turtle with no candy bar. Though I don't actually hate the magnifier my dark manta turtle has one and I don't even notice it anymore unless I need the date.

Dropping the candy bar cyclops finally!!!! Now for more dial variations!

I like the gradient of the blue on dial worth it for sure they are tanks 😊

Brown watch change the game in the row. imho.

best is the manta version, with the cyclops :)

Love these!

In Germany Seiko's website gives the information, at least for the Seiko 5 range, beginning from April of this year they are shipping Kanji dials as standard only. Don't know if they are trying to emphasise their japanese roots or to capitalise on it, but it's a nice touch for sure and surely inexpensive to print every date wheel the same instead of printing all different languages on it 😅

I took the torch to my King Turtle and it popped right off. Mobetta.

Nice, king turtle without the Cyclops

And I got my Padi Pepsi mini turtle for 250$ 10 months ago. Store bought. It has the raindrop cyclops over the date.(I don’t mind it at all. Same 4r movement. How lucky. Love the watch. Sadly discontinued. Making it even more collectable.

The SRPE05 is one of my favorite watches and the fit is perfect! I prefer the sapphire without the cyclops of these as opposed to the model I have.

The thumbnail is great

Back in the day there was a turtle as big as a Dinosaur. Its name was the Archelon. It was the true King Turtle.

Beautiful dials!

Seiko are so disconnected from the fans now. Really good to see citizen stepping up tho now in the sub 500 range

i like the lack of day/date magnifier on these. wish the original king turtles lacked it lol

Lol, that thumbnail is great!

Seiko! Make Spring Drive with this case, please!

These are amazing 🤩 watches . I own the SRPE39J1 Manta Ray King Turtle 🐢 and it’s incredible Seiko. With that said I would never pay full retail for these when you can buy off of Amazon for $200 less or even eBay and Macys as well.

What’s your opinion on the “new” Seiko 5 reinterpretations of the SNXS & SNZH? Interested to hear your opinion Marc.

For a suggested retail price of $750, Seiko should put a 6R movement in there

Brown dials are hard to do and seiko does them well. Cushion cases don’t do it for me but these do look good

Now we need a black monster

Islander on the other wrist complete with 1980’s friendship bracelet…..🤣

I don't mind the cyclops, I'd rather have it on. Differentiates between the king & standard Turtle, but more importantly helps those of us with less than 20/20 vision to read the date.

Low vision causes me to appreciate easily read hands and date complications.

IDK I like the candy-bar cyclops, never understood why people get so worked up about them.

But do the bezels line up?

Love the classic Seiko divers.....getting pricey though, I am stuck in the 90s. $475 is my cut off point for Seiko. Ceramic, solid end, sapphire, perfect alignment, high grade clasp, creative dial design, all non negotiable for this $750 tier.

Seiko haters can say what they want about the recent price increases however, they do not appear to be struggling to sell out all of these new models. This watch blows anything Seiko made out of the water sub $500 10 years ago on specs.. prove me wrong.

Looks great, $750 is crazy. Cyclops has never bothered me like it seems others

Wow what took so long for this watch to get some attention…the blue is what I’ll get but $600 is still steep but I’d get this over the 1521 anyday

Even twenty years ago I never liked the reverse meatball or ugly hands. I mean I'd wear one but wish they'd do stick or mm300 hands and lose the meatball.

weren't these released like 3 years ago?

I wonder if they will release a SRPE03 with a kanji date wheel? Classic black with a kanji would be 🔥. I know Japan got the SBDY049.

Holy shit had my turtle for over 5 years and had no clue it has a diver's extension. It is nasty under there.

6:42 Lovely dial and strap, but just try to find a good brown dress shirt! And yeah, that’s a silly MSRP. $400 is about right.

Finally no more cyclops!

Any King Turtle Islanders on the horizon? Would love a GMT that size 😍

All seiko divers are too big. They need to make some 38mm or 40mm divers. Their case designs are very desirable to me. But I refuse to look like a clown. Sold my turtle. Bought a 38mm San Martin and I'm so much more happier with it, its just so much more appropriate and still in my pathetic price range, unlike other more appropriately sized watches. But if Seiko had some more traditional sizing's I would have never left them. Its nice to see them finally getting some sapphire in there, to be fair , if San Martin can do it, then you really have to wonder what is going on at Seiko.

I love the design but….$750 seems way too much for me. 🤔

love the new king turtles. is a US edition simply not sold outside of the US..? still, this pricing (theirs) is high for a 'normal' seiko. we're sneaking int GS pricing territory almost..

Weren’t these released in 2022?

My king turtle has had sapphire and ceramic two or so years ago (save the ocean, stingray) - why is this news, except for the new dials?

Where’s the candy bar cyclops? I thought all the King stuff had a cyclops?

Any chance on making a video on how to remove the cyclops on the King Turtle? If possible?

I love a good cyclops. Too bad. My next watch is going to be an islander.

Those Seiko boxes still don't close right. Let the alignment jokes roll....

I hear 45mm and get scared at the potential weight, not the size. I find i'm more sensitive to that when it comes to big watches.

Ceramic bezel, but not fully lumed. Sapphire crystal, but not double domed. I guess if Seiko keeps making them wrong, the aftermarket still has customers to correct them.

Oh, a King turtle without a cyclop?

I just don’t get it how Seiko push its prices up whilst one dollar is above 155 yens. That should be the other way around 😂

Inflation is a beach 😅

Doesn't matter to me really, I wouldn't buy one. But I prefer the cyclops version.

Good decision but the prices are far too high.

Finally they dropped the cyclops. This is one thing I hate in watches.

I got my save the ocean king turtle new for $400. That's a helluva price hike with or without cyclops in 2 years. Nope

Why can't they just give us what we want? 600 bucks and we still get that generic clasp. They were so close.

$750 for a Seiko, their marketing department has lost their minds. Someone needs to tell management that Prospex is NOT Grand Seiko or Tudor, let alone all the great micro brands that give you twice as much watch for 2/3 the price.

It’s a great watch I’ve had mine for about eight months. I paid 650 but I would recommend to buy the buy one get one of your bracelets that you make it better than depending collar system that comes on the watch comes on the watch is great but the one that you sell for I think it’s like 60 bucks a heck of a lot better

Wait what they use sapphire and not hardlex 😂😂😂😂. I guess for $750 they better 😂😂😂😂.

I HATE cyclopses on any watch. That soapbubble looks especially stupid when the hands go under it.

$750 and a crappy stamped clasp? This is why people buy micro brands like Islanders.

Not a lover of the turtle, like the 5 better

Didn't concern myself with the cyclops, but those dials (cracked look) are hideous.

TOO BIG! What is wrong with Seiko with these massive size.