Seiko Mini Turtle - A Smaller Size for Smaller Wrists 

Mark, you don't know how much I appreciate these videos. Thanks man, keep doin what you're doin!

I keep wanting to not like the "big" turtle, but everytime i see one live (not pictures) i fall more and more in love......

The blue mini turtle with the Cyclops, just absolutely gorgeous. Stil a substantial watch!

They should make a green version and call it the Ninja 🐢

I have the mini in blue. Great watch. Long Island Watch =excellent service and great watch

Another good one. Short, concise, and to the point.

Thanks for the great review, Marc. Picked up a gently used black mini on eBay. Wears smaller than stated specs. Looks good on my girly wrist( I AM a girl....) Great looking diver. Love your always informative videos, and am a loyal customer. Kat S

I like em. The mini looked to be the perfect size for your wrist. It also seems that bezel and chapter rings line up. I hope we see more 40-42mm divers from Seiko.

I'd kill for a Mini Samurai. I want the PADI Samurai so badly, but the 48 mm lug to lug is close to pushing it for my wrist size. Would absolutely love a 40 mm diameter PADI Mini Samurai. Would be my dream Seiko diver.

Awesome Video! Thanks Mark! This is a keeper!

Wish I could get the blue on bracelet. Very nice watch. Just great dial proportions

Thanks for the review . I like the mini turtle . If they would come out with a nice popping blue color I'd pick me up a pair . Also they should have put the crown at 4 o'clock. Seiko can take my money if they do those upgrades

Really like your videos Mark very interesting and informative I bought a 007 the other day after deliberating for many years I always ended up buying something else like a flightmaster but after watching your channel I finally bought one and I'm really pleased with it. Keep up the the good work.

The baby mini turtle just needs the crown at 4 to be perfect

Love your reviews bro... I was actually waiting for this one, as a small wristed fellow, the mini turtle is almost the Seiko diver that was meant to be... Hopefully demand will be solid and we'll get a lot of after market goodies as with the standard turtles.

Love this! I usually think anything over 40 is to big but this just looks so nice!

Nice multi link bracelet on your DateJust!🤣

Great review, Mark. Good comparisons.

Awesome video Marc, I fancy a black mini turtle myself

The wound be great in the gold and black.Have to say I prefer the cyclops on the mini to the day date.

The mini turtle is on my wish list, hopefully will get it soon...

Marc: Informative video. What is the difference in the dial size between the two watches? Thank you.

Funny how people hate on the Cyclops feature: the first *good* diver I ever had was a Hamilton Atlantis II, which, as memory tells me, had a Cyclops magnifier, and I thought it was a terrific feature. Given the watches I've suffered owning with tiny, RECESSED, non-magnified date windows (Citizen, I'm lookin' at you), Cyclops is the proverbial godsend, haters be damned. I'd just as soon live without a day/date complication, but if it's included, let's not make it tortuous to use. And: YES, smaller watches FTW. I thought the trend toward bigger wrist-iron jumped the shark in the late 90s with the IWC Portuguesers, but I was obviously wrong.

The mini Turtle would have been a winner if they kept the design exactly the same as the full size Turtle and just made it smaller.

Great video! Isn't there a Mini Turtle PADI version? Would love to see a video on that!

I love my SRP773, but I think this new smaller Turtle is a great upgrade to the old SKX divers.

They definitely made the mini turtle different from its bigger brother and more its own thing, for better or worse. I wonder if their market analysis detected the recent sub homage trend and that was behind the cyclops and 3:00 crown. Personally I'm not a fan of those changes, nor the small crown with no guards. If it was an actual mini turtle I'd be more interested.

I might be the only one saying it, but I appreciate and buy smaller watches exclusively. Thanks, Marc!

I saw Mark Frankel sipping a Pina Colada in the rain …. his hair was perfect .

its too small!! Kidding, I think these are great, thanks Mark for showing more watches with a smaller case size, very cool:)

Great vid, thanks Marc!

Hi, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. May I ask, what’s the difference between this SPRC37 and SPRC35?

I'm hoping they come out with an all gold PVD version

I wish they would bring out a proper midsized upgrade to the skx013. 42mm is still very much a 'full sized' diver. Have never been a massive fan of the lack of a crown guard on the turtles, personally I consider that more of a feature on a beater watch than hacking & manual wind.

That Rolex and Omega fit you well, nice choices. Edit: As I look at the Baby T more and more, it doesn't seem to maintain the proportions of case to bezel size that the regular T does. The Baby T seems awkward, as if the bezel should perhaps be about 40mm, instead of 42.3. I'm also disappointed by the indices on the Baby T, they should have kept the circles, as well as the crown at the 4 o'clock position. Perhaps there will be a future update to the model....

Hi Marc, struggling between the MIni Turtle SBDY085 and the SRP777. Size seems to be the main difference as many specs are the same it seems. The red accents on the 085 are nice. I have a 7 and a quarter inch wrist. Which way would you go? Thanks!

Damn, should have waited. I have the regular turtle and it does fit my wrist, but still looks too big, I wish we could have a skx013 with 4r36

I love Seiko. I have yeti wrists so my watch needs to be large.

+1 for smaller watches😁. Thanks for the movie.

Great video! As always it has managed to renew my interest in a baby turtle. Maybe there’s room in my life for a Seiko diver and a Damasko 46? I can dream :)

I love the scale of the mini, though do not like the cyclops addition whatsoever. A crystal swap will rectify that however. Great comparison to show the difference to the ‘daddy’ turtle !

I wish Seiko would make divers without a date complication! Cheers 👍

Any idea when you guys are gonna carry the red and blue baby turtle?

Nice. I think the mini would look great on a bracelet. The original I prefer on NATO.

Hey there Mark, I was wondering if Long Island Watch has any Seiko Mini Turtle's available now? If not do you know when you're going to get them? Thanks Mark, stay safe and happy holidays.

The mini turtle somehow does not appear as a more rounded product in looks compared to the SKX or new 2019 5 series. The case body is asymmetrical to the bezel and protrudes outside while for SKX both are symmetrical. In fact most divers will have body and bezel symmetrical. Secondly the U-style lume markers not being in a circle shape make the watch dial look odd. Thirdly the number markings on the bezel are a bit on the larger side compared to SKX and makes the watch appropriate only for sporty wear. The SKX can be worn anywear.

Mini turtle would have been perfect with crown at 4 and no cyclops.

What is the difference on the movement from the previous model?

Mr. Long Island Watch, why is this referred to as a smaller watch if it has the same case size (43mm) as the SKX007? I've never heard the SKX007 referred to as a small watch for small wrists. Please explain.

I love how the turtle looks but I have a smaller wrist and I already have an skx007. The mini turtle looks way too similar to the 007 for me to consider picking it up. Oh well

I change my opinion of turtle after I tried it on my wrist. First I thought 45 mm too big for my 16 cm wrist but, after I put it on it looked very cool!!! Definitely try to put turtle on your wrist, first

Beautiful❗❤

Thanks for comparing with the full size turtles. Since they redesigned the dial, I wish Seiko would've redesigned the second hand to put the *lollipop* on the correct side! Bezel looks better than the terrible turtle SRP777 bezel. On the SRPa21, bezel is stiff, slippery, and looks like shiny christmas ornament. (The design of bezel indentations is important). Marc, are the baby turtle bezel numbers slightly larger on the baby bezel? (May be my imagination.) I think the full size turtle looks fine on your wrist. I just wish the turtle was thinner, without the somewhat protruding case back that ruins the slight curvature of the turtle case (it appears curved to rest nicely on the wrist, but the caseback causes a pedestal effect that works against the wrist-fitting turtle shape). My 2 cents - YMMV

36mm is perfect !

Are there bezels and bezel inserts for this watch?

If the left the cyclops off and made the hands and markers the same as the 6105 this would be my dream watch

Marc, great video. Always good to see a size comparison! I think it was the right move by Seiko to go smaller. A shame they did not do that with the first Turtle already. 'Cause the watch is pretty damn perfect besides beeing a tad on the big side. I love the day date function and the crown at the 4. Would miss exactly that on the mini turtle. Any chance you could get the Ninja Turtle (SRPC49) in stock :-)

Pls explain sir, I bought a Padi mini turtle pepsi colour with the wave dial. But I realised it was a "wrong" model as it was a "K" model instead of "J". So does it mean mine is not make in Japan nor its watch movement is a "Japan" manufacture movement but make in "Korea" as someone said that "K" means Korea as "M" means Malaysia! Pls clarify & enlighten us, both the buyers & the viewer. Thanks

This is exciting

Looks like applied indices as well. I would buy a date less version of this watch. I have a SRPA21 still in the box, I thought it would displace my SKX009, but I am not selling my SKX009.

First time I saw this, I didn't like it. Fast forward 6 months, I want it over my SKX.

i been looking seems the smaller models are more than the larger eg 013 -007 hmm

Good vid Marc, I would pick the original turtle, more astetically pleasing. Thank you. Put it on a Nato.

Love this mini turtle where can I get one thank

Oh hi Mark, do you still happen to have access to a Spork? If yes, do you know if the new 20mm rubber is a usable replacement for the stiffmeister of a strap that the watch has out of the box? Not sure of the lugs will clear.

Hi, ¿seiko SRPC35K is the same SRPC35J1?

They're only small compared to the more recent dinner plate trend. I have a Seiko sports chrono 150 from mid 90s that is small even compared to mini turtle. That said I do like the large watches.

"If the regular turtle was too big for you then this one could be a decent size. . Unless you were looking for something much smaller then, well, it won't be." 😁

I think the mini fits you 💯%

Does the Mini Turtle come in a day/date style watch? Plus without the Cyclops crystal? Thank you.

I had the big 🐢, sold it to get the SKX 009. The 🐢 was to big and heavy for me. But this size got me looking 👀.

So back to the original turtle's size?

Hell yah! Now if they made a mini ninja turtle I'd be all over it

Have you thought about doing the black limited editions series that came out recently?

Can settle for this with all types of straps.

As a guy with the smallest wrists ever, these mini turtles are a godsend. Marc, will you have the PADI mini turtle in stock too? I always thought that one looked sharp.

I want a green dial mini turtle!!

Any chance the Seiko Recraft watches being made a little smaller? I love the SSC667, but it’s just too big. Thanks!

Are they serviceable and can be mod.?

I need a black and green bezel mini turtle.

Just snagged the PADI. , J Version with wavey dial and Pepsi bezel for 365USD..

I really like that mini turtle, it looks much more like a diver's watch than it's big bro i think, do they do a Pepsi bezel?

do any of the strapcode jubilee bracelets you carry fit these mini turtles?

Mini is cool. What does Seiko have in the Diver space that's 6R and Sapphire? 42mm or less?

Can someone explain the cyclops hate? I always liked them on Rolex's but never owned a cyclops crystal myself. I think it looks great.

I still prefer the original Turtle even though it's a bit too big for my wrist. It looks better, more simple, no cyclops, and the crown is protected.

Fits great on mu small wrist. Quite heavy though.

I like your Speedy.

Is there a gilted mini 🐢?

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With 42 mm its actually a big turtle.

Would love it without the cyclops! Thanks for the info.

Very nice. Is there a Padi version?

Love the turtle. I'm wearing an invicta 8926 with the same movement and its fantastic. Wish I could afford the turtle but as I can't the invicta will do just fine. Shame people frown upon the name as the watch really is good

36mm - 42mm is my range!

Wish they would have kept with the offset stem. I want to hit something.

I like it a lot except for one thing -- the seconds hand has lume on the counterbalance, not the time keeping side of the hand. That seems really stupid. So, if you're reading it in the dark, you'll be 30 seconds off

arrg i really want to try it! the diameter is too big but the lug 2 lug seems good.

How does this watch compare to the SKX013?

How much does it cost to ship to philippines?