The best ever reissued Seiko anyone can afford! 5 Sports SBSA223 / SRPK17 review. 

Thank you! Congratulations, that is a solid reissue and a collectable item to enjoy :)

Super exciting release, I fully agree! :) I am pretty sure, someday they will revive the SKX as well! Cheers

The SKX lives on in the Orient baby Triton

Thank you very much! :)

Omg! That is good news! :)

Thank you very much! Agreed, as someone said, the only way forward is to reissue from their past. :) Cheers!

Fully agree, the chosen design to be reissued is excellent!

Uuuu ❤️

I am pretty sure. They will!

​@BraveBeaters It is moon hype my friend. It is time for the Pogue . Many thanks for the great professional episode With love and respect Nizar

I support your idea . it is time to the moon . Great watch Nizar

I agree! They have milked dry the vintage cow with all of their reissues reimaginations and LEs… imo from the first ever reissue (the 2000 collection…) it all went down hill (with just a handfull Of exceptions….)

@@ph69jbl So true. I am tired of Seiko producing so many watches. I think they have too many models. They should just focus on making the watches that are more popular and well designed. They should do recreations of their most iconic designs, plus a few new designs. When they make too many models, they begin to water down the brand.

haha! Good catch, Enjoy it :)

@@BraveBeaters On the wrist already, 08825.

Saturday is not in Blue, R :( only Sunday.

@@BraveBeatersdamn…. No blue Sat… no me gusta :)

wow! thank fast? thank for sharing this Info. I thought the I will take some time to drain the entire amount :) Cheers!

Both it today, number 12901 and on Croatia, is last and in EU is also not soo common. So in 2,3 weaks, there will not be for sail, not one in stores. Super Good is kalendar. it's on 2 lengwiges. Its super good clasp and in biger number they make bezel beter so its nicer to cary. But for this watch is Milanes bracket ( like mesh ) I order from Seiko 40€ and its super good luck.

I got #12845 today. Love it. Would be fun to own either #1 or #15555

i just got mine it’s 2699

Thank you! Great move, As far as I understood, they are going out fast.

Congrats!

100% vintage, yes :)

Yes. The bracelet works very well with the case :) Cheers!

@@BraveBeatersdoes it pull hairs?

very true! has the same appeal!

Thank you!

Nice catch! Congrats! I just tried some rubbers on it, missed to do that for the video :( The spacing is pretty tight underneath the case, some thin rubbers work, like some aftermarket tropics. For example I tried this model from 7friends&watches and works well. 7friendsandwatches.com/p/rubber-and-canvas-watch-strap-cream/ Or 7friendsandwatches.com/p/rubber-watch-strap-black-marlin/

@@PepRex Okay, thanks!

@@BraveBeaters Thanks for your reply. I had originally ordered a StrapCo Vintage Rally Style Rubber Strap but got a message saying they were out of stock (in black). Then someone mentioned Rubber Tropical Straps were also good option but with the way the lugs are made it's hard to know if a strap will fit on this watch until you actually try it on. I'll look into some options and will report once I find something that works...

Hey - I already have an skx - would I wear this instead or in a symbiose with my skx?🙈

haha, good one! :)

Thank you very much! I like how well the design works with the straps you proposed. Well done! :)

@@BraveBeaters Thanks! Love your videos :)

Congratulations, has enough links, it will fit :)

Where'd you get the JDM one from+

@@shaagaknowsyou5295 Joseph Gann Jewelers

Tell Josh Patrick sent you and you might get a better deal

@@shaagaknowsyou5295 sorry, not JDM, I found out that JDM goes up to 1300, but at just over 1300, my dial has “Made In Japan” printed between 6 and 630, no Kanji wheel though.

ahahah! good one!

@@BraveBeaters Thank YOU for the vdeo! ('^_^')

Kin-youbi house, yes :) a bit squeezed, but it's the house.

Super cool watch!

Seiko forums :)

haha, my initial feeling as well :D

For the watches not marked as Made in Japan, ie, SRPK17, are they still made in Japan?

@@jimwatchyyc I really don’t think any of them are actually made in Japan. The economics doesn’t work at Seiko 5 prices. From what I’ve been told, they are allowed to use MIJ if the product was made in a factory wholly owned by a Japanese company and production is overseen by a Japanese national. That’s different from a product that needs to be significantly transformed or incurred a significant cost in the country to be designated Made in that country. Some countries recognize this and some don’t. So that’s why you have MIJ stamped on some and not others. But they are all coming out the same factory is what makes the most sense. But as it stands having MIJ still commands a slightly higher premium at secondary prices because the original has MIJ on it, then getting one of first 1300 made that was JDM with the Kanji day wheel would be the most sought after. But the question is if you already have a MIJ version, is it really wise to pay 50% over retail for one? which by the way doesn’t benefit from an international warranty. Anything goes wrong it needs to go back to Japan for service. I heard Seiko USA won’t even service a JDM model because the model number won’t be in their system.

@@polygoncoco I’m in the USA and I spoke to the service department here and they said they can take it in but it will need to go back to Japan.

As far as I understood the stocks are going fast

@@BraveBeaters I noticed that after I posted but £350 is too much for me. If they go down in value on the used market I'll get one but they probably won't.

wow, so the days of the week are displayed in Mandarin? As Far as I see, weekend are mostly the same with Kanji

@@BraveBeaters yeap, the day wheel consist of dual language (English/Mandarin) 😊

haha! I am pretty sure they will do it! the question is... for what price :D

@@BraveBeatersprice will play an important role in the minds of Seiko executives when planning the Pogue reissue. Is one of the most Iconic seikos that don’t have yet a proper reissue. I bet they will come up with a fairly accurate reissue (but thicker as the modern chrono calibers requires that) in a LE with a 3-4k Euro sticker price and a cheaper non LE reinterpretation (potentially with a solar caliber). Will see…

I just tried, totally missed to put some straps on it, in the video :( The spacing is pretty tight. it works mostly with thin rubbers or leather straps.

@@BraveBeaters Very helpful, thank you. It reminds me a lot of the Brew bracelets

Tropic straps work well. Others maybe a tight fit.

Days of the week in japanese

I'd say 50 hype, 50 watch :D

Yes

Homage, reissues, microbrands, reinterpretations, clones, shameless fakes…. i have issues only with the last two categories. For all the others there is a place imo on the watches market. To each their own. as long it is not a fake/clone … imo at least

Exactly :))

Historically corect. Sports divers of 70m in the ‘70s had the friction bidirectional bezels

Part of the 5 concept, 100m WR :)

@@BraveBeaters would you take this watch under water?

@@DzejWiJVas long as I don’t monkey around with the crown I’d have no issues in getting this puppy wet