They finally listened to you! The Seiko King Turtle 

Agreed!

Yes, exactly and well said. It's just like the wealthy guys that depend on theirs daily driver Lexus or Toyota 4Runners to reliably travel.

@@squirelova1815 Laughs in Toyota Echo.

True

Is Grand Seiko any good???

Here! Here!

Yea 50$ worth of upgraded materials for an extra 300$

@@matt4398 sapphire crystal and ceramic bezel insert 25 bucks a pop I don't think so...

@@andrewsmith680 For Seiko it's that or less.

I know!

Not a big fan of the logo. Would have liked the name Islander instead. When someone asks you what type of watch your wearing, just show them the logo and allow them to call it whatever they want.

@@BurntPlaydoh No argument from me on that. I was more pointing out how some folks complain about one aspect of a watch and how it needs this or that, but once their wishes are granted it's not enough.

@@BurntPlaydoh Around $300 is the price difference on LiW for some of the standard Turtle models vs the King Turtles with the rubber strap, yeah. Actually the SRP777 is $372 on LiW and the rubber strapped Kings are $595, so $223 actually. Though again, considering retail to retail (assuming the price listed for the King Turtles on LiW is close to Seiko's retail. I don't see them on SeikoUSA's website), it's not that big of a jump (IMO). The price listed for the SRP777 on SeikoUSA is $495. The PADI Turtle is $550. Not a big jump IMO. And as I mentioned, prices will eventually come down, or there's grey market and second hand pieces to consider. At the end of the day these are numbers on a piece of paper and value is pretty subjective, and what you actually end up paying could be very different from these prices, to be sure. I'll grant I wouldn't pay $300/$223 premium for the add-ons, and maybe not even $150, but I'm also not likely to anyways because I'll likely have options open to me later on for saving significant money over these prices. At the end of the day, people will pay what they think is a fair price for something they want, or purchase from the outlet of their choosing, so it doesn't really matter in the big picture.

Really dont know why Seiko added that shitty thing

Agreed.

Haha I like the way you think

I removed the cyclops easily on my SNE435P1. Place the edge of a sharp knife between the cyclops and crystal. Give the blade a firm tap with the palm of your hand, and it pops off. There might be some spots of glue on the crystal, but it's easily removed as well.

@@golddragon8672 you don't know because you're too young to need reading glasses.

My thoughts exactly when I heard the price. Marc's Islanders are excellent!👍

Only tangible plus Seiko has are the dials; I really like the waffle pattern on the Samurai and the Save the Ocean wave patterns. However, spec wise, micros beat the piss out of macro brands.

Would be cool if the islander came out with their own custom dial. Not just black dial and their logo but something unique

@@hugedickerinokripperino5299 He has some other colors on some watches. Blue, Orange and yellow. All look great.

@@Mister_Phafanapolis The dials are cool, but I think you will tire of them in a few months. I have a save the ocean and wish it was a simple bright blue.

how much did you pay? i saw on ebay has it for $466?

Thanks!

Thanks!

@@islandwatch Well... So much for patiently planning my first acquisition of 2020. 🤔 ⏳ - ⌛ = ⌚ Just finished ordering the ISL-08. 🤯. 😎

Of course, no Seiko video would be complete without people who don't own and probably can't afford Seikos whining about them in the comment section.

profd65 🤡Seiko fanboy trying to justify their overpriced watches

I think it does.

Mark :-P King Fisher! Lol

@@Shino2600 😎

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Sebastian G. That cyclops is atrocious! Only thing worse than a day date on a dive watch ? A day date with god forsaken cyclops !

Hear! Hear! My SRP777 has a perfectly aligned chapter ring (it seems I was in the right place, I looked carefully before pulling the trigger) and bonus of bonus, the movement runs INSIDE COSC specification. @ +2-3 per day.. I have 4 weeks of non-stop running on it, we'll see if it improves any more BUT I am very happy with this performance so far. I will not complain if it doesn't improve. No "Tortuga Rey" for me (varios de nosotros hablamos español) because of that magnifier.

You don't even own a Turtle; you probably don't even own a Seiko. You're just repeating crap you read on the Internet; whining about Seiko is all the rage these days.

The misalignment of the chapter ring to the indices is still an issue here. The candy bar cyclops has got to go and the ceramic bezel should be fully lumed. Still, its a step forward for Seiko. Seiko, are you reading this?

@@zman8340 I normally dislike siamesed day-date watches and the same goes for cyclopsed crystals, but I'm somehow intrigued by the combination of the two. I can't really make sense of it.