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Seiko SNZF17K1 "Sea Urchin" Is Your Ultimate Submariner Styled Value Watch
For years people have enjoyed the quality of Seiko diving watches as high value "beater" watches. Meaning that many of the watches offer solid construction and looks, but with a price that doesn't warn against using them in high impact activities. As such, you'll find legions of Seiko watches that have been put through it all; yard work, construction, moving, auto repair, cooking?, sports, and anything else where you can be sure your watch will be subject to abuse and dirt.Well here is a new and stunning beater watch from Seiko, the 5 Sports model SNZF17K1 (there are also other ones in different colors that have other model names), also known at the "Sea Urchin". While there are a few in the Seiko line that look like similar to this watch, my opinion is that this watch is an idea fit between price and style, compared to what else Seiko currently offers. You get a completely automatic Seiko mechanical movement with the time, day, and date. The movement is all viewable through a caseback

K454 Sputnik: Can it be repaired
Impulse buy please tell me this is an easy repair!Thanks,Bob

A watch that can handle a leap year...366
Hi this may be a pretty odd question but do any automatic watches have a movement that recognizes a leap year and throws and extra day on the February month?Also with watches that just show a date (no month) do any tell if there is 30 or 31 days (or 28) in that month or do they all require a date change every now and then...If no body has made the leap year thing why not.. I'm sure it's complicated but so is any auto movement and I'm sure it is possible. I'm thinking u'd have to have a four year rotation inside (although that would mean the watch must be kept running all the time. For example you could have an extra crown (dial adjustment knob) that from max anti-clockwise position could rotate clockwise through 4 different click options which would set what year ur actually in with regards to the next leap-year.what do you think? \_:eek:_/

Establishing yourself with a distant Patek AD/Long Distance relationships
So there are no local Patek ADs for me, I have to get on a plane or drive 10-12 hours. I have contacted 3 of the Canadian Patek ADs and received a response from 2, only one of which actually answered any of my questions and was polite and friendly. The issue is they are in Alberta and I am in Nova Scotia, so about a 7 hour flight. The guy I was talking to mentioned I would be able to put a deposit down to get on a waiting list for a watch (I want a 5167A) but to make the purchase I would need to come in, in person. Which wouldn't be a big deal.My question is, does anyone else travel to deal with their established AD, aside from the time and travel costs are there any cons to doing so? Do they allow you to ship them your watch for service? This is one thing I will need to confirm as when looking into the Vacheron overseas, their closest AD said I could not ship my watch to them for them to service and I would need to fly there and deliver it in person for every issue and service.

Rolex Submariner second hand
Hello New to the forum with first watch bought at an ADBought the Sub Date and have a couple of questions I noticed there is a a slight momenteraly movement of the seconds hand while I am setting the time in the direction i am turning the timeOn the clasp , is it a considered the engraving to be edged but not of black colour?I have seen some which are edged but have also a black colour to the edgingThank you for the help