Fratello On Air: What Would Make You Buy A New Seiko?

Find it likely that their budget movements performs better than the official accuracy range/level stated by Seiko, but they do not put their weight behind the realistic performance, which basically means that if the movement is off (within the wide range Seiko warrants), it becomes my problem and it will have to be regulated.

Don’t know what others thinks, but I am of the opinion that a movement should run optimally within its capability. If I trusted that was the case, I’d probably would have been i possession of a SPB 317 as the case/crown design is superb. As it stands, Seiko promises that accuracy can be anything but precise.

I am saturated by the vast number of releases and numbed by the constant flow of tweeks and limited editions. Perhaps they should have invested more in raising quality than colour variations.

Whatever may be good or even great, it’s just driftwood in the current, and flows by unnoticed by yours truly. Seiko policy has to change before I do, I presume.

I bought my Seiko SKX ten years ago because I found a video that linked it to the Japanese concept Wabi-Sabi. That basically is about the beauty of well used everyday objects. How scratches and fading can make a thing more beautiful. I don’t see that much in the new Seiko 5 line. I’d very much like to see an updated SKX, too. In the meantime, a Willard might make a great Wabi-Sabi watch.

I have attempted to buy a new Seiko, but discovered there was nothing in the current catalogue that I liked as much as my vintage Seiko pieces. My asks, which would be needed to tempt me:
1) Bracelets which
a) Match the actual style of the watch
b) Taper
c) Have micro adjustment
2) THINNER! We don’t all want watches 12-15 mm thick
3) Designs which look as nice on a strap as on a bracelet so that you can alternate what you wear
4)A choice at a 36mm case size
5) Less diversity of dials “inspired by the view from……” (you get the point!), and more diversity of CASE designs
6) Stop robbing us off with the bargain basement R series movements in anything costing over $500
7) Plenty more 9F Quartz- we don’t all want mechanical

Please don’t stop all the chit chat about different topics in the beginning of the podcast. It’s my favorite part.