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Seiko Turtle Diver's Save the Ocean blue.
This is my third Seiko Diver's but my first of the Prospex line, the ones I previously had where the SKXs.
I like how the color matches the Blue Kentucky Wildcats.
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Yes, I know, TAG is for Techniques d'Avant-Garde, as produced by the company founded by Edouard Heuer. But since most folks don't know that Heuer is actually pronounced "HOY-Yeah", it is easier to refer to it as a Tag. :)

I do know how to pronounce Heuer.:D both from before Tag was involved. The one from the right I bought new back in the day.

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A bit off topic but learned a neat trick.

I've got a Seiko solar watch that after 6 years started to loose time badly......took it in to see if I could get a new battery...... no go ..... has to go back to Seiko. New they are $600 from Japan...trip to Seiko $116.

But first told to try this trick....... stop the watch and sit it on the windowsill for a couple of days....... I let it sit for a week, as my "Burb of the Burgh" isn't famous for it's winter sunshine.

Thinking back the watch was left in my "going to the lake" bag for a week....probably drained most of the charge and couldn't catch up while the watch was running....................

Started it back up last Saturday ....... doing fine...... when I'm not wearing it, it sits on the windowsill
 
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My Timex Expedition I bought for work in the mid-90's, and my dad's Bulova wind up from the 1950's are more accurate than my Omega Seamaster??

I've lately come to the sad realization that mechanical Swiss watches are basically a piece of jewelry....not a timepiece.
 
A bit off topic but learned a neat trick.

I've got a Seiko solar watch that after 6 years started to loose time badly......took it in to see if I could get a new battery...... no go ..... has to go back to Seiko. New they are $600 from Japan...trip to Seiko $116.

But first told to try this trick....... stop the watch and sit it on the windowsill for a couple of days....... I let it sit for a week, as my "Burb of the Burgh" isn't famous for it's winter sunshine.

Thinking back the watch was left in my "going to the lake" bag for a week....probably drained most of the charge and couldn't catch up while the watch was running....................

Started it back up last Saturday ....... doing fine...... when I'm not wearing it, it sits on the windowsill

I did the window sill trick with this one.

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After I left it unatended in my bedroom for a long time(my everyday watch is the Omega Speedmaster) and it worked well.
 

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My Timex Expedition I bought for work in the mid-90's, and my dad's Bulova wind up from the 1950's are more accurate than my Omega Seamaster??

I've lately come to the sad realization that mechanical Swiss watches are basically a piece of jewelry....not a timepiece.

How old is your Seamaster, and when was it last cleaned?

Just curious.
 
I did the window sill trick with this one.

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After I left it unatended in my bedroom for a long time(my everyday watch is the Omega Speedmaster) and it worked well.


My everyday watch for the last 30 years has been a Seiko automatic dive watch..... I picked up the solar on a lark in 2014 off of Amazon for $250 or so. I like the automatics but they do lose or gain time.....mine loses about 2 minutes a week so twice a month I set it 2minutes ahead so I'm always + or - 2minutes or less.
 
My everyday watch for the last 30 years has been a Seiko automatic dive watch..... I picked up the solar on a lark in 2014 off of Amazon for $250 or so. I like the automatics but they do lose or gain time.....mine loses about 2 minutes a week so twice a month I set it 2minutes ahead so I'm always + or - 2minutes or less.

The Speedmaster these days either looses 1 minute a week when it's cold or gains one minute when it's hot. I do keep it 1 minute ahead(hate to be late). But it's getting to be time I get it cleaned and lubbed.:rolleyes:
 
The Speedmaster these days either looses 1 minute a week when it's cold or gains one minute when it's hot. I do keep it 1 minute ahead(hate to be late). But it's getting to be time I get it cleaned and lubbed.:rolleyes:

Almost no "watchmakers" around and getting a Seiko serviced is close to the price of a new one..........................
 
Almost no "watchmakers" around and getting a Seiko serviced is close to the price of a new one..........................

Don't you have any "vintage" watch stores anymore? I mean "real stores" not "online vendors". Around here there are still few and they provide service for most vintage mechanical watches.
 
We use to have a whole building in Downtown Brugh that was nothing but jewelers, watches etc. .... now it's apartments for the young urban professional.

That's "The Brave New World" we live in now. It is creeping on us too, but at a slower pace me hopes.:rolleyes:
 
TimeX weekender. Keeps good time and has survived everything I've knocked it on and submerged it in. Not bad for a 35 dollar watch.
 

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