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Where is the dive watch forum or Seiko forum?
Still one and half years ago I had a dream: to collect modern diving watches with manufactured movements. So I ordered this from Japan.
I had a look at the watch when it came and my conclusion was "ugly, too this, too heavy". So I never put it to my wrist. Today I found the box and started to study it. It is still heavy and in my opinion ugly. But it looks like a well made watch from outside and the lume is quite good.
I took also some pictures of the documents which I found from the box.
I do not know too much about this watch but I have understood that the movement is of relatively high quality and nicely made. Anyhow, I will not take this watch to my diving expeditions because I have several diving watches which I really love.
So my question is: should I put this watch untouched back to the place from where I found it and find it again in a couple of years? Or should I find a poor relative or fellow diver and just make him happy?
The Russian say: THERE ARE NO UGLY WOMEN - JUST TOO LITTLE VODKA! If I would start drinking vodka, perhaps this Seiko Marine Master would start to look really good.
Does one of you have any experience about this watch and any opinions?
Best, Kari
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Where is the dive watch forum or Seiko forum?
Still one and half years ago I had a dream: to collect modern diving watches with manufactured movements. So I ordered this from Japan. I had a look at the watch when it came and my conclusion was "ugly, too this, too heavy". So I never put it to my wrist...
Find a fellow diver and just make him happy?
....I'll put my hand up! That MM300 is a fine watch. Yes, rather top heavy on the wrist, but it also a solid one-piece case...It's fitted with the 8L35 movement, which is fundamentally an unadorned, untuned Grand Seiko movement. Very high quality watch an...
Agree with BDLJ!
Take it for a test dive! I'm guessing it will hold up well and make for a fun beater. I personally think it's a great watch. Cheers, Daos
Big fan of this watch
It's been on my shortlist for a while, but since I also own a couple vintage Seikos, as well a more than a few divers, I've never realized owning one. Yes, these are beefy, but the fit and finish are excellent. I think it boils down to how much you like t...
Where is the Seiko forum???...
Haven't you been visiting here lately? This IS the Seiko forum!!! Cheers, pplater.
I think you should try wearing it on a dive.
Maybe it won't become one of your favorite dive watches, but a shared adventure together could turn this "ugly duckling" into a swan, yes? Thanks for sharing the pictures. It's a very robust watch, for sure! Cheers, Daos
Dude...
Sell it and give someone else a chance. I don't care how nice a watch is on paper, if you're not gonna wear it, then ditch it and use the money to get a watch you will wear. Now personally, I would've been wearing the snot out of that piece, but then beau...
I agree with the advices above,
The Marinemaster is a beautifully finished watch with a worthy movement and purpose-designed case. Wear your watch and perhaps you will find it more accommodating. In my personal experience, I also found the MM too thick and top-heavy...until I put it on ...
i'm not sure why you bought it if you didnt like it
i appreciate you probably bought it online without having the chance to wear it. thats fine, i buy 99% of my watches online without first trying them on, but i know from the pictures and description whether i will like it or not. it has only happened on r...
Thanks Graham,
In my part of the world this kind of Seikos are not available. At the same time I do not travel to Japan too often and when I do, the schedule is normally very tight. Yes, I bought the watch online without an opportunity to wear it. Normally I always go a...
your quite right, we are...
your quite right, we are always learning and others will have read this and perhaps they wont make this mistake so we all benefit apart from the poor watch who must feel neglected in his box best Graham...
There are two alternatives:
Either the Poor Watch is growing (in my mind) or she finds a new home where the Owner can appreciate her. Best, Kari
Hi Kari
A lot of dive watch followers really like that watch. It looks great to me, but I have never tried one on either, so can't really comment on how it wears. I used to have an IWC aquatimer which I could just never get comfortable with on the wrist, so in th...
Personally.....
if I do not wear the watch, I sell it.... I believe that the watches should be worn, even just a couple times a year... If not, then off to a more loving home.... So, I would sell it..... As far as the FF, true, quite bulky but very wearable even by thin ...
i don't find it Ugly at all.
it's a Great looking Diver. but we all have Different Taste.. you may wanna move it and get something that Sings to YOU ( since it hasn't in the last Year & Half . and most likely it won't GROW on you).. i personally like Rubber or Leather Straps over the...
Hi Tony,
True, we all have our own tastes and we can't argue about the same. My taste has developed to such a direction that I really appreciate slim watches. I.e. Rolex Submariner is a slim watch taking into account that it is waterproof to 300 meters. One explan...
MM diver, I own one too but
a bit different, may be an earlier model than the regular MM. I love mine with the gold index and handset. I do wear it with rubber band....
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You can...
make me happy and I can drink a lot of vodka :) :) Don't find this watch ugly if so then submariner is ugly as well :=) Cheers Damjan
I'm drinking vodka ...
Kari, And I'm considering your MM a true beauty. This is, by my book, a real tool watch with all letters. I agree with Steve. Put a nice nylon two part strap and be happy with it. Cheers, Nilo
Ugh, I can see that you are drinking vodka -
it's a most popular drink of my two countries Finland and Estonia. I'm a bit confused: what is MM? The vodka drinkers say that if vodka is pure enough, one will not get a hangover. I wish you a great Sunday morning - so hopefully your vodka is Finlandia. ...
MM is Nickname for the Marine Master watch
Very Irritating to me - this Seiko (and many watch brands) lovers habit of coming up with cute names that make outsiders feel outside: the BlancpaiN FF, Rolex DSDR (or whatever), Seiko Samurai, Omega Sapphire Sandwich, etc. Cazalea
Don't you think that i.e.
5070P, 5131G, 5170J, 3940R, 3712A, etc. is just the same slang? And what comes to this MM, in my opinion it deserves also the nickname "Tuna can". Best, Kari
Yes, I find Patek numerology almost as opaque as Panerai!
I do see the value of it, as you don't have to say "the red gold chrono with the Venus movement from 1985-97" but still ... Grand Seiko is just as bad, with SBGW001, SBGW003, -005, etc. ...
Strap
Hi Cazalea, sorry for writing on this thread but I'm new to this site. I saw your SBGW001 and like the black gator? strap. Where did you buy the strap? I have a SGBW035 I would like to equip with a black gator strap. Thanks! Christian
I’m not sure about the strap in that picture
If you give me a day or two I’ll pull the watch from the safe and check it out. That might be the original strap Cheers, Cazalea
I'm sorry, I don't have that watch anymore
Obviously I can't keep track of my GS collection. I believe it was the original, and I have sold that one. Sorry I can't help you with a specific source. I accumulated dozens of straps over the last decade and now don't buy anything new anymore. Mike ...
Not confused ...
Kari, MM is from Marine Master. About vodka, Estonia produces The Best Vodka ever, that is sold in United States under the name of Tall Blond . Tall Blonde is the smoothest vodka that I ever tried (and believe me, I tried many). No hang over at all. The v...
To a certain extent, I second your feelings ....
... since I find myself attracted and taken aback by the Seiko sports watches at the same time. I like their looks, even more that of the Monsters or Sumos: They remind me of Mangas, children pretending to be adult superheroes: friendly, a bit chaotic in ...