Seiko

Just received the SARB017 Alpinist direct from a Seiko AD in Japan. These can still be had brand new (with a nice discount!) even though they were discontinued months ago. Excuse the dust on the dial. As a side note the serial on this one is 850008 which ...  

Mine says hello (Nov. of '16)… FH ...  

Go for it now if you're thinking of another one. Or you can wait and see if Seiko releases a new Alpinist this year. They usually don't announce half of the watches they're going to release. They just drop them on us!

you have to know in general what years the watch was in production. For example, 8 means 2018 not 1998 or 1988 as the Alpinist reference wasn't in production back then. The next digit or letter is the month. 1-9 translates to January - September. October,... 

At least according to Seiko

Certainly a lot of watch for the money. So much so I picked one up for myself a few weeks ago.

Nice to know that there are still great watches that you don't have to spend thousands for.

I love mine. Swapped to a AR crystal, added a bracelet, and it's good for activities! ...