Here I stand at the crest of the Seiko rabbit hole…

[CaptainFantastic 509]

Fellas, I hope you all had a wucking fonderful festive season. 

My wife & I are expecting a baby in April and I’ve long feared that this would lead me down a path of having to be less frivolous with my excessive spending on various hobbies, watches, cars, airplanes etc. Rightly so, little ones need shit and that’s more important. I have however been considering some mighty nice and very cost effective Seiko pieces that obviously won’t break the bank.

Of course, I’ll just have to modify them because who could own something so commonly modified and not? That’d be like owning a Subaru and leaving it alone…

Anyway, I have 2 on the way:

SNK381K1, because it just seems so handy. Might need a red seconds hand installed right off the bat, maybe a decent leather/nylon strap.

Also SNK805K2, green is stunning, I enjoy the flieger-esque design, needs black day/date wheels imo but we’ll see. 

Your opinions always valued, thanks for being like the support group my card balances need. Watch this space, pun intended. 

[brang1 3,988]

standing at the crest of a very deep deep rabbit hole my friend - no turning back now Alice

[Intresting 21,655]

2 Seikos plus mods will cost you more than a good rep. just sayin.

 

[tribefan 6,768]

I see an skx007 in your future.......

[CaptainFantastic 509]

6 hours ago, Intresting said:

2 Seikos plus mods will cost you more than a good rep. just sayin.

 

A fair point. 
 

32 minutes ago, tribefan said:

I see an skx007 in your future.......

Would it surprise you that I’ve already been looking? 

[tribefan 6,768]

4 minutes ago, CaptainFantastic said:

A fair point. 
 

Would it surprise you that I’ve already been looking? 

I got mine at Kohls dot com, they were on sale and I signed up for their CC to get 35% off, plus you'll get Kohls cash to use on the little one. Win-win!

[GingerApple 7,272]

12 hours ago, CaptainFantastic said:

I’ve long feared that this would lead me down a path of having to be less frivolous with my excessive spending on various hobbies, watches, cars, airplanes etc. Rightly so, little ones need shit and that’s more important.

If you can afford airplanes (plural), you can deffo afford a few nappies on top without having to quit all your hobbies!!!!

Many many congratulations by the way.

On the airplanes I mean - not on the kids. Kids are fucking horrendous. Don't know what you were thinking.

[RussP 22,103]

Both, solid wucking watches.

The lume on the first one is a sight to behold....

Great choices to start a Seiko collection!

[CaptainFantastic 509]

3 hours ago, TheGingerFerret said:

If you can afford airplanes (plural), you can deffo afford a few nappies on top without having to quit all your hobbies!!!!

Many many congratulations by the way.

On the airplanes I mean - not on the kids. Kids are fucking horrendous. Don't know what you were thinking.

Chere’s! I reckon I’m mad too but aren’t we all?

When I say airplanes, I mean borrowing one (at a premium of course) and flying round and round in circles. Because let’s face it, the best part of flying is take off and landing. 

[CaptainFantastic 509]

Worth every penny and then some

 

[judas9r 908]

How about a Heimdallr with a seiko dial mod. Best of everything. It's a rep, of a Seiko, with a Seiko movment. What's not to like?!. Failing that, any Seiko snk80X gets my vote.

[ijinxd 1]

Definitely a fan of the Seiko 5. Picked up two last month.