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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by jswing » Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:55 am

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Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:05 am
If it's anything like the SBEX, it will suck. But I'm keeping my eye out.
I can't believe I wore the SBEX for a while. :lol: But that one was what, 48mm? And 18mm thick? It was stupid big. I think this new one will be nice. Hopefully. I reached out to my pusher in Japan for more details.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by tmw » Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:24 am

Hmmm. Maybe a mm300 that I will want!

Gotta find out more on this.
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Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by Morethan1 » Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:14 pm

I wonder what the new ones will have on the caseback.
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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by Torrid » Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:59 pm

JP Chestnut wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:27 am
Torrid wrote:
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JP Chestnut wrote:
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That green one is a laugh. Just what the world needed - A Seiko produced homage to the Rolex LV.
I’m not sure that’s the impression I’m getting. It seems like they’re using the color scheme they’ve been using on the LE GS models with the gold accents they’ve used. If the green was a similar shade and no gold I might agree.
Sunburst green dial, plus dull green rotatable diving bezel...

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Yeah. Clearly an original design fully in harmony with Seiko's historic design language.
Right. Sure. Nothing to do with the green and gold that they’re running as an LE on a few different models right now. Couldn’t be that. Got to be riding Rolex’s nuts for sure...

I’d love this GS but I could more likely snag the MM300 guessing the likely price.
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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by JP Chestnut » Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:04 pm

That dial definitely looks more like the one in the picture than the Rolex - not. It's OK to like Seiko and realize that many of their design elements are 100% ripped off. Like that bracelet on the GS you posted. It's 100% ripped off from the much older Omega design. Or the cyclops that now adorns so many of their watches. I guess that's not "riding Rolex's nuts for sure..."

They're offering a green dial/bezel dive watch because the Rolex version is popular. To argue otherwise is naive.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

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JP Chestnut wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:04 pm
That dial definitely looks more like the one in the picture than the Rolex - not. It's OK to like Seiko and realize that many of their design elements are 100% ripped off. Like that bracelet on the GS you posted. It's 100% ripped off from the much older Omega design. Or the cyclops that now adorns so many of their watches. I guess that's not "riding Rolex's nuts for sure..."

They're offering a green dial/bezel dive watch because the Rolex version is popular. To argue otherwise is naive.
I would tend to agree on the color. I honestly hope it’s just shitty catalog pictures as usual and look like the GS. I won’t lie, I’ll be a bit disappointed if it comes across more like you describe it once we get better pictures. I already had and in the end was a bit disappointed by the MM300 so even if the color is right I’m not sure I’d be a buyer.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by jswing » Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:45 pm

JP Chestnut wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:04 pm
That dial definitely looks more like the one in the picture than the Rolex - not. It's OK to like Seiko and realize that many of their design elements are 100% ripped off. Like that bracelet on the GS you posted. It's 100% ripped off from the much older Omega design. Or the cyclops that now adorns so many of their watches. I guess that's not "riding Rolex's nuts for sure..."

They're offering a green dial/bezel dive watch because the Rolex version is popular. To argue otherwise is naive.
Not everything is a copy of a Rolex. To argue otherwise is naive.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by sierra11b » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:32 pm

That mm300 is going to be great!

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by mfxr » Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:36 pm

Interesting. I assume they will be expensive AF.

Also, everybody know Rolex literally invented green. One day Hans Wilsdorf was carrying a pot of blue paint, and a pot of yellow paint. He tripped over and the rest is history :rolleyes: :roll:

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Post by 59yukon01 » Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:18 pm

I like the SPB's, but the SLA's will be way more than I'd spend on a watch. Seiko is starting to "wear out the welcome" on those new hands though.

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Post by kempoman » Thu Dec 28, 2017 4:28 pm

Sorry gents.Funnily I am getting a bit numb with all this re-issues things e.g.Blancpain, Doxa, Hamilton, etc.....
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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

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59yukon01 wrote:I like the SPB's, but the SLA's will be way more than I'd spend on a watch. Seiko is starting to "wear out the welcome" on those new hands though.
Yup. The origin of which (I believe) was from an 80's/90's alba. Anything here look familiar?

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by Morethan1 » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:46 pm

59yukon01 wrote:I like the SPB's, but the SLA's will be way more than I'd spend on a watch. Seiko is starting to "wear out the welcome" on those new hands though.
Yup. The origin of which (I believe) was from an 80's/90's alba. Anything here look familiar?

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Post by Morethan1 » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:47 pm

kempoman wrote:Sorry gents.Funnily I am getting a bit numb with all this re-issues things e.g.Blancpain, Doxa, Hamilton, etc.....
They gotta milk the vintage money cow!

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Post by 59yukon01 » Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:49 pm

Morethan1 wrote:
59yukon01 wrote:I like the SPB's, but the SLA's will be way more than I'd spend on a watch. Seiko is starting to "wear out the welcome" on those new hands though.
Yup. The origin of which (I believe) was from an 80's/90's alba. Anything here look familiar?

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Did not know that. So these hands basically are reissues as well. What's old is new again.

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Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

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59yukon01 wrote:
Morethan1 wrote:
59yukon01 wrote:I like the SPB's, but the SLA's will be way more than I'd spend on a watch. Seiko is starting to "wear out the welcome" on those new hands though.
Yup. The origin of which (I believe) was from an 80's/90's alba. Anything here look familiar?

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Did not know that. So these hands basically are reissues as well. What's old is new again.
Reissue or not those hands are awful.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by TSD » Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:30 pm

jswing wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:55 am
I reached out to my pusher in Japan for more details.
Made an inquiry to Chino, who said that SLA025 is not a JDM model. I'm guessing there will be another SBDX model designation at some point for preorders? :pray:

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Morethan1 wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:47 pm
kempoman wrote:Sorry gents.Funnily I am getting a bit numb with all this re-issues things e.g.Blancpain, Doxa, Hamilton, etc.....
They gotta milk the vintage money cow!
+1, already we have seen the black lung bubble deflate. Anyone who buys on the assumption that the limited numbers
will store value will be disappointed when half a year later there is another limited edition, slightly tweaked.

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Post by andy tims » Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:14 am

I love the look of the reissue. I thought Seiko had failed when the Samurai reissues came out at 43mm, but they just haven’t.
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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by dukerules » Fri Dec 29, 2017 3:25 am

TSD wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:30 pm
jswing wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:55 am
I reached out to my pusher in Japan for more details.
Made an inquiry to Chino, who said that SLA025 is not a JDM model. I'm guessing there will be another SBDX model designation at some point for preorders? :pray:
Yes, please! Tom, did Chino give you any idea of the price?

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by dukerules » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:17 am

Unconfirmed, but I hear the price of the SLA025 is around $4500.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by jswing » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:44 am

TSD wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:30 pm
jswing wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 9:55 am
I reached out to my pusher in Japan for more details.
Made an inquiry to Chino, who said that SLA025 is not a JDM model. I'm guessing there will be another SBDX model designation at some point for preorders? :pray:
Right - my guy said the same thing, which makes sense, because the SLA017 was the SBDX019 in Japan. This one should have an SBEX designation based on the hi beat movement I think. I need to find the Japan model # so I can pre-order one.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by jswing » Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:44 am

Morethan1 wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:45 pm
59yukon01 wrote:I like the SPB's, but the SLA's will be way more than I'd spend on a watch. Seiko is starting to "wear out the welcome" on those new hands though.
Yup. The origin of which (I believe) was from an 80's/90's alba. Anything here look familiar?

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Interesting, I did not know that!

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by streetracer101 » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:02 am

Derivative or not, I like the green MM. I'm gonna have to look into. At a minimum, it should be an easy, slightly profitable flip.

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Re: Seiko 6159 reissue!!!!

Post by dukerules » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:50 am

Prospex logo on the green MM is a deal breaker for me. I'm sure that is coming to the standard MM300s as well.

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