Still the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen

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Still the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen

Post by Henryj » Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:53 am

“Punishable by fine” = Legal for a price.”

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Post by deepcdvr » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:50 pm

BADASS

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Post by mattcantwin » Thu Apr 15, 2021 6:08 pm

Very cool, thanks.

Hydrothermal vent testing - guess those guys on WUS can wear this in the shower.
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Re: Still the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen

Post by spring-diver » Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:38 pm

Very impressive

For Seiko’s next hat trick I suggest they make a 500m 10.5 mm thin diver like the Sinn U50.

That would be great
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Re: Still the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen

Post by dnslater » Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:33 am

spring-diver wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:38 pm
Very impressive ImageImageImage

For Seiko’s next hat trick I suggest they make a 500m 10.5 mm thin diver like the Sinn U50.

That would be great Image
Seiko generally seems to have no motivation to go beyond 200m on most of their dive watches, as it is unnecessary and engineering for engineering’s sake is more of a German thing.

Interestingly the 200m SPB143 that I just bought is nearly the same overall dimensions as my U50.

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Re: Still the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen

Post by Ryeguy » Sat Apr 17, 2021 5:37 am

I strongly suspect that 200m rated SPB143 would survive just fine at 500m or even beyond. I’ve seen videos of other 200m Seiko divers pressured far beyond their rating.

I believe Seiko only tests to 125% of the 200m rating due to the cost of the testing equipment, the volume of watches produced (i.e. testing time for production) and the desired target selling price for this model. Testing to the 125% of a 500m rating would push the cost of the SPB13 to the cost of the Sinn U50 which isn’t Seiko’s desire for this model.

I really don’t think there are significant engineering differences between designing a 200m rated watch or a 500m watch. Seiko over-engineers and under-rates their watches (which is not saying Sinn doesn’t, but their target price point allows the deeper tested rating).

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Re: Still the damnedest thing I’ve ever seen

Post by Bob1035 » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:52 am

what kind of tape for 3000m? :mrgreen:


Super cool to see these videos for sure!

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