Are Seiko Monster hands getting out of hand ?

[noah]

I never liked the Seiko monster hands at least not both together
they are found originally on the:
SKX779 "Black Monster"
SKX781 "ORANGE MONSTER"

folks first started to see them all over the Seiko 5 sports divers, know as Mini Monsters with the Non-Screw down crownand they now have been seen on some Orient watches now owned by Seiko like this popular now sold Orient 300m Poseidon Brazil Model
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=383848

and these new starfish divers which I feel I could mod the hell out of I like these ones ....

http://yeomanseiko.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... r-skz283k/

I wonder is Seiko is trying to push these hand sets as their standard hand set like the SKX's have been for the last 30yrs ?

[polaco23]

Seiko's are getting uglier and uglier as of late.

not a big fan of Seiko, i prefer Citizen for my money.

[cali kid]

Maybe someone in the purchasing dept ordered too many sets of hands!!

[noah]

Ya my thinking too ...
or not as many monsters sold ...

[f4nt0m4s]

Seiko's are getting uglier and uglier as of late.

not a big fan of Seiko, i prefer Citizen for my money.

Seiko has really been dropping the ball as of late with some of their designs. I like the Monster hands....on the Monster. I think they look out of place on most other watches. The Star Monster is kind of funky...maybe in a good way?...I don't really know. But isn't that the Monster's mantra: "This watch is so ugly! I don't know why I like it. It's my favorite watch. /join Monster club/"

[moishlashen]

Never liked that handset.

[Brian D]

I definitely prefer the hands on my 009 to my 779. Trevor could very well have hit it on the head. Companies may see a trend starting and they try to jump ahead and anticipate a huge buying binge. Then it slows down faster than they figured it would so they have way more hands than they need. Wouldn't be the first time a company did that. Or maybe people want to use those hands for mods .

[Crue4]

Don't like monster hands nor hands on the 007 skx series... I too prefer Citizens over seikos looks wise plus eco drive over 7s movts.

[matt.wu]

The hands are the things I hate the most on the monster.

[Isthmus]

I personally like the mosnter's hands, but only in the monster. when i start seeing them show up all over the place, on watches at every price point (the same is true of the 40th anniversary diver hands btw), I just start feeling like seiko is running out of ideas.

That said, I did use them on a mod once.