I love the short-lived series and having seen a few of them in wristies now n then, thought I’d dedicate a thread to these polarising watches.

Let me kick off with the first Recraft I own:

Can we see the rest of them 😁?

I was in a flea market and picked up a Seiko 6138-3000 marked for parts or repair not running. Because there’s no back on the watch, I gave it a few winds and the balance wheel took off, but the second hand didn’t move. So decided to take a chance on it.
I paid $40 and it needs some help. It’s missing the case back, both push buttons and the crystal is pretty scratched up.is verry dirty inside and out. After playing with it a little, it seems to run strong and keep descent time. When I…

Advice on a 6138A-3000T

I registered with the intent to join the community And purchase an arctic monster that was listed in the for sale area of the forum.

I didn’t make the post complaining about not being able to respond to sellers. I just liked some posts and made my own posts, and read the forum for a while. Eventually it let me message the guy. So I did. Immediately he didn’t believe that I wasn’t a scammer, even though I’d be using an email to pay for the item on PayPal that is tied to All of my accounts as…

Disappointing experience as a new user trying to purchase a seiko

Good day,

I’m looking to purchase my first Seiko 5, and my first dip into the world of automatic watches. The SRPK35 has caught my eye as I adore the orange dial and I am looking for a watch with a smaller footprint for daily wear. Below is the watch in reference:

My question is, should I go for the SRPK35 or SRPK35K1?

From my research I have come to understand that K1 may indicate that…

First Automatic Watch – Seiko 5 – Question

Interested in people’s thoughts on the King Seiko SLA083.

It’s very interesting to me. An appealing combination of beautiful and ugly. I’m very tempted. I was thinking I need a purple watch, but most don’t appeal to me. This does.

The purple is amazing and the case shape is great. I could leave the ‘V’ seconds counter weight, and I could have it a little thinner, however, I’d rather have it thicker and keep the box crystal, display back and the 8L45 movement.

Releases in July/August…

King Seiko Vanac SLA083 impressions

I am eyeing a diver as my second Seiko. I’ve reviewed a lot of information concerning Divers.. but I want to know what everyone, in hindsight, felt was the best feature of their favorite Seiko diver. Initially, I thought I’d never want a diver, and that a Brightz or Astron was next, but eventually the casual/formal flexibility brought me over to wanting a tuna or a Monster. I am all ears to everyone’s individual bits of insight.

My Seiko Alpinist SPB489J:

Odd observation: Here (above) on my Alpinist, the W and E are perfectly aligned, but when rotated 180 degrees to E and W (left to right), they aren’t. I can’t make sense of this. It may be due to the rotating mechanism and how it maintains water resistance; not a simple translation. Not sure.

As you can see, there’s slight misalignment of the compass only, not…

Seiko Alpinist rotating compass alignment

Please, purists… try to resist jumping on me for asking

I know the 7s26 movement is plain, but for $20 I’d like to try a display back on my first gen BM, just for the heck of it. I don’t dive or even shower with it on, and have the original box, where I’d keep the original case back while I’m using the display back. Just would like to know if it fits. TIA

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Will display back for SKX007 fit SKX779?