SEIKO MM300 SBDX017 WATCH REVIEW

SEIKO MM300 SBDX017 WATCH REVIEW

SEIKO MM300 SBDX017 WATCH REVIEW

Captured, Seiko tell us the Marinemaster 300 SBDX017 is going to be stopped

SEIKO MM300 SBDX017 WATCH REVIEW

Also it now's. The special edition Seiko SLA019J is visible as successor, but it's a restricted edition. We’ve been raving concerning the Marinemaster 300 for any lengthy time now, it's a great diver by having an incredible good value. Although it's been stopped, you'll still will dsicover them for purchase at the Seiko dealer. Before they run sold-out, we recommend you you should consider purchasing one if you prefer a diver that’s near to perfect. Especially only at that cost point. There is a reason four from six Fratello people have purchased one. To keep you going a little more, read Mike’s review around the SBDX017 he authored exactly 2 yrs ago.

It’s funny, of all the Seiko divers I either own 

And have lusted after I’ve always held what appears to be among the brand’s recommended models inside a rather casual regard. The timepiece that I’m talking about is the one and only the classic Seiko MM300, or Marinemaster. So, getting passed this watch by numerous occasions in Japan in the previous form - because the SBDX001 - I felt it had been past due to invest some time using the model since Seiko has provided it some very light updates to create what's know coded because the SBDX017. First of all, I wish to thank the Seiko Netherlands crew for delivering me the timepiece and allowing me to carry about it for many days. So, now, let’s have a much deeper consider the updated MM300 and I’ll make an effort to place the watch in perspective and, finally, tell you if it’s something I’ll be more conscious of later on.

It’s funny that throughout my journeys to Japan - and there has been a number of - I usually opted for the intent to find another “JDM-only” watch. There is the “Emperor Tuna”, the vintage “6159 Grandfather Tuna”, a handbook wind Grand Seiko, or even a Casio Frogman. However, despite it being JDM and perhaps probably the most classic searching of Seiko divers, Irrrve never once attempted on or considered purchasing a Seiko MM300. I guess the main reason with this disregard was which i was after stuff that truly registered as funky or odd - hence, the Tunas - or possibly it had been since i was hunting vintage Seiko divers that bore a powerful resemblance towards the MM300 like the 6217 or even the 6105’s and desired to throw money of the similar value during these directions. Still, though, as you that has labored to compile a comparatively exhaustive assortment of Seiko Divers, was I wrong to disregard the MM300 and it is importance within the lineage for Seiko? Many would argue having a firm “yes”.

Take our very own Robert-Jan for example

He’s a “dyed within the wool” Speedmaster fan as well as essentially everything Omega. Yet, when it’s here we are at vacation or perhaps during some highbrow occasions, he frequently dons the Seiko MM300. Refer to it as a light thumbing from the nose towards the European establishment or, possibly, getting a knowing glance because he’s really the main one at such bespoke occasions putting on the truly in-house watch that retails for any relatively paltry 2350-Euros around the Continent (bargains appear in Japan, big-time) versus a lot of other divers which include me-too engines and price multiples more. Take Jason Heaton, a buddy from the show, who drops his prose in multiple arenas and co-hosts The Gray NATO podcast. He’s a diving fanatic and that he highly stands out on the MM300 and it has pointed out that it is a wrist watch he’ll frequently bring as his only put on on lengthy journeys.