Very nice. Are those the Seiko mods?

Ocean 7 came out with a nice Fifty Fathom homage that I considered:

But I think I am going with the new ceramic:

Fuck that ceramic looks hot.

It does. I just received my Gary Steven custom carbon look leather strap in anticipation. The watch will come with the strap seen in the pic but I wanted something that was thicker at the pins to fill in the gap between the end of the strap and the case. Mitch at O7 says they should be available next Thursday so I hope to pick it up before leaving for vacation. If I could only get Jeff to buy my Doxa.

Very nice. Are those the Seiko mods?

You are correct. I believe the first vintage style ones in gold were done on some Spanish and Polish watch forums. I think archosman's is one of those or the version done through WUS and Harold/Yobokies. I really like this newest edition from Jake B because it's a contemporary version of the Fifty Fathoms and it maintains the date wheel. Apparently Jake went through a company that does dials for some Swiss brands so it is high quality and there are 8 layers of Super-Luminova applied to it.

I like that Helson Skin Diver you posted as well. Very cool homage to this vintage version of the Fifty Fathoms:

Edited July 15, 201114 yr by Mark527

I got the Helson in a pretty good trade for me so I figured I would give it a try. I like it a lot so far but sure it's a keeper yet, not that anything is really ever a keeper with me.

Just got this Zixen DSR 500 plus cash as part of a trade for the Doxa. It's about as big and heavy as the Doxa. I will give it a week or so to see of it's a keeper:

Just got the skeleton 6497 in today and will be ordering case and hands tomorrow!

I look forward to seeing the end result.

Here's a couple I have coming in...

^^^ Nice watches! My first Seiko diver just arrived:

I also have a Halios Laguna and a Deep Blue DayNight Ops T100 Tritium on the way in. My Helson Skindiver is on the way out and my Zixen may follow, not sure yet.

^ Nice Sumo.

I would get that watch if my wrist weren't so skinny. I really like the Samurai as well but it is also too big for my wrist. 42mm is my limit.

Very nice Seiko! Do I see a Marinemaster or perhaps a GS in your future? I know that when I make some real money one day i'll be getting a GS or one of the GS springdrive models....

The Halios Laguna is a great watch btw, unfortunately I returned mine due to a piece of dust on the dial, but i'm sure you'll get a flawless one. Would have just exchanged it for another one but another watch crept up on me during that time.

I was surprised at the quality of the Seiko. The only Seikos I owned were battery models a long time ago. The GS are nice but they are in Omega/Rolex territory so not sure if I would buy the GS over the others. The Sumo is one of the more comfortable watches I've owned. My watches are starting to lean towards dive watches these days. Hopefully, I will not have a problem with the Laguna. All the reviews seem to be positive. I paid a guy last week for a Bluering and a day after he was supposed to ship he refunded me my money, which took a week to get back into my PP account. I really want to see what the fuss is with that watch.

very nice collection you have going mike. id love to have a metal bracelet if it werent for all the fucking hair.

I can't say I have any experience with non hair pulling bracelets since my arms are virtually hairless, but there has to be nice bracelets out there that don't pull hair being that most men have pretty hairy arms.

I like bracelets but I think I prefer nato, zulu and straps on most watches. My arms are not crappy hairy, which is a class of hairy all it's own but I do have hair on my arms and I haven't had any issues with any bracelets.

i could be used as the missing link in the evolutionary chain. having never had metal bracelets i think the yearning is born of just not ever having had one. i dont know if i would actually like one or not, again, because of never having had one.

Edited August 16, 201114 yr by crappyjones123

Perhaps Dusty approved... http://www.chronoshark.com/

Edit: Its quite large if you're into that. 46mm diameter. Also, I was looking at it and wondering why the design looked familiar. It has similar design to the AP Royal Oak watches. Kind of funny to make that comparison.

Edited August 17, 201114 yr by Deadneddz

/me does.

The insanity continues. I bought this today:

nice looking watch

Thanks. I bought it with the bracelet, which retails for 2/3 of what I paid for the watch, strap and bracelet. From what I've read, there cases are supposed to be on par with Panarai, which is out of my reach at the moment.

for the next 15 minutes or so http://1saleaday.com/watch/ has a pretty nice watch for $30... I'm tempted to get another:

It's there version of a watch wootoff today

Not bad for $30.

I just pre-ordered one of these:

http://www.hexawatches.com/k500.html

They are out of Tampa. Apparently they have received a bunch of orders around Florida and I talked them into having a Cigar City release get together when they get samples of each of the watches.

MKII Blackwater:

MKII Paradive:

Do you still have the Blackwater?

I just picked one up off WUS. It has the Benrus style Type I dial though, so it's like a hybrid of your two with a Blackwater case and Paradive dial. Wish I could afford a Paradive, but I'm hoping I will be happy with the Blackwater.

And last week I picked this up:

It's a Sandoz Sub with an ETA 2824-2. That picture was taken by the man who just finished installing the mods yesterday (MKII Plongeur dial, Yobokies Plongeur hands, dome sapphire crystal, and black date wheel). It's my attempt at re-creating the current MKII Sea Fighter on the cheap:

http://boutique.mkii...0470-1291690049

I know many WIS scoff at these homages (not fakes!), but I just love the classic designs and some of these companies are doing it with great quality. I also have a Steinhart Ocean One Vintage Red (homage to the "Double Red" Sea Dweller) and the bang for the buck is just awesome IMO.

So now I've got three 70's vintage homage divers (Double Red, Benrus Type I, and Omega PloProf) and waiting to complete my Seiko, which is an homage to the 50's Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

The Hamilton Khaki will be the only watch I have with an original design, and I may have to sell it to recoup some costs for these homages.

Edited September 22, 201114 yr by Mark527