Picked up a summer watch...

I was looking for a summer watch with a yellow dial and ended up buying a Seiko SKXA35. I got it BNIB for an awesome price...just add a cold one and it is instant summertime! I really am not a fan of the Seiko wave straps, so I immediately switched it over to a vintage rubber waffle that I got from Jake B.

• Diameter: 42 mm (w/o crown), 45 mm (w/crown)
  
• Lug-to-lug: 45.5 mm
  
• Thickness: 12.7 mm
  
• Lug width: 22 mm
  

The specs are as follows:

• Caliber: 7s26B, 21 jewels (7s26B from Oct 2006 onwards)
  
• Caseback type: 7s26-0028
  
• Movement: Automatic, non-hacking
  
• Beat rate: 21,600 bph (6 beats/sec)
  
• Loss/gain: Less than 40 sec/day
  
• Power reserve: About 42 hours
  
• Calendar: Day/date, dual language (Eng/Spanish)
  
• Crown: Screw-in type
  
• Construction: Stainless steel
  
• Crystal: Hardlex glass, flat profile
  
• Bezel: Unidirectional, 120 graduations
  
• W.R. rating: 200m, ISO certified
  
• Luminous material: LumiBrite ---->>>>>> The lume is sick!!!!!
  
• Movement Singapore, cased in China
  

Some quick and dirty pictures:






That last one was my attempt to get a quick picture of the lume in a lit room...this link has a review of this watch as well as some cool pictures (lume, mods of the watch...etc.). It also has a cool grid that helps you determine where the movement is from as well as where it was cased.

LINK------>>>>>> http://quartzimodo.com/7s26/seiko-skxa35-divers-200m-review/

Great looking watch and very informative link. Grab that cold one and let Summer begin!

copycat

Looks great Congrats

Agree with you about Seiko straps, Mark. I do like the Maratac composite on it now. I'll use the rubber one Noah sent along with "Blue Lightning" when I want a change-up on the Seiko. I like that waffle, as well. looks nice.

Very cool Mark!

I like the Jake strap better too!

Nice pick up!

Cool,the yellow pops on it.I'm not a fan of their straps either.

porschefan wrote:

copycat

Yep...I liked yours so I went a-searchin'...I'll keep mine on the east coast...you keep yours on the west coast

good looking watch! dig the yellow!
I like the rubber strap you have on yours Tim.

barnbuilder1 wrote:

good looking watch! dig the yellow!
I like the rubber strap you have on yours Tim.

Thanks, Ron. The new composite (don't know what all is in it, just NO Kevlar) with the yellow stiching is much softer than the factory rubber.

Sunshine Yellow

Looks good on the Maratac composite.

Thanks, that waffle Mark has is a good look... maybe I'll have to copy Mark and get one.

Sweet watch! Summer all year for Tim!!

cali kid wrote:

Sweet watch! Summer all year for Tim!!

Yaeh, Trev. Mark will end up wearing it in the winter, too, that yellow will stand out against the snow... white, freshly fallen snow, not yellow snow.

porschefan wrote:

cali kid wrote:

Sweet watch! Summer all year for Tim!!

Yaeh, Trev. Mark will end up wearing it in the winter, too, that yellow will stand out against the snow...white, freshly fallen snow, not yellow snow.

Yellow snow is my favorite flavor though ...

As in the old Frank Zappa song: "Watch out where the huskies go, and
don't you eat that yellow snow!"

Sounds like Zappa, although I didn't listen to him much.

andrema wrote:

Yep...I liked yours so I went a-searchin'...I'll keep mine on the east coast...you keep yours on the west coast

Well, ok... at least for the near future.

Congrats on your newest acquisition. Don't sell yourself short, you could pull off that watch late Spring-maybe even late Fall.

Lovin' that yellow!!! Definitely summertime with that one. I agree, the Martec with the yellow stitching is PERFECT for it!!

Dont no one be bad mouthing yeller dials. Yeller dials can worn at any time of the year.

A wise old moderator at another forum once said, "You can never have enough yellow dials."

I wholeheartedly agree!!

Great Buy Mark! It is a fun summer color but I agree with Hobbit, it can worn year round.

Nice and yellow! I like it!

AWESOME Mark !!! This Seiko REALLY is a GREAT Summer
watch imho. The dial is more than ready for Summer too. I like
how deep that dial seems as well. Some amazingly nice hands
and markers with this one also. Don't think you could have
picked out a better watch or color for time of year sir ! Terrific
straps by the way !.. Congrats and of course..Enjoy !

. . . the 35 is a really nice model. Like the dial coloured chapter ring on them. Yellow is good! Anytime!

. . . dump the rubba Brother . . . steel, steel all the way!!!!!

Just spent some time on the provided link. Thanks. Mark. I now know more about my "bumble bee."