I started wearing vintage last year, 36-37mm and it’s astonishing how quickly 40mm starts to look clunky and unrefined.

I personally prefer the bead-blasted case finishing to give the watch a more tool-ish look.

The SNE583 looks great and it's good to see Seiko catering for collectors who prefer smaller diver's watches. Great presentation, as always, thanks.

Great video! The solar diver looks awesome! Bought my first Seiko Automatic Diver at age 16. 40 years later and it's still going strong.

I paid 47 dollars for my SNK-809 a few years ago, and still love it, but I will be getting an updated version, looks great, and awesome video as usual :)

First of all, all of these are so cool!! I love the blue one, of course. Secondly, thank you so much for pushing a little bit against the unjustified uproar of “Seiko raising prices”🙏🏻👌🏻. In most cases the price is reasonable and still attainable, for almost everyone.

That great green Seiko looks awesome! I was considering a Citizen Promaster diver in green but now will take a deeper look at this Seiko. 38mm diver is awesome!

That orange and black is a stunner

This is a great upgrade on an old-school design. 👍 And this black/orange looks really nice ! 😎 ... I have to slow down or I would need a dresser for my watches very soon. 😉🤦‍♂️

The black dial with orange markings is a masterpiece. Whoever designed that watch has done the brand proud for an under $500 range watch.

Thanks for the review and content. I tried the new one but decided to keep my SNK809, I prefer the 37mm case. I don’t wear it frequently enough to be off put by the movement.

I just bought the SPRH33, I can't wait to see that orange lume 🥰 Thanks Mark!!

The solar is awesome looking 🔥🔥

I don't mid the cost increases persay but damn their QC needs to go up in comparison. I've been hit by the misaligned bezel twice in one year now. I kept one thinking it wouldb't bug me that much....it still does. I can't unsee the bloody thing.

That "Shock Resistant" joke at 6:50 was on FIRE! HAHAHAHA!

Might have been $185, but when they sold for $60 someone was still making a profit on them. So, still shows the keystone markup happening.

Looks so much better. The upgrades are significant. I think it is a decent value proposition

orange and black is awesome. the new mid size solars are almost a no brainer, they did it right

That black orange one is really nice!!!

Happy to see Seiko make these dials in a larger case. Have the SNK 809 and it blew my mind when I saw a video of someone putting the dial in a SKX case. Did not realize the dials were the same size

Marc, no matter how many times you say it, and others too, there are still to many people who don’t understand and always point out how Seiko raised prices to those days of Seiko pretty much getting out of control with the distribution channels and production probably. Seiko was basically Invicta. That said, many of what Seiko came up with these days still get big discounts at least in Easter Europe where I am. I paid $190 for my SRPG37, brand new from the only authorized Seiko dealer in my country.

That black/orange model may very well push a new Squale from the top of my want list. Wow.

That diver looks beautiful

I wish Seiko would make more of their automatic divers in the smaller solar watch sizes

Seiko is a huge world wide company. Their mass produced movements and variants are all pretty much identical. I think it's time that they invested in a newer, thinner design. They make so many that over time, they would easily recoup their costs. That would allow them to compete more with Miyota and ETA in terms of watch thickness. A millimeter or two makes quite a difference when you think it is 10-15 percent of the watch thickness.

Great Seiko update, I just got my new Seiko flieger srph29 on Tuesday this week, I'm enjoying it so far, lovely colour, hasn't lost a second in 72 hours, € 270 here in Europe. Like you I'm a big blue dial fan but on this watch I felt I had to go green. Maybe I'm influenced by the new trends in the industry, Thanks again Mark for the great presentation, I love your channel, Hi from Ireland, catch you on the next one.

I'm really liking the orange and black version. I may need to pick one up at some point. Thanks!

You are a very patient person with some of these comments, Marc. They should teach this skill in Business 101.

These Seiko's are a nice upgrade to the originals. 😁🐶🐒

If Seiko would marry the black dial, orange detail of the SRPH33 with a solar/quartz movement, I'd be renting a Tuxedo and be the Best Man.

Those delicate diamond shaped hands were the standout feature of the SNK’s. The new style might grow on me, maybe.

I’m so happy they did this

Great new releases, love the pop of the orange with the black. Thanks for the insight about prices and the grey dealers. Prices of everything has gone crazy including watches. A lot of brands have largely lost their amazing value prop (Seiko and Sinn come to mind) but prices are not unfair, just not what we are used to. I think with the field watch being made in Japan it is still a pretty decent value and has some nice upgrades.

A nice Barton with orange stitching for that black version, that's the ticket

185 USD in 2010 is like 240 USD today, It's not bad at all considering the upgrades

Loving the look of that SRPH33

My SNK809 (green) was the first mechanical watch I ever bought. Hate that you can't wind it but I wear it on Seiko Saturdays! Thanks Marc.

Love these new Seikos! Cool look to them

Love the new style. I’m a huge fan of the new handset !

People also tend to forget about how JPY rate moving drastically these ten years. To balancing out costs/salary/tax/income around oversea market, factories and currency, they had to ditch old models and review their prices at some point.

I won't lie, the new ones are nice watches, and agree that the price jump isn't quite as bad as some make it out to be. That said, as a SNK809 owner, I see zero reason to get the new one since I already have the old. If I did want another flieger, I'd likely save up more and get a Laco.

I bought in December a Lorus RL457AX9 for £30 brand new, has the 7S26C movement, steel bracelet, exhibition caseback and astonishing value for what is a Seiko 5 with a different dial. Its the black one with the yellow 40-00 markings and the pilot hands and yellow tipped lollipop second hand... £30 and for the sake of a name a great bargain.

Small differences but for me with a huge positive impact. I really dig the new look of the field watches way more.

Not a big Frankenstein sized watch user myself and always liked Seiko for that reason.

495 dollars for a diver with a stamped clasp and an unsigned crown, Seiko never fails to disappoint. Knowing Seiko they probably justify the pricetag for the saphire crystal

The diver is perfect, looks great, and ready to go.

The green Solar is outstanding.

Love the diver reminds me of my green mini turtle

I owned the SNK809. It was the second mechanical i ever bought and it was fine bought it for $80ish but it felt like it was worth about 80 bucks. These new ones look nicer

just got a SRPD63K1. very happy with the watch

These are like a mix between the SNK (dial) and SNZ (case) watches. I Bought my SNK803 from Long Island watch some years ago. The matte blasted case should have carried over to these new ones.

The tag actually said $275 not $295, so the price differential from ten years ago is even better than in your intro.

The black dial looks fab.

Great looking Seikos.

i just looked up what $185 was equivalent to 10 years ago with an inflation calculator, and it’s roughly $230. so considering the other improvements to the movement, strap, water resistance, lume (at least the green by the looks of it) and increase in size, the increase in price is pretty reasonable.

We have the same wrist size so every one of your videos is a god send for me!

11:00 YES PLEASE MAKE A 40 mm islander dive watch!!! Been waiting over a year for yours to release. Big gap in the market.

That black one looks nice!

I wish the black/orange one had either white or orange hour letters.

I usually don't like field watches but I like these

A great presentation. Truth is, Seiko has so many models with so many generations, it's hard for the lay person to keep up with it all - so this is a welcome update. You mentioned, in passing, another development: in the backwash of Covid, folks are moving away from gray market to legitimate vendors (like yourself). This has a parallel in the car world. Within a couple of years, buyers will simply show up at the dealership and order their new car - and pay for it. The endless quest for the 'super deal' will end - to the benefit of both buyers and car makers. Industries can't survive and prosper if everyone is trying to get something for free - or less than the other guy. The US can learn from Japan and Europe.

Thinks for explanation price disclaimer at start. Very helpful.

Wow, this upgrade is exactly was I was wating for! Dunno if I want the blue or the green. The black would be cool some years ago, but too juvenile for me now.

Drilled lugs and hand-winding are valuable. I just wish I had not sold my SARY057 and SARX033. I like some of the new presage enamel dial models, but I miss the deep discounts on JDM models like their used to be.

I have a srph29k1 and I don't have the words "made in japan" on the dial and the back cover. Does it mean that seiko produces the model in different countries?

That black and orange 😍

Love the green solar!

The Orange indexes on the blue dial looks the best. To me at least.

These are nice pieces. 😎

I tried on that solar diver (a different coloured one) a few months back at an AD and it was almost perfect. It looks awesome and fits perfectly on my tinny wrist!! Unfortunately i was looking for an automatic watch since all my watches have been quartz. It would have been my go to watch or my one watch collection had it not been a solar/quartz.

The new watch is gorgeous , I'm buying the SRPH31 .

Wish they'd made it a wee bit smaller at 38mm. Only think wrong with the SNK809 was the 18mm lug width.

Tq. For the fliegers, wish they lume the numbers instead!

Good points mark ....10 years ago a smart phone was 150 . Sooo the new watches are not that out of line with inflation folks still thinking about the old Macy's seikos hahaha

Pilot with no stubby hour hand that follows the line... unheard of.🤪

Hi Do u have Seiko 5 Sports SRPJ61 blue the 2022 Seiko 5 Sports SRPJ61 Rowing Blazers Limited Edition Blue

Nice releases but I have started leaning towards quartz watches these days as maintaining autos is tedious. I own the SNE585 and the SNE573.

The diver in a Pepsi bezel would be 😎

Any plans on an oyster bracelet for the SNE series? Man, that’s the only downside to those 38mm divers. Love them!

thanks for the presentation marc! I wonder how the new Seiko 5 Pilot watch compares to their field watch that they released not long ago. (I believe it’s the SRPG27) - do they use the same case?

Hi Marc. I'm enjoying your channel and your repartee with TGV. I love the SRPH, but as you noted, the price puts me off, a lot. I paid $100 for my SNK805 late in 2021, and paying three times that for a slightly bigger case and hacking + manual winding is just not gonna fly. The new solar diver is pretty sweet, but again, the asking price is three times that of the very competitive, although bigger, Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive diver. (The Citizen wears smaller than its 44mm size.) Seiko needs to reconsider its new strategy of sending everything upmarket and charging a lot more. Do they think their branding is enough to justify this? For me, it absolutely is not.

You said that Seiko price rises are a reflection of a smaller grey market. Could you explain why that's the case? Is it something to do with supply chain constraints due to COVID or is Seiko finding a way to choke supply to the grey market?

Sheesh bring back the gray market...

My 1st auto back in 2014 was a snk809 for $55 a few years later I scored the beige snk803 for $30 off a flash sale. Put a sick domed sapphire on it. A different time.

For me anything over $150 and definitely $200 should have sapphire. And the Diver at almost $500 definitely should have a milled clasp and solid endlinks. Thats the problem with Seiko, the value isnt 100% there. They get close, but then leave out basic features we’ve come to expect at the price point. Features offered by most other brands.... and thats not even mentioning the QC gamble with chapter rings and bezel alignment

what about them on "Milanese bracelet"?

These new ones look nicer all round than my snk809, especially the strap. Not sure about the white day/date wheels though.

At first marc says the SNE583 is 30mm..then at the end corrects and says 38..i thought that was kinda off at first..30mm would be tiny ,almost for it to be a ladies watch

I'm in the market for a new watch but long island watches' inventory, especially their originals are A1.

Any suggestions on a good looking nato or Other military style strap? Although the canvas ones They come withlook pretty nice.

I don't like how the circle on the dial doesn't line up with the seam between the day and date wheels, when it did on the old one.

Like the diver and the ip coated

Black and orange ? WHO DEY! LETS GO BENGALS!!!

the old snk is more gorgeous

Why is seiko cutting back on making solar watches??

How long is its power reserve??

I was sure with Seiko 5 one of characteristic was crown at 4 (3:40) position. Why they change it to 3 ? To reduce costs ? (this way no change to date disk). I prefer old ones honestly, especially after I upgraded movement to nh36a.

38mm Diver?!? NICE Will there be other colours? I'd love a dark blue or a pepsi one. Edit: 10:22 Oh... that blue one looks damn nice.

Nice looking watches but why can't Seiko lume the triangle at 12 on the new "809" series?

When will Seiko give up on the Hardlex and pins and collars? Makes no sense at this price point.