I own this model, its accuracy is frightening - I gain 1 second a month. That is 12 seconds a year. Unbelievable. It is the most accurate watch I own. Awesome piece. Great review - thanks 👍

Nice review 👍 I’m the guy who actually coined the nick names “Ninja Tuna”, “Emperor Tuna” and “Bluefin Tuna” for the LE SBBN037 I used to own the Emperor Tuna SBDX011, Darth Tuna SBBN011 and a SBBN007. All of them are great but IMO 1000m Tuna’s sit too high on the wrist do to the very short L2L. Where as the 300m Tuna’s and the 600m SD Tuna’s are very comfortable to wear. Which brings me to the SBBN035. I’ll be ordering one very soon and looking forward to having a Ninja Tuna in my humble collection. I’m amazed at all the negative comments just because it a quartz. I’m pretty sure they would have heart attack if they priced Sinn’s UX series of quartz divers. Cheers Shannon aka Spring-Diver 😉

I just sold my SBBN031 which is the Stainless steel version on bracelet 3 days ago and I’m already thinking a re-buy! The watch is Iconic , true it’s rather large but at an actual 48mm all the way around it fits lots of wrists fine! Accurate to +/- 15 sec per month and torch like Lume! Also it is a strap monster, you can wear it on a single pass nato/Zulu on Rubber or steel and it is awesome. When I did wear it it’s the only watch I had tHat got comments and attention, great conversation starter . Enjoyed the review!

nice review - thank you for making it. Love that domed crystal !

That is a lovely watch I would be very happy to have one in my collection 👍 thanks Ivan 😀

Great review - I love you give us the comparison to the full size 025 - I did not know that. Also the differences - that the 035 did not have a ceramic bezel or DLC coating - great job!!!

A brilliant review. I own lots of Seiko divers and it has taken me a while to fall in love with the tunas. Like many Seiko models the history behind them is fascinating. I’ll be buying a modern Tuna like this or the 1000m model. The original grandfather and golden tunas are magnificent. I’m currently looking for a good one but they are very hard to find.

I own a Seiko 7T32-7H29 tach quartz 100m. Fn awesome since I found it in 40’ off South Point,Hawaii on June 8th ‘07. Just completely serviced in Toronto at Odyssey Time in ‘16. No need for another accurate and durable specimen. I’m selling it. I broke my neck and can’t dive anymore.

I own and love this watch but I have picked up a few small scratches on the crystal over the years. Its a tool watch so I think it looks better as it picks up scars. The coating has held up really well. I bought mine 2nd hand for $650 which is much more reasonable.

Awesome Informative vid Ivan nice one mate 👍

Not in 2019, but definitely looking for a 1000 meter tuna in 2020, as well as the ecozilla. Both watches are on my grail list, but first, 2019 is the year for the Orange Monster and the Phoibos Eagle Ray! Thanks for the review!

The design has been known for some time now and the calibers are no longer a surprise. A little change in one or two details and a new model is born. Maybe a good watch but without a wow.

Undeniably the best quartz diver ever! By the way I own the SBBN033. Accuracy is absurd! +2 seconds per month. It's a keeper no matter what.

you are not wrong in saying its not a DLC coating, the DLC coating is only found on the 1000m tunas. I took a damaged buckle from one of the 1000m tunas and tried to sand off the coating just for curiosity sake, the coating shredded the sandpaper instead. The black coating on the ninja is harder than the ion plating found on the recent save the ocean series but nowhere as durable as the DLC coat on the 1000m tunas. The bezel inserts on the 031 and 035 are both aluminium bezels, I heard they have a lacquer finish but I cannot confirm. With regards to the stainless steel insert, it is only found on the SBBN033. The darth tuna btw, is about 49.4mm diameter at the shroud when I measure mine. The quartz 1000m tunas also do not have drilled lugs whereas the 300m quartz tunas have. Which in my opinion, is a downgrade of sorts. The crystal on the 1000m tunas also sit below the bezel whereas the 300m tunas dome sits proud of the bezel, putting it in harms way.

Plenty of seiko tuna videos on KZfaq but I wish one of them would do a battery replacement video. Sweet piece tho

The only Tunas that are DLC coated are the SBDB008/009/13 maybe the cermet technologue i don't really know much about it i know it's ceramic with métal 🤔

Very Very Very nice indeed. I want one.

Hello, did you buy this off of Amazon from the seller CW US? I’m debating on buying it from them or the other seller you recommend. Also was your watch still covered under the factory warranty? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Nice! Seiko should come out with a " ninja turtle" ! Lol

Has the black coating held up well so far? Have you had any major issues with scratches or cracking?

The Tuna shroud has the virtue of being distinctive enough so that even non watch aficionados can see the difference to other dive watches. Enough so that there is the Chinese knockoff Merkur "Ocean Master" that fixes the most typical Tuna complaints with sapphire and a Seiko automatic movement. The price tag even with a Hexad bracelet is only a third of the real deal.. I also have a Seiko Lowercase "Special Edition" in black, with a shroud and solar quartz engine. Even imported, price was about a third of the Tuna. Adding a black Engineer bracelet trimmed the bargain a bit. Yet it is the Seiko Kinetic SUN019 that gets the most wrist time from me. The shroud is different but beautifully machined. The automatic quartz movement is odd but very accurate. It came with sapphire and a factory bracelet a cut above the typical Seiko, probably for marketing reasons. Sill half the street price for a Tuna. The applied indexes lend a certain depth to the dial that this watch nerd likes very much. So, no Tuna in my future but it was fun to see the Ninja black version examined in detail. Thanks!

I really like this

I thought the 300mm tuna would be the biggest i would ever wear on my 6.5mm wrist until i saw the latest emperor, the zaku. I tried it on and just can't let go. If you can wear the Sumo, you can wear the emperor. Man, what a majestic looking watch. Tall, proud, and handsome.

PVD is the process (Physical Vapour Deposition), the coating is DLC (Diamond Like Carbon)

it seems like it is like "normal Seiko Divers" that ranges from $300 to $500. but this watch is more than double the pricing. Since this is just 300M and there isn't much of special designs (well except the Tuna casing design) or innovations, does it worth the double the pricing? (and just rubber bracelet really does not add any value to it either..... actually lessens it) would you feel that this is one of those Seiko's marketing watch to charge way more than it should? what is your honest opinion?

So once you set the day date on English it will stay on English?

I will get one if this is just 2mm smaller in diameter.

The Seiko logo is applied actually

6 months later, how do you like it? 👍😊

Watch is packed incorrectly. Dial faces straight up and the straps fit flat into the slot. Very good chance of scratching it the way shown.

better diver than rolex

Really tough to justify spending that kind of money on a quartz watch. Nice review though.

#teamtuna 👍🏾⌚🥫🐟💦

$1200?! What am I missing?

I always dismissed the Tuna, to expensive for a quartz. It’s actually very nice. It would be very good for an actual saturation diver. Really should have sapphire at this price. At this price, I would go for a Transocean. This is just me, I don’t dive, the Transocean is a beautiful watch, sapphire crystal and Cermanic Bezel, 6r15, and the 200m wr is good enough for me.

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Seeing all the movement snops in the comments makes me laugh. It's a tool not a luxury, when you 300ms under water for hours, smacking your watch around you really want it house an ETA? They have 1000ms automatic version, but you know the price and size difference. The fact that this movement serve this watch for over 30 years speak for itself.

First?

Very nice... but very overpriced.

Quartz and hardlex for this kind of money? Seiko is dead to me lol. There's way too much choice of divers for all sorts of price ranges these days..

A $1000.00 unknown coated, oversized, non metal bracelet quartz driven watch. On what planet? If it said Rolex on the dial l wouldn't pay a grand for that. It's not even that interesting looking. Good vid though. Cheers