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I'll sit here with my Steel Dive 1970 Willard, jealouse & smug at the same time, knowing I only paid £89

I freaking love you, man! So crazy, witty, funny and yet so freaking detailed with every review! Your takes on watch collecting - in a community usually filled with snobby, pretentious content creators - really is refreshing! Looking forward to watch your channel skyrocket. Keep up the great work! Cheers from NY.

Another brilliant review again Russ! Love the edged crystal giving that OG acrylic distortion effect. Maybe Seiko can start to throw in a slight yellow/brown tint into those sapphires if they want to warm up that old retro vibe some more (?) Wondering if any intrepid watch nerds have identified Kilgore’s watch as yet? Kurtz and Willard have their watch taxonomy recorded. Would be cool to see what Duvall was sporting in that infamous ‘Charlie don’t surf!’ scene! /…and then the run would begin…

Love the format, great review. That is some energy level you got. Keep it up! I have been thinking of grabbing this watch for some time. I have the SteelDive version and it is certainly a great watch, but the dial on the Seiko is significantly classier looking. My next watch will either be this or the 62Mas. "What the wife said" is brilliant. :)

Excellent review. I own a vintage 6105 and the reissue. I have to say, I wear the reissue much more than the original. It simply wears better and I feel is in the right proportion as it relates to the dial, case, etc...I just wish I would have waited on the Green version, as I agree it is a beauty. Keep up the fine work your reviews are refreshingly funny and informative!!! Well done mate!

I absolutely love mine, I've owned the green version for around 5 months now. I call mine the Seiko Rafer, after finding out that Richard Harris wore the original as Captain Rafer Janders In the awesome Movie The Wild Geese. Amazing watch.

Just found your channel. BRILLIANT!!! How do you not have at least 10x more subscribers??

Awesome show for a legendary watch MWC! That Uncle Seiko bracelet is a game changer too 😍 I said the same after watching Gordon from Illuminating Watches video on his Willard that it’s amazing how much of that classic Seiko dive watch DNA is right there in this model. Cushion case, 4 o’clock crown etc. A timeless bit of design.

Great video. Plenty of chuckles in it. I agree it’s a bit pricey at full RRP but with a discount it’s worth it. I think it’s a great pairing with your BB58, 2 divers that fit 2 different purposes (that’s how I’d treat them anyway!).

Probably my favorite watch reviewer/channel. You have absolutely no snobby characteristics whatsoever my man. A true reviewer that recognizes a well made watch, regardless of the price. Keep doing what you're doing. More people support/enjoy your videos more than you know. Another great video.

While it is true that the US Armed Services general service (GS) watch was meant to be disposable, the bigger issue was that they were in chronic short supply. This meant that they were readily available to officers and pilots, but very difficult for an enlisted serviceman to acquire. Seiko and others filled the gap with watches built to a higher spec and to a more robust standard which were purchased at PX's by active servicemen during the Vietnam conflict.

Okay, great video, just found you and subscribed. I have a couple of Seiko's, want to make it 3 by the end of 2022 (want that Prospex Save the Ocean or the one with the penguin feet) last Seiko i purchased was the baby ice monster. Laughed really hard at the Pagani part (yeah, I have a couple of those too). I really liked the style of the video, made me laugh a lot. Look forward to the next one dude.

Congratz! It's a beauty! Perfect match for a field jacket like the Brandit Britannia I just bought. Think I need this watch 😁👍🏻

LOVE your videos and style, absolute stunner😊!! Was torn between the green and the spb151 black, this video tipped the scale for me.

0:43 Ha! Also, at 4:05 you reminded me of TGV with your open box reaction. 😄 Love all your creativity that goes into your videos. You’re outta control, Madman! That’s what sets you apart from the rest. Keep it up!

Russ, if I may say, your video production & editing is absolutely next level! The cuts, colour changes & re-focuses every few seconds really help break-up what would otherwise be just a single shot of talking. Great stuff- enjoy your content! 👏🏻 As for the watch, sorry man, I’m not keen on the bulky, odd shape case (I know it makes the watch what it is!) Prefer my SBP143 👍

Now that’s a watch! As you know I love a seiko especially in that case shape! Think I need one

Love the review, love the show, love the watch!…… a lot of love basically! Might have to get one to go alongside my King Turtle Save The Ocean!

"What the wife said," is the best part.

I have the Steel Dive homage. Love it! Jelly it’s not the Seiko but still looks and feels great. My dad and I are big watch enthusiasts, as well as huge fans of the film. Adding to the mix both of us are combat veterans so we had to show love! 🤘🏼

Great stuff man! Love the Willard

I love it Russ! You defo picked the best colour too👌

The "bezel face" was epic. Couldn't stop laughing.

Great review, love the watch and as you rightly said it wears so well

I've got the spb185 which has the same hands as this one and they are beautiful! Great video as always 👍

Great episode Russell and congrats on the new member of the family! A keeper isn't it?

Been really looking forward to this one Russ! Now I have to go get one for myself.

Great review! I'm normally not a Willard fan, but I'm starting to warmup to them, and your review is a big part of it. Cheerio!

I have the black dial one and I love it to bits.

Great episode!🙌🏽 & honored to be included in the Seiko showcase🍾

superb review! 👍🏼 every collection needs a seiko diver. 😎 just like you i picked the willard because it has got everything a true stunner below 1000 € needs (and i agree that 700-800 € would be a more reasonable price, but we‘d buy the watch anyway, wouldn’t we? 😃). will definitely be a keeper in my collection too. 🤩

In my opinion, the green vintage turtle is the most beautiful turtle .

Finally, someone making sense regarding push pins vs screw pins. Screw pins are such a step backwards.

Really helpful, fun and attractive review man! ❤

Dude, your channel rules lol. Great looking watch. Just ordered the CWC RN quartz. Been my personal grail for a while. So much history. The Monnin case is design perfection. Would love to see you get one in! Cheers!

Loving your work Mr. First I got my first G shock in 30 yrs thanks to you and now I have in my possession my Lovely new Willard. Great review. Great price in H Samual right now. Just saying that if you pop in a store today you may get one of the last couple. They are available in green for £550 🎉😢 offer not available online

Love it when you pull your Bezel Face. Priceless!

Yeah the price is the killer for this one .. $1,000 ... that is more expensive than Swiss Hamilton, Swiss Tissot and bordering on Christopher Ward, DOXA 300 and Rado Captain Cook territory.

Love my 200m 7002 Transitional diver purchased by me back in ‘88.

That was a fun watch! I’ve been deliberating with this one for a few months now, but finally bit the bullet and it should be arriving in a couple of days. I went with the Matt Black dial and Green NATO. I can understand the Green strap puts some people off, but not me, and it also reflects the Military ground force heritage and like ability by those troops, so it’s a tribute to them. Needless to say, Diver watch models are simply unbeatable for all round cool sporty looks, robustness, and day to day aesthetic wearability. We’ll done Seiko, this is the Turtle style I was hoping for, with heritage to boot 👍🏼😎

new sub I love the review man

Russ you really deserve more subs!

Another cool movie connection the 6105 has is that it was worn by the absolute legend Richard Harris in The Wild Geese. Worth watching for those who haven’t seen it…. Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris all in one film, what’s not to love 😁

These videos keep getting better- well done. Looks great, but in that price range for Seiko divers I prefer my spb143, which is the watch I would keep if for some horrible reason I had to have a one watch collection 😎😜

The intro to Mr. Pagani’s segment had me in tears! 🤣

Well I've never owned a turtle , but I love the Willard case shape. I prefer the 62mas overall , so I've got a spb051, and just acquired a sla043. The 051 was one of the first higher tier divers reissues , and it cost me £675 used. The sla is another level and cost over 4k new. Again I managed to pick one up on eBay for 2.4k , and it's just gorgeous. I will never sell either . I'm tempted to get a sla version of this but I'm supposed to be cutting down !!! Delighted you love it Russ.

The green King Turtle though Russ!!!

Fantastic review. It's real beauty. Green was a good choice!! I do prefer the bigger power reserve as I change watch a fair bit so 70 hours is very handy, preferable to 28,800 and less reserve. The price is a bit high. I would definitely wait for a discount.

Great video russ,you've bought one of my grail watches, nice.i would have gone for the traditional black dial though.take care carl from cov.

Got one, love it. Strap = Erika MN color (matches), daily wearer, a keeper!

This was an excellent review. You can obv tell your a massive Seiko fan - but you came across fair for sure. I’ve been critical of your Seiko faiko (143) in past, mainly because I’m kinda with you that the feeling of having the real thing is worth some extra ££. I think the Willard really proves this as despite the high quality homages on market for a tenth of the price you just can’t beat the Seiko fizz you get with the proper McCoy! Plus secretly I think you cry a little inside when you pop on the 143 build lol 😂- joking my friend - keep up the great content, genuinely one of the nice guys and proper original content makers in the watch YT space.

After seeing this you tube show; I picked one up from eBay for £570 with box;papers and tags in a unworn state; I love it so much that I went and bought the grey slate dectured dial too. Amazing watches;accurate with looks to die for

Spot on brother! Just wanted to add the other watch most famous in Vietnam especially those in the special forces branch was a Tudor Submariner. Had a few family members in that conflict and two on special operations. One of them still has his Tudor and believe it or not still wears it today. Love your Willard.

Definitely on my to get at some point list.

The green looks like an official NATO colour which looks so much better than the frog green Rolex use and the alloy bezel looks so much better than a ceramic. The date @3 looks good as they have just replaced the hour marker with a date window and as a result it looks great think the lug size could have been 21 or 22 mm, bin the rubber strap and put a nice NATO or ZULU strap on it. Looks like they have sorted out the QC issues Really nice watch and a Seiko I would consider buying Great review 👍🍻

Bought this exact watch two weeks ago. I ordered the blue 55th anniversary one on bracelet in store too, loved both but the green one spoke to me more. Can't have two green Seikos so I've since sold my sarb017 😭. Loved that watch too but... Had to go. Might buy another alpinist in different colour. They do a lovely brown one. And they have a really nice cream one too.

Just bought the limited blue edition, and love it!

Great review Russ and I totally agree with your observations mate....

I was a bit disappointed with mine losing 10 seconds a day which remained consistent over a month. So I took the bull by the horns and regulated it and she now runs about +8 seconds a week. Mines the same watch with black dial and metal bracelet. I do have the dreaded bezel alignment issue but it's very minor and after a while you just forget about it. Great watch.

Definitely a beauty, the green one has stunning dial, i was sure about buying one so i got a steel dive first and recently tried a seiko and scored a great deal :)

That Uncle Seiko bracket is 🤩🤩🤩 😍😍😍. It’s amazing!!!!

Hey Russ A great and entertaining review as always Nice looking watch but I will hold onto my skx009 Best Regards

“It’s a tasteful grind” 😂😂😂😂 Brilliant review!

Great video definitely agree with you on the pricing.

Steeldive SD1970W. You can't beat it for value. Not as well finished as the Seiko, but certainly MUCH better value at just 10% of the price!

A beauty! 👍

Yes Yes the green is great ! but the Willard with faux patina pull the switch for me. The difference of finish against my made in japan Turtlle is huge!! You said it right the bezel is strange... great intro by the way.

@7:37 watch crunch?!!? never heard of it! this is awesome!! singing up now.

Seikopaths unite!!!!!!!!

I own the 143 which i really love. The 153 you have is definitely a looker but i just worry about its size. I'm not sure it would sit nearly as comfortably on the wrist as its smaller sibling. In any case loved your review. It's given me much food for thought.

Love mine owned for a year very accurate losing 3-5 seconds a day can wear it all day its comfortable very happy with it 👍

It's a cracker for sure 👌 I wasn't sure if it would work on my 6.5" wrist, but now I can see that it would. Thanks for another awesome review 👏

Mr Pagani is one hunk of a man. Keep up the great work Russ. Fantastic and that watch is a looker for sure !!!

Dressed mine up with a Tropic khaki green rubber strap and it looks great.

Great review and I must admit, I was a bit skeptical this watch wouldn't look oversized on a smaller wrist, but you wore it well. I'm not particularly on board with Seiko's marketing strategy of discontinuing a popular model watch, later to reissue it, at a substantially more expensive price. I've recently bought a watch most know the brand as Steel dive; although the particular watch I purchased is an Addiesdive. However, these little gems saree giving Seiko a bit of friendly competition it seems with similar movements and, at times, better specs and prices. The green dial looked like a great color choice and Seiko does have brand power. Still, I think the original SNK809 is probably the best watch for the money. I've since seen a reissue of that watch as well and like this one I don't think it merits the substantial price increase. Lastly, congratulations on all your achievements with the MWC show. You've certainly earned them.

Great review. I have a similar variant - the SPB237J1. It's currently one of my favorite Seikos. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that image on the back of Seiko divers is not really depicting the famous Great Wave Off Kanegawa, but rather an unrelated generic tsunami logo.

Hey mate, was wondering how you’re getting along with the green Willard on the bracelet over your summer. Any regrets? Also we’ll be heading to summer down hear in the next few months and I wonder if you have any concerns over the red dot on second hand fading? Cheers

Great video. I really like the watch. I’m torn between the Willard and the king turtle. I’m going to try both on this weekend hopefully and see any differences. I know there is a significant price difference between the two. The one thing that bothers me with the Willard is the bad accuracy spec. The other thing that bothers me with Seiko in general is their terrible Q&A.

Great review and top video editing. Would be great (more realistic?) to see the watch on the timing machine in the crown-down position.

Just got mine straight from Japan. It’s glued to my wrist

Great episode, lovely watch at 30% off. It will look brill on. MN strap. Cheers 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Seiko is totally out of my price range so I won a Heimdallr Captain Willard on eBay. I was very surprised and impressed accuracy at how tough this particular watch is. So, at $64.00, I think I lucked out.

You and I are now watch twinsies I bought my watch for this year, the spb153, and I bought the presidential bracelet from uncle seiko It’s my favorite bracelet that I don’t have currently. High five !!!!

Eres un fenómeno!!

NICE REVIEW BRO👍🏻👍🏻

With that Seiko, you go crazy like Colonel Kurtz from Apocalypse Now.

"Nipplenuts"? Oh damn, you made me laugh out loud again. Few people can do that. Fabulous intro! Thanks for a the smile I'm still enjoying! 😂

As a watch reviewer you are head and shoulders above the rest..........always entertaining Regards Ian

I really love my SPB183. The blue Willard

Your reviews are so informative and hilarious at the same time. This should be a 1 million subscriber channel!

I picked one of these up about a month after they launched and pretty much came to the exact same conclusions. Not to crazy about the strap and swapped it out for a waffle from uncle Seiko and a hook strap. I also paid full retail but I had the funds and I don't regret it two years later. My only major gripe is the movement. Not in its function but in its accuracy. I'm usually pretty lucky with Seikos. My previous two have been at cosc or close to it. Not so with my Willard I don't have a time graph but comparing it to my phone it's running at about +30 a day. Overall it's a fantastic watch and a great do it all diver that you can dress up or down. But the alkalis heel as with all Seikos is movement accuracy.

Beautiful! But yeah, too expensive. Another great video Russell!

Bezel face 😂

Coor,, Cushion cased! Just back from Nam an finking of taking the Demolition Gig Up North? Or Surfing Indonesia for the next few Decades. PS: Great review Young Chum!

Good choice! One of the most iconic divers in history. Unbelievable how comfortable this big piece of steel is.

Hola!. Este tío tiene tan buen rollo que mola un montón ver sus videos de relojes. Te pone de buen humor. I think that there must be an applied Seiko logo, a framed date window, of course no X , may be a ceramic bezel.....a bracelet.......cheers!.

Beautiful watch. I like the Willard but find it too large for my wrists. On another note, Seiko price to specs seemed a bit off. As others have mentioned, you can get watches similar to most seikos for a lot less. I still enjoy seikos.

Had my eye on this watch since TGV did a video on it a few months ago. His ran fine with just a few seconds deviation but Jody's on JOMW was way off. Yours seems OK but it seems a lottery on whether you get a good one. Not so much a problem sub £500 but an issue at £1k...

Got the black one, love it... actually prefer it to my SM300 😱...may well get the green one too. Paid £700 for mine, worth every penny imho. Great video thank you 👍🏻👍🏻