I wore mine through 200 dives. I still have it now. It needs a battery now.

Fantastic story. Thx for your service.

I picked one up a week ago, mines from 81

You now need to find a decent 7548-700H blue dial.

@@dannybrizzi9394 did try to get 7548-700c with a rare teal dial but that is almost impossible or too expensive. Quite happy with pepsi and orange ☺

If you still have the watch it can be fully rebuilt to run like new including, a crystal and full gasket set.

The 7S26 hand moves 6 times per second so yeah.

Nothing unusual about the seconds hand not hitting the marker, it's just a sign that the movement has been serviced and the watchmaker did not take the time (or did not have the skill) to mount the hand dead on the marker.

@@dannybrizzi9394 it is a big deal when it is like that out of the factory.

I’ve heard of many quartz Rhondas and ETA being prone to drift . It’s not they aren’t hitting the markers it’s just one of them things with the oscillation

They have...sort of...SNE439 about 3 or 4 years ago. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNxlYMqkqdvDqmw.html

@@roadgent7921 Ah, I actually got myself one of those a short while back because of the similarity. Thanks for telling me about it, though!

@@Blaze016 OK, good stuff. I'm thinking of getting one. What's your opinion of it?

@@roadgent7921 I like it! The Pepsi bezel's a bit more conspicuous than I was expecting, though. Mainly due to the lighter blue it uses, and it's bigger in relation to the watch, with bigger numbers. It's a decent size for me at least, right around middle of the road. Lug to lug is a bit long, I think (about 50mm), but the watch seems smaller due to the relatively smaller dial size. While I would like to eventually get a SKX-style Seiko watch (with 4 o'clock crown) in solar, the SNE's still quite a nice watch. It looks like a cool Seiko take on the classic Rolex Submariner look. In case you want the SNE's measurements, here's what I found, approximately: 20mm lug width 50mm lug tip to lug tip (49.5mm spring bar to spring bar) 12mm case thickness 43mm case width 32mm dial width 5.5mm bezel thickness (not sure if that's the correct term? Not how flat it is, but how wide the circle line is) If you have the money, I say you should get it ASAP. I paid about 300$ for it on eBay back in early February. I'm not sure if the watch model's being produced anymore, so prices could rise.

@@Blaze016 Many thanks for that. Interesting the lugs are 20mm. I am looking for one, but it looks like the 439 is not a Euro market watch (I'm UK) so I might have to settle for a 435 or the newer 549. Both are the same except for colours. Thanks again.

Skx is a reissue of this 7548

@@BiffTannenBTTF I know but he called it the quartz SKX. The SKX is younger than the 7548

@@ΠαῦλοςΠαυλίδης-χ7θ Hello. I agree, it should be the other way around. 7548 came out in 1978, SKX was 1996. The SKX was made specifically to look like the 7548 but obviously with the SKX being a mechanical that's where the similarity ends. I have both (pepsi variant) a 1983 7548 and a 2004 skx and they look practically identical however there are some slight differences looks wise, the main being: 1. dial diameter is about 1mm less on the 7548, case seems about 1mm different as well although that's me judging by eye only. 2. Bezel Colours (red/blue) slightly darker on skx, although this is prob due to UV fading on older watch. 3. Crown positions are about 5 degrees different (1 sec on bezel). 4. There are some tiny differences in the hands, but not really noticeable. 5. Bezels are slightly different, mainly the skx having a 120 uni-dir and the 7548 is 60 Bi-dir, The knurling is different and the side profile angle is slightly different. Again not ever so noticeable unless you look closely. Spencer Klein is the expert on 7548s. When serviced properly he trims them on average to 1 sec in 50 days. He did one that was 40y old for a guy in Singapore to 1 sec in 100 days. He did comment that you cant swap the movements between 7548/SKX as he tried it. Sorry I rambled on a bit there. 😎

@@ΠαῦλοςΠαυλίδης-χ7θ the skx is definitely younger than the 7548. The 7548 is the father of the skx . Period . In fact fact it’s one of a few fathers of the skx . So the skx definitely came later making it younger than the 7548, 7c etc

@@ΠαῦλοςΠαυλίδης-χ7θ I think he was just affectionately coining that term quartz skx and being cute

For 38mm size, check 6458 series. 6458-6000 is black dialed version

Yes. Case and lugs are virtually identical. Edit: no it won't fit!!

@@roadgent7921 careful though I had a some strapcode milats and a wjean bracelet from my skx’s that would not fit my 7548 . The damn end links would not go on at all no matter how many ways I tried . So although they appear the same dimensions as the skx - they are not

@@bruh_oly1370 You are right. Tried to fit the standard SKX metal bracelet to 7548 - no go!! Strange, as the lugs look identical. Must be fractions of a millimetre different.

@@roadgent7921 I just fired an SKX jubilee strap to mine the end links do fit if you run a little off the side of them with nail sanding board, you don't need a metal file as it's just as a little in the two edges of the strap end link. It fits pretty flush once done and looks way better than a Z22 or rubber strap. The jubilee bracelet is so comfy once it's properly sized it's one of the most comfiest and best looking metal bracelet ever made on any watch

@@antduke2361 Thanks man I'll try that.

Yes glass scratches

@Stay Hard not a good start for a new watch. Hold your horses though. You're being butt hurt for no reason.

You do understand this is a 30+ year watch?! It's by no means new 😀

@@WatchGeek I thought it was a new watch as you said it was still being made to this day. That was a misunderstanding on my part.

@@traviswalker8933 Production of 7548 stopped in 1988. 😢

You can credit Timex and Casio for "mass producing" quartz watches which brought the cost down. You can still get entry level Seiko 5s for cheap. The price of automatic watches will depend upon the brand and model, just like a car.

Totally disagree mine is OK

That is not true, Seiko quality issues are from recent years. You'll never find an inaccurate or misaligned skx with a 7s26a movement from the 90's

Disagree Paulo. These 7548 when new (1978 to 1985) were one of the all time great watches. When you see one now it is likely to have been taken apart, serviced, maybe relumed. The issues you've mentioned are almost certain to be due to the lack of skill by the service guy. If serviced right and QT regulated they will keep 1 sec per 50 days.

Mine is perfect as good as a Rolex or Omega in line up of all those variables you mention.

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