Post by NOMADARTIST on Mar 17, 2018 8:49:16 GMT -8
Greetings to all Seiko lovers !!!
My name is Mike from Vancouver Canada, I am a freelance artist/painter.
My wife and I have lived in 7 countries, visiting over 50 so far and still moving around.
My first purchase was an H558-5000 in a shop in Manila Philippines in 1985. Just had to have it. Loved that watch on my wrist and I wore it daily as a deck hand on a sailboat in the Manila Yacht Club and later on when we moved the boat south due to the Peoples Power Revolution, working in a dive shop in Puerto Galera, Mindoro. At some point the film Commando came out in the local Manila theaters so I went to see Arnie in action and low and behold there was my watch on his wrist (the H558 wasn't even called the Arnie yet). I had remembered that the shop where I had bought my black H558-5000 also had an orange one in the showcase. So, inspired by the film and my monthly paycheck in my pocket I went back into Chinatown and bought the Orange H558-500A as well. Both those watches still sit in my watch box with memories attached.
Just a few days ago I was fortunate enough to catch a NOS H558-500A Golden Arnie from Japan to add to my other H558's.
My watch boxes contain mostly TUNA's and ARNIE's with a few other Seiko's mixed in.
TUNA:
- YAQ028 6159-7010 - 600 non-m 'Grandfather Tuna'
- PYF028 7549-7010 - JDM 300m 'Tuna Can'
- S60585 7549-7010 - SQ 300m 'Tuna Can'
- PYF018 7549-7000 - JDM '600m Golden Tuna'
- S60583 7549-7009 - SQ '600m Golden Tuna'
- S23157 7C46-7009 - SQ '1000m Golden Tuna'
- SBBN009 7C43-6020 - JDM 200m 'Mini Tuna'
- SHF008J 5M23-6A10 - JDM 200m 'AGS Tuna'
- SHF012 5M23-6A19 - JDM 200m 'Kinetic Tuna'
- SBBN007 7C46-7010 - JDM 300m 'Silver Tuna'
- SBBN007 7C46-7011 - JDM 300m 'Silver Tuna II' or 'Crop Circles Tuna'
- SBBN00C 7C46-7011 - JDM LE 300m 'Scubapro Tuna'
- SBBN011 7C46-0AA0 - JDM 1000m 'Darth Tuna'
- SBBN019 7C46-0AD0 - JDM LE 1000m 'White Dolphin Tuna'
- S23611J1 7C46-0AB0 - 1000m 'Taiwan Golden Tuna'
- SBBN023 7C46-0AF0 - JDM LE 300m 'GOLGO 13 TUNA'
- SBBN013 7C46-0AA0 JDM 1000m 'Darth Tuna II'
- SBDC011 6R15-01W0 JDM 200m 'Field Tuna'
ARNIE:
- SAD038 H558-500A - JDM 150m 'Golden Arnie'
- SAD017 H558-500A - JDM 150m 'Orange Arnie'
- SAD01R H558-500A - Export 'Orange Arnie'
- SAD018 H558-5000 - JDM 150m 'Arnie'
- SPW005 H558-5009 - US Export 150m 'Arnie'
- SBJ201 H601-5480 - JDM 150m 'Arnie II' or 'Upside-down Arnie'
OTHER:
- 7a38-7080 - Chrono SPORTS 100
- SDWC045P1 7T32-7E50 100m Pilot Chronograph
- SNM037 7S35-00F0 200m 'Orange Land Monster'
- SKZ249K1 7S36-02S0 200m 'Orange Frankenmonster'
- SNDA15 7T92-0JG0 200m Chrono 'CAESAR'
I am glad to finally be here and hope to meet a many of you in the future.
My name is Mike from Vancouver Canada, I am a freelance artist/painter.
My wife and I have lived in 7 countries, visiting over 50 so far and still moving around.
My first purchase was an H558-5000 in a shop in Manila Philippines in 1985. Just had to have it. Loved that watch on my wrist and I wore it daily as a deck hand on a sailboat in the Manila Yacht Club and later on when we moved the boat south due to the Peoples Power Revolution, working in a dive shop in Puerto Galera, Mindoro. At some point the film Commando came out in the local Manila theaters so I went to see Arnie in action and low and behold there was my watch on his wrist (the H558 wasn't even called the Arnie yet). I had remembered that the shop where I had bought my black H558-5000 also had an orange one in the showcase. So, inspired by the film and my monthly paycheck in my pocket I went back into Chinatown and bought the Orange H558-500A as well. Both those watches still sit in my watch box with memories attached.
Just a few days ago I was fortunate enough to catch a NOS H558-500A Golden Arnie from Japan to add to my other H558's.
My watch boxes contain mostly TUNA's and ARNIE's with a few other Seiko's mixed in.
TUNA:
- YAQ028 6159-7010 - 600 non-m 'Grandfather Tuna'
- PYF028 7549-7010 - JDM 300m 'Tuna Can'
- S60585 7549-7010 - SQ 300m 'Tuna Can'
- PYF018 7549-7000 - JDM '600m Golden Tuna'
- S60583 7549-7009 - SQ '600m Golden Tuna'
- S23157 7C46-7009 - SQ '1000m Golden Tuna'
- SBBN009 7C43-6020 - JDM 200m 'Mini Tuna'
- SHF008J 5M23-6A10 - JDM 200m 'AGS Tuna'
- SHF012 5M23-6A19 - JDM 200m 'Kinetic Tuna'
- SBBN007 7C46-7010 - JDM 300m 'Silver Tuna'
- SBBN007 7C46-7011 - JDM 300m 'Silver Tuna II' or 'Crop Circles Tuna'
- SBBN00C 7C46-7011 - JDM LE 300m 'Scubapro Tuna'
- SBBN011 7C46-0AA0 - JDM 1000m 'Darth Tuna'
- SBBN019 7C46-0AD0 - JDM LE 1000m 'White Dolphin Tuna'
- S23611J1 7C46-0AB0 - 1000m 'Taiwan Golden Tuna'
- SBBN023 7C46-0AF0 - JDM LE 300m 'GOLGO 13 TUNA'
- SBBN013 7C46-0AA0 JDM 1000m 'Darth Tuna II'
- SBDC011 6R15-01W0 JDM 200m 'Field Tuna'
ARNIE:
- SAD038 H558-500A - JDM 150m 'Golden Arnie'
- SAD017 H558-500A - JDM 150m 'Orange Arnie'
- SAD01R H558-500A - Export 'Orange Arnie'
- SAD018 H558-5000 - JDM 150m 'Arnie'
- SPW005 H558-5009 - US Export 150m 'Arnie'
- SBJ201 H601-5480 - JDM 150m 'Arnie II' or 'Upside-down Arnie'
OTHER:
- 7a38-7080 - Chrono SPORTS 100
- SDWC045P1 7T32-7E50 100m Pilot Chronograph
- SNM037 7S35-00F0 200m 'Orange Land Monster'
- SKZ249K1 7S36-02S0 200m 'Orange Frankenmonster'
- SNDA15 7T92-0JG0 200m Chrono 'CAESAR'
I am glad to finally be here and hope to meet a many of you in the future.
to Wrist Sushi!
:party: 
