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Post by thianwong on Feb 4, 2015 3:56:13 GMT -8
Kinda makes me itchy for a Tuna! I had considered it before I found and bought my used MM here in Japan. I read the Tuna is 47mm wide? My wrist is 6.5 inches and the MM fits fine. My newer Traser is 45mm and older PRG80Y is 49mm wide.
Would the Tuna be too wide for me???
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Post by cobrajet25 on Feb 4, 2015 5:29:28 GMT -8
Kinda makes me itchy for a Tuna! I had considered it before I found and bought my used MM here in Japan. I read the Tuna is 47mm wide? My wrist is 6.5 inches and the MM fits fine. My newer Traser is 45mm and older PRG80Y is 49mm wide. Would the Tuna be too wide for me??? No, I think you would be just fine with one of these. This is something I was worried about as well. Having just sold a watch that was too big, I was worried about spending even more money on another with the same issue. The dimensions of the Tuna case are pretty deceptive. While the shroud measures about 47mm at it's base, it actually tapers inward as it goes up. So at the top, where the crystal/bezel are, it is really 44mm (I measured it). And 44mm is pretty manageable for us guys with smaller wrists. The watch is advertised as being 15mm thick, and that is true...it is actually 15.3mm from the high points on the caseback's wave logo to the top of the crystal's dome. But the caseback is significantly smaller in terms of diameter than the case/shroud are. So on my arm, the caseback seems to "sink" into my wrist quite a bit, making it appear as though the watch's case has a completely flat back and is sitting on my arm completely level with the bottom of the shroud. This makes it wear flatter, so despite it's measured 15mm height only around 11mm of that is prominently visible on the wrist. Again, manageable for us with smaller wrists. It is a brilliant case design, and works well with many wrist sizes. It is large and heavy, but it will certainly not look like you have a '55 Pontiac hubcap on your arm. If you can pull of an SBDX, this will be no trouble at all. |
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Post by thianwong on Feb 4, 2015 14:14:19 GMT -8
Thanks for the size rundown! Hmmmmmm.....should I look for a used on on the Japanese auctions?  |
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Post by seikoholic on Feb 4, 2015 15:03:51 GMT -8
They're great. But they've got a 7C under the hood? Which, as you say has been made for close to 30 years? Then why in God's name is it so f'ing hard to find 7C movement parts like the coils, daywheels, datewheels? Everything is discontinued, out of stock, unavailable. I should be able to find parts by the bucketful, but nope. Yep. I was thinking the exact same thing. These movements, and their parts, should be found under any and every rock in Japan. But for some reason, they aren't. To be fair, Seiko probably doesn't make too many 7C-powered watches every year. The movement is pretty much reserved for expensive, high-end, mostly JDM divers. It wouldn't surprise me if they made more 7S26s in a month than they made 7C46s in 30 years. Apparently, there are two variants. The 7C46A and the 7C46B. Not sure when the switchover was made. Maybe they had a ton of parts made at the outset, enough to last for many years, and have been slowly working through it since then. |
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Post by cobrajet25 on Feb 4, 2015 21:54:09 GMT -8
Thanks for the size rundown! Hmmmmmm.....should I look for a used on on the Japanese auctions? Absolutely! As I said, had I known how cool these are I would have had one years ago. But used ones seem to be hard to find. I held off on buying a new one for quite a while in hopes of finding a good price on a gently used one. People who buy them don't seem to want to give them up, and I get why. I love this watch. I mean, seriously. I swear when I opened the box, "Suddenly" by Billy Ocean started playing in my head. |
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Post by cobrajet25 on Feb 4, 2015 21:56:23 GMT -8
Yep. I was thinking the exact same thing. These movements, and their parts, should be found under any and every rock in Japan. But for some reason, they aren't. To be fair, Seiko probably doesn't make too many 7C-powered watches every year. The movement is pretty much reserved for expensive, high-end, mostly JDM divers. It wouldn't surprise me if they made more 7S26s in a month than they made 7C46s in 30 years. Apparently, there are two variants. The 7C46A and the 7C46B. Not sure when the switchover was made. Maybe they had a ton of parts made at the outset, enough to last for many years, and have been slowly working through it since then. Certainly possible. But the movement has gone through at least one notable revision since the 1980s. Not sure what it was, but I completely agree that parts should be easier to find. Then again, parts for other mid-grade/expensive Seikos generally don't seem easy to find, either. |
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Post by bladedogg on Feb 6, 2015 14:39:59 GMT -8
My tuna sbbn007 goes octopus diving me with me, it is my right hand man! Enjoy!
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Post by cobrajet25 on Feb 7, 2015 1:46:57 GMT -8
My tuna sbbn007 goes octopus diving me with me, it is my right hand man! Enjoy! Thanks, man! If these get a thumbs up from a REAL diver like you, then it should be tough enough for me to use it "desk diving"!  I really do like this one. Hasn't left my wrist since I got it. |
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Post by bladedogg on Feb 8, 2015 1:35:10 GMT -8
My tuna sbbn007 goes octopus diving me with me, it is my right hand man! Enjoy! Thanks, man! If these get a thumbs up from a REAL diver like you, then it should be tough enough for me to use it "desk diving"! I really do like this one. Hasn't left my wrist since I got it. It really is a cool watch and very tough to boot. I am totally not a real diver tho. I probably go about 5-10 feet down at the most. Very shallow but fun to catch them. ENJOY it, it is a cool watch indeed.... |
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Post by cobrajet25 on Feb 8, 2015 1:56:12 GMT -8
Thanks, man! If these get a thumbs up from a REAL diver like you, then it should be tough enough for me to use it "desk diving"! I really do like this one. Hasn't left my wrist since I got it. It really is a cool watch and very tough to boot. I am totally not a real diver tho. I probably go about 5-10 feet down at the most. Very shallow but fun to catch them. ENJOY it, it is a cool watch indeed.... That's 5-10 feet further than I go!  |
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Post by bladedogg on Feb 9, 2015 14:06:52 GMT -8
Maybe like 5-10 inches in the bathtub?? haha! That is a great watch...tough as nails and WINNER looks to boot. CLASSIC.
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