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Seiko SNA Flight Alarm Chronograph Watch
RayF
22220
Sep 22, 2020
Few things in life are as rewarding as reaching for a watch you haven't worn in a month and noting the time is still exactly right ;- )
andrea_t
112
Sep 22, 2020
RayFI have noticed your photography and composition is always top notch 👊
RayF
22220
Sep 22, 2020
andrea_t
Thanks--I owe it all to my neighborhood Fotomat drive-through!
mclose
582
Sep 22, 2020
RayFI stop my quartz watches when I take them off because there's nothing more annoying than strapping them on after not wearing them for a while (in my case often a year or more) and finding them dead, dead, dead. This Seiko is a very cool watch but as I'm about to start my 70th year, I'd have to keep a Jeweler's loupe in my pocket to read it.
RayF
22220
Sep 22, 2020
mclose
DC-ing the battery?! That's not playing fair!
I'm with you on the aging eyes thing--been wearing glasses since my late thirties and things haven't improved since. I mainly use my Flightmaster to check the time--the rest of the functions are just window dressing.
Hey--that gives me an idea! What if we have our watch crystals reground to the same Rx as our glasses?!!!
amateriat
31
Dec 28, 2020
mcloseAnd that's why my only two quartz watches are solar-powered (an all-analog Casio Edifice EQSA500DB-1AV, and all-digital Casio Pro-Trek PRG330-1; hey, I didn't come up with the model names here, so lay off ;-). It also means I no longer have to deal with ham-fisted "watchmakers" mauling my watches to change a damned battery…I've had about $500 in watches go up in smoke that way.
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boatsandhoes
12
Jan 30, 2021
RayFIs that a 22mm strap on your Flightmaster?
RayF
22220
Jan 31, 2021
boatsandhoes
No it's a 20mm (you can't get 22s between the lugs); and no, there's no noticeable gap using a 20mm.
However, even using a 20mm strap, especially a thicker ZULU, you still have to switch to curved spring bars because Seiko drilled the spring bar holes extremely close to the case itself--there's not much room to play with.
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boatsandhoes
12
Jan 31, 2021
RayFAwesome! Thanks! I read on a WatchUSeek forum that you could smash a 22mm strap on it, but it's never worked for me. I did have a 20mm milanese bracelet, but it had to much play back and forth. Key is the curved spring bars. Right now I have it on a 21mm leather strap and a 21mm silicone strap as a backup.
RayF
22220
Jan 31, 2021
boatsandhoes
It's true--you can find odd size straps and bracelet (now and then) and when they fit, life is good.
Otherwise, curved bars are the ticket.
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