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Mr_Ling
978
Jun 22, 2021
I still have 3 Turtles SRP’s! Gold, two tone and black. Have you seen the rose gold land tortoise yet?
RayF
22218
Jun 23, 2021
Mr_Ling Actually I hadn't--I had to go looking for them, and when I found them, I wasn't happy! Initially I thought they weren't half-bad looking, then I read the fine print.
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The first thing Seiko screwed up is the case size down from 45mm on the original Turtle to a smaller 42.3mm in the Tortoise. I suppose a guy could live with that, but they really screwed up the DAY/DATE complication--they eliminated the damn DAY! Only the date remains--now it's just another date-only dial with the aperture at the 4:30 position (with numerals about 2/3rds the size of the original font used--not helpful). I don't have a problem with the compass style bezel--that's more or less the point of the watch (even though that method is only mildly functional in the field). Of the color ways available, I'd probably opt for the Olive Green (assuming someone was holding a gun to my head). I'd pull the trigger myself before I'd wear the Rose Gold version, especially at the $550 MSRP! So bottom line: I hate 'em. They look as though someone at Seiko forced a Turtle to mate with an Alpinist and this is the deformity that resulted!
Mr_Ling
978
Jun 24, 2021
RayFI did not realize that they were sized down, actually I never read the spec’s 🤣😂🤣 now I’m more interested!
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