Description

A new colour for the new turtle. Sun burst grey, a beautiful colur that plays with the light. When you turn the watch, you see various shades of grey. Sad news: the “old” models (SRP773 – 775 – 777 – 779) are not produced anymore already, so when I am out of stock, they are gone.

This new Turtle is a re-issue of the famous Turtle diver from the seventees and eighties (6309-704x). You can see it in the movie “the Abyss” where Ed Harris wears it.

The new Turtle is larger than the SKX-diver family, lug to lug it is 2 mm longer.

It is smaller than a Sumo (SBDC031/033), lug to lug it is 3 mm smaller, the width is also 1mm less.

The SRPC23 comes with a steel bracelet with divers-extension. The lugs are drilled through, so removing the push pins is easy and swapping the bracelet for a strap is a piece of cake. It is possible to order it without bracelet band,  in the shopping cart nice steel bracelets are offered (and will be installed).

Comes in a very nice Seiko watchbox.

• Alignment of the dial ring: this is a well known issue with the new Turtles. The dial ring is a loose part, it lies on an edge in the case, and there is a “nipple” that keeps it in place. But the nipple is smaller than the hole it goes into, so the dial ring can move a bit. This issue appears equally in the K and the J version.
  I do not sell those! I keep them aside and correct the aligment when I install sapphire.
• The bezel is a part with a function (how long you are submerged). Being exactly at 12 is not its function, and Seiko does not care. The way the watch is made, a complete bezel is pressed on the case) almost prohibits the markings to be at 12: there are too many variables: click ring, indentations on the bottom of the bezel, how the bezel insert is placed in the bezel). If you want a perfectly aligned bezel, the insert must be placed after assembly of the watch, and that will result in a much more expensive watch. I can do that, if you ask for it, but will charge 25 euro for it. I have to remove the bezel, take out the insert, press back the bezel and re-install the insert.