"That one watch... that will make your penis and wrist grow at least 1" in size... and fill all the holes in your life." Best line in any watch video ever... I died laughing. Well played sir
It's a spectacular watch and my favorite Seiko model. I went a little crazy and was able to get all 5 colorways over the years. The additional 5" is a little much tho. Great review as usual!
Hahahhah 😂 its never too much! And I agree, it is a spectacular piece and one that I think its gonna stay with me forever… however that green dial and compass bezel would look good in the box next to it… not to mention one extra inch 🤷♂️ 😂 congrats to the awesome alpinist collection, hombre! Cheers
Enjoying your light hearted take on watch collecting. Funny how we attain our grail watch, only to replace it with one more expensive, then convince ourselves that at twice the price, it really is good value. Anyway have a great week and look forward to your next video
Right?!?!? 😁I don’t think this can ever end…but I think that is the beauty of it 🤷♂️ we have something to research, to look forward to and to make us happy that one bit more 😁 thanks for watching, hombre!
Seiko does great with case and watch faces are amazing on some but bracelets are lacking especially since the prices are rising and rising . No taper , pins and collars, 19 and 21 mm end links and hollow end links are unexcusable in my opinion
Absolutely correct, but I have to say I really like this one… yes pins and collars are pain, but you only have to do it once… otherwise it feels super solid and well machined… except for that damn clasp 😂 cheers!
😂 hahahha I am glad you liked it and I am sure you will love it just as much as I do! 😁 just get ready for the absolutely mental clasp design 😂 maybe get a nice leather strap in advance… cheers
Very nice vid! The 1959 is in the lead for a „best buddy watch“ with my best lifetime friend, intending to buy each other this watch as a proof for our relationship. Stunning watch with heritage.
Wow! That is an amazing idea and it would make the watch very special right away! Let me know when you guys pull it off, I have never heard about anyone doing something similar… thanks for watching
Thats my most expensive watch, an absolute banger (i have the grey sunburst one), with a leather strap is an absolute piece, the steel bracelet is not top for comodity (in my case is perfect, lucky me) but is very solid and well built. Quality/price is a 10
It was super difficult for me to say whether I preferred the grey or the champagne dial… but I already have a lot of dark / black dials but no champagne so that was the main reason I fell for the one I got… and totally agree… I absolutely love the watch! Cheers!
I was really considering this one. Well, the green one. It was the perfect colourway (for me) and as you said, spectacular dial. But - there were three big buts. 19mm lugs, of course (I wanted the green one, but that one has a strap, and I'm a bracelet guy, so finding one aftermarket would have been a nightmare) Dauphine hands. I'm not into that pointy designs. And finally, the case. Seiko is king of beautifully sculpted cases and this one seems rather austere. So I got a Baby Alpinist instead. :D
Uncle Straps sells a clasp replacement for the Speedtimer. I have a hunch it would also work with this Alpinist. I put it on my Speedtimer and it definitely helps the issue. Doesn’t complete fix it completely. But it’s more tolerable for sure. I can tell the difference.
Someone suggested that clasp to me in the comments, so since it’s a second recommendation I am totally gonna check it out! Thanks!!! And cheers for watching!
Widely depends where you stay and what you value the most… If history, brand recognition etc are in you criteria then totally… for me it is absolute gem… I love that watch, it feels incredibly solid…
Keep doing what you're doing. Make more watch content. You're funny, insightful, authentic. This watch is a killer. The only thing that turned me off is the 19mm lug width. That means I can't easily replace the bracelet. Otherwise, I would have gotten it. Seiko has done this open barn door concept on other clasps. One could park an Austin Mini with fully inflated tires in the gap between the clasp and the bracelet of my SPB155. Same with my Sarb035. I stopped wearing the Sarb on its original bracelet when I got stung by a bee whose swarm had built a nest in there. Anyway, keep it up. You're doing good things.
Hahahhahaha 😂😂😂 you killed me with me the bee nest 😂 thank you very much, hombre! I massively appreciate what you are saying, its incredibly motivating… it is still just a hobby for me in the first place and want to do it for fun 😁 I am now looking at jubilee straight endlink bracelet from strapco… not sure what that would look like, but the more I am looking at it, the more I convince myself it would look good… so I will probably pull the trigger… Thank you again! Cheers!
I feel like this watch would look 10x better with a leather strap. The problem with Seiko, and even their GS watches, is that the bracelets are usually the weakest parts of the watch. I mean they're comfortable but at a certain price point I would think they should include easily adjustable micro-adjustments. But like you said, 19mm is not ideal. 18 or 20 would've been great.
Exactly… on a lot of the models, and it’s a shame, the bracelet feels like an afterthought… this would be absolutely perfect with 20mm lugs and at least normal, decent clasp 😂 without any gaps… it is a shame… the watch head is stunning and the bracelet on its own isn’t actually bad either… but the lugs and the clasp are a real letdown 🙄
You might check out the uncle strap clasp cover for $12. You can fit it to the bracelet without too much fuss and while it doesn’t fix the gap, it does give you another microadjust.
Did you ever find a satisfactory clasp? I am one of the few who can't get a proper fit, either my hand falls off from lack of bloodflow, or it dangles around like a rattlesnake on my wrist... This would probably be my daily if it only fit me well.
I dumped the bracelet, massive clasp gap and only 2 microadjusts so I couldn't get an acceptable fit. I prefer it on leather, but Seiko really should really up their bracelet game at this price point.
Yeah they kinda should really… its a shame, it could be really good package for that money with better clasp at least… I think I am gonna give up and put it on strap soon also :) thanks for watching!
Do you ever find it hard to set the minute hand exactly on the marker with this? I noticed that the first time I set the time with the gray variant (SPB243) and that impression never went away. Mine also ran +25 spd unless I set it on its side every night so it doesn't gain 10 seconds overnight. It's long gone now.
😳 no, I haven’t (luckily) got such issues… mine runs faster, too… but by far not that bad… and setting is a breeze… that is actually the part I like the most about this movement, when I have to use the crown, it feels so precise and solid 🤷♂️ I am sorry your experience wasn’t the same, hombre… I love this watch
2:50 grand seiko has this issue too, the clasp pop out but not as much as this model, it's why i didnt get this model range in the end, the short comings are too obvious, and i have too many 6R seiko already
Its a bit shame… I don’t understand that something like this gets out in the wild on a watch with this price point from such a big company… I mean they have all the resources they need to fix it… if it was on 50$ aliexpress watch I would get it, but here it feels wrong 😂 Cheers!
I have the same watch and bought a 300 Euro exotic strap for IT which matches the loom perfectly ;) maybe crazy but It Looks very dressy with it. Taper on the bracelet and 1mm less thickness would be nice otherwise the perfect watch for me
😳😳😳 300 Euro strap?!?!? Jeez! What strap is it? I am super curious about it… otherwise completely agree 👍 bigger taper and different clasp and I would perfectly happy with it! Cheers!
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl i send you the link but i think youtube deleted it. Its from the brand Hirsch. Model: London Alligator. Colour Pastel Blue thickness 19/16 for taper :)
The same! This one makes me really happy, even though I didn’t buy it myself… I would still like to get the green dial one… one day… hope you will get yours soon, hombre! Cheers!
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl yeah I tried the special edition green lake version on in store. It was gorgeous but I felt for me it sat a bit too high. It was lovely though. I think you picked up the best one when the champagne dial, the grey is great too .
I strangely fell for Muehle Glasshutte SAR rescue timer 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ that is currently where I aim… but it’s gonna take some time… or a lot of selling 😂
🤷♂️ cuz this one is damn good 😁 but I won’t try to persuade you otherwise… I like this one a lot, the history, soecs and the way its made… all works for me… but that doesn’t necessarily mean it has to work for you;)
I was eyeing the blue dial with vertical stripse quite a lot, it is amazing! My pet peeve is the crystal with a lot of distortion, this is actually single dome crystal (double dome does not have that magnitude of distortion) and it catches a lot of reflection on both sides of the crystal and obscures the dial quite a bit. I don’t know why Seiko insists on using it when the dd or flat would look so much better. Anyway thats just me, congrats on your Grail, I am hoping to finish watch collecting (for a few years at least) by getting Christopher Ward Atoll (white), that watch kinda checks all the boxes for me in a similar way the Alpinist does for you. Fingers crossed I chase the demon out of me with that one! 😂
❤️ thank you very much! 😁 Christopher ward is actually on my radar too… as one of the potential grails, I like the sealander gmt with white dial 🤦♂️ but so far I think a different (German) watch stole my heart as the next grail 🤦♂️ and I really hope it will stop this madness 😂 good luck on getting yours! Thanks for watching!
"That one watch... that will make your penis and wrist grow at least 1" in size... and fill all the holes in your life." Best line in any watch video ever... I died laughing. Well played sir
Yeah, that was a good one. I rewound this part twice to make sure that I have heard it correctly. 🤣
😂 thank you, sir… I don’t think I mentioned that, but that extra inch didn’t work in the end… still happy with the watch though 😁
Cheers!
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Creepy and immature in my opinion. To each their own.
@@whereRbearsTeeth do you envy this inch? 🤣🤣🤣
It's a spectacular watch and my favorite Seiko model. I went a little crazy and was able to get all 5 colorways over the years. The additional 5" is a little much tho. Great review as usual!
Hahahhah 😂 its never too much! And I agree, it is a spectacular piece and one that I think its gonna stay with me forever… however that green dial and compass bezel would look good in the box next to it… not to mention one extra inch 🤷♂️ 😂 congrats to the awesome alpinist collection, hombre! Cheers
Enjoying your light hearted take on watch collecting.
Funny how we attain our grail watch, only to replace it with one more expensive, then convince ourselves that at twice the price, it really is good value. Anyway have a great week and look forward to your next video
Right?!?!? 😁I don’t think this can ever end…but I think that is the beauty of it 🤷♂️ we have something to research, to look forward to and to make us happy that one bit more 😁 thanks for watching, hombre!
Seiko does great with case and watch faces are amazing on some but bracelets are lacking especially since the prices are rising and rising . No taper , pins and collars, 19 and 21 mm end links and hollow end links are unexcusable in my opinion
Absolutely correct, but I have to say I really like this one… yes pins and collars are pain, but you only have to do it once… otherwise it feels super solid and well machined… except for that damn clasp 😂 cheers!
Another great video, Carl. Congrats on the grail and bagging a wife who buys you cool watches😂😂
Hahahhaha 😂 thank you, sir! 😂
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Dude, seiko should pay you a commission . Because you just sold me on this watch! 😊
😂 hahahha I am glad you liked it and I am sure you will love it just as much as I do! 😁 just get ready for the absolutely mental clasp design 😂 maybe get a nice leather strap in advance… cheers
@WatchWatch-ck6xl Got you! Thanks for the tip on the clasp. Got a leather "Ostrich" strap already picked out .
Very nice vid! The 1959 is in the lead for a „best buddy watch“ with my best lifetime friend, intending to buy each other this watch as a proof for our relationship. Stunning watch with heritage.
Wow! That is an amazing idea and it would make the watch very special right away! Let me know when you guys pull it off, I have never heard about anyone doing something similar… thanks for watching
Thats my most expensive watch, an absolute banger (i have the grey sunburst one), with a leather strap is an absolute piece, the steel bracelet is not top for comodity (in my case is perfect, lucky me) but is very solid and well built. Quality/price is a 10
It was super difficult for me to say whether I preferred the grey or the champagne dial… but I already have a lot of dark / black dials but no champagne so that was the main reason I fell for the one I got… and totally agree… I absolutely love the watch! Cheers!
I was really considering this one. Well, the green one. It was the perfect colourway (for me) and as you said, spectacular dial.
But - there were three big buts.
19mm lugs, of course (I wanted the green one, but that one has a strap, and I'm a bracelet guy, so finding one aftermarket would have been a nightmare)
Dauphine hands. I'm not into that pointy designs.
And finally, the case. Seiko is king of beautifully sculpted cases and this one seems rather austere.
So I got a Baby Alpinist instead. :D
Not gonna lie, it was this or baby alpinist for me, too 😂 I think you made a good choice… I still love this one… gonna keep it… even on this bracelet
I was already in love with the Alpinist 1959, but your review was even better than the watch. Really enjoyed it!
Hahahh! No, hombre! The watch is much better than the video, I cannot do it enough justice
Uncle Straps sells a clasp replacement for the Speedtimer. I have a hunch it would also work with this Alpinist. I put it on my Speedtimer and it definitely helps the issue. Doesn’t complete fix it completely. But it’s more tolerable for sure. I can tell the difference.
Someone suggested that clasp to me in the comments, so since it’s a second recommendation I am totally gonna check it out! Thanks!!! And cheers for watching!
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl no problem. Also I will admit the clasp is a little more “jangly” than the original. But it’s silent when on the wrist.
Congratulations on your new Alpinist !
I got my champagne dial a few weeks ago, love it !
Enjoy
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Congratulations to yours!!! 😁 I absolutely love that watch and I wish that you enjoy it as much as I do!
Cheers, hombre!!!
The clasp problem was intentional. They want to make sure the watch isn’t so good that you won’t buy more watches.
Hahahha now it makes more sense 😂 it is a business strategy all along 😂 cheers!
You can replacement clasps from San Martin and have on the fly micro adjustment - although the clasp is fairly large because of it.
Really??? Do you know which one would fit it?
I think it may be the best on Earth for the price and may be as good as any for any price .
Widely depends where you stay and what you value the most… If history, brand recognition etc are in you criteria then totally… for me it is absolute gem… I love that watch, it feels incredibly solid…
Keep doing what you're doing. Make more watch content. You're funny, insightful, authentic. This watch is a killer. The only thing that turned me off is the 19mm lug width. That means I can't easily replace the bracelet. Otherwise, I would have gotten it. Seiko has done this open barn door concept on other clasps. One could park an Austin Mini with fully inflated tires in the gap between the clasp and the bracelet of my SPB155. Same with my Sarb035. I stopped wearing the Sarb on its original bracelet when I got stung by a bee whose swarm had built a nest in there.
Anyway, keep it up. You're doing good things.
Hahahhahaha 😂😂😂 you killed me with me the bee nest 😂 thank you very much, hombre! I massively appreciate what you are saying, its incredibly motivating… it is still just a hobby for me in the first place and want to do it for fun 😁
I am now looking at jubilee straight endlink bracelet from strapco… not sure what that would look like, but the more I am looking at it, the more I convince myself it would look good… so I will probably pull the trigger…
Thank you again! Cheers!
I feel like this watch would look 10x better with a leather strap. The problem with Seiko, and even their GS watches, is that the bracelets are usually the weakest parts of the watch. I mean they're comfortable but at a certain price point I would think they should include easily adjustable micro-adjustments. But like you said, 19mm is not ideal. 18 or 20 would've been great.
Exactly… on a lot of the models, and it’s a shame, the bracelet feels like an afterthought… this would be absolutely perfect with 20mm lugs and at least normal, decent clasp 😂 without any gaps… it is a shame… the watch head is stunning and the bracelet on its own isn’t actually bad either… but the lugs and the clasp are a real letdown 🙄
There is no watch that can fill void in your heart. Except grail, that thing make me feel better
Agree… puts a smile on my face every time I look at it… thanks for watching!
You might check out the uncle strap clasp cover for $12. You can fit it to the bracelet without too much fuss and while it doesn’t fix the gap, it does give you another microadjust.
Thanks! Will check it out, though would really, really like to get rid of the gap first 😂
What model number?
Did you ever find a satisfactory clasp? I am one of the few who can't get a proper fit, either my hand falls off from lack of bloodflow, or it dangles around like a rattlesnake on my wrist... This would probably be my daily if it only fit me well.
I dumped the bracelet, massive clasp gap and only 2 microadjusts so I couldn't get an acceptable fit. I prefer it on leather, but Seiko really should really up their bracelet game at this price point.
Yeah they kinda should really… its a shame, it could be really good package for that money with better clasp at least… I think I am gonna give up and put it on strap soon also :) thanks for watching!
Do you ever find it hard to set the minute hand exactly on the marker with this? I noticed that the first time I set the time with the gray variant (SPB243) and that impression never went away. Mine also ran +25 spd unless I set it on its side every night so it doesn't gain 10 seconds overnight. It's long gone now.
😳 no, I haven’t (luckily) got such issues… mine runs faster, too… but by far not that bad… and setting is a breeze… that is actually the part I like the most about this movement, when I have to use the crown, it feels so precise and solid 🤷♂️ I am sorry your experience wasn’t the same, hombre… I love this watch
2:50 grand seiko has this issue too, the clasp pop out but not as much as this model, it's why i didnt get this model range in the end, the short comings are too obvious, and i have too many 6R seiko already
Its a bit shame… I don’t understand that something like this gets out in the wild on a watch with this price point from such a big company… I mean they have all the resources they need to fix it… if it was on 50$ aliexpress watch I would get it, but here it feels wrong 😂
Cheers!
im just dying for a GMT version of one of these
Tell me about it 🙄 the gmt’s are super hot… but I told myself not to buy a GMT watch… damn it 😂
A professional mic with a submarine voice
That mic sucks… plus I am cold… so I kinda sound like that now 🤷♂️😁
Really a nice looking watch. Just put a strap of some description on it.
Yeah, the strap will be replaced… I keep trying to ignore the clasp, but just can’t 😂
I have the same watch and bought a 300 Euro exotic strap for IT which matches the loom perfectly ;) maybe crazy but It Looks very dressy with it. Taper on the bracelet and 1mm less thickness would be nice otherwise the perfect watch for me
😳😳😳 300 Euro strap?!?!? Jeez! What strap is it? I am super curious about it… otherwise completely agree 👍 bigger taper and different clasp and I would perfectly happy with it! Cheers!
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl i send you the link but i think youtube deleted it. Its from the brand Hirsch. Model: London Alligator. Colour Pastel Blue thickness 19/16 for taper :)
@@p4ndorA will totally check it out! Thanks!
The Alpinist has been on my grail list since I first saw it. This one is stunning.
The same! This one makes me really happy, even though I didn’t buy it myself… I would still like to get the green dial one… one day… hope you will get yours soon, hombre!
Cheers!
Love the comments on the clasp 😂
And the 1959 version of this watch is so much better than the two crown version that others seem to prefer for some reason.
I love it more also… when it came out I knew this will replace the two crown one as my grail 😁
Such a cool watch!!!
It is!
Regarding the clasp and the hole. What hole? Just wear it like shown at 3:30. There is no hole, as far as I can see. 😁
Hahha yeah you are laughing but I was for a while thinking how to secure
it in that position with super glue or something 😂cheers
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl They usually use hammers in car repair shops to bend the steel to a required shape. Have a try! 🤣
That was my second thought-but it felt brutal 😂
I don't like green, but if it's Alpinist, it's green. You can buy my soul with that green.
But it's nice anyway.
Got ya… that green/gold combo is iconic and I would love to add that one to my collection one day
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl Me too...
Jaká je velikost zápěstí?Díky👍
Ahoj! 7 palcu / necelych 18cm zhruba
Moc díky👍💪
Tak už je objednáno🙂. spb 243j1. Díky za pěkné video👍
Gratulace! At slouzi! 😁
If they updated these with a thinner case (by thinning the caseback) i would be all over it
Got ya, but I gotta a say I don’t mind that part all… it doesn’t feel mis-proportioned… especially on the wrist… maybe the shape helps 🤷♂️ cheers
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl yeah I tried the special edition green lake version on in store. It was gorgeous but I felt for me it sat a bit too high. It was lovely though. I think you picked up the best one when the champagne dial, the grey is great too .
Imagine your first grail watch being misaligned.
Very real, if your first grail is Seiko… have seen quite a few 🤦♂️
What’s your new grail? How much more are you going to spend on it? 🤣
I strangely fell for Muehle Glasshutte SAR rescue timer 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ that is currently where I aim… but it’s gonna take some time… or a lot of selling 😂
@@WatchWatch-ck6xl that’s a good looking watch and from a great brand. Hope you get it sooner rather than later
Thank you, sir! Unfortunately its probably gonna be later 😂
Why should I buy this. Why not swiss
🤷♂️ cuz this one is damn good 😁 but I won’t try to persuade you otherwise… I like this one a lot, the history, soecs and the way its made… all works for me… but that doesn’t necessarily mean it has to work for you;)
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It's Japanese 😡
And? 🤷♂️
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Poor quality
Nope… but I wouldn’t take your opinion away 🤷♂️ buy what you like ;)
I was eyeing the blue dial with vertical stripse quite a lot, it is amazing! My pet peeve is the crystal with a lot of distortion, this is actually single dome crystal (double dome does not have that magnitude of distortion) and it catches a lot of reflection on both sides of the crystal and obscures the dial quite a bit. I don’t know why Seiko insists on using it when the dd or flat would look so much better.
Anyway thats just me, congrats on your Grail, I am hoping to finish watch collecting (for a few years at least) by getting Christopher Ward Atoll (white), that watch kinda checks all the boxes for me in a similar way the Alpinist does for you. Fingers crossed I chase the demon out of me with that one! 😂
❤️ thank you very much! 😁 Christopher ward is actually on my radar too… as one of the potential grails, I like the sealander gmt with white dial 🤦♂️ but so far I think a different (German) watch stole my heart as the next grail 🤦♂️ and I really hope it will stop this madness 😂 good luck on getting yours! Thanks for watching!