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Detritus
Ha! I'll bite. I'm a connoisseur of midrange Seikos and while I love them (and think this year's 6R-based Prospex divers are the best yet), an SLA they are not.
Interestingly, despite the release of the SLA037 and SLA043, the SLA017 prices seem to be holding at about a third over the original list. I thought they might drop. But the SLA017 is the only one in the original grey 62MAS colourway so unless they do another run with the grey dial they'll probably hold firm.
I really, really like the blue dial hi-beat one (SLA037), it's top dolla but it is a very very nice watch with an excellent movement in it. @IanF should definitely check it out.
Good comparison with the Seamaster 300 (not the 300m) here.
There really aren't that many truly nice 39-40mm divers out there. There's a Rolex sub, obviously, but you already know if that's what you want. The BB58 is cool but do look at the finishing of the hands and so on (they're flat stamped/cut pieces, no real finishing) you can see why it's at the price point it's at. In some ways that adds to its appeal though - it doesn't look as "jewellery" as a Rolex.
The 42mm Breitling Superocean surprised me, I think it's a pretty nice watch for the money and doesn't wear as big as I expected.