edscoble-
Agree. This one has a bunch of visual interest that you don't really even see in pics but it contributes to it looking really quite "nice". Eg the white of the dial is slightly metallic/pearlescent. Then the sheen of the greyed hands and markers, the fractionally green lume, the sharpness of the hands (ridged, not flat), and most of all the crystal, which has a subtle dome to it and a facet at the edge. It does a bunch of really nice reflections and distortions when you see it from an angle. I also like the brushed rehaut.
Oh, and the bezel click is lovely. I was a bit unsure about whether I prefer the alu bezel insert on this compared to the nice engraved steel one on the SPB143 but I think using anodised alu means it can be thinner/narrower.
FWIW I think the black version (SPB317) maybe doesn't quite have the same feel. It has that thing with the minute and hour hands that Seiko have started doing on dark dials, where half the hand is brushed (so it always shows up against the dial) and half polished. It looks weird to me. I'd much rather they brush the whole of the hand.
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Happy Friday all.
This is still running at -45 s/d despite Seiko giving it a full service under warranty (it was -1.5 s/d before it got magnetised somewhere) so I think a trip to Alsal might be on the cards.