The picture above says it all. The SBDC013 is now on the original strap designed for the limited edition SBDC015 and it’s on a timegrapher showing good accuracy.
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Recent Purchase: Fieldmaster SBDC013
After wearing the SBDC011 for three weeks, I am convinced that the watch gels with me even though it is not a dive watch. So I went on and got myself the black SBDC013.
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Seiko 6R15 Fieldmaster – SBDC011
I finally picked up the new Seiko Fieldmaster SBDC011, a field watch in the tuna can body. This is my fourth automatic tuna can after the 6159-7010, SBDX005 and SBDX011.
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Orient 300m CFD0C001B and Seiko 200m SBDC001
Seiko SBDC001 and Orient CFD0C001B
The Orient 300m diver is often compared to the Seiko 200m SBDC001 (aka Sumo) because both watches have similar case diameter and are of similar style. The Orient has a list price of JPY150,000 in Japan while the Sumo is only JPY60,000 (both prices exclude tax).
For a real life divers, there is no comparison. The Orient 300m is a professional diver that is designed to handle saturation diving while the Sumo is only good for scuba diving.
For the rest of us, we compare their physical attributes to decide which one we prefer. If you are choosing between the Orient and Seiko, here is a quick comparison for your reference.
SBDX011 and 6159-7010
Martin from the Philippines requested me to post a comparison between the SBDX011 and the 6159-7010. This is what he wrote to me:
Read your post on the 6159-7010, lucky guy that you got this watch. Hope you can make a comparison between your two tunas SBDX011 and the 6159. By the way, can you tell me how much you pay for the 6159?(if you don’t mind) I am now saving for the SBDX011 and is also thinking of getting the 6159 instead of SBDX011.
So here they are, the 6159-7010 from 1975 and the SBDX011 from 2009.
Watch Handling: Seiko SBBN015 300m Professional Diver
Seiko released three prodessional divers recently. Two of them are rated 300m (SBBN015 and SBBN017) and one of them 1000m (SBDX011). I should be getting the SBDX011 soon and while waiting, I had the privilege to handle one of the new 300m divers, the SBBN015.
Yeoman's Watch Review 