Seiko Sawtooth Diver, SCH063

Age: September, 2007

Dimensions: 46mm wide w/o crown, 20mm lugs

Features: Day, Date, Hardlex crystal, Uni-directional rotating bezel, Water-resistant 200m, Quartz movement, Fully lumed hands and hour markers, Screw-down crown at 4:00.

Notes: My low-ball bid won this on the bay last summer, and when I put it on it didn't come off for months. The lume is outstanding, the quality in materials is there, and it's quite comfortable. The bezel is still stiff (I hear it's an easy fix), and clicks with a very satisfying feel. Having recently fallen in love with automatics again (and procuring an amazing piece to be reviewed later), this out-of-production-diver has been nudged onto the "maybe for sale" list.

Seiko 5 Sport "Sushi" Diver, 6119-7163

Age: April, 1970

Dimensions: 42mm wide, 19mm lugs

Features: Day, Date, Rotating inner-bezel, Waterproof 70m, Applied hour markers, Glass crystal

Notes: I just sold this great example of a "proof/proof" sport diver. It was a sweet watch that I owned for about two years and just never wore. I'm trying to give my collection some direction, and this piece was one of the odd ones out. I know it went to the good home of a SCWF member.

Seiko Quartz Diver, 7N36-6AO9

Age: August, 1991

Dimensions: 42mm wide (w/o crown), 22mm lugs

Features: Day/Date, Screw-down crown, 200m water-resistance, Ratcheting uni-directional bezel, Applied lumed indexes, Fully lumed hands, Hacking second hand, Hardlex crystal, Gray rubber Seiko Z-22 strap

Notes: I really want a white dialed diver in my collection, but I'm not sure this is it. While I love the overall styling and attention to detail (case is brushed on top but polished on the sides, semi-domed crystal), I'm not a fan of the gold trim. The hour indexes are framed in gold tone material, too, and it's a little too much for me. Also, for as nice and big as the watch is, the face is small in diameter, something I've found with the Boss Diver as well.

Seiko 5 Sport "Sushi" Diver, 6119-7160

Age: Feb, 1979

Dimensions: 42mm wide, 19mm lugs

Features: Day, Date, Rotating inner-bezel, Waterproof 70m, Applied hour markers, Glass crystal

Notes: I really love these so-called "Sushi-Divers", named because the hour-markers are cylindrical and filled with lume, resulting in a 3-D effect that looks like a sushi roll. This one has a brilliant yellow-orange dial under the scratched crystal. Unfortunately, the inner-bezel doesn't rotate and while the watch is marked "waterproof", which would put it pre-1970, the production calculator puts it at 1979. A red flag for shenanigans, and I'll soon put it up for sale.

Seiko Sport Diver, 6106-8100

Age: Feb 1970

Dimensions: 38mm wide, 18mm lug

Features: Bi-directional bezel, Day, Date, Hack

Notes: This is a nice little watch. With a "proof" dial (marked "waterproof" instead of "water-resistant", which came after 1970), this Sport Diver came to me with the bezel unable to turn. After a few minutes with my watchmaker, I had a fully-functional collector's piece in decent shape. I ended up selling it to fund another purchase.

Seiko 5 Sport Diver, SNZD65K

Age: 2007

Dimensions: 40mm wide, Integrated band

Features: Unidirectional bezel, 7s36 movement and exhibition back, Day, Date, Textured dial, 100m water resistance

Notes: I bought this on a flier on eBay and was surprised at the quality I got for the price. The lume was outstanding (but could have used more) and the dial really played with the light nicely. I could almost get away with it as a dress-diver. In the end, I sold it to fund another purchase.

Seiko Rally Diver, 6106-8227

Age: Oct 1970

Dimensions: 39mm wide (approx), 20mm lugs

Features: Bi-directional, non-ratcheting bezel, Day, Date

Notes: When I bought this watch years ago, it had a bent stem. The watchmaker I took it to offered me several hundred dollars for it, but I hadn't had it more than a month and didn't want to sell it. It was in fantastic shape, and I recently sold it to fund another purchase.