Seiko gen 2 black monster is mine!

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72jroberts

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For a college graduation present, I got the Seiko gen 2 black monster I was inquiring about a while ago here. Its exceeded expectations as far as fit and finish. I love it.
Thanks for all the advice on watches and whatnot guys!

John
 
Congratulations.

Fit and Finish is always very good on even the inexpensive Seikos. The shortcomings of the original Monster were the relative crudeness of the movement and the glass crystal. I don't know if the new monster has upgraded the crystal but it does have a better movement. Of course either generation of monster is a terrific value at the prices they can be bought for.

My original orange monster:

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Seiko as a whole (I'm not noted for making generalizations ), really impress me. My Seiko 5 has ben an excellent watch, inexpensive Autos generally aren't too pleasant, but I really enjoy mine. Congratulations.
 
Thanks for the comments guys,
I "feel" like this watch is going to be more accurate than I was prepared for. I set the watch and will let it run for a month or so and then reset it and see how it goes. its nice because I was prepared ( by you guys ) not to expect tremendous accuracy. But after having the watch for about 3 weeks, I still am within 1 minute of the time from one of my casio atomic watches I set the Seiko to. The watch was heavier than I thought and I have gotten used to the heft. As far as the crystal goes, I am not educated on the differences out there. The owner's manual might of mentioned it, but the manual was more interested in letting you know the basics in lots of languages. So if anyone cares to elaborate, then I would appreciate it!
Pics: I know, I know. I need to learn how to do that.
The main and quick difference between the two generations is that the new second generation has triangular shaped markings for the 12, 5, 10, etc placements, where the first gen markings were more bar-shaped.
John
 
72jroberts said:
As far as the crystal goes, I am not educated on the differences out there. So if anyone cares to elaborate, then I would appreciate it!
Pics: I know, I know. I need to learn how to do that.
The main and quick difference between the two generations is that the new second generation has triangular shaped markings for the 12, 5, 10, etc placements, where the first gen markings were more bar-shaped.
John
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Seiko Monsters employ a "Hardlex" crystal which is mineral in nature as opposed to a sapphire crystal. Their reasoing behind this is sapphire can shatter if hit hard enough (but is dang near scratch proof). Hardlex shouldn't shatter but can be scratched.

Another huge difference in 1st and 2nd gen Monsters is the 2nd gen you have is hackable.......when you pull the crown out to adjust the time the second hand should come to a full stop. 1st gen Monsters weren't hackable unless you put just a hair of back pressure on the crown. I never could get mine to "hack". Also, if I am not mistaken, 2nd gen Monsters have hand winding ability whereas 1st gen were wound by the internal counterweight via movement of your arm.

If I had the coin, I'd get a 2nd gen Monster in a heartbeat. My 1st gen Monster has survived several years of street cop use. It has taken a real beating and still looks great. It is the only watch that has ever survived street patrol. Fights, soakings, banging on everything in sight.....you name it, it has taken it.

My crystal still looks pretty good other than a speck here and there. I am sure your Monster will take everything thrown at it and then some.

Oh yeah, your movement may "settle down" after a few week's use and become even more accurate than it is now. I too set mine by atomic time and I have to re-set it once about every six or seven weeks as it will lose a minute or two in that time span. Great performance for something purely mechanical at this price point.

Good luck with it.
 
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