Seiko SLA049 Naomi Uemura Limited Edition

[@Musix4all]

I just added this to my collection... after watching Jeff gloat on it for years... Couldn't be happier. Love this watch. Always love your content Rob.

[@thejeffstevens]

Uemura wore a 6105-8000 when he soloed to the North Pole. The story goes he was wearing a Rolex Explorer but because of how cold the steel bracelet got he was worried about getting frostbite. He strapped it to his belt but because of the cold (without his body heat to keep it warm) the watch stopped working. At a resupply checkpoint a Japanese journalist that was covering his adventure swapped his 6105 (on rubber strap) for Uemura’s Rolex and Uemura wore it the rest of the way to the North Pole and back. When they got back to Japan, the journalist offered to swap back, but Uemura told him to keep the Rolex and he kept the Seiko. There is one photo of Uemura wearing a 6105, ironically on a bracelet. Uemura was wearing a different Seiko diver when he summited Everest.

[@paolozingarlini3003]

Seiko is the best. Grand seiko and diver seiko on my opinion are watch awesome that a swiss watchmaker not may beat. Rolex, patek omega ec ec. All are under the epic seiko affidability.

[@elektrikahectorfernandezol5341]

@@paolozingarlini3003 Sinceramente no creo y nadie en su sano juicio que un Rolex o Omega estén debajo de un Seiko. Me gustan los Seiko, pero de ahí a decir lo que ha dicho........😅😅. PD: el reloj es precioso . Un Saludo

[@1968jpy]

Tried this watch on at an Edward Arthur jewelry store in Columbia Maryland this past summer. It’s an amazing Seiko diver.

[@KRJoye]

Great looking high quality Seiko, luv the case contour and finishing. Thanks for sharing Rob!

[@mclaughlinja1995]

I keep coming back to this one. Damn you, Seiko. I just can’t quit you.

[@larryc]

So nice. A Willard will be my first watch purchase of 2022

[@kostar500]

This particular model?

[@Sidders1664]

Just picked mine up for £1500! I can’t believe it. It arrives on Friday and I’m so excited to have such a good watch in my collection. Probably the best watch I’ll ever have, given that’s the most I’ll ever spend on a watch.

[@splootan]

How's it holding up..

[@malkinmalone]

I really want one of those. The SLA watches are so much nicer than the sbdc or spb line if watches. The 8L35 is a super nice movement as well. I think at $3000 it is the best in the price range. Great in house movement. Awesome finishing. Original design. You can’t really beat it at that price. And i’ve never seen an SLA watch with qc problems.

[@94Ninsound94]

Yeah spb is 1400 with a 6r... They charge you for history and the better watch is 3000 and barebone box.

[@humanfirst11]

Subscribed! What an amazingly beautiful watch!

[@Forrest_Gee]

I want this one so bad!!!

[@stevefox8605]

Gorgeous! My Willard felt a little small after a Turtle (used to it now & love it tho). Do like the date on this, tho all watches would be infinitely better without one. Cheers 👍🏻👍🏻

[@aroncavalcante5136]

Um Lindo Relógio perfeito uma pulseira com elos diferente inclusive a tranca com trava de segurança!!!

[@thedeskdiver3193]

Nice review 👍 Wearing mine right now 🍻

[@AbdulHamid-pi9kp]

Really love this one especially the uninterrupted hour markers. And you can fly under the radar. People will look at your wrist and its "only" Seiko instead of screaming Tudor. It just it should on par with COSC and not SW200 in term of accuracy.

[@jodysilvia2]

Fantastic watch excellent value

[@orangedan5424]

I personally been waiting, when will seiko be putting their spring drive movement into one of these Willards. They have done these on LX, so it's possible. I just think it's more worth spending premium on Seiko with the higher end spring drive.

[@billahb]

The 6105 was 44 x 48 so I guess this is the closest you will get to the original. Very nice

[@Tom_H327]

Beautiful. 🥹

[@Egg-h5f]

Wow, beautiful Seiko, dail looks a bit bigger than the Turtle 🐢

[@elarson312]

That watch is stunning. But that bracelet…why can’t Seiko make a decent bracelet? The bracelet should be the same quality as the watch at that price point!

[@ejjrl1ify]

I’ve managed to badly scratch the bezel on mine today. I’ll be speaking to Seiko UK tomorrow about a bezel replacement. With it being a limited edition do you think I’ll struggle to get a replacement part?

[@Tdawg0620]

My only not pick is I wish they would sign the crown at this price point. Beautiful watch though

[@entroheat]

The captain willard has better case finishing with hand applied indices and zaratsu polishing and deeper dial.

[@darrellreddinger9240]

I own a Willard which I love. The 6r35 runs about two minutes fast per week. My wrist is 7.25" and it fits me perfectly. I also bought it for under a $1,000. Although 8L movement and limited edition, this one seems a bit on the expensive side. Another ocd thing for me is no signed crown? Far lesser brands do it on almost every model. Why won't Seiko? One more complaint...the bracelet. Seiko can do much better. Frustrating... anyway, beautiful watch, but maybe a tad big for me. As always, great video Rob. Love the Submariner comparison. 👍

[@lukewalker1051]

I agree with you. Would much prefer a standard Willard 'independent of price'. This watch is an elephant. A pet rock.

[@AlbertKel]

@@lukewalker1051 a standard Willard is equipped with a movement so bad that any sensible person would feel ashamed of the watch(6r35)

[@stevenuk]

really nice but prefer the date at 3.

[@Sandipan_Naskar]

Is the bracelet similar to grand seiko sbgh273?

[@manny655321]

How do you think it compares to the SLA033?

[@aamerjamal]

its design or whatever but its one of my fav dial color....

[@j8sdx]

Still think sla033 is the best iteration of the willard although wish it came with a bracelet like this one

[@lukewalker1051]

MM200 reduced is much nicer IMO.

[@aman803]

The prices on the sla’s make no sense. How is this 3100 but the new sla055/057 4600?

[@benl5060]

They have ever brilliant steel and zaratsu polishing - this does not

[@aman803]

@@benl5060 that explains it. Thanks !

[@sopapillas6398]

Seiko really needs to up their game on SLA level watches. That end link is absolutely atrocious.

[@woodentulike2no]

Had one and flipped it. Just too big for my 7 inch wrist.

[@ANiCKiN]

3100 for this bracelet. lOl

[@Jerry-67]

glad it included the watch too ;)

[@christianrivero446]

This thing is not small, and if you cant handle it, maybe you have small balls. God, that submariner screams “look at me I’m pretty” whereas that Seiko’s beauty is a mystery, takes time to appreciate it and realize how awesome it is including the history of the usage of the original. And that bracelet is the classiest of seikos, the spb line has a thicker bracelet and the mm300s are abnormal in sizes

[@eugenefomenko1022]

Nice clasp and printed lume for $3100. I won't be surprised if case and bracelet are made in China like SPB207J1.

[@kostar500]

Flagship Willard

[@111111111Tiger]

looks really LARGE

[@paolozingarlini3003]

It s possible that seiko is the best to made a diver wacht of high quality? Some say rolex is best with submariner. Or omega planetocean. Today is not easy in the midle of so many brands to understand what is it the best. I have bought in my life rolex omega diver e many other swiss brands. Seiko diver is in my collection for many years and today i go in boutique seiko italy where i buy that i think is the best diver wacht in the world. Ecxuse me if my english language is not very good. I live in italy Verona and seiko diver is present in my private collection e will be for me the best forever. Thanks. Paolo.68

[@paulbugoni2846]

Seiko per me e il migliore per il valore però hanno certe problemi ogni tanto con la qualità…

[@paolozingarlini3003]

If seiko diver wacht is the best professional maybe a question more interesting to explore in afficionates collectors. It sure that rolex or omega have a retage of great affidability. Swiss watchmaker against japanese. Who is the best? I repertorio that is a question very difficolt to say in a world where many brands e collectors think as the swiss wacht is the best in the world. My experience in many years of diver work in lake of Garda italy say another story more different. To say that I wear a seiko prospettive for many years in my job as sub in Garda lake Verona italy. I may say with all my heart that seiko is the best watch diver in the world. I have wear rolex submariner in many works under water as sub. Omega too. But problem of affidability has raised more time. But seiko is indistruttible. Nothing i have fondamentali in it that make problem o difficult in my job as sub in Garda lake. Never broke. Seiko i think is the best diver wacht. I have no doubt about. Excuse me for my english language not very god. I live in italy Verona and my job is sub control of infrastructure under water Garda lake. My seiko diver rate 200 mt has gone without broke under more of 200 meters when I have a job at Malcesine in sub under water at 300 meters. But my seiko has go back on lana intanct and perfectly runing. I have no doubt...seiko is the best diver watch in the world.

[@Seriously140]

The SPB237 is just as cool, and 1/3 the price.

[@JB-qt8eh]

I paid $175 for my Oceanica Reef 2 years ago 😉

[@briandorsey6437]

No….it’s not.

[@lamadoo]

Pins and no screws...no signed crown...no ceramic bezel...rediculous price

[@lukewalker1051]

You can pull it off Rob because you have pretty meaty arms and Jeff McMahon could wear it, but a leaner more athletic male won't. Why would anybody want this behemoth on their wrist? The standard Willard is so much better. Agree the refinement of this watch is nice however but definitely for a plus 200 lb male.

[@briandorsey6437]

Many people say these are planting on their wrist much better than Marine Masters and Swiss watches with smaller listed dimensions…. I bet you’ve never actually put this on…Just go read KZbin comments sections about people raving how comfortable it sits on the wrist.

[@PeepingTime]

When this inflated value luxury jewelry bubble pops, the value of these +2k Seiko will fall the greatest

[@briandorsey6437]

Wrong….As this inflated jewelry bubble pops it’s actually these Seiko limited edition SLA series that are holding value and even going up on certain ones vs Rolex’s crashing hard….

[@kurtiss3227]

I'm sorry but another ridiculously overpriced regular seiko. Seiko says we'll put a limited edition sticker on it and we can charge 3 times the price. This is really turning me off from Seiko I understand Grand Seiko price because the finishing and the very high end movements but these regular Seikos are not worth what they're charging and if they're doing it just because they're limited editions it's really wrong.

[@DanboShaw]

I'd agree with you that Seiko is charging too much for their 6r movement watches, but this one has an 8L35 movement, so it is certainly not an "ordinary" Seiko.

[@tastiefreeeze]

The 8L35 movement in this is a undecorated 9S55 Grand Seiko movement.

[@mikejenkins6904]

Same price (in UK at least) as the MM300, which has the same movement. Hard to tell from a video if the Willard finishing is on par with one, plus the MM300 has the higher depth rating, monoblock case and ratcheting bracelet.

[@samuelkim2611]

I do not like this watch, which is bigger than ordinary Willard. Of course I like Willard Seiko.

[@pierrebozon01]

Cela ne vaut pas la sla033 et le X est abominable…

[@ulmen24]

This movement is not worth the premium

[@Jerry-67]

Why?

[@ulmen24]

@@Jerry-67 $2000 to go from 21600 to 28800 is not worth it in my opinion. The difference in price between a Miyota 8 series and a 9 series is like $100. This 8L is rated -10/+15. The premium for the Oris Cal 400 is less than this and that boasts a 10yr service interval, >twice the power reserve, and is rated to -3/+5. If you’re paying $2k extra for a watch you should get more than a bump in vph.

[@ulmen24]

@@jeremyelliott9831 me too but I paid

[@jjbuckmaster7059]

This watch should cost half of what it does… Anybody who spends that much money on this watch would be better off lighting the cash on fire!

[@ahojnazdar3656]

Hi communist. Everyone who says "Anything should cost ..." is so unaware of how market works. Such stupid statement can be translated only one way: "I wish it cost less because this way I can't afford it.". Only the producer (Seiko here) is responsible for their pricing strategy which means they run their business and believe me, they want to sell the watches and maximize profit. They aren't stupid. Why would they price this SLA049J1 lower, when they sell the limited 1200 pcs. amount easily? Every single buyer votes with his money. Everyone else just cries nonsense out.

[@briandorsey6437]

LOL in a world where people spend $10,000 on a Rolex Oyster Perpetual and think this $2900 gorgeous Seiko is a rip off….

[@rolexmike]

Looks terrible..

[@evans5172]

That's just screaming to be transplanted into a three o'clock SKX case with no crown guards.

[@Jerry-67]

Why?