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A silver chapter ring is placed around the centre of the dial, bearing bright red indicators for the 13th to 24th hours. Along with the watch’s vibrant red seconds hand, these red indicators are highly legible and serve to add a pop of colour to this monochrome watch face. The dial is also adorned with tritium gas tubes that serve as hour markers. These tritium gas tubes will light up in the dark, allowing wearers to read the watch’s face even at night.
The brushed finish runs uniformly throughout the entirety of the case, including the bezel, and even throughout the sides. Understanding that the SRPH29 is a pilot watch, and therefore a tool watch in nature, is key to understanding this type of finish. A pilot wouldn’t want a polished watch that creates all sorts of glares and potentially blinding reflections while piloting an aircraft. But let’s be honest, how many of us are actually going to use a pilot watch for its intended purpose? All images courtesy of The Watch Company, unless stated otherwise.Featured image courtesy of Seiko. Models: Seiko 5 SRPG27K1, SRPG29K1, SRPG31K1, SRPG33K1, SRPG35K1, SRPG37K1, SRPG39K1, SRPG41K1, and SRPG42K1. Hamilton Pilot Pioneer
Seiko SNK803 Watch Review Summary
My summer style is quite minimal, but you’ll always find me with a watch on my wrist, usually with some sort of canvas or nato strap. The SNK803’s default beige strap is quite hideous when paired with the beige dial in my opinion, it just looks washed out and bland overall. But the magic is in the style swap. Swap it with a brown leather strap for a more classy aesthetic. Or you can throw a light olive, leather nato strap on it for some subtle contrast, keeping an earth tone vibe. The Hamilton Pilot Pioneer is quite a bit more expensive and niche than that of the affordable and more mass-appealing SRPH29, but that may be exactly what you’re looking for. Specifications As I mentioned in the beginning, the Seiko 5 was my very first automatic watch and you know what they say about firsts—they’re never your last. Oh wait, you’ll never forget them, or something like that. THE BOTTOM LINE
Although the cushion case shape and faux patina hour markers and hands attempt to make the Pilot Pioneer look a bit more retro than the modernized SRPH29, it offers a unique look. First off, I’m a bit disappointed that the SRPH29 is no longer finished with a satin/sandblasted finish as the SNK lineup is. In my opinion, that was one of the greatest and most unique things about the watch. By taking that away, the SRPH29 looks like so many other watches on the market, even down to the simplest Timex (Timex Expedition).Additionally, the lume is quite luminous, but not overly bright. Andsince the Seiko 5 is a military-inspired field watch, with a military heritage, it makes sense that it would have alume that’s easily visible in the field, while not being distracting, like say a Timex Indiglo, for example. Ultimately, this is more a matter of design preference, as the SRPH and SRPG series is built to nearly identical specifications, even down to the movement.
Like all new Seiko 5 Sports watches, this watch features the Seiko 5 Sports logo at 12 and ‘Automatic’ denoted at 6. This is the same script font they use to denote ‘Automatic’ on all of the new Seiko 5 Sports watches. While I think the font works well on certain, dressier models, the SRPH29 is not one of them. The script font looks a bit too fancy for a tool watch like this, and this is a combination that doesn’t gel well for me. Because the text is small, this is a detail that you may easily overlook. But as the saying goes “beauty is in the details”. New Domed Crystal Another great Luminox watch is the Luminox Atacama Field Ref. XL.1901. As with the aforementioned Luminox Atacama Adventurer Field Ref. XL.1761, this timepiece is one of the most popular Luminox watches on the market.
This Luminox watch is driven by a quartz Ronda 6004.D Calibre. This reliable quartz movement has a battery life of about 40 months.
The recently released Seiko 5 Sports field watches (Seiko 5 SRPGXX) feature an obviously slightly distinct design from the SRPH’s pilot watches. Complimenting the new, larger watch dimensions, are a new, beefier handset. Unfortunately, they look a bit disproportionate and maybe could have been a bit longer to fill out the larger dial better. I also would have preferred if Seiko kept them painted all-white as they did on the SNK809. This is but a mere personal preference and neither a pro nor a con.My biggest gripe with the new domed crystal is that, while it may add some visual interest and distortion when viewing the watch at different angles, it can cause a bit of extra glare in certain lighting conditions; making the watch more difficult to read. While a flat crystal may not be as interesting when viewed from different angles, it helps to maintain the overall theme of the simple legibility of a pilot watch. Seiko SRPH29 Movement – 4R36
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