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Excellent complication available at an attractive price point!
I have always been fascinated by Tourbillon complications. This special timepiece has an exquisite dial (much better to look at in person!), than pictures and comes with a complete functional Tourbillon.
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Itβs is the best among the watches which claimed to be mechanical. I enjoy wearing the Seiko movement with unmatched designing of this watch.
From 1965 to 1968, Seiko produced its very first dive watches. At that point, saturation diving (divers working at depths for extended periods), was an upcoming new concept. It necessitated dive watch design to be altered to prevent crystals from popping off when the watches filled with helium.
In 1975 Seiko produced an enormous 51mm dive watch with a protective shroud, 600m depth-rated, the first Seiko Tuna (ref. 6159-7010), as the result of more than 20 patents and world's firsts with ground-breaking features, to become industry-standard.
The ceramic shroud around the case, secured with three rivets offered extra protection to the bezel, particularly during deep-sea diving, prevented accidental impacts or jostling that could disrupt its crucial timing function underwater under extreme conditions. This shroud also gave the watch its nickname βTunaβ due to its resemblance to a can of tuna encasing the watch case.
Seiko Tunas have since come a long way featuring a variety of high-end calibres in automatic, quartz and solar movements. The case sizes have shrunk from 51mm to 43.2mm.
The Steeldive homageβs overall dimensions and appearance (dial, indices, bezel font and pointers), primarily pay homage to the Seiko 7549-7010 Tuna Can, a.k.a. Baby Tuna, with a rated water resistance of 300m. The text on dial at 6 o'clock, is inspired by Seiko Prospex SBBN031's three-line nomenclature ('MARINEMASTER' 'PROFESSIONAL' '300m'), here 'MARINEENGINEER' 'AUTOMATIC' '300m' instead. I believe this watch is depth tested at Steeldiveβs lab for the claimed water resistance depth.
While the original featured a Seiko 5-jewel, 7549-calibre quartz movement, a day/date window at 3 o'clock, tritium pointers, a bi-directional bezel, aluminium protective shroud and mineral crystal, the first homage (SD1975) is powered by Seiko's NH35 automatic movement featuring a date window (no day) at 3 o'clock, a 120-click unidirectional ceramic bezel, 316L stainless steel protective shroud and a sapphire crystal with AR coating. Case dimensions vary marginally by 0.5 to 1mm. Both watches feature a 22mm lug width and a slightly domed crystal.
The SD1975V varies from its sibling - date window at 4 o'clock (like the Seiko Prospex Solar Tuna Stainless Steel Diver SNE497P1), BGW9 blue lume (bezel graduation 21 to 59 minutes), Swiss C3 green (indices, pointers), and graduation from 0 to 20 minutes on the bezel with Swiss orange super luminous.
The screw-down crown and case back both with polished and brushed surfaces, bear the Steeldive logo - the case back announces the watch's chief characteristics around its etched logo.
Despite the 47mm dia. case, lug-to-lug measures just 44.5mm with recessed, downward lugs from the case appearing as tiny bumps beyond the shroud on its return sweeps. So those conspicuous gaps between your wrist and the watch case at the lugs are avoided.
The watch case is polished but the shroud is brushed. The bezel coin edge has brushing on the outer surfaces while the inners are polished. The ceramic insert of the SD1975V offers a distinct sportiness with dual-colour graduation.
The Tuna Can design shroud checks the movement of the bezel to small advancements in true design form. Bezel action is firm without back-play and perfectly aligns with the chapter ring.
The engineer-style, 5-link, solid, brushed finish bracelet with polished edges, is something to behold! The multi-links ply very well so the strap closely follows the contour of the wearer's wrist. It does not taper but boldly road-rolls its 22mm track all the way, complimenting the strength and durability that the case and shroud abundantly exude. The signed clasp is milled but the clasp lock could have been of a thicker gauge. The clasp has six micro-adjust points, ensuring fine adjustment to your wrist size, a must in the circumstances. The lugs are drilled and slots are provided at the spring-bars for easy accessibility.
With a NATO strap to match the dial, indices and bezel, my SD1975V is a beauty from the depths of the ocean with whom I am ready to take that deep dive!
The Steeldive homage checks all the boxes in my book - strong fundamentals (SS316L case/shroud & Seiko NH35 automatic), applied indices with long-lasting lume, finely finished pointers, a legible date window with lume surround, a precisely printed dial, firm bezel and a screw-down crown with smooth operation.
The watch dimensions (diameter 47mm, height - 14.4mm) and weight - 215 gms., make it impractical for daily wear. However, the 'Tuna' is an absolutely essential collectible, the design an integral part of dive watch history kept alive for half a century, and immortalized by homages from many micro-brands as also Seiko's Alba!
MEDALLION "Symphony" Mens 40 mm Automatic - Electric Blue
A very good version of a classic diver
Very good watch i am enjoying it
I was delighted to see the quality Pagani design is putting in its watches. I am a fan of omega sea master and one day will buy the OG but for now i wanted a homage of omega sea master and bought pagani design sea master homage. to my surprise when i got my watch i really loved it. it does look and feel high quality. it is worth it. really excited to wear it. lets see how well it does over the years but one thing is for sure Pagani design knows what they are doing and their watches feel high grade high quality premium watch.
Proper Omega Mechamaster 1000 vibes with this one, good Lume, great build quality.
The dial is a piece of artwork
Excellent quality.
Only issue is weight. Very heavy but I bought the silicone strap. This makes it wearable for me.
I am old and have been a watch collector for many years. This watch is built to last a lifetime.
Have purchased this watch from Dream watches and loved it.. The team at Dreamwatches handled the entire experience very professionally from beginning which gave me confidence to purchase this as a first time buyer.
Courier had some issues but was quickly fixed by the team here. I recommend others to try these watches.
Totally in love with my SteelDive SD1953. The built quality & the finish is absolutely amazing. Definitely need to get more timepieces from Dream Watches.
Customer Reviews
This watch takes strong design cues from the Tissot Heritage 1973 & Bulova Lunar Pilot of 2016. The hours, minutes and milliseconds markers from the former and the 1970s tonneau case shape from the latter with a tweaked pusher design.
The Tissot Heritage 1973 pays tribute to the F1 race drivers of the 1960s and β70s who risked life and limb in their quest for a place on the podium. That era of racing scourged with a high number of accidents and fatalities on the track, made the sport the epitome of 'absolute insanity'!
Bulova specially developed a watch for space travel, worn for the first time in 1963 inside the Mercury Atlas-9 capsule that orbited the Earth. Then on August 2, 1971, during the Apollo 15 mission, their moon pilot chronograph was worn on the moon by Mission Commander Colonel Dave Scott. Customized for astronomical conditions, the electronic-powered Accutron Astronaut, could precisely track time and ensure that no one ran out of oxygen, water or battery power in the portable life-support-system backpack. It was also used to back up the on-board timers for the critical re-entry into the earthβs atmosphere. It is recorded that although used by Colonel Scott as a backup watch to the team's custom Omega Speedmaster, it proved indestructible while the Omega's crystal reportedly popped off.
Bulova and NASA shared 46 missions together (mid-1950s - 1970s), and Bulovaβs innovative Accutron technology was used in all instrument panel clocks and timekeeping mechanisms for space exploration. The Bulova Lunar Pilot Archive Series pays tribute to that piece of remarkable history when Bulova played a noteworthy role during the height of the U.S.A.βs Space Race with the Soviet Union.
Accutron Astronaut watches also became standard issue for the pilots of the U.S. Air Forceβs X-15 experimental rocket-powered aircraft program and eventually for CIA pilots in their Lockheed A-12 supersonic jets.
Now to the homage - Pagani Design's tonneau, 42.7mm dia. case (including crown and pushers) is smaller than the Bulova's 45 or 43.5mm case options. This watch wears small, thanks slim case, downward facing lugs, 47mm lug-to-lug length (and female end links in the metal bracelet). It is suitable for 6" wrists too.
The upper section of the 316L stainless steel case is entirely brush-finished with a high-polish bezel ring and underside for contrast. The outer edges of the bottom of the case do feel a bit sharp. The screw-down rear case is solid without an exhibition window.
The dial is matt finished with a printed minutes/milliseconds track. The hour indices appear applied as they are lumed. Lume has also been partially applied to the central hour and minute pointers. The position of the bold minute and hour pointers is clearly visible at a glance.
The sub-dial pointers at 3 & 9 o'clock, and the tip of the chronograph (central) seconds pointer, should have been a vibrant red instead of the rather pale orange.
The colour-coded sub-dial at 6 o'clock displaying running seconds, breaks the mould of uniformity as seen on a sprinkling of other chronograph watches - the Seiko Dress Chronograph SSB405P1, the Victorinox Swiss Army Alpnach and the Shinola Runwell Sport Chronograph to name a few.
The trusty Seiko VK63 meca-quartz has been professionally tested for accuracy in the range of +/-15 to 20 seconds per month. The chronograph features firm pushers with snap-back resetting and perfect alignment of the central chronograph seconds pointer.
Water resistance is a matter of debate - claimed at 100 metres, many are of the opinion that the vintage style pushers will be the cause of that claim falling far short.
I love leather straps colour-matched with the watch dial as they provide nice continuity. This perforated, 20mm leather strap with red stitching, does just that! It is a bit stiff but of good quality and lends a sporty appearance to this elegant watch. The customary PD-signed, brush-finished buckle, rounds off overall good aesthetics. With quick-release spring bars, one can wear a range of after-market straps to suit. A chainmail strap looks pretty good too!
The double domed, AR-coated, sapphire crystal is 'crystal clear', offering an exceptionally clear view of the dial and its contents at very acute angles too.
The PD-1782 is a piece of work. It is elegant and vintage yet sporty and contemporary, especially when worn with leather, velour or denim belts. It is an amalgamated impression of two diverse fields - racing and space. I think these attributes make it quite rare in the PD line-up and a strong reason why every enthusiast should have one.
