Tudor Black Bay 58 vs Seiko Turtle

In the end, for me, it felt more my style than a sub and has a bit more unique character to it. My favorite element is the contrast between the matte dial and the gilt shiny hands and marker surrounds.

**Seiko Turtle SRP777**: My watch to go mountain sports. I love its look, its lines, its solidity, its readability, even its precision. I like to wear a mechanical watch during my mountaineering outings, and I think it fulfils this role perfectly.

I love the design and attention to detail this watch has, plus the fact that if you change the strap to a brown leather or even fabric it can be matched with more casual wear. Tudor Black Bay 58 - After getting deep into the watch addiction, I knew this would be my first "expensive" (at least for my standards) watch. Funny thing is, it was an impulse buy as I found it at Athens International Airport when visiting home last year. It had just gotten in and they only had this single piece

Seiko Prospex mini turtle SRPC37K1. I wanted a tool watch, a durable watch I could wear without babying.

In terms of watch for dollars, it's a terrible bargain. It's obviously great in resale terms, but I don't wear watches for the next owner. I'd take a lightly used Pelagos or Planet Ocean (both around $4k) before spending my money on a Submariner. Or a BB58 if it fit my wrist

While I believe it was neccesary to buy those in order to get a sense of what I prefer, I should've saved some money and bought cheaper watches. Orient bambino($150) and the Seiko mini turtle with Strapcode Jubilee($320 + $120). I sold the bambino to a friend for $100, and the seiko is yet to be sold, but in the end it's all a loss on my part.

Perfect travel watch. I take this and this watch only on all of my overseas travel – functional, robust, don’t have to stress about banging it up, don’t have to worry about it getting stolen.

I’ve had it for roughly a year now and I runs great. I replaced the OEM rubber strap with a Crown and Buckle Blue NATO which is very comfortable.