watchdivesSteeldive Men Watch Automatic 1970 SD1970 Wristwatch NH35 Movement 200M Diving Watches

I have several Steeldive diver watches and also several Addiesdive watches. They are probably from the same factory in China, but they are very good watches for the price. For under $200 you get a sapphire crystal, a good automatic movement (such as a Seiko NH35 or similar) and the lume is very good if they get a daylight charge up and you need to use it at night. I keep mine on a watch winder as with automatics you have to wear them everyday as the reserve is typically about 30 to 40 hours or you have to wind it back up again. Keeping it on a watch winder negates having to wear it every day. Honestly, I have about10 watches on winders. Some will gain some lose time, but all just a few minutes a month. Unless you get a really high end automatic movement watch, this is as good as it gets with sub 200 dollar watches. I have another that is a clone of a Omega Seamaster with the brownish letters and the lume on that one is crazy. Shine a UV light on it and see what I mean. I recommend these Steeldive watches.

Great watch, arrived on time, keeps great time! I did change the band to silicone for better fit, just my preference! The price was great! This watch has a very good movement and seems to be made solid! I ordered the no logo version! Other watches with the same movement were hundreds of dollars more!

I've collected watches since 1970 ... I have about 100. I am a Diver since 1970, a DiveMaster since 1988 and I did my deepest ever Technical Dive to 212FT in 2003.I owned the original of this watch when I was young as well as the 6127 Seiko 62MAS. This watch is a very nice homage to the original. I'll go thru the specifics that I always look at.It comes nicely packaged and protected in a hard plastic case.The crown ... this is often a disappointment on inexpensive watches. On this watch, it manipulates cleanly from screwed down, hand winding, hack/stop time set, date set. Smooth and precise.The bezel is ceramic and illuminated in blue. It clicks thru the positions very smoothly ... none of that gritty feeling. It also aligns perfectly, which is more than I can say for my genuine Seiko.On my Time Grapher, it averaged -3 sec/day. Seiko guarantees +/- 15 sec/day. There is a reason why this inexpensive watch with that same Seiko movement does so much better ... many of these Chinese companies hand regulate their watches before shipping. See final pic of another WatchDives (same company) on my Time Grapher.That WatchDives WD007 NTTD watch is an excellent watch also.The bracelet on this 1970 is very nice but I had mine on a rubber strap when I was young so I put a WatchDives waffle rubber strap on it.The lume is very impressive. Charged up along with one of my $1200 Seikos. it had the same bright green glow and three hours later (in a closet) the dials looked the same. The Seiko does NOT have an illuminated ceramic bezel to compare to but this bezel was still clearly visible after three hours.At ten times this price, and I have several Seikos in that price range, I'd say this was a good buy for that money. At this price, it is remarkable.

This is the YouTube famous Steeldive captain Willard right here on Amazon. I got this for right at $100 and I do not recommend this watch at much more than that, I'd say pass if it is a penny higher than $125. Too many better optionsNow that out of the way this is a fine little spec monster. You already know if you like the seiko turtle 6105 or not and this is a good one in my opinion. I love the dial and hands on this particular steeldive. I'm not a big fan of the logo but it oddly enough disappears for me(there is a no logo version if you want but it was about $10 more at the time I purchased mine and my dislike for the logo did not overcome my desire to keep $10 haha) . The fit is great and should look excellent on almost all sized wrists. The bezel feels and sounds good, the full lumed insert looks great and will still look new for years because it is insanely hard to scratch ceramic, and it will not fade in the Sun like an aluminum bezel will. The 3 link oyster style full solid stainless bracelet has a slight taper down to a nice solid clasp the bracelet feels pretty good in your hand and on wrist. Both the case back and crown have engraved logos, along with a boxed sapphire crystal and it all feel substantial but not heavy at all.Now for the reality check! This watch has to cut so many corners to hit that crazy low price we are left with just a "good enough" piece.The main issues are the fit and finish is poor. The case has very sharp edges if you put your fingers on the bracelet where it meets the case and rub back and forth you can actually cut your thumb. The edges of some of the links on the bracelet are Sharp but you don't feel them on wrist only when you rub your fingers across the watch while in your hand. Other people have mentioned that the case back engraving is sharp enough to cut them I haven't had that experience but I certainly can feel it. Some of the bracelet links don't move fluidly at all times because the edges are Sharp so they don't play nice together but that's not really a massive deal it just contributes to the overall cheapness of the package. Now the main issue has to do with the ceramic bezel insert the 12:00 triangle isn't painted correctly because it doesn't line up with the 12:00 marker but it isn't a case of misalignment as all the other markings on the insert matches the dial, it's literally the triangle is painted toward the 11:00 position it's just a bezel insert that should have been rejected.Now for all the negatives I still recommend this wholeheartedly at $100 the alignment issue is noticeable but only if you know what you're looking for. The bracelet is pushpin instead of screw link to save money but that is completely acceptable the Seiko nh35 movement is very reliable and mine is accurate and keeps great time. The lume is very bright but doesn't last all that long. Great watch but don't over pay