Seiko

Hi all, I've been enjoying your conversations for quite a while, now coming with a question: I recently ordered a Seiko SPB 153 new at a good price. Wearing it on a 10 Euro nylon strap it's the most comfortable watch I ever owned. After a week I noticed t...  

The least you could do is have it checked for water resistance but then again reinstalling the crystal and maybe replacing the gasket is a 5min affair.

There is a plastic seal, so there is most likely no funtional impact. If it bothers you, the pressure test and exchange of the seal is something any watchmaker can do in less than 15 minutes. Would be a but more sustainable than scrap and get a new one. C... 

thanks for both your opinions, if it's in fact easy to fix I'll have it fixed. I initially thought is was a big deal. F

I sent the watch back to get the crystal fixed. Seiko instead returned a completely new watch. Apparently slightly updated. Notably now with a luminous marker next to the date window as in the new SPB237 have a nice day! F ...  

-1 sec/d vs. +10 sec/d of the first one. Also its luminous markers are better aligned, the first one had its marker at 6 a little bit off to the left. don't know if I am just lucky with this particular watch or perhaps Seiko made an effort to update the g...