Seiko

Before describing today's event, a background on the watch matter: my partner and I've been looking around for the appropriate watch for both of us (lucky me, she doesn't like the idea, of an engagement ring, but an engagement watch). First was Nomos, then a JLC, and then a Bvlgari for her, but none of these seem to fully grasp her attention. She also isn't one who takes long to make up her mind on her watch (she took 3 hours of browsing and committing to her first love, watch-wise, in her JLC Master Geographic). Whereas, I'm no so picky and prefer to delay it as an anniversary watch in a form of grail watch. Haha, greedy much.

What started to be a normal day quickly turned into a surprising and eventful day for my partner and I. Out of the blue, she came to me and asked me about the newly launched Seiko Blue Lagoon LE Turtle we saw a few days back. Knowing the Blue Lagoon is recently launched, we took quick trip to the AD where we bought my Green/Emerald LE Turtle, and saw it sitting there lonelily.

Of course, I got excited and curious, and asked what made her brought up the topic. She suggested the notion of the Blue Lagoon being a LE watch makes her desire it more than the other brands she's been window-shopping for. She's also pretty impressed by the fact that some Seiko workhorse movements continue to go strong for more than a decade.

What happened was fast and furious: we rang the AD, reserved their only piece, and rushed our way to them. As they say: the rest was history.

Without further ado, our engagement LE Turtles:

Left: Hers - Seiko SRPB11K1 (aka Blue Lagoon Turtle LE) ; Right: Mine - Seiko SRPB01K1 (aka Emerald Turtle LE)

On wrists:

Can't beat Seiko. Cheers, John.

I started my mechanical watch journey with Seiko, and is a collection that holds dear to my heart!

Congratulations to you and your partner.

By the way, your cake looks yummy ;-)

Best wishes

Alkiro

I think we like exclusivity to some extreme. haha, thanks for the compliment on the cake! miss it so much that we decided to find the recipe and make it our own, turns out great!

Best wishes

Alkiro

Awesome!

I'm quite sure you're relieved to know your wife knows you so well, too! Congrats on the iconic pairs, looking forward to reading your post on the next pair! Any hint as to what brand/theme?

But more likely JLCs

She's definitely a keeper And so are the Turtles!

Definitely agreed (on her being a keeper), we share many common interests! & that Turtle's her first Seiko, which makes it all the more special (engagement LE first Seiko, haha)!!

Gives you a good opportunity to share and switch, too

Congratulations and best wishes. The watches look great and so does the cake! Regards Kev

Glad you love both our watches and cake! Wanted to share the love for a special occasion with a nice collection of LE Turtles!

and to have her participation and excitement makes it all the better, doesn't it?

She can now recognize watch models off other guys' wrists, making our people-watching (pun intended) all the more interesting, HAHA!
This pair of Turtles definitely are much more valuable (to us) with our back-story!

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however, I didn't manage to capture the full spectrum of colors on these phone-captured photos. will try to get better shots on dedicated camera some time soon!

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Yes, both my partner and I choice the Seiko Turtles for the very reason that it's so iconic amongst the watch community, while totally understated amongst the layman. Even here on WatchProSite, I see many respectable collectors (like yourself) having the PADI turtle too!
Definitely off the beaten path (the way we love it), but recognizable and dare I say, respected, by fellow collectors.

I recently bought a PADI and was impressed by the build quality and the dial. What a great pair of Seikos you have, congrats!

Yes, Seiko really make these special and limited editions Turtle dials shine radiantly (pun intended)!

I love the new colors, I just ordered the Blu Lagoon, can't wait!!!