The Coolest Samurai X...Air Diver’s Seiko 4R35

Solid and heavy, tight and secured crown, good readability and visibility, rugged-sharp and tough looking, handsome and suitable with any straps, powered by an automatic in-house engine would be the coolest feature that can happen for an ‘adventurer’s timepiece’. 

Actually, any watch can meet the basic purpose of telling time and becoming a handy tool whenever is possible either during your travel or in your daily routine; for example the Casio Protrek is one of the tough and best choice for all rounder tool watch, however an adventurer sometimes need a reliable timepiece with automatic movement to accompany him during his unexpected thrill and exploration from time to time. If not why Rolex produced
the Explorer 2 just for the caves exploration? 

My ex Casio Protrek #wristshot

For the timepieces enthusiasts, every in-house automatic mechanical movement plays in a league, different from the 
battery and quartz watches. Sometime for a frequent 
explorer it is not the watch that he needs, what he needs during his tough time is his ‘buddy’. Remember Wilson in the Cast Away movie?

Samurai X with NATO

With the screw down crown, steel case back, 200 meters water resistant, solid and heavy feel,  ‘glo in the dark’ Lumibrite, readable dials with the silver outline, sturdy crown guards, beautifully and ruggedly crafted crown and unidirectional bezel, with hacking function and a manual winding capacity, the Samurai X with calibre 4R35 engine that beats at 21,600vph, with power reserve of approximately 41 hours and finally; a face that doesn’t resembled the luxuriousness of the expensive Rolex Submariner, ticked all the raincheck list of my tool watch specifications and requirements.

All the features embedded in it make it a suitable replacement tool for my reliable 7S26 SKX007 (it is in the workshop for overhaul at this moment). 

The black and blue Samurai X

“The Samurai X has the ruggedness of my ex-Damasko DA46. It runs on the reliable 4R35 engine with lesser complication and it has dials with the silver ouline - just like my ex-Explorer 1. This watch possesses the solid, strong, secured, steelty and ‘very tight feel’. Its suited every fieldman/outdoorsman needs, to me its meet the explorer needs.”

My ex Damasko DA46

My comment on the other options?

1. Seiko the Alpinist? It is a germ-stone. Its beauty defeat the purpose of its functionality. Would you bring your precious stone to a jungle or perhaps to a place where you might accidentally scratch it or bash it up agains something? If it is dubbed as a gentleman timepiece then go to a dinner  or official event and funtion with it...fragile item doesn’t belong to a rough place.

The beautiful Alpinist

2. Seiko Landy X? Seriously, having a ‘see-through case back’ on a watch really put me off. I would choose the Landy X over the Alpinist anytime due to its readabality and ruggedness. However, the ‘see-through’ case back and the slight protrudes of face glass over the bezel make it a scratch prone watch, and it becomes a big NO too...but I love the design especially the brushed case.

The rugged Seiko Land Prospex

3. Omega Speedy Reduced and Pro? Well, the dial is quite small for my eyes, and again I can handwind my 4R35 if I feel like doing so. To me, a calendar feature is very important for a tool watch. 

(And to the Malay timepiece collectors or watch enthusiasts, a watch without the calendar function is dubbed or called as ‘pekak’ or a ‘deaf’ watch. Even the Rolex Explorer 1 is categorised as ‘pekak’, the same goes to the rare Submariner No Date - the original James Bond watch. Again, nothing is wrong for becoming a ‘pekak’ watch, it is just becoming deaf, you got nothing to loose if you forget the day and date. Means you are free from 
becoming slave of the day and date - no meeting, no 
deadline and no rush! Enjoy your timepieces in the peace of time! No worry...)

My ex Explorer 1

A watch to me is not about luxury, it’s a time tool. People of the ancient used stick and sun rays for telling time, no watches, no fuss. Different people with different job and experience surely have different views and opinions regarding their own watch and preference too. All views are appreciated!

Enjoy your timepiece in your peace of time... but refrain yourself from doing time...