Seiko Solar Fieldmaster SSC2293P1 and Automatic Samurai Air Diver’s

Seiko Prospex Solar Fieldmaster V172 calibre & Samurai Blue Automatic 4R35...no comment🙂 the Fieldmaster get more of the wrist time now...need to see how it performs on the field as daily wearer...I have no qualm on the automatic.

Seiko Solar Prospex Millitary Alarm Chronograph In Hollywood

The timepieces can't be missed in the toothy thriller.

...At the other end of the price spectrum is the watch worn by Ruby Rose. Her character, Jaxx, a scientist and engineer, wears the Prospex Men’s Solar Military Alarm Chronograph by Seiko. The 42mm watch seems to have been chosen largely for its bold look and the distinctive numerals that you also can find on more expensive timepieces by brands like Panerai and Bell & Ross. The retail price on this Seiko is just $395; the style has been discontinued, though it’s still available through sellers on Amazon. A rep for Seiko confirmed that the production didn’t go through the brand to secure the piece, saying its inclusion in The Meg“seems to be organic.” What a treat.

*well I was lucky to secured a piece of this discontinued timepieces...😊

Read more: (1:28 PM PDT 8/14/2018 by Laurie Brookins)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/meg-dive-watches-ruby-rose-li-bingbing-jason-statham-make-an-impression-1134859

Seiko Prospex Solar Powered SSC293P1: The Adventurous Fieldmaster

*FIELDMASTER SSC293P1

Solar powered Seiko Prospex. I’ve never came accross this particular timepiece before, so it was love at the first sight. In someway the Adventure Fieldmaster reminded me of Omega Speedmaster (Speedy and Reduced) but with the date function and reasonable and affordable price tag. The curved hardlex cristal gives it the rugged-classic looks.

To me, the most important feature that must have on every adventurer, explorer or diver watch is the fully covered stainless steel caseback! With the chronometer functionality and 1 time alarm sound, the Fieldmaster reminds me a bit of my previous Casio Protrek.

This military style analog solar watch SSC293P1, has a twin which is called the SSC081P1; with only couple of slight differences in styling (SSC081P1 comes with calf skin leather band with the word chronograph on the face, anyway I prefer the SSC293P1 ProspeX).

THE FIELDMASTER SSC293P1 and SSC081P1 also shared the same capable of 100 meters water resistant depth, same engine VT172 with 6 months of power reserves with +- of 15 sec of accuracy. Not to forget the manual winding compass feature (will be useful in certain way, not in the bright daylight city, no! You will find this tool useful only when you find yourself lost in a jungle with all your batteries and electronic devices and gadgets are ‘kong’ dead). Its tiny second hand also ticking beautifully, so it will be your only ticking friend during your loneliness time in the field.


Thus, with it looks and features, I think in the long run its gonna be another affordable sought after watch next to the SKX007 Divers. Finally, as stated in Seiko website “This watch is exactly that, supporting the adventurer every step of the way”.  The only question is, are you adventurous enough for the Fieldmaster? I bet you are!

Fieldmaster on brown military Nato band

Fieldmaster on black Nato band

Fieldmaster close-up

Fieldmaster meeting the submarine

Fieldmaster on the field

The Fieldmaster watching the sky

Seiko Fieldmaster Solar SSC293P1 #wristshot

Seiko Divers meeting the Submarine...finally!

Come and meet the real divers...nothing much to say...speechless...

SSK 01 - KD TAR (Scorpene)

Crown Guard Matters!

Now I realised that one of the things that matters to me when looking at a timepieces is the crown guard...A crown without guard is not a crown...😉

Sweet New Omega Seamaster ...seriously enticing!

In reality, Daniel Craig is not James Bond, event hough he was the coolest and the ‘brutal’ Bond so far in the realm of the movie and fantasy, oh well, he was so ‘skinny’ in Lara Croft :-) Anyway, again the new Omega Seamaster is lovely and enticing. A real luxury for an actor. I couldn’t help myself photographing this billboard at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, hmm so many billboard advertising timepieces nowadays, economically the Malaysians capitalists are not so poor I guess, surely, they can afford luxury items...https://www.omegawatches.com/ What? On a different perspective, yes, the cathedral of consumptions, spare not, even the streets.

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...