I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Japanese watches section as that's what it is really. Anyway I've shown this watch a few times before & it's usually been a little different each time as it's my test bed for trying out different dial/hand combinations. I've had it a good few years & in that time I've chopped & changed it many times. It started off as a Pulsar automatic diver which is basically the same watch, bar a different name/dial, as the Alba Manta Ray diver. I didn't pay much for it & got it with the intention of customising it, I sent it straight off to Bry to have the main case DLC coated dark grey/black, whilst the crown & caseback were coated in contrasting satin gold.
I had a little time to kill on Friday (I was on leave last week) & wasn't happy with the latest dial/hand combo, or the timekeeping (it'd lose about 10mins every 24 hours), so I decided to change the movement (Seiko 7s26) for one that I knew worked well & refit a brown Seiko 5 dial that I'd previously tried & liked, but still changed for some unknown reason :huh: The hands are a combination of 2 different sets but I think they work OK together. So far it's been working well, keeping good time & has been on my wrist since I finished putting it back together.
Previous incarnation on the left in this pic:
I had a little time to kill on Friday (I was on leave last week) & wasn't happy with the latest dial/hand combo, or the timekeeping (it'd lose about 10mins every 24 hours), so I decided to change the movement (Seiko 7s26) for one that I knew worked well & refit a brown Seiko 5 dial that I'd previously tried & liked, but still changed for some unknown reason :huh: The hands are a combination of 2 different sets but I think they work OK together. So far it's been working well, keeping good time & has been on my wrist since I finished putting it back together.
Previous incarnation on the left in this pic: