Seiko Automatic Diver SKX779K Stainless Steel, Cal. 7S26

Favorite Seiko, and then I sold it, crazy? Not really. The
very nice Thai watch board
Siam Naliga had made a collective order from the Thai general distributor
for SEIKO, Muang Thong (Golden Town). Unfortunately, there were not enough
Monsters for all Thai WIS available. I had bought my second black Monster for
Tommy T.S. and brought it back for him at my cost from HK. I also sold this
watch at my cost to Khun Khachit, who really wanted the watch. We met at 11 PM!
Real WIS, no time to late to hand over a watch! Right now I have many black
Monsters on my sales site, so I feel I can replace it anytime. But my first
black Monster that really ignited the Monster fever and I guess also helped
creating the term "Monster" and the cult status of those SKX779/781K (orange)
Monsters. Today they are normally referred to as BM and OM, especially on the
"Poor Man's" Watch Forum.
This is the first watch that let my private collection, my private watches are
not normally for sale, but this was a very special situation. Khun Khachit
desperately (I hope he agrees too) wanted it, so I gave him mine. I have many
more SEIKO Divers to wear.
My favorite Seiko!
I remember when I first saw the 779 on TimeZone (before the existence of
PMWF), I thought "Just plain ugly!". Then about 6 months later, I was ready :-)
I had to have one too. I was able to find a good deal in Hong Kong and every
since, this has been my favorite Seiko. Yes, I still love my Flightmaster, but
that is a completely different watch. It is more fragile, it is Titanium and I
guess it is more prone to scratches. The 779 however, is a vademecum for any
kind of adventure and it is my first choice of dive watch when I go to the pool
with Reya, because if you have to take care of a child in the pool, there will
always be some unexpected risks for a watch, metal pool ladder, metal parts on
swim accessories etc. And that is where the 779 comes in, I feel it can take it
all and this is one of the rare watches I think it would even look great with
some "scars".