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Thank you very much. I hope they release more chronographs in the future; I feel like CW is still underestimated.
I found the Seiko to be a bit thick (~13mm, if I recall) for a quartz watch. If you are open to used, I suggest checking out Tag Heuer 2000. The panda reference is CK1111 (albeit with blue sub-dials). They can track hours on top of 1/10 of sec, second, and minutes.
I have the black dial with white sub-dials and I love mine, though the lume on the dial is non-existant at this point. These can be had for ~$500 or less.
To me, there aren't many better dive watches than the Marathon GSAR, TSAR, and the MSAR.
I have 6.0" wrists so I started out with a MSAR (TSAR Medium, as it was called back then). Even though the quartz version is 1mm thinner than the automatic counterpart, it feels too tall for its size.
Eventually, I was able to try on the automatic MSAR and it was indeed too tall for the case diameter. Too tall that I didn't like it, especially with the 18mm lug width. I sold it after a week. Before COVID, the automatic version of MSAR went for ~$500.
About a year ago, I got a regular GSAR and it is one of my favorite, most worn watches. It is very tough, and relatively affordable to purchase, and service. I actually bought a very beat up one and had it fully repaired and serviced for ~$900 including the Watch.
I wear it in a very rough environment and I can't wait to beat it up after years of use.
Go for any of the Marathon watches. I don't think that you can go wrong with any. At the least, their service dept is able to carry the parts for years and decades.
Out of all the recent Alpinists, this is my favorite. Great pick up! Enjoy!
Now you've been cursed with owning at least a dozen Seikos... you just don't know it yet
