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Not a micro but a budget alternative is the retro-styled Invicta 1953 for around $100. Pencil hands like the original Submariner from 1953 and no date. Mine has had the crystal swapped for a domed sapphire.
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Nivada were all over the place with model names in their later years in the 70s. For example a model branded one year as "Antarctic Sea" is a simple anonymous "Automatic" a year later.
Anyone who puts all their watches on a red strap has zero design/fashion sense and/or no curiosity for variety in watches.
Red is a highly dominant colour so limiting in terms of dial colour choices.
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Yes it's very 90s. I believe released in 1996. Serial number is either 1996 or 2006. I suspect 1996 as these SKXs were less popular than others and discontinued sooner though I don't know exactly when.
There's also the SKX001, SKX003 and SKX005 which 38mm too and have similar dials and bezels but aren't two tone.
No idea where it was made. Probably Southeast Asia somewhere like most inexpensive Seikos - I believe "Made in Japan" is just a label for certain markets' import requirements, not an indication that a watch is actually made in Japan.
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