Beating Seiko at Their Own Game - The San Martin SN0005-GMT-2 Automatic Pepsi GMT Sapphire Bezel
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Beating Seiko at Their Own Game - The San Martin SN0005-GMT-2 Automatic Pepsi GMT Sapphire Bezel
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After discovering SM 18 months ago, I now own 5 of their watches.
The fit and finish blows anything in the same price range out of the water - nothing comes close, the materials used are top tier (some of the crystals are amazing), and so far I have had no problems at all with any of their watches.
True, they are mostly homage watches so have little to no design costs (some are just direct copies), but when you look how much you have to pay for similar watches from Seiko for example, it can be 3 or 4 times the price! Take some close macro shots of the transition lines between polished and brushed surfaces and you'll see how good the cases and bracelets are.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts as always Chris, hope your son is feeling back to 100%.
I’ve owned and reviewed a number of San Martins - they’re easily one of my favourite watch brands (alongside Seiko and Sinn). Sure, they lack originality, but the ‘fun per dollar’ value they offer puts a smile on my face every time I wear one. Thanks for the review!
As Jēzus Meza mentioned, this is an homage of a Rolex 6542. This was done in collaboration with Pan Am airlines back in the late 1950's. Rolex made both black and white dials with a bakelite bezel. I have both the black and white versions that San Martin made in the previous edition. It's a terrific watch at a great value. This new one has a bi-directional bezel which is much more functional. Love this channel!
Looks like San Martin is going mainstream. Their value is too good to ignore.
That’s why I am starting my collection 😂 imagine them in 20 yrs
@@MrAdrianjohnson agreed. Imagine what they could do with a $2000 watch. Wow
@@carlkim2577 when their company gains popularity in the years to come the watches sold now will be considered vintage and will be sort after so I think it’s wise to start a collection something worth 300$ now could be thousands/millions in the future
@@MrAdrianjohnson said no one ever 💀
Thing with them is a brand is being built and their playing it smart not only in decent quality but more respectful than a lot of the wild and wooly around them. Good for them and on them.
San Martin within the past year has been stepping up their watch game. I picked up the Bronze 62MAS homage and it's been flawless. Between the double domed sapphire crystal and the CUSN8 bronze patina I'm loving the look of it. I have it on an Ostrich strap from light to dark and I'm digging the hell out of it. I'm currently looking at their GMT's.
They really do make great watches, especially for the price. I have their bronze retro diver, and it's fantastic.
I have the same. It is really gorgeous in person
I have a GMT Master 2 and would consider buying this watch to travel with nice job showing the piece
seems like they could have at least used the nh34 and had the clasp facing properly
@@Dirtywesterner yes, they use now NH34 movement and added on fly micro adjustment.
@@unnamedhero5111 Thanks I'll get it now as I just found out about this brand a few weeks ago. So many great bang for your buck watches on there.
San Martin knocked it out of the park with this one 👌
I have several san martin watches. I love them. Awsome lume. Great bracelet.
I'll take an original Seiko design over something like this any day. More power to ya if you love this watch, but not for me
This is the correct attitude. The Chinese manufacturer cannot be trusted.....at all, at any level.
Lol
@@Tom_H327lol, Seiko's movements are made in China. iPhones are made by foxconn in China. What r u talking about? I have a Siko 5 sports. It cost me near $300 and it can't touch my Addiesdive tuna homage at all. The Seiko has no Sapphire, a push-pull crown and a super stiff leather strap. The Addiesdive has a screw down crown, domed sapphire crystal with AR coating (something else the Seiko lacks), and a higher 200m water resistance rating. All that for $62 shipped.
@@orangeyellow-me1pz gotcha. I wasnt saying anything bad about the watch, only what I prefer and believe. It's all good. I have a Steeldive Willard which I got for $47 shipped, and it's a fine watch. But, I still love my Seikos regardless of where they are made.
I wish they’d give an option to change the hands. I like San Martin but can’t bring myself to buy a full on copy homage and I think the main reason is the hands.
Maybe it can be modded?
Thanks for the great in depth review! Didn't know about san martin until watching it on your videos. Will probably get the new one with the nh34 movement and the BGW-9 lume as all of my watches in my collection have C3. Have the original Seiko 5 GMT orange with lesser materials; the movement is a workhorse, had it for over a year now and is reliable. Appreciate all you do! Cheers!
I picked up a 2 tone sub from san Martin last year and having a 40 watch collection from all the price tiers I don't believe that the build quality or Finnish can be beaten at the same price.
Fantastic watch, finishing and quality will out do Seiko each time at the same budget. One thing worth mentioning is the NH34 vs a Hangzou, definitely a compromise. I'd like to see them moving to the NH34 like other brands
On the site Watchdives, there is a similar watch to this with snowflake hands that uses the NH34 movement.
Amazing
I agree Jason...I rather see an NH34
@@AnhLe-di7si hopefully this one will go the same way
👍👍👍 Nice Watch 👍👍👍
I have been a Seiko watch owner going back several years but have learned again throughout the years as I am about to turn age 65 that although Seiko makes nice looking watches they are not as good looking as these Chinese made watches as San Martin, I now have around 6 San Martin watches and find these to be quite well meds and as you indicated in your great review with this GMT model SN005 the San Martin does give Seiko a good run for their money. Seiko must continue to step up in the competitive market in order to not find themselves ‘ falling behind ‘ ..
Thank you for your well presented reviews. 👍
Thanks for the comment
Amazing quality manufacturing. I think it's definitely more an interpretation than a Homage. Cheers.
"And, of course, everything lines up!" 😅💪
The burn
They make great watches for the price but be warned they tend to have a lot of QC issues. It's almost a lottery if you'll receive one with issues or not
good to know as I am looking into them now, hows their return policy though if you come across a lemon?
ETA 2893-2……..Chris, I probably just do not know what I don’ know but that’s the ETA movement in my Steinhart Ocean 39 Vintage GMT. Maybe something new maybe? Fine review. Thanks
Hey man, the steinhart use a higher grade movement. The 93 is ETAs more expensive thinner movement
Thanks, Chris, for yet another professional, objective review. Do you feel any sharp edges on the watch? This is the most common criticism on San Martin watches, and justly so, judging by my two San Martin watches.
I absolutely love this retro looking watch. San martin knocked it out of the park with this one. Unfortunately it's too expensive for me but I do really like this watch. Lume was great too. Great video thank you for showing. Take care.😊
SAN MARTIN MAKES THE BEST HOMAGE QUALITY WATCHES!
wow, gorgeous piece. Crazy lume. Looks like a ton of watch for the money! And of course, that's before all the discounts you get during the many Aliexpress sales (and you should only ever buy these watches during the sales!!!!)
I'm here for the comments based on the title alone. Great review.
Seiko GMTs are trading at around 300 used, personally I think it's better to just wait. Then again San Martin is certainly a good watch maker and offers a really nice watch with that sapphire glass
Seiko is Def not better then SM ever
@@musik4u343 Excuse me what. I take that personally.
Jk in some areas yes, San Martin has a lot going for it. The sapphire crystal is, at least for me, the biggest advantage.
@@musik4u343 when sm makes save the ocean dials we will talk otherwise shut up. Anyone can copy a design and slap a sapphire crystal and call it a day.
@donquique1 hahahahahahahahahaha key board tough guy. You're a moron. Carry on
@@donquique1 that's rather rude
I think the price will go down to $299 once they transition to the NH34 as their BB pro GMT homage has done. Picked up my SM BB Pro GMT (NH34) during the 11.11 sale for $258 including express shipping. So, wait unless you want the ETA clone (which is highbeat but unpredictable on a time grapher).
For reference, what is your wrist size?
I can see SM is trying to up their game, but comparing them to Seiko is a bit cringy.
Seiko frequently isn't the most original, but they are unique typically. SM, on the other hand do not burden themselves with a responsibility to be original. That's much easier!
seiko isn't the most original? quartz watch? spring drive?
@@edrader They were derided early on as being what we would call a homage brand today. The 62 Mas was basically lifted from other European designs as were many of their other designs through the years. Even now they primarily re-imagine or rehash their own back catalog. Point being that at least they have that heritage to draw from. San Martin doesn't even have that.
Excellent Excellent Excellent 👏!
Forget about the watch. I used to have that same micromachine fighter plane. I was recently online searching for it.
Count me impressed.
They are definitely going upscale.
i know sombody whom has a paganidesign, and he has it a few years now, the sanmartin i would like too. from reviews👍keep up the good work
I have the same watch in vintage patina. I don’t understand the lack of love for the movement.
I think all it is, is that the name sounds too Chinese. It’s a lovely feeling high beat movement. Nice and accurate with plenty of power reserve. I have tried mine on many coloured straps. No matter what Colour I use, the watch looks great. I have yet to warm to the jubilee bracelet on any watch.
Looks like I’m going to need to pick up another San Martin. Great job as always Chris.
At $347, it's a lot more expensive than the Seiko SSK003K1 I bought new for $259.
It looks different enough from a pepsi to be its own, I wish the mercedez hand was different though
Thank you for the review. I think it's a solid looking peice but for me the price is just too much. There are other micro brands with gmts who have a bit better specs/finishes..
like who?
@@spencerpatterson8815 phoibos and islander for example
But they use Seiko movements. Not quite beating Seiko
seiko upgraded to the proper specs for the prices Seiko charges......
My steeldive SD1970 just walks all over any entry level seiko i have owned.
Is the bezel 24 clicks?
Definitely a nice watch . I know Pagani has a new GMT watch with the new Seiko GMT movement as well.
Thanks for the video. I don’t think the watch on the link is the one on this video.
San Martin It should be selling thousands of original models around the world. If Maen did it, I don't know why they can't do it yet.
I'm pretty sure this is the G4 version, not G2. The colors on the G2 are different and you can see it from on the link you shared too
Best watch 👍
seiko = inhouse san martin = outhouse
Great vid..this is my first hangzhou movement is it normal for the winding feature to be stiff. Everything else changes like butter hsnds , gmt calender smooth but to eind the movement is very stiff. Is this normal?
Which one is better quality B\between this one and DIY / GMT Watchmaking Kit / DWC-D03?
I much prefer this non fauxtina version. I think they overdid it on the "gilt" version.
That said: I think this is more of an homage to the OG GMT Master.. not the more modern GMT Master II. Even if it were an early Mk II, it should come with an aluminium bezel-insert. And that's the thing with this one: It's still a bit all over the place IMO. Applied indices are nice to have, but don't really fit the vintage theme. Plus they should probably ditch that all red GMT-hand and borrow the one Steinhart are using on their Pussy Galore homage - which is much slimmer and has a more delicate (but un-lacquered) triangle at the tip. Also: Lose the white outline around the date, add a cyclops (OG GMT Masters had one) and make the case look a bit slimmer around the lugs. While 40mm is the "correct" case-size, the original ones look a little less chunky than this one - female endlinks would probably also help in making things look a bit more vintage.
Any sharp edges? I have 2 one came broken with knife sharp bracelet and lug edges... knife sharp that is.
your watch looks like SN109 and out of bezel has white numbers.Also SN109 doesnt have lume on bezel.but on the SN005,bezzel numbers must be yellow according to link.
Is there any version change ?
Nice watches but terrible and I mean terrible customer service.
As you suggest, homage is really a continuum (as 100% originality is impossible), with complete replicas (aka copies) at the extreme end. Those I try to avoid, as they feel phony to me. (But I'm also not into watches that look *too much* like much more famous watches that are still on the market, though I don't mind those nearly as much.)
Better then seiko
SN0109 might be better version of the GMT in the Ivory dial.
Althought their best case is the SN0006, which is the vintage Rolex case. Prefer that lug design, but it's not a GMT, and would be good if they made that one with a white dial, date and pepsi bezel even if it was without GMT...
Does the GMT hand adjust in reverse?
Is the bezel bidirectional? I bought the Seiko but sent it back due to excessive beat error
Better than 2 Seikos
San Martin makes nice shitters! :)
Ya had me at jubilee….
Seiko it’s nowhere close to this brand the only thing they are missing it’s marketing with a god marketing they can blow seiko and others
You'll have no trouble with the 6460
Watch Chris you know these watches are garbage I learned my lesson you guys are paid advertisers
thank goodness it doesnt have snowflake hands or I would be forced to get one . And the backwards clasp >>
Seiko has a huge problem right now. They have the name recognition and they create all the great designs that the rest of the world copies. The problem at the moment is, the Chinese take these designs and make them better and much cheaper. Seiko needs to up their game but I guess the problem is they will never be able to match the Chinese in price.
Not sure how a Rolex clonage beats a Seiko on any front, and I'm also not sure what the point of this video is. If it's a San Martin review, why the clickbait?
I think for the quality and the copied designs, Pagani Design is much cheaper for equal if not even better quality. But then why not a good fake Rolex... homage and replica are not the same thing. For me, SM watches are somewhere in between. Not sure how they avoid getting sued. I guess Seiko doesn't care and not willing to spend money on litigations but Rolex may come after them like they did with Oyster & Pop!
They're in china, they'd have to go through the Chinese legal system..good luck with that
Do not buy San Martin the watches are shit I spent 300$ the watch did not work I contacted them and they stopped answering after they asked for videos
They make great watches for the price point. I have a 12 watch box dedicated to my Homages with a couple of original designs in there as well. 2 San Martens.
I don’t have a problem with Homages in general(Obviously)…
I stopped buying watches from China for more than a year now because I decided to make every effort not to support a country whose leader ship/dictatorship is actively enslaving millions of people, committing genocide, and has thousands upon thousands of people that are disappeared without a trace every year… I encourage anyone who reads this to do the same… There’s plenty of places/countries to purchase great watches from!
Seiko's GMT suffers from poor quality. alignment on the hands. My GMT hand was misaligned in relation to the hour and minute hand by fifteen minutes. and poor timekeeping. The San Martin is much better quality.
Nice Tag Heuer copy
Tag?
Click baiting with seiko again
I like sm. But their obsession with closed case backs. Almost always a date. And are overpriced. So have not pulled the trigger.
Pagani Design comes close to sm, but at about a third of the price. And has many no date watches. And the majority of the them come with an exhibition case back. A much better value.
The point is it’s a Homage, so they are stealing from the original manufacturer. I don’t care what the cost is, in my opinion it’s purchasing a fake, and will never go on my wrist. Should just buy a fake Rolex