My advice for new collectors is to get the SNE498 solar tuna if someone wants to experiment with the tuna can design. If they grow on you then you definitely need to get a one with the 7C46 movement such as the SBBN043 or 049.
The baby tuna reminds me of the baby orange monster....it was BIGGER than the normal monster! Just subbed to your channel, I was lookong for reviews on Tunas - I've never owned one. Butnlately, Ive been given the opportunity to purchase a 'baby' tuna. - thanks for this straight forward review of all the Tunas!
Same here, I've got tired of always having to set time, day and date every time I pick up a watch that is not running. Plus I have to take inaccuracy into account.
Owned two ‘real’ Tuna 300m watches at different times (SBBN007, SBBN033) as well as the Solar Golden SNE498. Ended selling the 300’s because I rarely wore them, but kept the Solar. I love the Solar. Much lighter on a Zulu strap. I’ve owned/flipped about 25-30 Seiko watches, and my SNE498 is a keeper. *The SNE573 (solar, 38.5) is my favourite of the last several years.
Great to hear mate, 498 is on my wrist right now and I can’t seem to find a reason to let it go it’s a such a sweet watch. Will look into the 573 as well thanks for sharing.
The same feeling I had with my Urban Safari Baby Tuna. I tried it with my 3 year old and it fits her. I swapped a thinner ali express straps and it was a perfect fit. I have very small wrist but I tend to like bigger even prefer the sumo hulk than it despite being okay on my wrist. It does not speak to me personally but does look nice with my daughter.
Thanks for sharing your story mate, your 3 year old daughter must be so beautiful and cool rocking your Urban Safari Tuna, interestingly my 6 year old daughter’s favourite watch is the Tuna as well.
with your sbbn tuna how would you say it compares in terms of size with the solar tuna? I'm torn between buying a sbbn around 1.1k or buy a cheaper sne497 and get a aftermarket steel shroud. kind of like a baby sbbn tuna for a third of the price? the bezel on the sne498 I got has me leaving wanting a better bezel action. ultimately the sne498 is a small watch on the wrist for sure on my 6.75 inch wrist but not sure the sbbn would feel to big
Hey AL, simple answer is get both. Golden Tuna for the out and about & SBBN for something fancy and special. I would ask you to go to retail shop to try out the SNE498 and buy if you like it. Just knowing it won’t replace the SBBN, The SBBN worth the money (3-4 times), it’s truely amazing. Also give you an comparison, you think the spb147 is premium finishing; but the sbbn finishing is on top of spb147, hope that make sense? The SBBN is legend, think of it it has exactly the same fit and finish as MM300 with 8L movement, just different specialty and movement, but both represents the high quality of fit and finish as MM300.
@Felix_love_watches was at the mall today and tried on the sbbn045 and it felt awesome and looked the business, as I went to twist the bezel and it was softer then butter it felt so cheap compared to the other seikos out there. was shocked by how soft it was. maybe the new generation sbbns are like that? is yours the sbbn031 and if so how's the bezel click feel like? also tried on the 1000m tunas and they where way to big but the bezel action on that one was absolutely 10/10
@@SeikoLeaks there you go mate, that buttery smoothness is in my eyes the icing on the cake on the new Gen of sbbn line. It’s been reported all over lot of channels so it’s not a QC issue, it’s a beautiful design and engineering aspects in my eyes.
Hey mate; the whole line of SUN is very interesting! It’s funky; is tuna like; it’s so unique on the dial and it’s Kinetic! If I ever get to see one with reasonable price I will pull the trigger! I feel like the whole SUN line has been discontinued……
Hello, nice vid. Can you help me to find iso rated diver watch with ceramic bezel and saphire glass? it should also be affordable and wearable for small wrist. i know i wanted a alot =)
@@Felix_love_watches actually i ordered this baby tuna and i got it now. but i'm hesitating about hardlex and scratched bezel. so i would like to change it about same price as this one. i look into SRPE33K and SRPF79K, but im not sure about the size because of my 6,5 inch wrist...
@@fakerfaker5396 let me ask you few question, what was the reason initially when you bought this tuna? Have you had experience with handles/mineral crystal before? Have you had experience with none - ceramic bezel before (I.e steel / aluminium ), if you had were you manage you scratch them on your previous watches?
@@Felix_love_watches 1- i found a very good discount on this one so i gave it a shot. (it was blind buy) 2 and 3- i have no mineral crystal and steel insert except my g-shock. well, mineral crystal of g-shock seems ok, but there is definetly some scretchs on bezel. the point is im not feeling comfortable with mineral and steel or aluminium combination.
@@fakerfaker5396 samurai & turtle “King version” has the specs you want, but granted it’s lot larger than the Baby-Tuna you have, emmm…if you want higher specs, design history within the brand, and if turtle & samurai too large, then I just recommend you to buy spb147 62mas. I also have video for that welcome to check it out. It’s worth it.
Having just see the tunas, I love their design. However, spending ANY money on quartz makes no sense (unless you are a professional) - all that spent on a quartz movement a USD 30 watch can do. INSANE!! I am torn between a Solar Tuna, a Monster automatic and a Citizen diver automatic. I love the tuna though.
By that logic you should only spend an extra 100 dollars on the same watch equipped with an sw200 as opposed to 30 dollar quartz. Yet many will pay >1000 for sw200 equipped watches. You can't explain the cost difference between quartz and mechanical through "value". It is better explained by marketing/indoctrination.
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My advice for new collectors is to get the SNE498 solar tuna if someone wants to experiment with the tuna can design. If they grow on you then you definitely need to get a one with the 7C46 movement such as the SBBN043 or 049.
I am pinning this for everyone, very good advice indeed 👍
The baby tuna reminds me of the baby orange monster....it was BIGGER than the normal monster!
Just subbed to your channel, I was lookong for reviews on Tunas - I've never owned one. Butnlately, Ive been given the opportunity to purchase a 'baby' tuna. - thanks for this straight forward review of all the Tunas!
I actually prefer quartz the more I go further with my watch collection. Especially with the tuna. I will definitely get a quartz Tuna in the future.
Great call mate, for me it has done the same thing. Loving my quartz Tuna they are always going to be part of my collection ❤️
Same here, I've got tired of always having to set time, day and date every time I pick up a watch that is not running. Plus I have to take inaccuracy into account.
Thank you for your insightful perspectives and this great info. Much appreciated.
Pleasure is all mine Simon, hope you can stay around….❤️
Owned two ‘real’ Tuna 300m watches at different times (SBBN007, SBBN033) as well as the Solar Golden SNE498. Ended selling the 300’s because I rarely wore them, but kept the Solar.
I love the Solar. Much lighter on a Zulu strap.
I’ve owned/flipped about 25-30 Seiko watches, and my SNE498 is a keeper.
*The SNE573 (solar, 38.5) is my favourite of the last several years.
Great to hear mate, 498 is on my wrist right now and I can’t seem to find a reason to let it go it’s a such a sweet watch. Will look into the 573 as well thanks for sharing.
The same feeling I had with my Urban Safari Baby Tuna. I tried it with my 3 year old and it fits her. I swapped a thinner ali express straps and it was a perfect fit. I have very small wrist but I tend to like bigger even prefer the sumo hulk than it despite being okay on my wrist. It does not speak to me personally but does look nice with my daughter.
Thanks for sharing your story mate, your 3 year old daughter must be so beautiful and cool rocking your Urban Safari Tuna, interestingly my 6 year old daughter’s favourite watch is the Tuna as well.
Great vid! I love the Tuna and I love quartz 😄 Also have the SNE499 Padi Tuna, lume is epic!
Man great having you here , that Padi is a looker! I gotta go and try it on. Great watch!
I think the Solar aspect of SNE498 makes it more attractive than other tuna models. I was not big on Solar until i got one. They are quite amazing.
@@M3LTUP agreed 👍
How old is monster tuna automatic srp83i please
Which one? The new baby tuna or ?
with your sbbn tuna how would you say it compares in terms of size with the solar tuna? I'm torn between buying a sbbn around 1.1k or buy a cheaper sne497 and get a aftermarket steel shroud. kind of like a baby sbbn tuna for a third of the price? the bezel on the sne498 I got has me leaving wanting a better bezel action. ultimately the sne498 is a small watch on the wrist for sure on my 6.75 inch wrist but not sure the sbbn would feel to big
Hey AL, simple answer is get both. Golden Tuna for the out and about & SBBN for something fancy and special. I would ask you to go to retail shop to try out the SNE498 and buy if you like it. Just knowing it won’t replace the SBBN, The SBBN worth the money (3-4 times), it’s truely amazing. Also give you an comparison, you think the spb147 is premium finishing; but the sbbn finishing is on top of spb147, hope that make sense? The SBBN is legend, think of it it has exactly the same fit and finish as MM300 with 8L movement, just different specialty and movement, but both represents the high quality of fit and finish as MM300.
@Felix_love_watches was at the mall today and tried on the sbbn045 and it felt awesome and looked the business, as I went to twist the bezel and it was softer then butter it felt so cheap compared to the other seikos out there. was shocked by how soft it was. maybe the new generation sbbns are like that? is yours the sbbn031 and if so how's the bezel click feel like? also tried on the 1000m tunas and they where way to big but the bezel action on that one was absolutely 10/10
@@SeikoLeaks there you go mate, that buttery smoothness is in my eyes the icing on the cake on the new Gen of sbbn line. It’s been reported all over lot of channels so it’s not a QC issue, it’s a beautiful design and engineering aspects in my eyes.
@Felix_love_watches saw a watch called seiko sun019 looks like a tuna shroud that fused into the case saw the cool raised indices
Hey mate; the whole line of SUN is very interesting! It’s funky; is tuna like; it’s so unique on the dial and it’s Kinetic! If I ever get to see one with reasonable price I will pull the trigger! I feel like the whole SUN line has been discontinued……
Baby Tuna nickname probably comes from the Baby G ”ladies” aka smaller g-Shocks
Yeah that’s probably right man
Can u up your audio volume on the next uploads
Hey mate you mean you can’t hear me? I am pretty sure it’s loud enough?
seiko srp637 is tuna monster not baby tuna!
can the sbbn043 be a one watch collection?
Personally I wouldn’t do it, due to the size and character of it, it can be part of the core collection though.
Hello, nice vid. Can you help me to find iso rated diver watch with ceramic bezel and saphire glass? it should also be affordable and wearable for small wrist. i know i wanted a alot =)
What’s the maximum money you can spend?
@@Felix_love_watches actually i ordered this baby tuna and i got it now. but i'm hesitating about hardlex and scratched bezel. so i would like to change it about same price as this one. i look into SRPE33K and SRPF79K, but im not sure about the size because of my 6,5 inch wrist...
@@fakerfaker5396 let me ask you few question, what was the reason initially when you bought this tuna? Have you had experience with handles/mineral crystal before? Have you had experience with none - ceramic bezel before (I.e steel / aluminium ), if you had were you manage you scratch them on your previous watches?
@@Felix_love_watches 1- i found a very good discount on this one so i gave it a shot. (it was blind buy) 2 and 3- i have no mineral crystal and steel insert except my g-shock. well, mineral crystal of g-shock seems ok, but there is definetly some scretchs on bezel. the point is im not feeling comfortable with mineral and steel or aluminium combination.
@@fakerfaker5396 samurai & turtle “King version” has the specs you want, but granted it’s lot larger than the Baby-Tuna you have, emmm…if you want higher specs, design history within the brand, and if turtle & samurai too large, then I just recommend you to buy spb147 62mas. I also have video for that welcome to check it out. It’s worth it.
You say no other video, I say "like" and "Subscribe". Also playing basketball with a tuna is going to kill people bro! lol
😂😅
@@Felix_love_watches Also give the frost tuna a chance man! killer watch! Esp since the frost monster is so highly priced.
@@bmt65 great idea!
Having just see the tunas, I love their design. However, spending ANY money on quartz makes no sense (unless you are a professional) - all that spent on a quartz movement a USD 30 watch can do. INSANE!! I am torn between a Solar Tuna, a Monster automatic and a Citizen diver automatic. I love the tuna though.
By that logic you should only spend an extra 100 dollars on the same watch equipped with an sw200 as opposed to 30 dollar quartz. Yet many will pay >1000 for sw200 equipped watches. You can't explain the cost difference between quartz and mechanical through "value". It is better explained by marketing/indoctrination.