It's the bezel off the SRP581, the blue bezel really makes the blue dial stand out more, it was such a muted blue that it often appeared nearly black, well not anymore!
I was just about to order the black dial SBDC025 until I saw this thread and the accompanying pictures. I am a real sucker when it comes to blue dials and I must say I am definitely getting the blue dial now. With the mention of a limited run, I still see quite many on the bay and also from the Japanese sellers so not as rare? Hoping the price will come down slightly on these.
I have a 1st gen OM for a few weeks now and already I am looking for my second one. Was one of those who could just not bare to look at a Seiko Monster for more than 2 seconds!
I was checking on the market price for SZSC003 and guess what ? ... currently there is not a single one for sale from Japanese sellers, ebay, Amazon . I believe the value can only go North from now on... What do you gents think of this?
As much as I'd like to believe that (it helps me justify the price I paid for it), I would guess it will continue to ebb and flow. Maybe the recent strength of the US Dollar versus the Japanese Yen has made sellers hold back inventory. I am just making wild yet reasonable speculations here.
I certainly don't think the value will ever go down, and if they are drying up I agree that the prices should rise. Don't think they will surpass the orange which seems to have stabilized around $800-$1k, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them offerred for $600-700 soon.
Clearly a great watch here and a good photo too. But I'm quite confused. I thought the SZSC003 had silver bezel. Where did this blue bezel come from? Is it a mod? Or do I have the wrong reference #?
Gents I've got word from a friend that is dealing Seiko in Asia and long story short, SZSC003 is a 1000 pc Limited Release NOT Limited Edition. The guy really knows what he's talking about, so I hope this will shed some light over how many were built .
So like a short run, eh? That's interesting! I wonder what the reasoning was for that? I like to think a bunch of folks on the production line were sad to see the Monster discontinued or out of production indefinitely so they were like, "Eff it, let's make some awesome blue dial versions!" Even the slimmest possibility of that happening makes me happy.
Could be this (3rd gen) the end of Monster era ? Looking on regular online watch stores and monsters all together are harder and harder to find and more expensive by every week.Just couple of models still available as new and some used ones ...
It is a divisive design, for sure. I prefer full stainless steel bezels over color inserts so I love most of the models through all three generations of the Monster line.
YAY ! I was able to get my hands on another one ... after actively looking for more than a month , a friend from Asia was able to get another one for me. I am so happy ! ...even though the price was higher than I paid on my first one, I was able to bundle it with a SRP657 and altogether got a better deal than initially asked. Really excited about the SRP657, was looking to get one for a long time.
LOL, this is called true love.
I can understand you, Monsters are so amazing.
Do you use one and you preserve one in a box?
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