DOUBLE SEIKO ARNIE! SNJ27 + SNJ25 Review
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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As usual, I took my time, but hopefully I made up for it. It's a whopper, there is no getting around that fact. But it does wear better than anyone could hope for from a 48mm watch! But would I buy one? Not unless I do some serious work on my biceps first..... I'll be back, Jody
I watched this review three times before buying my Arnie and now I am watching it a fourth time with my Arnie on my wrist. Thanks Jody!
Ha! Thanks for the 0.0008745 cents in ad revenue!!
Hey do you still wear it? Is it a bit big or anything? Any malfunctions ever?
I have one. it’s not the biggest watch. it’s a great watch
I swear, every time I watch an Arnie review, I want one a little bit more! Just one more, right? 😂😂
This is my everyday watch, absolutely loving it.
Jody please keep as many vids coming as possible! I'm quarantined for 12 weeks so you are one of the only Humans in my life at the moment! Great vid so far!
Bloody hell mate. 12 weeks? Where are you?
@@JustOneMoreWatch in the UK but it's because I have a heart condition.
@@viperkil13 Stay Safe!!
All the best to you and everyone else. I seen three horses in a field and I am sure I just need the red one to complete the set! Scary times
@@viperkil13 Take it easy, man.
Have it, love it. Replaced the plastic shroud with a brushed stainless one, and threw it on a jubilee. Great upgrades for me.
Where did you get the steel one is it the same as a tuna. The only reason i havent bought one is because i want a stainless shroud
@@sir.icefire5470 etsy :D
I wear the Padi version on a black and red Zulu strap on my 6.5" wrist. I also added one of the black steel shrouds and it looks even better. More heft too. I wear it for when I go out horse riding as my 'action watch'. It fills that space in my collection perfectly.
Can you recommend where to buy alternative shrouds?
Hang on when At his covered himself in mud to hide from the predator, wouldn't the Seiko super lumibrite given him away. Hmmmm?
Yeah, you need a G-Shock for a job like that...
No, because the Predator's visual scanners aren't able to receive the wavelength at which lumibrite glows.
Predator detects the Hardlex before he sees the lume and presumes it's just a piece of animal shit.
@@shanewright2772 Lol! Funny *as well as* correct! If only Arnie had known this in the 80s, he might've survived... er... nevermind... 😒
@@jmmartin7766 😂🤣😅
Thanks for cheering us up in these crazy times.
Stay Well. Darren.
Thanks mate! You too.
Just rewatched Raw Deal on Amazon prime, Arnie is rocking the Arnie!
I'm wearing my SNJ028 (the black and gold version) now and I love it. The bezel on mine is perfect - solid notching, no play, and perfect alignment - and it solves the strap hardware misalignment because it has all black hardware. Sapphire and AR would be nice though.
I just love the way quartz watch seconds hands never seem to quite line up with the markings. Love that. Doesn't irritate me at all.
Hahhah! Indeed. Seiko to a tee.
Aaaand this review helped me decide to pull the trigger and order the SNJ025
Cool t-shirt! Love the Black Arnie on that gray NATO. Promised myself no more Seikos this year ... will see how long that lasts
Got the SNJ25 used since i thought it would be fun. It did not dissapoint. Sure its big and bulky but, as you point out, wears rather well. Tried on a Strapcode Super-j Luis ( jubilee ), straight endlinks. Works well. Feels more balanced and it was easyer to get the right fit on the wrist.
You didn't end with "I'll be back!"
I've never been an Ana-digi fan, but man, you sold me on that one. Really cool! Thanks Jody!
Been waiting for that iconic phrase in the ending 😁. Btw good reviews, as always, thanks
Have one. It’s actually very comfortable. It’s very light. It’s been sitting in a drawer for months and it still has battery level 10. It’s a very low maintenance watch.
It's got power indication?
HiggeBlogg yeah you hold the top left and it’ll say BATT and a number, 10 is full. It’s always been at 10 since I got it.
I think the power save mode helps. It shuts it all down when in no light situations like a drawer
@@WillEDC the battery saving mode however still keeps time. Just fyi to guy who had the question
Max Tactical yeah definitely. No affect on the time or any of the settings entered like “local time” for gmt function, alarm etc.
I have to points to make:
First, that watch size is all about perspective, as many things are. I have a 6" wrist, but my dad gifted me a 51mm Garmin early on in my collecting days. As my only water-resistant watch, and only heart/sleep/health-tracker, it got more wear than it might have if I'd had literally anything else to substitute. It's bulk took some getting used to, but now I don't really have a problem unless I try to fit it under a glove. It's strange to think these Arnies are actually smaller! It's rather freeing, knowing that I can pull off something that's, on paper, way too big for me. I'm actually tempted to look at the Arnie now.....
Second, for all the worry about mineral, which usually prioritizes shatter-proofness over scratch-resistance, and hardlex being a type of mineral, it occurred to me recently that I don't know anyone even on the internet, who has managed to scratch a hardlex watch. (Except that guy who purposefully tried to kill his SKX, but those circumstances are unrealistic when it comes to real-life wear.) Even my own watches, I've scratched an acrylic crystal, but not even any of my regular non-hardlex mineral. To be fair, I mostly wear them in the office, since I ended up with the Garmin to swim/hike etc. with.
So, in all seriousness, do you know anybody who has scratched hardlex? How'd they do it? I'd love to get more data.
Thanks for another wonderful video Jody! You brighten up my week!
I just received my SNJ25 as my birthday present (which is in April, but I was hoping to get a good price and I did). For the time I've worn it, I'm very pleased. Not just related to Arnie, but also to James Bond, who I'm a huge fan of. Thanks for the review. Completely agree with you.
I absolutely love this watch, as long as its on someone else's wrist. I really do love the looks of them. They are just not for me.
What a great looking watch. I don’t think I would wear it every day, but I would definitely want one as part of my collection.
"The 6th day" is a great movie, one of his best, thank you very much! 😝
No comment, just read the T Shirt.
Anthony Smith Ridge and Brooke?
Andy Warhol wanna be? I got the "shot first" reference but he has much better tshirts
@@danieleraso1 I would have thought more Roy Lichtenstein he was really into this type of Cartoon art, same time frame as Andy Warhol. I am prepared to be corrected...
Have the special edition and it's a great watch. Jody is right on about the sizing. My 7 1/8 wears it fine. Very practical with dual time, stop watch and a dive rating. Takes to different straps well. Doesn't quite work in business but for everything else it's got character and presence in spades. The lume is not Marine master level but decent. Frankly I wear it a lot more than my mm300.
I am buying this now after watching your video!
I have the PADI version. It most certainly IS pleasant to wear and not as large visually or in practice as the measurements would suggest. I wear it double-wristed (Schwartzkopf-style) with a PADI Lowercase digi-arnie and it's a great set. Glad you reviewed these.
I just got mine yesterday and am sporting it on my wrist today!! This is the third Arnie I've owned. I still have an original with orange face, sold my black face Arnie years ago. I got the refreshed black face re-issue and I absolutely LOVE it!! Best $300 I've spent on a watch.
Just bought the reissue. I wore the original Arnie during my deployments starting in 89. Retired it 10 years ago. The new one will get lots of wrist time.
$500 here in Canada... Great reissue!
Excellent video. I picked up my SNJ028 just an hour ago. It is a lovely watch. with a wrist at 7.5", I was afraid it might be a bit too big but it feels great and rides like a smaller framed watch. My bezel is lining up perfectly and my buckle/band retainer matches the frame.
Thank you Jodi for keeping us going In this crazy times I’m looking forward to watch your downloading 👍👍✊🏻
this is the only watch I can comfortably wear that is over 40mm, its magical.
I love my Arnie. I don't have big wrists, but they're flat which more easily allows for bigger watches.
Perfect fit surprisingly.
hello from Israel, we love your channel
Even your wives? 😁
@@mrbacchus6127 Yup.
I waiting for the watch (or whatever it was) that the Predator wore to come out ... can't be much bigger than Ahhnold's watch.
I will get one at some point in time. Maybe my last Seiko...
Cool watch👍 “Remember Sully, I promised to kill you last? I lied...” classic! 😂😎
I just bought one today. Absolutely love that thing. What a brutal beast.
At one point I thought I wanted one of these, but that odd-shaped dial has become somewhat repulsive to me. Great video as always Jody!!!
Odd; that dial is exactly why I like this particular watch. Otherwise, it would look bland, like the quartz Marinemaster.
The case size is huge but this is a good example of how important the lug to lug measurement is to wearability. This also seems like a good alternative for situations where you could wear a G-Shock.
Just got one a few days ago! Really cool watch
I watched his movie Raw Deal for the first time in a hundred years and yep, he's wearing this watch.
"No one gives Arnie a raw deal".
Wanna know something funny... this isn't the only watch he wore in the Predator. Skip to 1:23:49 The watch he has on there looks to be something with a leather racing strap on it. Mostlikely worn during reshoots... check it out yourself lol
I always enjoy your videos. And the t shirts.
Scored an SNJ025 for $260 AUD and I absolutely cannot complain!
Back to these videos again, have always like the nostalgia and ana-digi and decided to go for my first Arnie (Street series SNJ031P on sale). I agree they wear better than you think, and not really much more than a solar Tuna. Good suggestion to try on - and was still ok on 6.5" wrist. Should hit the gym though :P.
I thought this was a big watch, but seeing it on your wrist I'm warming up to it. Also I grew up on Arnie movies. Im not sure how I'm going to justify this to the wife.
Tell her you wear the pants in the family and that you're TELLING her you're getting one, not asking. Then, smack her just for good measure. This will work, trust me.
@@varanid9 degenerate comment
I bought this watch to wear in dangerous countries. This watch is a pleasure to wear. It looks decent and is an action piece.
I just can’t do Seiko any more for the prices they are asking. I can never justify spending my watch budget on a Seiko with mineral crystal and aluminum bevel insert when there are other watches with better specs for less.
The BB58 got aluminium insert as well. Dont know if it's really a budget thing.
Mineral crystal is stronger; these are dive watches, after all, and function should matter over people's imaginary issues. Sapphire is just a type of mineral, anyway, and, in actuality, isn't a whole lot harder than a good quality mineral like Hardlex. Also, there are different grades of sapphire, and, the cheaper ones like you get on a lot of these Chinese made micro-brands aren't up to the quality one usually thinks of when he thinks "sapphire". Do I like sapphire? Sure, but, it really doesn't matter if I get mineral on my dive watches. If I have a choice, I choose mineral; a shattered crystal can do a lot more damage to a watch than a scratched up one, and, unlike a lot of these 'desk diving' assholes, I actually take my watches into the water.
@@varanid9 thats a lot of hot air to justify Seiko cheaping out on a superior christal.
@@nohcho84 Nothing "superior" about a crystal that shatters easier.
Yeah it needs a sapphire crystal and a metal shroud. The aluminium insert is fine though.
I think we can say Arnold influence the creation of a new sub group of watches just between a Diver and a Field watch:🙌 The Arnie watch🙌... 🤣... Nice video Jody, may you and your loved ones stay safe and healthy..."Dif-tor heh smusma" 🖖
You nailed on on how Seiko is good about considering lug-to-lug dimensions! I can't tell you the number of watches that I've 90% loved (dial, case, color, finishing) only for the L2L to kill it for me. Thanks for the video Jody!
Mine came yesterday and I am in love with it. I have smallish wrists and feel OK in it. That said, I have a NATO coming soon for it (black with black IP hardware.
Great watch think i bought mine a year ago 👍
Hi Jody from England, I'm 62 and my G, Shock has had its day. I'm on a budget of £100 and need a replacement but I'm not sure at my age I could do with something more age appropriate. Love the channel .
Nice review, thanks for clearing up some of the questions I had about it.
I may pick this up. Will be my gym and hiking watch if I don’t wear a g shock.
Stay healthy everyone.
For what it’s worth. Cheers sir. I’m under unreal pressure right now. Employees, others who rely on me to run their business and a family who rely on it too, elderly parents Covid vulnerable et al. You have a modest, intelligent, humorous and irreverent style which occupies the mind supremely. Cheers mate, don’t stop.
Hope you are doing OK mate. It won't be forever. Cheers!
It is a cool watch but Casio had watches that did all of that and more with atomic time reception and super shock resistance in 2012. I had one. AWG-500m
Bought one and sold it. Regretted it as it wore so comfortably. Going to buy it again.
Iv got a the original, this one looks really good.
my padi Arnie (identical to the pepsi one) has blue lume on the dial and hour hand with a green minute hand and bezel pip, does either these models feature that or do i have an oddball?
Yeah my PADI Sumo has blue and green lume.
Help me! Really stuck between these two I love the original alot for its simplicity + more iconic... Massively love Arnolds classic movies like predator and commando, but pepsi is more flashy + love the different color lume on minute hand! Help me decide! Wish i could get both!🌠
Hey man, Love your channel. Great reviews! One question: When Arnold’s daughter was taken hostage in “Commando”, he had 12 hours to get her back. His set the digital portion of his watch at 12:00, pressed the button and it started timing down! That was (and still is) one of the coolest things that I have ever seen a watch do. Do the new versions have that capability? Thanks again for a great watch channel! 😃
Al Caruso yeah you're talking about the countdown timer function. I don't think they do. When he was cycling through the digital modes it was only day, date, alarm and stopwatch mode. I know a lot of the Casio and timex digital G shock watches have it.
The watch he used in the movie was modified for the screen. The face is completely different
Awesome
Should i buy one tho?? Found it for £399
I like it! Very retro. I've ordered the PADI version. Good review, thanks.
I bought the black version when it first came out and I have a love hate relationship with it. When I’m hating on it I leave it in my watch box for a while and then I rediscover my love for it.
I’m saving for a new Seiko SPB121 (new Alpinist) at the moment.
I was glad to see this review. Nostalgia fan here so it is still on the maybe list.
Great review Jody.As a confessed seiko fan I love the Arnie, but what a shame about, (yet another), the misaligned bezel. Seiko have no excuses and really need to get a grip, it seems to be all too common on newer watches. Don't mind the non saphire it's just what Seiko do along with the aluminum bezel and It is an 80's reissue after all
Interesting to think about all of the technology going on in the quartz world: solar, kinetic... great stuff! That would be a fun adventure watch, but you’re right. How does that watch compete with Suunto, Garmin, Casio, and other smart watches at this point? Seems like the added functionality of GPS in smart watches might be eating away at this market. Though I’m not sure about those smarties as divers. Maybe that’s the differentiator...
Enjoyable thorough review, thanks & Stay Safe.
What size nato strap for this watch ?
"Arnie" watch is like champagne. Bond's watches would only get him a beer.
And women!
Cool watches and another fun video! Thanks Jody!
Great fun video, as always!
Any chance of a quick look at watch winders, Jodie? Any favourite makes or models? Thanks, mate 👍
A bit late on this one ... LOL ... but I think Jordy don't readed the manual
It's specified that the digital display die after 7 years and it's replacement is NOT FREE
Just a detail to know before but this nice watch !
Love the seiko arnie. Got the snj25
Both watches are nice but I like your Rolex wall clock more...
Love the channel, quick question unrelated to this particular review. Where did you get your GMT wall clock and do you like it? Thanks again for all the great content!
I have the original and the black re issue, both are fantastic watches
I was thinking these watches were going to be way too big for my 6&1/2" wrist.
But, Amazon lists the G-shock G-100 I'm currently wearing @ 47.8mm... And it fits *me* pretty darned well!
If that's the case, I might just become an 'Arnie' fan! 🖒😎
Hey Jody, quick question re the movie Commando - why would Arnie's character name his daughter 'Jenny' when he has so much trouble saying it right? What sort of name is 'Chenny Matrix' anyway?
I’ve always loved this watch. But I always seem to end up with these huge watches that my wife hates. 😂
Would love an ani-digi, but I don't think I would be able to pull of this size. Turtle or Samurai, I own both, are my max. Maybe a Casioak?
Nice watch. Looks good. Bit smallish on my wrist, or maybe I was just expecting it to be big. It is not big at all.
I’m between this and the Seiko king turtle !!! 🤔
Nice review keep them coming
Is there at least a basic degree of waterresistance when the crowns are screwed out, like 30 or 50m or so?
Ive heard the buttons have to be screwed in (ie exposed so they can be pressed) in order to gain the water resistence, which is counter-intuitive so Im currently looking around for that confirmation
Seiko should learn a lesson from this model. The lower the cost, the more sales you get. Can't figure out why Seiko keeps charging thousands for other reissues.
Because they still sell....
I own both and alternate these bad boys 👍
Is the shroud made of polymer on this one ?
I'm so glad you are not one of those "I wear my watch over the wrist" kinda guy! 😄👍
Seiko are the king of making big watches look small. Short lug to lug and super amall dials framed by a thick bezel. The diameter gets devided into many fractions. A 39mm all dial to the edge watch looks much bigger! 🙏
Wanted to love it, sadly does nowt for me. Good review tho, keep them coming-nice to have a bit of normality in these times of madness. Stay healthy y'all 👍🏻
Wasn’t for you Jody, but couldn’t resist this one, arriving Mon.
I bought one and I am able to operate the button button (button A) even though it is screwed, it his normal?
The arnie is a MUST BUY for any Arnie Fan! I wonder if the man himself would buy this re-issue
No he got about 200 free
Watched many reviews of the seiko arnie and after watching yours where I decided to buy it a fun looking watch, the all black give it a stealthy yet smart look. The 47mm size sounds big as I can only reasonably wear a 40mm well hope this wont over hang the lug the lug. What your opion on the size Jody? Nice vids always.
Too big for me, but maybe a Solar Tuna is an option. Would like to see you review one of those Jody. I’ve heard they also wear really well given their size. Love that ana-digi feature. Much better executed than the way lots of other watches do it frankly.
Would've been tight if you started the video playing the commando theme. Lol.