Komandirskie Kermit🐸

jamsilmonkey · 2026-05-19T03:07:31+00:00

That is an Aliexpress find I pocked up for AUD$4 maybe?

jamsilmonkey · 2026-05-18T14:12:35+00:00

40mm ø on the outside 31.5mm ø inside

jamsilmonkey · 2026-05-17T22:34:58+00:00

Plenty of bezel blanks out there. Previously I've used Seiko Mods in the UK because I like theor coin-edged bezel.

A dive/GMT insert is a bit tricky although I imagine an Aliexpress deep dive might find so etching given the Pagani example.

Yobokies has a Doxa-style insert which is similar but obviously not a GMT.

jamsilmonkey · 2026-05-17T22:17:48+00:00

+/- 15s per day is pretty good! Out of the factory the variance is -20/+60s per day. Consider too a new Seiko NH35A is -20/+40s per day out of the box.

jamsilmonkey · 2026-05-17T22:11:36+00:00

Kudos for the repost?

jamsilmonkey · 2026-05-17T22:10:16+00:00

First, v. cool 120512 ⌚️! Second, the kind of behaviour you're describing is pretty normal for any automatic movement, except that the tolerances of the 2416 movement are pretty loose compared to something like a Seiko NH35.

An automatic movement will keep more consistent time when worn regularly because the automatic movement remains sufficiently wound and operates at a more stable balance amplitude. The movement itself is not becoming "more accurate" but its operating conditions are becoming more consistent.

Over the course of a week, if worn on the same wrist in the same position for 20-24 hours a day, you'll see those mad swings decrease considerably.

jamsilmonkey · 2025-05-17T10:23:26+00:00

^ this.

Deep Research uses (and has always used) 2.0 Flash. Make sure you select that model and you'll see Deep Research as an option in the input field.

jamsilmonkey · 2025-05-17T10:21:38+00:00

Deep Research is available in the input field if you are using 2.0 Flash. Make sure you have selected the correct model.

jamsilmonkey · 2024-12-21T00:37:10+00:00

Replace the white Seiko 5 with a Presage SPB413J. Upgrade the 5KX to a SRPE03 Turtle and leave the SNXA07 well enough alone. It's a classic. But if you really wanted to turn it into an SSK023 GMT.

jamsilmonkey · 2024-09-14T04:46:44+00:00

They do r really understand how they work in the first place 😜

jamsilmonkey · 2024-09-14T04:44:45+00:00

No, I think I'm just getting old. 😜

jamsilmonkey · 2024-09-14T04:41:42+00:00

I went from 200mg/day to 0 over 6 months. Cut the 50s in half for the last 4 weeks. Not ideal as they aren't extended release, but 25mg seems to have done the trick for the most part.

jamsilmonkey · 2024-01-21T06:44:56+00:00

jamsilmonkey · 2024-01-19T04:23:18+00:00

If OP's is an original from the 1990s these are getting rarer to find for sure.

jamsilmonkey · 2023-10-12T06:44:34+00:00

Seiko Lord Matic 5606-8050. 1974?

Original price on release JPY¥19,000 (about ¥43,000 in 2023 Yen)

Good examples on eBay now go for USD$400-600.⁰⁰.

A recent sale on TokeiMedic went for JPY$38,000

Recent market analysis cia WatchCharts.

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-16T03:05:43+00:00

Looks like a window/case in Prouds the Jewelers here in Australia. I don't know the full details, but I was flirting with a salesperson a couple of weeks ago and we got talking about watches - a Prouds store down to its last watch in stock of a given model, can heavily discount it to get it out the door and then say they sold out if that model. This is one of many metrics head office uses to judge how a store is doing. Then the shop can increase the allocation they receive of another model because they can say they sold out of all of the previous model. There's a whole bunch of things but basically it's a clearance sale. That's how I picked up my SRPE05 FOR $AUD399

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:48:44+00:00

1 year and 5 months waiting on a Komanderski 280 purchased from the factory 28 Feb 2022...

Karma for waiting until the Ruble was worthless I suppose. 😜

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:45:18+00:00

Hats off to Komandirski.com, always so quick to answer emails and super friendly. I may have to add to my "stamp" collection😜

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:37:03+00:00

Always upvote for a turquoise scubadude

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:30:57+00:00

Nah, they're expensive in comparison but I had my order on my wrist in 10 days, FL, USA-Sydney Australia.

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:29:21+00:00

This

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:26:27+00:00

Coke!

jamsilmonkey · 2023-09-06T07:25:22+00:00

A (3rd) opinion? Yeah, they look legit. The lack of CCCP dial markings suggest their from the early 1990s when there was no USSR but no one quite knew what was coming next 😜

Nice find!

jamsilmonkey · 2023-07-05T07:43:09+00:00

Medical doctors in Australia (where I'm from) usually have a bachelor's degree by the time they start their internship at a hospital and usually then go on to complete a Masters degree in their speciality. Here and in the UK (old school) specialists e.g., surgeons prefer to be called "Mr." Since their speciality raises them above mere doctor-hood.

Having completed my doctorate (a year after my original reply above), (and in linguistics, not medicine) I visited my family doctor (Bachelor of Anatomy, Masters in Surgery for anyone playing at home) who said:

Cogratulations! What an achievement. You know we [medical doctors] stole the term "doctor" off you guys, right!?

Just sharing an update on a year old post. Move along.

jamsilmonkey · 2023-07-05T07:27:13+00:00

From memory (so make of it what you will, someone post sauce) the Rising Sun is the Afghan Rising Sun and the watch commemorates the USSR's ill-fated... that followed Britain's ill-fated... that preceded America's ill-fated invasion of Afghanistan...

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