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Same!! It was at a price point I simply couldn’t refuse!

I grabbed one too, I have been looking for a clean, auto skin diver for a while. I don’t think this will disappoint!

6 1/2"

Curious what you don't like about the design? Looking in to buying a teal version and love the look.

That’s excellent! While I’ve only seen the green in person I think the red would be my pick out of the bunch, such a fun and vibrant colour way! Hope the repair goes well and you get many more years of faithful service out of it.

The teal dial does look pretty spectacular!

Orange would be my pick also, good luck! 🤞

Lol sold out in about 40 seconds. Snagged a teal one myself!!

Oh wow, congrats!

Looks like they're still available at $185

Oh nice! I wouldn't say so, there's maybe a little rotor noise but given the fairly cheap and very old movement, which likely hasn't been services in quite some time, that's probably understandable. Given how poorly it keeps time I probably just need to swap in a new one anyhow.

Ah, sorry!

I have a white dial one from the original run and it’s one of my favourite pieces. Shame they didn’t bring back the blue version, have wanted one of those for the longest time!

Oh cool! Whereabouts did you get it from back in the day? From what I understand it was only ever released in a relatively limited number of markets.

@@FleetingSands I have had it so long I don't actually remember buying it but I live in the UK so it was there somewhere. I liked it for it's looks but nowadays I would prefer something a little bigger. If they mad it in a 42mm (is that th enext size up?) I would really like that. It's a very stylish little watch but looks just a little small on my wrist.

Thanks!

I might've overstated the rotor noise a little... I can definitely notice it but it isn't particularly annoying. I think to some extent it caught me a bit off guard as the early models of the Freediver used Seiko NH movements and for some reason I initially thought this one did too, and this Miyota is definitely a lot louder than those. It's also possible my unit is louder than most as another commenter with the no-date model said they were yet to hear it, so your mileage may vary. I suggest not writing it off completely, it really is a very nice watch otherwise. Go Vikes!

I received mine a few weeks ago and trust me you can't hear a thing. The only time you can hear the rotor is if you hold the watch up to your ear and you will hear a very slight rotor noise other than that I wear it and never hear it. I love mine, waited almost a year but well worth the wait.

@@michaelmcmanus4876 Thanks Michael, I am probably going to jump on the the green commuter on Sunday morning, wish me luck.

Nice! The Commuter is a very clean design, what do you think of the green? I guess being sunburst it can change quite a bit in the light but do the marketing materials portray it fairly accurately? The mint ended up being more subtle than I expected.

@@FleetingSands yes the green is spot on!!

That is the model that I am looking at. What do you think of the size. I am afraid that it will be too small.

@@jimmski9908 up to now I wore turtles, Samurai's and other divers on my 7.65 wrist. But after receiving my commuter I realized that this is my goldilocks size and style watch. So thin, light and comfortable on wrist. No regrets here as it is getting all my wrist time. So my take away is that I really prefer a sport watch over a diver. Yes I loose the timing bezel but gain amazing comfort and thinness.

@@jeffwenger5610 Thanks Jeff, my wrist is about the same size, I am going to go ahead and get a green commuter on Sunday morning.

There was a short reservation window back in October last year where for a $50 deposit you could guarantee you would be able to purchase one in January this year. I think they still might be in the process of sending out the reservation orders. After that my understanding is there will be a number made available to purchase normally. As I mentioned at the end of the review I believe that will happen before the end of February, so any day now. I just check their Instagram and they’ve said to expect a precise update on when the entirety of their new collection will be available in a day or two.

@@FleetingSands Thank you!

No worries! You probably already caught it, but TRASKA gave an update a short while ago saying that they'll start taking orders this Sunday (Feb 27) at 10 AM Eastern time.

@@FleetingSands Yes, I received the update. Thanks again!

Great to hear, it it really is a fantastic watch! Perhaps my unit is just particularly noisey for some reason...

No worries, thanks for the excellent questions!

Good question, sorry about that, would definitely be good to include for this style of watch, will keep it in mind for the future.

Thanks Chuck! I know what you mean about the date window, I'm still not entirely sure what I think about it but I do wonder why they didn't opt for a trapezoidal one. This is probably why the no-date version seems to be more popular, I went with the date version though because I find myself not really wearing watches without it. I think the rotor noise caught me a little off guard as the early models of the Freediver used Seiko NH movements and for some reason I thought this one did too, and the Miyota is definitely a lot louder than those. It is noticeable on wrist but only in a fairly quiet setting, I don't think it would really bother most people, though I do still somewhat wish there was a Seiko under the hood.