I bought the tactical frog and returned it because I saw the Seestern review. Seestern is so good I'm going to buy the yellow dial to go with the orange dial which I have a higher end orange rubber on it. Great review!!
Last month TH-cam was blowing up with Tactical Frog videos, this month SEESTERN! Lol Can't wait to see what next month brings. How about the new "Special Ops SeaSlug"😁
But in seriousness two great names that brands have passed up so far are "Lion fish" and the fish itself looks cool and would be great on a caseback. The other is Baracuda.
Jason I'm looking for a week watch and a weekend watch. This will be my weekend watch should I get the mother-of-pearl or the orange one where somebody will say wow that looks unbelievable. I'm looking for the wow factor. Ray . thank you always for your opinion
The wow factor can come in different measures I think. The orange will catch the eye even at a distance and I do love a bright dial! However the mother of pearl will have people mesmerised when they catch onto it
Nice watch, but I really miss the dark blue dial plus orange minute hand version from the Tactical Frog collection. This bracelet, however, is much better than the TF one, all links are moving.
Really like this watch - interesting that the lume is very good as the Doxa equivalents are known for their poor lume! I think I would opt for either the traditional Doxa orange or the light blue with white dial indices... as long as I can keep Man City out of my head lol. I have no problem with the indices not being applied as they are the same as the non-applied indices on the Doxa. I also like the way the positioning of the dial text mimics the Doxa. All in all, a faithful homage. The er... Man City blue is a slightly different shade from the Doxa equivalent, which is more of a greeny blue, but it's still a fantastic colour in my book.
I'm literally waiting on this exact variant in the post. Should have it by the end of day! I agree regarding the indices. Even if they just made the minute track black and continued it through the hour markers?
Tactical Frog has a slimmer case, so it probably wobbles less on the wrist. It also has a polished bezel grip, which I prefer, as it makes it bling a bit more. I do prefer the white/orange hands on those dial variants, but for the colour dial variants I also prefer the matte finish black hands as opposed to the gloss black hands on the Seestern. I think if we compare the V3 between both brands, I probably would go the Frog.
Silver dial as the sea rambler or black as in shark hunter now how can any hommagey dodgekin miss these iterations? Also I prefer the older case designs from doxa seems like these are straight copy's of the recent version doxa reissues.
Good solid homage, also really amuses me that a £150 chinese made watch has vastly superior lume to the £1800 Doxa its copying! It's 5am and pitch black here right now, I'm wearing my actual Doxa, if i look at my wrist, well, theres nothing, it might as well not be there! Ordered two of these (in yellow and teal), so hopefully can compare in person... in 10-75 days (painfully slow hk shipping!!)
I am between the orange which I love and now the mop. Tell me a little bit about the orange if you can. I was thinking about getting that for like a Weekender or summer watch. Ray
@@wed265 My favorite color is orange and the Doxa is known for the orange dial. All that said it was a coinflip for me between the orange and the MOP dial.
Great review Jason. I was going to get the orange one to make it a weekend or summer watch but now you have me thinking. The camera doesn't really show the mother-of-pearl to look that great. Does it look really awesome in person and should I get that over the orange dial??Ray 🍊
Great review and definitely seems to outshine the frog although since I tossed a beads of rice on one of my Willard's and keep reaching for it a few times a week it's kept me from pulling the trigger on either brand for the time being but the Seestern is front runner for me as well Thanks again my friend 👍
Overall a winner, enjoyable review brother....definitely a step above the TF, absolutely bonkers the difference £8 makes...will have to definitely pick one up....I still prefer the TF name and logo, that said I have no issue with the Seestern name or logo but it doesn't give me the instant smile like TF does (my inner child)....🏴⌚🏴⌚
@@JasonTheWatchGuy absolutely, but I'm blown away by the Seestern overall, they nailed it and still manage to add a true BoR bracelet for a bargain price....it could possibly be one of the if not the best bargains during 21....🏴⌚🏴⌚
@@JasonTheWatchGuy... true the lum is great ... guess every watch I see now I compare the lum to Steeldive and Addiesdive plus a lum pip is really a small thing to fix/include. If you ever decide to use it diving you NEED a lum pip - granted 99.9999% are buying it only as a 'desk diver' and a real diver will likely buy a ISO or PADI certified "Diver".
you are good jason, I have seen your channel grow since you were a bit insecure, now after so many videos you have improved exponentially, it is nice for those who cannot afford super luxury watches, to be able to buy homage and I must say that despite having had breitling and omega, these homages if you make a little selection are really remarkable, keep it up ... ps. damn but with your videos every time I would like to buy an watch XD
Man that's really nice to hear! Feel like I've really grown into the role and gotten comfortable in front of the camera! Haha, I must be doing something right then haha
@@JasonTheWatchGuy this model is not easy to buy especially after the change of laws from July 1st in the EU, a lot of confusion on ebay or aliexpress on VAT taxes etc, but we will make it ... maybe buahahahah! If I managed to find the phylida speedmaster model seagull mechanical movement after months in Italy (used), I will be able to find this too;)
Nice looking homage. Lumed date window👍. I’m very tempted with the mother of pearl dial and have it as everyday watch. The Starfish logo 🤔…one of the submersible’s in Raise The Titanic is named Starfish. So I’d say they nailed it. Intentionally or not😉. I have one original and one reissue Sub 300T Pros and they don’t have applied indices.
Excellent review mate! I absolutely agree with your conclusion. It's worth noting the the Doxa or at least some of them have printed indices too. And the lume wasn't affected by this as you said, all in all you can't fault Seestern for the printed indices.
Yeh, definitely can't fault them on this watch. As you know it's hard to pick moans out sometimes when you're in love with a watch and I was really grasping at straws there
Another top review Jason. I have to confess however that I'm nearing critical mass with dive-style watches! My watch collection is far from complete especially as the BIG Ali Express sale looms....
Seems better than the original Doxa! I agree we need the applied indices on the Seestern. I like the name and love the logo, but perhaps the font or size could be improved
@@JasonTheWatchGuy I agree and the case back seems amazing. Can you imagine Seiko offering such a case back? It would be reserved for a limited $7,000 Grand Seiko line. Great to see the quality and value constantly going up. Less and less reasons to buy luxury watches as they are slowly being surpassed anyways.
Jason why do you say it's 45 when everybody else says it's 42-inch millimeter. Just trying to make sure how big this watch is. And tell me how much you love it or hate it. Ray USA
Nice Video ! Thanks. I liked this version very much. This solves my only grouse with Seestern. Somehow I didn't like the printed markers on other colour options available.Especially the black outside lines on markers look much thinner than on Doxa. However this version having all white markers. Looks very solid. Iam getting this MOP dial for sure
Much prefer the early synchron doxae , no annoying notch on the case for the crown and a more aesthetically pleasing bezel Shape a more refined authentic design less a straight soulless 2d copy of a remake, a fake ofva remake this is, starro the mind control ccp alien 😀
No such thing as a perfect watch, but in my opinion the brushed outer edge of the bezel cheapens the watch. I prefer the polished outer edge on the bezel. On the other hand the drilled lugs is a feature you don’t see on the Doxa and Doxa’s lume is poor. But, for the money, how can you not like this watch.
Sounds like a Cistern to me, sorry, but it’s stuck in my head every time I see this name come up.....I think the German translation is Starfish, although I could be wrong.
I've got a dozen of divers and still this watch begs me to pull the trigger. Thanks for the review mate.
Great comment, i can emapthize 😎😎😅😅 i'll take two 😋😋
Can never really have enough!
Do it....DO it! :)
I do wish the Seestern was offered in dark blue like the Frog option, that color combo with the orange trim is the best.
I bought the tactical frog and returned it because I saw the Seestern review. Seestern is so good I'm going to buy the yellow dial to go with the orange dial which I have a higher end orange rubber on it.
Great review!!
Could make a collection from their watches to be fair. Amazing value and solid homages to some fantastic watches
Is there a v2 on these out yet? I'm leaning toward the frog because of the new bracelet.
I'm not sure I want to invest in a Doxa 300 yet, so I'll be giving this a test to see... glad your channel found me! Liked and subbed.
Fantastic teaser for the Doxa, love this piece. Thank you pal, I appreciate it
Last month TH-cam was blowing up with Tactical Frog videos, this month SEESTERN! Lol Can't wait to see what next month brings. How about the new "Special Ops SeaSlug"😁
Frog version 2 due anyday now. Boommmmmm
I'm here for the seaslug, and if we don't get it, I think we should make it
Yesssss!!!! Sea Slug 👍👍👍
But in seriousness two great names that brands have passed up so far are "Lion fish" and the fish itself looks cool and would be great on a caseback. The other is Baracuda.
@@karlsenula9495 I think Barracuda is taken already. How about Anglerfish? Put one of those on the caseback!
When i get mine i’m going to brush the sides, it’s an easy job, although it does mean popping the crown & the movement out.
Easy enough, just make sure you have storage for them while you work 😍
Hope they stock up the stores for the holidays (including 11.11 sale) these are going to be big sellers - including me.
Definitely, they're going to be very popular and I think they have a big future with this brand too
Jason I'm looking for a week watch and a weekend watch. This will be my weekend watch should I get the mother-of-pearl or the orange one where somebody will say wow that looks unbelievable. I'm looking for the wow factor. Ray . thank you always for your opinion
The wow factor can come in different measures I think. The orange will catch the eye even at a distance and I do love a bright dial! However the mother of pearl will have people mesmerised when they catch onto it
@@JasonTheWatchGuy thank you for that
@@JasonTheWatchGuy thanks now I'm going to have to buy both of them. LOL
Nice watch, but I really miss the dark blue dial plus orange minute hand version from the Tactical Frog collection. This bracelet, however, is much better than the TF one, all links are moving.
I think they've really out done the frog on a few different points to be fair to them
Awesome video mate. Best lume on watch I have came across is any Helm watches. Try and check out the lume on them.
...might have a couple of them coming up 🤔
Really like this watch - interesting that the lume is very good as the Doxa equivalents are known for their poor lume! I think I would opt for either the traditional Doxa orange or the light blue with white dial indices... as long as I can keep Man City out of my head lol. I have no problem with the indices not being applied as they are the same as the non-applied indices on the Doxa. I also like the way the positioning of the dial text mimics the Doxa. All in all, a faithful homage. The er... Man City blue is a slightly different shade from the Doxa equivalent, which is more of a greeny blue, but it's still a fantastic colour in my book.
I feel like you're talking yourself into this blue 😂 I'm Everton so I wouldn't mind it myself but it's definitely not a Royal Blue
@@JasonTheWatchGuy Likewise lol - I've got 4 EFC watches
Wait do they make a Liverpool red??? 😉
This is the second channel with Everton fans (Gary over at I Like Watches reviewed his nephews Everton watch).
Even though the MOP isn’t on the original, I think this version is the pick of the litter. Looks well done and classy without being too flashy IMO.
You've hit the nail on the head there I think!
What about the lume pip? It's missing isn't it?
It is indeed
I'm literally waiting on this exact variant in the post. Should have it by the end of day! I agree regarding the indices. Even if they just made the minute track black and continued it through the hour markers?
You'll enjoy this one, it's fantastic and a bargain
Tactical Frog has a slimmer case, so it probably wobbles less on the wrist. It also has a polished bezel grip, which I prefer, as it makes it bling a bit more.
I do prefer the white/orange hands on those dial variants, but for the colour dial variants I also prefer the matte finish black hands as opposed to the gloss black hands on the Seestern.
I think if we compare the V3 between both brands, I probably would go the Frog.
Gorgeous. So tempted as the sub 300 is my dream watch. If it had a domed crystal I’d be sold.
Put one in there, shouldn't be hard to do 🤔 if you can't have your dream watch, build it 😁
Silver dial as the sea rambler or black as in shark hunter now how can any hommagey dodgekin miss these iterations? Also I prefer the older case designs from doxa seems like these are straight copy's of the recent version doxa reissues.
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Good solid homage, also really amuses me that a £150 chinese made watch has vastly superior lume to the £1800 Doxa its copying!
It's 5am and pitch black here right now, I'm wearing my actual Doxa, if i look at my wrist, well, theres nothing, it might as well not be there!
Ordered two of these (in yellow and teal), so hopefully can compare in person... in 10-75 days (painfully slow hk shipping!!)
Got mine last week (orange) and I love this watch.
It's amazing so I can see why!
I am between the orange which I love and now the mop. Tell me a little bit about the orange if you can. I was thinking about getting that for like a Weekender or summer watch. Ray
@@wed265 My favorite color is orange and the Doxa is known for the orange dial. All that said it was a coinflip for me between the orange and the MOP dial.
Proxima also lumed their date wheels, but they are kinda small so is quiet difficult to read
Havent had one in but I've heard they're very good quality
@@JasonTheWatchGuy the bezel action is not the best, but they are very nice quality
Jason, Culturally and historically the first day of the week is actually Sunday mate. Great value for money, and much better than the TF.
Start of the working week is Monday...depends how you look at it 🤷🏻♂️ definitely agree
Great review Jason. I was going to get the orange one to make it a weekend or summer watch but now you have me thinking. The camera doesn't really show the mother-of-pearl to look that great. Does it look really awesome in person and should I get that over the orange dial??Ray 🍊
It looks really good in person but I think if you want the Orange you're always going to be disappointed with anything else so go orange!
@@JasonTheWatchGuy thank you buddy
Great review and definitely seems to outshine the frog although since I tossed a beads of rice on one of my Willard's and keep reaching for it a few times a week it's kept me from pulling the trigger on either brand for the time being but the Seestern is front runner for me as well Thanks again my friend 👍
Those willards are fantastic! Such solid watches
Overall a winner, enjoyable review brother....definitely a step above the TF, absolutely bonkers the difference £8 makes...will have to definitely pick one up....I still prefer the TF name and logo, that said I have no issue with the Seestern name or logo but it doesn't give me the instant smile like TF does (my inner child)....🏴⌚🏴⌚
I think I'd side with you on that! The Tactical Frog and the logo are a real bit of fun!
@@JasonTheWatchGuy absolutely, but I'm blown away by the Seestern overall, they nailed it and still manage to add a true BoR bracelet for a bargain price....it could possibly be one of the if not the best bargains during 21....🏴⌚🏴⌚
Dude totally agree with you, it's way better 😎😎
Probably a bit nitpicky for the price but I wish the bezel were lumed as well or at the very least a lum pip.
Yeh, I see your point. At least the lume was solid
@@JasonTheWatchGuy... true the lum is great ... guess every watch I see now I compare the lum to Steeldive and Addiesdive plus a lum pip is really a small thing to fix/include.
If you ever decide to use it diving you NEED a lum pip - granted 99.9999% are buying it only as a 'desk diver' and a real diver will likely buy a ISO or PADI certified "Diver".
No chance of me getting into that water 😂
@@JasonTheWatchGuy ... lol
Great review once again but you didn't talk about how the date wheel is off center to the date window, doesn't this bother you?
I've addressed this in my next video (coming up today) it doesn't bother me but this has now been fixed
Oh I'll definitely be tuning in to your next video then!
When you say it's been fixed how do you mean?
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Pascal messaged me and said the latest production run this issue has been fixed so aligned correctly to the date window
@@JasonTheWatchGuy amazing, thanks for getting back to me 👍
I really like these watches, Seestern got it right! I don't mind the indices, my only complaint is the lack of lume pip.
That would be a real improvement for them, especially considering its a dive watch
Hello Jason ! It's a great watch for the price point , great review and take care . Cheers 👍
Thank you John, lovely pieces they're creating
you are good jason, I have seen your channel grow since you were a bit insecure, now after so many videos you have improved exponentially, it is nice for those who cannot afford super luxury watches, to be able to buy homage and I must say that despite having had breitling and omega, these homages if you make a little selection are really remarkable, keep it up ... ps. damn but with your videos every time I would like to buy an watch XD
Man that's really nice to hear! Feel like I've really grown into the role and gotten comfortable in front of the camera!
Haha, I must be doing something right then haha
@@JasonTheWatchGuy this model is not easy to buy especially after the change of laws from July 1st in the EU, a lot of confusion on ebay or aliexpress on VAT taxes etc, but we will make it ... maybe buahahahah! If I managed to find the phylida speedmaster model seagull mechanical movement after months in Italy (used), I will be able to find this too;)
Nice looking homage. Lumed date window👍. I’m very tempted with the mother of pearl dial and have it as everyday watch. The Starfish logo 🤔…one of the submersible’s in Raise The Titanic is named Starfish. So I’d say they nailed it. Intentionally or not😉.
I have one original and one reissue Sub 300T Pros and they don’t have applied indices.
I love the mother of pearl, thinking of asking them to do a 62 mas with MOP
STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couldn't agree more!
Excellent review mate! I absolutely agree with your conclusion. It's worth noting the the Doxa or at least some of them have printed indices too. And the lume wasn't affected by this as you said, all in all you can't fault Seestern for the printed indices.
Yeh, definitely can't fault them on this watch. As you know it's hard to pick moans out sometimes when you're in love with a watch and I was really grasping at straws there
I have the Yellow one and love it
Brilliant choice, love a yellow dial
Another top review Jason. I have to confess however that I'm nearing critical mass with dive-style watches! My watch collection is far from complete especially as the BIG Ali Express sale looms....
I know what you mean, I've been trying to push myself into chronos and complications lately. Hopefully have some nice ones to show for the sale
Seems better than the original Doxa! I agree we need the applied indices on the Seestern. I like the name and love the logo, but perhaps the font or size could be improved
Definitely some small tweaks they can make to improve this but they're off to a fantastic start
@@JasonTheWatchGuy I agree and the case back seems amazing. Can you imagine Seiko offering such a case back? It would be reserved for a limited $7,000 Grand Seiko line. Great to see the quality and value constantly going up. Less and less reasons to buy luxury watches as they are slowly being surpassed anyways.
If you want seiko with a sapphire crystal and automatic with a nice dial you're looking at 1k alone 😂
I really like the Seestern name, and the logo is enjoyable imo.
Couldn't agree more with you, think they nailed it
Watch has a bit of a James Bond 1960's or 70's look about it, I'm liking the look of this diver.
I can see where you're coming from, definitely has a hint of retro
Jason why do you say it's 45 when everybody else says it's 42-inch millimeter. Just trying to make sure how big this watch is. And tell me how much you love it or hate it. Ray USA
It's 45mm lug to lug, not in diameter. That means it's quite wearable and comfortable because it has a shorter lug to lug. I really do love this one
Love the mop dial ..
Me too!
I have the Seestern 600T & the Tactical Frog 300T, frankly the fit & finish of the Seestern is noticeably better than the TF300T.
I expect as much, I've reviewed both and the Seestern was noticeably better
This is a "must have" homage! Great review!
Couldn't agree more 👏
I now own 25 watches do i need this ??
Only 25?😉
Always need more, I'm around 100
Looks really good, but I'm waiting on the 200 as I prefer that over this one. Also, it looks a lot better than the tactical frog.
Definitely would take this over the TF
Good God, man...clean that monitor screen!
Nice Video ! Thanks.
I liked this version very much. This solves my only grouse with Seestern. Somehow I didn't like the printed markers on other colour options available.Especially the black outside lines on markers look much thinner than on Doxa. However this version having all white markers. Looks very solid. Iam getting this MOP dial for sure
The MOP is a real winner! Enjoy the watch pal
Great review mate 👍
Thank you buddy
At this point I'll just wait for 11-11 sales!
Good idea, it's coming up pretty soon
I'd be all over a Sub 200!
Current version comes with hideously misspelt case back typical typo error from our sino sibling comrades
Much prefer the early synchron doxae , no annoying notch on the case for the crown and a more aesthetically pleasing bezel Shape a more refined authentic design less a straight soulless 2d copy of a remake, a fake ofva remake this is, starro the mind control ccp alien 😀
No such thing as a perfect watch, but in my opinion the brushed outer edge of the bezel cheapens the watch. I prefer the polished outer edge on the bezel. On the other hand the drilled lugs is a feature you don’t see on the Doxa and Doxa’s lume is poor. But, for the money, how can you not like this watch.
Nice…
the bezel is still useless... the pip isnt lumed
They do need to add the lume to that pip
Nooooooooo. Frog nicer. Well just. Love both but the Frog 🐸 has more character to it.
It's the name for you isn't it? 😂
Aren't they the same,minus the name of course??
@@paulmitchell1706 completely different
@@SAXDAVEBOY meh..not that it would sway my choice. Sweat shop specials,take your pick
@@paulmitchell1706 i did. Got both !
Sorry forget about everything I said I didn't realize it was lug to Lug my fault. You're still the best. LOL
Shame about the name, couldn’t they have name it sea stern?
I don't mind the name myself, I think it has a translation 🤔
Sounds like a Cistern to me, sorry, but it’s stuck in my head every time I see this name come up.....I think the German translation is Starfish, although I could be wrong.
@@pdmotors5027 you're right
You have to switch up your vocab a bit Jason. You use the word "really", which you pronounce "rarely", about 500 times per video
So no bad points? I'm starting to get sick of these free watches and the bias reviews! It was better when ppl bought them with their own money.
I made moans about it. Obviously haven't watched the video