Seiko Flightmaster SNA411 Best Affordable Chrono

In the pursuit Of happiness in our watch collecting journey we go through many trials and tribulations. We idolize watches we cant afford, and sometimes compromise with watches that resemble another watch just to fill the void. For a watch addict that void never gets filled, but that’s a topic for another video. The Breitling Navitimer was one of the first watches I wished of owning when I started watch collecting, the aesthetics spoke to me, from the busy dial to the super cool and useful rotating bezel at that time history and heritage didn’t mean anything to me like it does now. What wasn’t attractive was the price tag, I could either take my family on a nice vacation or wear a vacation on my wrist. I decided to start exploring alternatives and it wasn’t long for me to stumble among a watch that’s loved in the industry the Seiko SNA411 AKA the flight master. I knew I had to have it the minute I watched a video review of it on YouTube. The more research I did the more I wanted it. Mind you this was about 2 years ago and word on the street was that Seiko had discontinued this model. As you can image prices started climbing up pretty quick, I managed to pick this one up second hand and although the top pusher never screwed down, I didn’t care, I bought it anyway. Looking back at that decision it maybe wasn’t the greatest one due to the fact that now the 200m water resistance has been compromised. Is it a simple fix? Maybe, but for the same amount of money that I may potential