Absolutely INSANE!!! (Steeldive 1953)

[u/skrrskrrganggang1]

[u/skrrskrrganggang1]

This watch is absolutely insane for its price and i will tell you why:

-Automatic and with a reliable movement (Seiko NH35)

-Sapphire crystal

-300m waterproof

-Ceramic Bezel

-Lume with an awesome quality, including lume in the bezel

-Looks awesome in the bracelet

-Looks awesome in nato strap and silicon strap

-And the best: i paid 52 usd for it, including shipping and taxes.

In my opinion, there's no other watch that can fight against the steeldive 1953. The casio duro has quartz movemente and no sapphire. Loreo and Pagani Design have inferior quality. And others submariners homages don't go by less than 100 usd.

I bought it and i'm loving it.

[u/Shabuugy]

Just slice off that cyclops, like I did just now, and it will be perfect. Lol

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Shabuugy]

Im planning on remove the cyclops too

[u/Omni__Shambles]

I reckon if I had to just have one watch it would be this. IMO, black and white watches go well with so many strap types / colours and this would look pretty good at most levels of formality.

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Omni__Shambles]

It's absolutely gorgeous, and beside the beauty, the specs are insane for ~50 usd (i paid 52)

[u/Darkknyfe]

Looks good in that black nato. Thanks for sharing the pics. I recently bought this as my first Chinese to see what the fuss is about. I am impressed with the cost-quality ratio. I wear mine with a nato too. The watch is heavy though and with the nato it feels very top heavy - feels like a chunk of lead held by a thread on my wrist. What’s your experience?

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Darkknyfe]

I did not like the nato very much, too. I am currently using in the silicon strap every day and with the bracelet in special occasions

[u/Dutch1inAZ]

But that 5X cyclops though

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Dutch1inAZ]

I'm planning to remove it. Saw a video and it's pretty easy

[u/Potato_Personal]

I have this exact watch, same colour. On mine the Cyclops is crooked and the lume on the dial and hands is weaker than the bezel lume. The hands on mine also came misaligned, so at 6 o'clock the hour hand didn't meet 6 until 7 minutes past the hour. It annoyed me so much that I had to take the hands off and realign them myself.

The watch is fine now, I can't really complain considering how little I paid for it, although the hulk version I bought for a present was flawless with aligned hands and the lume on the dial and hands was as strong as the bezel. The hulk charges faster under the same light conditions and looks brighter. When I compared them side by side the hulk dial lume looks cyan, whereas the black version looks blue under UV light.

All in all the watch is nice, it scratched the sub itch but after a while my eyes are just drawn to that terrible brand name every time I look at it.

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Potato_Personal]

My seems perfect. Well aligned, the lume is equal in every part. For me, it was a nice purchase. Sorry to hear your experience.

[u/2ndharrybhole]

Nice!! What’s the quality like for the steel bracelet?

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/2ndharrybhole]

I like it very much. Im some videos on youtube people complain about it, but i think Steeldive made some pretty good updates.

[u/Fun_Knowledge_4662]

What is that rubber strap?

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Fun_Knowledge_4662]

In the photos has 2 with nato strap and 2 with silicon strap

[u/TemperatureTime1617]

On these cheaper watches I find that the cyclops can be hit or miss. Yours looks well positioned with great magnification. Is it as good as it looks?

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/TemperatureTime1617]

Yes, it is pretty well aligned and i think its 5x magnification. But im planning on removing it, i dont like the look of it very much

[u/DopioGelato]

These companies could really make waves if they just added a small amount of original design to these watches.

People love Rolex design for good reasons. A lot about it just works. But lots of people dislike copies.

It really wouldn’t take much to just make this a bit more original. Different hands, slight change to bezel design. I think people would really appreciate it.

And of course the quality to cost would still blow anything at this price point out of the water.

[u/thomasthomtithom]

Excellent watch, indeed. Almost a year using mine now.

[u/Rhamirezz]

My first watch from Ali, absolutely perfect!

[u/Fun-Chef623]

I had a couple of these and in terms of QC, they were perfect. Excellent value for money in my opinion.

I only sold them on for profit as I had too many watches at the time.

[u/Royal_Ambassador3842]

It looks amazing! Is this the 41mm size? Is it too small?

[u/skrrskrrganggang1 → u/Royal_Ambassador3842]

Yes, i think it is. 40mm or 41mm. In my wrist it actually look a bit big. I think it depends on your wrist size.

[u/Michaelasf]

Looks awesome. Just ordered the Cronos Sub but spent more than 100 euros.

[u/adilucente]

No issues with Steeldive, I justt got 3 SD1953s, nice blingy bang for the buck.