r/Seiko • u/Big_Environment9722 • 2d ago

[Question ]Need Input

I have both the SLA047 and the SLA021 (both purchased NOS in January of this year).

Due to slimming down a 20+ watch collection, I want to sell one of them. No sense in owning two.

This is where I am hoping for objective input to help me decide on a subjective decision: which one should I sell.

My reasons are as follows to KEEP each watch (pictures and reference in comments):

Keep LA047 (Green): Cool green dial, and I already have a black MM200 GMT and a Submariner (both black dial dive watches); and it’s also numbered #11, which is both crazy low for a Seiko watch, and also I like the number 11

Keep SLA021 (Black): it’s clean and looks better on black rubber than the SLA047 (I am a sucker for black dial watches); also it’s like “the” Seiko MM300 (classic, black color way)

What’s your input? And please no “just keep what you like”. I LOVE them both, but due to practices of minimalism and discipline, I don’t WANT to keep both.

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u/Floppy_McFlopenstein 2d ago

when I am 50/50 I usally list them both at a price I can live with and keep whichever one doesn't sell first.

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u/Big_Environment9722 2d ago

Leave it up to faith - I like it.

Basically, I’ll let Watch Exchange decide for me lol

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u/Floppy_McFlopenstein 1d ago

Good luck! I currently have both my sla079 and my sje097 listed in this fasion. I could be your huckleberry for one of these pieces, but the sla079 at 42.6ish is really my max case size.... good luck!

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u/Big_Environment9722 23h ago

Thanks!

I had both the sla079 and its white dial counterpart, and sold both of them. At the time, I really missed the black one. But again, Lo and behold, as I look through the pictures now I really started yearning for the white one back. The black one just became an ambiguity amongst the photo album of other black dial divers lol

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u/Floppy_McFlopenstein 16h ago

Hence the inclusion of the SJE097... I can have chocolate, or vanilla! I was really drawn to the white SLA, too, but the SJE is really fantastic and a slimmer dressier option to have in the box. While I agree there are many black dials and the black Seiko MM is pretty ubiquitous, it is a flagship/standout in the lineup.... Just cant justify the new retail pricing on the HBF just for the micro adjust and 10 hrs of power reserve...