If you permit, let me do a brief write-up so that you can understand how I got here asleep .
Last year, when I first thought about getting a Sumo, I thought the watch was absolutely stunning, but the stock bracelet looked too narrow for such a big case
. Everybody was raving about the Sumo but I couldn't bring myself to like the watch just because of the bracelet, and with that I ended up getting a Samurai. The Samurai saga is a story for another thread (hopefully in a couple of days ;D ), but a few months after I got the Sammy I saw over at WUS or here someone with with a Sumo on an Anvil. Now, that looked good! At the time I was absolutely certain that Seiko made a mistake with the stock bracelet, and should have gone with something like the Anvil instead. To my eyes it looked much better suited to a big ass case like the one on the Sumo. So back then I thought that I could buy a Sumo, but the Anvil would be an obligatory switch.
Time goes by and the Sumo started to call my name, but interestingly, the stock bracelet started looking at least good in my eyes - it really wasn't that narrow. By the beginning of this year I was thinking that the stock bracelet did look good, so I ordered a Sumo. The watch arrived, and as everyone said, in the metal the bracelet looked very good, and I was very happy with it. Since I'm very impressionable (you all are very bad influences to me, or so says my wife), with all the pics you can see online, I started thinking about beefing up my Sumo so I ordered an Anvil bracelet from Harold O0 . It arrived two days ago and I immediately swapped the stock one for the Anvil, and here is what my Sumo looks like now:
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Without a doubt it gave a "butchier" look to the Sumo, and it makes the watch look less top-heavy. It's also a bit more comfortable then the stock bracelet, because of the smaller links - it can adapt better to the contour of my wrist. Quality is overall VERY good, my only gripe would be the end cap (the cap that covers the spring bar in the case). the end caps are hollow and not solid, but you absolutely can not tell because they look perfect, following the shape of the case. I understood that this is so that the caps can be adapted to cases with different angles, since they can be bent as needed. At least for the Sumo it looks perfect, and I didn't have to mess with them. The length of the Anvil is huge, so I have quite a few links for replacement. Here's a before and after shot:
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HOWEVER, with the Anvil the Sumo is now less of a dress diver and more of a tool diver : . One of the big characteristics of the Sumo is that it's a great dress diver, a watch you can even wear in a suit, so at least in my eyes the Anvil gets in the way a bit. As a dress diver the stock bracelet makes the watch look more refined, but a bit disproportional, while the Anvil corrects the proportions of the watch but makes it look less refined.
What do you guys think ?
Last year, when I first thought about getting a Sumo, I thought the watch was absolutely stunning, but the stock bracelet looked too narrow for such a big case
. Everybody was raving about the Sumo but I couldn't bring myself to like the watch just because of the bracelet, and with that I ended up getting a Samurai. The Samurai saga is a story for another thread (hopefully in a couple of days ;D ), but a few months after I got the Sammy I saw over at WUS or here someone with with a Sumo on an Anvil. Now, that looked good! At the time I was absolutely certain that Seiko made a mistake with the stock bracelet, and should have gone with something like the Anvil instead. To my eyes it looked much better suited to a big ass case like the one on the Sumo. So back then I thought that I could buy a Sumo, but the Anvil would be an obligatory switch.Time goes by and the Sumo started to call my name, but interestingly, the stock bracelet started looking at least good in my eyes - it really wasn't that narrow. By the beginning of this year I was thinking that the stock bracelet did look good, so I ordered a Sumo. The watch arrived, and as everyone said, in the metal the bracelet looked very good, and I was very happy with it. Since I'm very impressionable (you all are very bad influences to me, or so says my wife), with all the pics you can see online, I started thinking about beefing up my Sumo so I ordered an Anvil bracelet from Harold O0 . It arrived two days ago and I immediately swapped the stock one for the Anvil, and here is what my Sumo looks like now:
Without a doubt it gave a "butchier" look to the Sumo, and it makes the watch look less top-heavy. It's also a bit more comfortable then the stock bracelet, because of the smaller links - it can adapt better to the contour of my wrist. Quality is overall VERY good, my only gripe would be the end cap (the cap that covers the spring bar in the case). the end caps are hollow and not solid, but you absolutely can not tell because they look perfect, following the shape of the case. I understood that this is so that the caps can be adapted to cases with different angles, since they can be bent as needed. At least for the Sumo it looks perfect, and I didn't have to mess with them. The length of the Anvil is huge, so I have quite a few links for replacement. Here's a before and after shot:
HOWEVER, with the Anvil the Sumo is now less of a dress diver and more of a tool diver :
. One of the big characteristics of the Sumo is that it's a great dress diver, a watch you can even wear in a suit, so at least in my eyes the Anvil gets in the way a bit. As a dress diver the stock bracelet makes the watch look more refined, but a bit disproportional, while the Anvil corrects the proportions of the watch but makes it look less refined.What do you guys think
?
