I love the Seiko Tuna, I've wanted one since I first saw one. Unfortunately, they are too big for my small wrist. I found Seiko made a mini Tuna, unfortunately it is rare and I haven't been able to find one yet.
44mm is still large for me, but I would jump on it if I saw one.
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Then I saw someone refer to a "faux" Tuna. A 42mm Seiko 5 in a Tuna like case. These are discontinued, so I have to be patient and look for a good deal. They usually sell for 100-150 and they came in various dial colors. I'd like to have the blue and white.
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Or there is this one, I'd like to have the black and white dials of this one. It's also 42mm.
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So I have a substitute for my Tuna desire. I like that they are so cheap and Seiko 5's are great for mods. I'd like to grab two in each style, 1 to wear and the others to play around with mods to the dials.

Seiko's been playing around a lot with the Tuna shroud lately. I believe they even made a Monster version with it. The faux Tunas used, IIRC, a plastic shroud. They seemed super popular a few years back, but Seiko being Seiko, they discontinued 'em.

I have been on the hunt for the mini myself. They must be well liked by their owners because they don't come up for sale. I have checked out the 5 and am just no sure. That older model Arnie comes up and I like it a lot but, to much money for a quartz watch that old. I have also seen a few Seiko 0020's for sale with a custom shroud that looks good. O well to many watches and not enough time.

kahuna74 wrote:I have been on the hunt for the mini myself. They must be well liked by their owners because they don't come up for sale. I have checked out the 5 and am just no sure. That older model Arnie comes up and I like it a lot but, to much money for a quartz watch that old. I have also seen a few Seiko 0020's for sale with a custom shroud that looks good. O well to many watches and not enough time.

I don't understand why Seiko doesn't put out a new mini Tuna. I am pretty sure it would be a big success for them.

conjurer wrote:Seiko's been playing around a lot with the Tuna shroud lately. I believe they even made a Monster version with it. The faux Tunas used, IIRC, a plastic shroud. They seemed super popular a few years back, but Seiko being Seiko, they discontinued 'em.

Yeah, due to the age of these a lot of the plastic ones are broken now. Good ole ebay sells replacement ones for pretty cheap though and there are mini stainless ones for slightly more. I would definately put the plastic one up for safe keeping and put a stainless one on it for wear and tear.

Am surprised that Dagaz or Yobokies doesn't do a Tuna type mod on another case?

Good luck in your search!

Believe mort has a plastic shrouded one and bought the metal later on. Let us know if you need help trying to locate one.