Hoping Deep Blue Will Make an Homage of the Seiko Tuna for $400 Or So

Watching the Deep Blue rep on ShopNBC, I heard him say one of the divers was built to match the Monster (he didn't mention Seiko but he knew watch people knew what he was referring to), but in fact would use sapphire instead of hardlex. The Deep Blue Sunray diver, which I bought for low $200s, has lots of Superluminova and I expect to get it shortly. 

I'm hoping Deep Blue will embrace the Seiko Tuna as a model as well and sell their version for one third the price of the $1,200 Tuna. With a 48mm bezel, big round lume markers, and a 5-year quartz battery, they might be on to something special. 

Comments

[Ulysses]

I'm wondering if the equivalent they make would contain a movement equal to the Seiko 7C46. I think a lot of the initially surprising cost associated with the Monster can be attributed to that.

[herculodge]

They use a Seiko NH36 crown winding movement: http://www.shopnbc.com/Deep_Blue_Men_s_Sea_Diver_1000_Automatic_Stainless_Steel_Bracelet_Watch/620-656.aspx?storeid=1&track=-20101&cm_re=SearchList-_-N-_-N&page=LIST&free_text=deep%20blue

[Ulysses]

OK, it's an auto. I was assuming it would be a quartz. Haven't heard of that particular movement so will have to read up on it.

[herculodge]

I hope it's a sturdy auto movement as I'm getting the Sunray Diver orange dial delivered to my home soon and it has the same movement.

In contrast, the Seiko Tuna has a 5-year quartz battery.

[Ulysses]

I checked it out; it appears to be a Chinese-built version of the 4RXX movements. Accuracy looks poor but i'm sure it's a solid movement otherwise. The 4RXX movements are already considered cut-down and can be found in various Seiko 5s, so i'm guessing the choice of the NH36 is primarily for cost reasons.
Datasheet is here:
http://www.timemodule.com/sii/pdf/nh36a_SS.pdf

[herculodge]

Thanks for the heads up, Ulysses. I should post this soon.