Men’s SNK789 SEIKO 5 Automatic Stainless Steel Watch with White Dial

Perfect
My Seiko Solar was stolen out of my car a few years back. To find this replacement in style and reasonable pricing I am thrilled. It’s internals are would by movement so I miss the solar which was always charged but I absolutely love the deign look and functionality of this watch. The band will need to be adjusted but that’s easy at my local jeweler.

Satisfied but not completely
I bought a similar Seiko 5 watch for my father when I was in Dubai International Airport from the local gift shop. I paid 67 dollars for it and I was so impressed by the quality of the fit and finish that I wanted to buy one for myself whenever I would get the chance. Mind this, I wore it around town and I banged my wrist into doors or walls since I am a little clumsy. But my father’s watch was a champ and didn’t have any scratches on it. I have to add this fact that my father’s watch was made in Japan and it was written everywhere; on the winding wheel, on the the clasp and also on the dial. So, when I bought this watch from Amazon I was expecting a similar quality even though I knew this wasn’t made in Japan. The example I received is very beautiful and well made. But the links and the metal aren’t of the same caliber of my father’s watch. It scratches very easily even though I didn’t bang into anything. Plus the winding wheel has this smudged ink on the side of it. Its very annoying to look at and feels like some careless worker left a seal on it or something. It tarnishes an otherwise pretty image of mechanical sculpture in motion. In conclusion, I would say that if you’re a frequent traveler to the middle east of South East Asia don’t bother buying it from Amazon. They charge way too much for an sub par product. But if you want to buy it from Amazon this is a good buy since I think this is a better watch than the Invicta Pro Diver. The Invicta’s movement will only keep it powered for 24 hours without winding while this will go up to 40 hours.UPDATE: November 21st 2008 I would like to add that buy this watch with the expectation of not getting accurate time. This watch has the tendency to gain like a minute over a period of 4-6 days depending on how much you move your hands. I am not very alarmed since this is a common caveat amongst automatic watches since the springs within the watch might be too tightly wound. In conclusion, if you don’t mind dialing the time back every once in a while but desire a good looking watch at a decent price then go for it. After purchasing this, if the opportunity arises next time I will go for something that is sold by Amazon.com and probably a Citizen Eco-Drive around 90-100 bucks.

Buscaba un reloj con caratula blanca y fue una gran elección. La caja del reloj es cepillada, el cepillado es muy cuidado y luce excelente, contrasta con el bisel pulido que logra dar un toque reflectivo y llamativo al reloj. La corona a las 4, como es común en esta línea, es difícil de manipular, es pequeña y la textura ofrece poco agarre, aún así el reloj se puede poner a hora y fecha después de un poco más de tiempo y esfuerzo que con otros relojes.La caratula en color blanco (aperlado) tiene una ligera variación en el acabado que permite separar la zona de los indicadores y marcas de segundos, de la zona central con el eje, el grabado y logotipo. Los indicadores aplicados son reflectivos y cuentan con pasta luminosa al centro. La pasta sirve por un período corto. El fechador en inglés y español está enmarcado con una línea cromada que le da buena apariencia.Originalmente porta un brazalete metálico de lámina doblada, el brazalete no es el mejor, tiene un buen aspecto pero es ruidoso.Creo que en el rango de precio es una excelente opción de reloj automático.

Start with the dislike, like many other reviews on the seiko 5 the strap is of much lower quality and its where they are able to cut their costs.I replaced mine with a brown leather strap and never looked back! (leather strap in photos)The watch a stunning piece, loving the white face with silver dials, and brushed and polished body. The body is 37 38mm haven’t officially measured but its perfect for skinny people. Essentially if you are around the 70kg mark this will fit your wrist perfectly. Most of all I love the sweeping movement of an automatic watch, and this is proudly shown with a red second hand dial.Setting up us easy, this doesn’t have hacking but a little trick is to hold the crown in reverse and the second hand stops, however I don’t know what this does internally so at your own risk. As they say don’t adjust date between the hours of 2100 and 0300.Timekeeping, so far I’ve recorded a 1.5 2minute loss of time per week. Which is great in terms of automatics, if course you can adjust it to be less, but great to know this is the accuracy out of the box. One other thing people don’t really talk about is the reserve time, I had this watch on for a full day then left it on my bedside table to be left alone, it held time for 41 hours, great if you happen to take it off at night, not use it for the next day completely and know that it is still holding time for the following day when you put it back on!Hands down a quality watch for an enthusiast or someone new to automatics, its very robust and has alot of soul!