SEIKO Men’s Automatic 5 Sports Watch

Es un reloj excelente, rebasó mis expectativas.

I’ve been wanting this watch for a while now and finally had an excuse to indulge myself. It’s comfortable, looks good and the luminescence is very readable at night. BTW, it’s self winding.

Firstly, the watch looks great. In fact I gave it the benefit of the doubt even when it routinely stopped keeping time until my wife said enough!!! Secondly, it took forever to receive the credit despite hand delivery to Amazon hub. Perhaps if I worn it more than twice weekly it would have kept ticking, then again I thought “automatic” meant that it would maintain timekeeping.

Love it. Great mechanical starter watch.

For starters, this is a “desk diver” for me. I don’t even swim. I got this style watch for the rotating bezel, it helps track my break time at work. I’ve had manual wind watches (cheap watches way back in the 70’s/80’s), plenty of digitals, a dozen quartz watches, even a couple of “smart” watches, but this is my first automatic. I feel like I have my first “real” watch. Accuracy is terrific. After wearing it for a week, it only gained five seconds. A quick hacking of the movement brought me back to synchronized with GMT+5. My picture shows an upgrade I performed on day two, the bracelet. The most frequently criticized quality/feature of the SRPD55K1 is the bracelet. I got the SRPD55K2 so I could skip the Seiko bracelet and have the leather/rubber strap instead. I picked up a 22mm “Beads of Rice” bracelet… beautiful combination. There are watch mod sites where you can buy parts to tweak your watch to exactly what you want if you are so inclined. I’m going to change my bezel insert to a black and green lumed version for additional functionality and personalization. This watch is fantastic right out of the box, no modifications are necessary to make it a great daily wear. It’s the best $220 I’ve spent in a long time. The fact that it can take modifications easily makes it fun to personalize to your specific tastes. I am definitely picking up another Seiko very soon, something dress casual (SRPH87?) to wear when I’m not showing off this sport model.

Original product

This Seiko 5 divers watch is both attractive and purpose built. The watch is exactly as depicted. This is a very attractive dive watch. The face is vibrant, the hands ease to read, the lume is bright and the band is very sturdy. The rotating ring has the correct amount of resistance, it moves easily but isn’t going to move due to just wearing the watch. I especially like the ease of opening and securing the clasp. I was able to resize the band with simple tools and the addition of arrows on the inside of the band was an excellent assist on getting the pins in correctly. The watch has kept time accurately and it has been easy to maintain the automatic spring wound with daily use. I have been happy with all of my Seiko watches and this one lives up to my expectations of quality and craftsmanship. I highly recommend this Seiko watch.