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SEIKO 5 - the meaning of the "5" A great marketer had the idea in the 70ies: to be a SEIKO 5, the watch has to have the following 5 (five) attributes (thus the name SEIKO 5): 1. Automatic, 2. Water resistant, 3. Shock resistant, 4. Date, 5. Day. Please note that some SEIKO 5's are in fact SEIKO 4's, if the "Day" function is omitted, then the Caliber 7S25 is used. The only difference to the normally found 7S26 is the omission of the day wheel. Also re-issues of SEIKO 5 Sports often use the 7S36 caliber. Again the 7S36 is similar to the most popular 7S26, yet it features 23 Jewels as opposed to the 21 Jewels in the 7S26. Please note that all these movements beat at a rate of 21'600 bph (beats per hour) or 6 bps (beats per second). As a comparison, an ETA 2824-2 beats at 28'800 bph or 8 bps. A Miyota 82xx beats at 21'600 bph. Why do I mention these three movements? Because they are found in probably 80% of all inexpensive automatic wrist watches. A market share that is huge, yet challenged these days (2006) by an increasing share of inexpensive China Made automatic movements An automatic watch (also called a self-winding watch) is a mechanical watch, typically with a balance wheel escapement, whose mainspring is wound by the motion of the wearer's arm, instead of having to be wound manually every day. Whereas a quartz watch is powered by electricity, a mechanical watch is powered by a mainspring which must be rewound for the watch to keep time
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Technical Details
- Japan 21 Jewels Automatic Self-Winding Movement- Stainless Steel Case and Band with Push Button Deployment Clasp
- Day/Date Display with Spanish Option, Luminous Markers
- See-Thru Screwed Down Caseback
- Water Resistant - 30 meters
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By Marcus Aurelius (Pennsylvania)
classical look
only downside is if you don't wear it every day, the watch will stop
By Scott Huneycutt (Buffalo, MN)
I spent several months reviewing watch movements available. This is not the best watch movement out there, but is very, very good for the price. You would have to spend much more to get even a small increase in performance. I would definitely recommend this watch (or others in the Series 5 class) to anyone interested in an automatic movement watch.
By George Rose (Aurora, CO United States)
These watches are great. They look sharp. The face is dark blue, in dark lighting, it will appear black. The watch will run great if you wear it all the time. If you let it sit for a day or so, it will stop working. You will need to reset the time/date, and start wearing it again and you are good to go. I love this watch.
By J. Peterson
I have this watch and a few other Seiko Automatics and I love them all. You just set the time and wear them and you literally will never have to worry about them again. Since they are mechanical they will last forever and they are extremely durable. Not to mention they are great looking and are great for the price.
By Gerry Hatrick (Spain)
I am now a retired engineer and in 1976 purchased one of the early Seiko quartz analogue watches. The watch required a new battery every 5 years and is still an every-day watch for me. My experience with this watch prompted me in the direction of Seiko as the manufacturer of my new watch.
I ordered the Seiko model SNK793K1 watch on 23 July 2009 and it was delivered to my home in Spain 4 days later, not only in good condition but actually working, as it had wound itself up during transit. I found the watch to be almost exactly as depicted in the Amazon web site. The actual colour of the dial is a very dark blue and the description of the crystal given as 'mineral' is described by Seiko as 'Hardlex' which I believe to be man made. Other than these two points I find the product to be of fine quality and I am very satisfied with my purchase especially when you read my findings on accuracy.
I have delayed my feedback on this product so that I can say how the watch is performing. After all why do we need a watch other than to tell what the time is! The watch was delivered on the 27th of July, it is now the 15th of August (19 days later) and the watch has lost a total of 25 seconds, that is 1.3 sec. per day. I think that this level of performance is more than one should expect from a watch costing less than $80 and this is why I think that this product is excellent 'value for money'.
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