“I am very please with this purchase, I had to see what all hype was about, this watch exceeded my expectations, the Long Island bracelet BRAC-97 really adds the finishing touch for this watch, you can't go wrong with this combination.”
“Grab it , good buy and for the money can’t complain at at all.just getting into watches, some others are just unattainable with the prices. But this is a good watch for the price and a nice one.”
“TL;DR:
If you're looking for an inexpensive automatic that looks great then look no further.
Long Form:
With the extremely fair price I made this purchase to serve as my son's first automatic - but I'll be wearing it until then (give or take a decade as he's only 19mo old as of this review). He thinks it's cool and says "Hi Seiko! Silly Seiko! So shiny, wow!" to it almost every morning before moving on to saying good morning to the rest of the watch box. If I'm honest, there's a good chance I buy a second one to have for myself after this one goes to my son.
The polishing on the case, indices, hands, and even around the date window is extremely well done and makes this sparkle in the light even more than my father's Datejust (but at something like 1/40th the cost). While the movement of the DJ is much more accurate, and quiet, the Seiko is respectable and can be serviced by essentially anyone with a caseback opener, a screwdriver, and a pair of tweezers without any worry about difficulty in acquiring any necessary components for repair. While there is no "hack" feature on this movement, it does back hack. This is increasingly difficult when fully wound but that is no surprise. After about two weeks of near daily wear mine is running about +10s/day dial up and +2s/day crown down. My .mil background means if I'm 10min early to something I feel like I am already 5min late so this doesn't bother me that much day to day. If I'm flying an aircraft and my watch is an instrument I opt for something else.
I can't comment on the factory bracelet, as I immediately replaced it with the BRAC-97 and sized it to fit my ~6.6" wrist. In the near future I will replace the clasp with CLASP-05 for the ratcheting microadjust. This isn't a review of the bracelet so I'll only go as far as to say the two complement each other extremely well.”
“Watch itself is great. Bracelet not so much, I put a leather strap on it. But for $140, it’s amazing value. My wrist is very small at about 5.9 inches.”
