A very retro looking watch with a busy dial, especially the black version which I bought.
Was looking for a cheap quartz with dual time function for travelling which I won't mind losing and I have lost a few in hotel rooms. Came across this model and the retro feel really sang out to me.
Basically a 7T86 quartz movement with a 5 year battery life, chronograph function, day, date, month, year perpetual calendar with a alarm dial that can double up as a primitive second time zone display and a 100m WR means it doesn't need to come off my wrist at all. Ticks all my boxes and at a little below $200, cheap enough that I won't feel upset if I lose it.
Reminds me of a Citizen Eco Drive calibre 8700 watch that was my travel beater for years which I eventually sold due to developing uncle eyesight. I feel the seiko is better as it's cheaper and has a bigger dial at around 44mm which makes it very legible even for my "uncle" eye sight and the styling is much better IMO.
Downside is too many highly polished services, which will mean it's going to be scratched up quickly. The croc print strap feels cheap, came with a flimsy pin buckle and not a deployment clasp, so I swapped it for a "dressier" rubber strap. Final gripe would be zero lume, none at all.
Pictures:
On comfy rubber strap
On stock croc print strap
Just an update after wearing this watch exclusively for the past 4 days which is something I don't do unless I travel...
The watch is keeping time to the dot, but then it's a quartz so that's to be expected. The chronograph works as advertised though I find the minutes/hour accumulator hard to read. The alarm is a biTch to set but works and is loud enough to wake me from sleep, but then I am a light sleeper, so I wouldn't advise anyone using it as your morning wake up alarm.
Sent from my Hongmi
