SEIKOSRPD93 Seiko 5 Sports Men's Watch Black 42.5mm Stainless Steel

This watch is a bit of a sleeper in the watch community. Over time, collectors often have a bit of a dilemma. Let me explain. I also collect knives and often, the things collectors are discussing have nothing to do with cutting. It's fit and finish, fancy materials, nostalgia, whatever, but they forget to mention if it can cut something easily/well. Watches can be a bit like this. For me, I have an some personal requirements to add to my selection process. My age has me desiring an easy to read watch. But that dovetails into my main idea here. Can it tell me the time, quickly, without confusion. This means I prefer larger dials, good contrast between the face, the markers, and the hands. I also prefer an appreciable differential in length between the minute and hour hands.For me, I want a watch to be able to take some abuse. If I'm walking down a hallway and bang my arm into a wall, I don't want to have to service it. I rarely run into people buying diving watches who also dive. This is true with me as well. Do I need to unscrew something to prevent it from getting water in it from a shower or 500 meters? I've never gone below 4-5 meters and that was back when I was around 14 years old. So keep in mind if something is built for the deep, do you want to unscrew the crown to adjust the watch if the only water it will see is a shower? This watch is good to 100 meters but that makes changing the time easier, no screw down crowns and yet it's good if Jim pushes me into a Koi Pond.This watch ticks all the marks I mentioned. The time is accurate (when wound, it's an automatic with manual capability), it's easy to read quickly (no double takes). And it's more waterproof than I need it to be. If I'm on a boat in the Philippines and fall into the drink, this will take it no problem. The bezel is a bit raised so the hardlex window, which is flat, is harder to scrape on things as I go throughout the day. The window on the back (exhibition case) allows one to see the inner workings. That's pretty cool especially if you like gadgety things.Lastly, people often complain about Seiko wristbands. Mine has the Silicone Band and it has a fake weave moulded into it. I love this band. I find it very comfortable, easy to put on, good spacing to fit different sized wrists, and the loop does a good job of holding the excess band.All in all, this is one of my best, especially for the price, watches.

Arrived on time and the indices line up perfectly. I see Seiko actually improved on their design since it's introduction, the made the bi-directional bezel a ratcheting one way bezel now and it stays in place quite nicely I might add. The Lume is also improved, it really glows nicely in the dark and stays glowing for hours, nice touch. I did purchase an aftermarket sailcloth blue band to match the watch (review elsewhere and the timepiece came packaged in a nice case and the watch was secured to a small pillow to insure against handling shock, another nice and thoughtful touch.All in all it is a very nice watch and I have a smallish wrist but it don't look at all ungainly on me. Keep in mind this is not a quartz watch but rather a mechanical, self winding movement so the inherent accuracy of a quartz movement is absent however, I full expect it to keep good time with the Seiko mechanical movement. I did not time graph it so we will see how it performs over the long haul as I'm planning on wearing it daily. I will remove it for showering and water activities even though it's 'water resistant' to 100 meters but not going to take the chance, just too nice a timepiece to risk water ingress.All in all, for the price, I give it a 10. Always been a Seiko follower and have a couple other Seiko's as well but this one will be my daily wearer.Just an update on the watch. Been wearing it almost continuously since it arrived here and I can quite honestly say it keeps fantastic time. I've only had to reset it twice since I purchased it in April and it only gained maybe a minute the whole time. I was worried about the power reserve and bought a winder that I've never had to use yet.I do remove it to shower but other than that, it's on my wrist almost continuously. Very impressed with not only the accuracy but it's a very handsome watch as well.Highly recommended by me.

Looks, reliability, and automatic. Still good value for money. All you need.

Love it , that was a gift to my dad ! The only reason I gave 4 stars is that the fact the watch showed some wear in the internal movement when I took it to my repair watch guy for cleaning after a year !! My dad said no issues whatsoever and the watch hace received good compliments… so I’m happy !

Excelente Seiko para uso diario.

Amazon should have an ethical responsibility to make sure its loyal customers be protected with sellers that peddle counterfeit products. One of the specs of this product is LumiBrite, a proprietary technology by Seiko that will glow in the dark the watch hour markers and its hand. This watch does not even do that. Amazon should protect their consumers to those sellers that peddle counterfeit product on the marketplace. Money is not an issue here. It is about principle. I considered this as a sunk cost due to my stupidity and it is a lesson learned big time for me. I will not return this product. I am keeping this watch intact, as is, together with the shipping box. If I could convince 10 people to be vigilant in purchasing jewelry such as this watch from Fresh Pearl and Amazon in general, that is good enough for me. And who knows those 10 people could convince 10 more to be vigilant, I think I did my job of the intent of my complaint. I already spoke with SEIKO customer service. SEIKO instructed me to bring the watch to an Authorized Seiko Service Center in my area to authenticate the watch.