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28 de enero de 2026
An all round great purchase, I love this watch! Six Stars!
A beautiful watch from a great company.This is my 3rd Seiko watch and they basically last forever.My first "automatic" (self winding) Seiko lasted 25 years, and would probably still be in use, but the hands came loose and nobody will work on it.My second, a Kenetic, lasted 15 years. I didn't realize a Kenetic has a battery or capacitor and is actually self charging (the self winding mechanism charges the battery). When it started acting up is when I found out it had a battery that was failing. They want $150 to change the battery which is a bit much, so I started looking for a new Kenetic, but guess what, for some reason Seiko has dropped the Kenetic line. I have the battery ($25) and may try to replace it myself.Which brings us to this watch. It is a good looking watch, better in person than in the pictures. The hands are large and contrast nicely with the blue background making it easy for my ageing eyes to see the time. (That was my only complaint with the Kenetic, the thin silver hands could be hard to see against the brushed finish face.)It is an Automatic, Seiko's term for self winding, which is always a requirement for me. If you aren't wearing it, once fully wound it will run for almost 2 days before it stops and you have to reset it.The band is good size, I removed 3 links for it to fit me properly there are 9 total that can be removed.It is water resistant to 100m. I haven't tested this yet but based on my other watches I have no reason to believe it isn't. I get up in the morning put it on and take it off when I go to bed. I am involved in a lot of water activities, sailboat racing, powerboating, swimming, and doing dishes (LOL). If it fails this I'll update the review.My only complaint is that it doesn't come with instructions. I have this complaint with a lot of products these days, for me a QR code so I can read microscopic print on my phone, or carry a tablet or laptop to make it legible is ridiculous. In this case it is worse as the QR takes you to the documentation that is for several different "Calibers" (Seiko's equivalent of a model number for the movement). The instructions are grouped by function, not Caliber, so you need to scroll through a lot of irrelevant information to find the function (i.e. set the day and date), then make sure you are looking a the right Caliber. Check the description, not the picture, as the picture may not exactly match your watch, and different Calibers can look similar.Bottom line, I only buy Seiko watches due to their functionality and quality. So far this watch is living up to my expectations and I have no reason to believe it won't for a long time!Oh, and I forgot to mention the price on Amazon was much better than for the same watch at other online vendors and a couple of brick and mortar stores I checked. Go for it!Ver másVer menos
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