You can't really go wrong with a Seiko 5. They are some of the most reliable and robust automatic watches you can buy. Don't expect frills, Sieko produces 5's in a number of price ranges. I am pretty sure this one has a folded metal bracelet.
Try hitting some other forums like the poor man's watch forum for more information (
http://www.pmwf.com). I think on a whole you would be impressed with the response. There are a lot of good watches that you can buy for less then $1000 (some say Rolex is the best $800 watch that you can spend $8000 on). You can read all about them on these watch forums.
Two other points:
There are a lot of watches for less then $300 that are of excellent quality, if you get into it, you will find yourself with a collection in a few years.
IMHO, between a Rolex Sub and an Omega Seasmaster , the Seamaster wins hands down for quality.
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Originally Posted by OMEGAMAN
I know some of you are into watches so I'll ask here. I want to buy a watch for myself and this watch looks like the perfect watch for me  http://cgi.ebay.com/1-NR-New-SEIKO-5-MEN-AUTOMATIC-SEE-THRU-WATCH-SNXS73K_W0QQitemZ5077019344QQcategoryZ31387QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I can't seem to find one like this here in the US but I am worried that if I buy this watch (and there seems to be a lot of them on ebay) it will be cheap somehow. I have looked at seiko's and like them allot but they don't make the one I want for the american market. Any experience with seiko's for the Japanese market? Are they different than the US versions? And how can they make an autowind mechanism so cheap? |