SEIKOMen's SNK603 Automatic Stainless Steel Watch

My girlfiriend bought this watch to me the last Christmas. It arrived on time (before 25 Dec) and by the time I opened the box and put it on, it was already ticking... I presume the mainspring wound itself on the clock's way (from US to Spain).The watch works flawlessly. It looses consistently 5 seconds a day, so it is very accurate, for the rate at which it ticks is very regular. A trip to the local watchmaker surely can bring this watch to match the timekeeping of a rolex or whatever other high-end watch which costs 100 times more.The watch is really very nice; you can see the wheel pendulum tiking like a mechanical heart through the seethrough back, and the steel case is shiny and goodlooking. The sphere has a nice blue texture that changes somewhat with the light, making it very impressive in direct sunlight.Its weight feels very good, its light enough to let you forget about it, but is heavy enough to give him a noble feeling in the wirst.The inner markings are very well done and it can be easily set so that the minutes hand perfectly aligns whith its correspondent minute mark when the seconds hand passes 12 o'clock. Despite its non hacking movement, there is a trick to make the seconds hand go backwards and even stop, so it is easy to get the seconds hand to stop wherever one may want.The glass is very sturdy; I have banged and rubbed it agaist walls and miscellaneous objects acidentally and didn't manage to scratch it even slightly.My overall impresion is that it is a very good watch that will last for ages and will never need service or battery change (for its is an automatic).Z.

Bought this for dad who wanted a decent knock around watch. Looks very nice and the likes the automatic. I like the see though back. The band is easy to change if you know the trick, just look on you tube.2 minor gripes, the band is has some sharp edges not sharp enough to cut but might be uncomfortable after long wears. Other gripe is the adjustment knob is very small and tough to turn and I have small fingers.Otherwise very nice looking and time will tell how accurate.

I bought this watch because I was interested in getting an automatic watch, had read good things about the Seiko 5 and saw this one at an unbelievable price (1/3 retail).This is probably the nicest watch I own in terms of build quality and attention to detail. The watch face is subtly textured - the metallic blue which changes colour depending on the lighting, making it interesting without being flashy. The sweeping second hand looks classy and the minute and hour hands sweep precisely as well (i.e. if the second hand is at the 30 second mark the minute hand will be exactly halfway between the minute hash marks). The luminous hands and markers are bright and relatively easy to read in the dark. The crown at the 4 o'clock position is a subtle touch that I love - it stops the crown from digging into your hand. Overall, this watch is light and very comfortable on the wrist. This is partly because of the smaller face and because the bracelet has folded instead of solid steel links. That said, it doesn't feel frail or cheap.However, as nice as this watch is, I stopped wearing it after a month because I got tired of having to re-set the time. This watch consistently gains 15 seconds every day. This is typical of Seiko 5s (and other less-expensive automatic watches).UPDATE -- I started wearing this watch again once the battery died on my quartz Swiss Army. After about a month of steady wear, I noticed that the Seiko was keeping MUCH better time - it now seems to be gaining ~5-6 seconds per day - which is comparable to automatics in the $500-$1000 range.

The Seiko 5 SNK 600 series are mostly textured dials which depending on the lighting puts on a little show for you. The blue 603 has at least three different shades from navy, ice to baby blue. Any way, great little inexpensive watches which keep good time on wrist or winder.

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El diseño de la caratula me parece muy atractivo, el contraste del color azul con las manecillas y marcadores plateados le da un toque muy especial. Puede ir bien con traje o con ropa sport formal. La correa es funcional, de eslabones doblados, lo que se entiende es para no incrementar el costo del reloj.

Totally uncharacteristic of a Seiko watch. Second hand moved about 1 1/2 times as fast as my Seiko quartz and it constantly stopped and resumed. Package came with no identifying logos on box, or cushion. Returned it but still waiting for refund.

I like the watch the only thing the name OF the day is Not display English like monday its deferent work witch u dont understand...but I cant return IT because I already send IT to phillipines for My dad...but the watch ITs self is really Good im happy with it i know My dad Will Love it!!