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Technical Details

- Japan 21 Jewels Automatic Self Winding Movement (7S26)
- Stainless Steel Case and Band with Fold-Over Safety Clasp
- Day/Date Display with Spanish Option, Luminous Hands and Markers, Hardlex Curve Crystal
- Screwed Down Crown and Case Back, Uni-Directional Turning Bezel, Orange Face
- Water Resistant – 200M, Case measures 44mm diameter by 13mm thick
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“Wow – everything I’ve wanted in a watch I’ve finally found!” 2010-01-21
By Space For The Poppa (ByTheShore, NJ USA)
I have a number of watches in my collection; big, small; digital, analog; Divers, Chronographs, Atomics … I love watches. But I recently began a search of reasonably priced self-winders. It also had to be reliable, and I would prefer a diver-type style. The past couple years I’ve taken a liking to Invicta watches, but their quality is hit and miss. The low end (less than $100) Invicta seems less reliable than the lowly Timex; any good self-winding Invicta seems to start around $250-300.

I love Amazon’s suggestioned item. It picked up on my quest for an auto-winder diver watch, and steered me HERE. The Seiko SKX779 “Black Monster.” Review after review was glowing. Overall, a 4 1/2 star watch, for less than $200. And Seiko reliability is unquestioned and unparalleled.

Look/Feel – I would think a “monster” of a watch would be big, along the lines of Invicta’s Grand Lupah. That’s not the case at all. A little bigger than some of my watches, but not overly so. This has a nice stainless steel band, and it is a hefty watch. It feels solid, like it was chiseled out of a single piece of metal. The glow-dial feature is bright and makes it easy to read in the dark. Even the feel of the turning bezel has a solid, quality feel to it.

Accuracy – I really have nothing to compare it to as everything in my collection is battery/quartz or solar/atomic. I’ve had it for a month or so, and it runs a little fast, about 1-2 minutes a month; and for an analog watch, that’s fine. I usually do not look at an analog watch and say “it’s 11:12PM”, I look and say, “it’s about ten after eleven …”. In my book, “close is close enough” for any non-quartz watch.

Self-winding – I love it. Again, nothing to compare it to except the observations of others. It runs about 2 days before petering out. This has only happened once to me. I wear it nearly everyday. I am looking at auto-winders to keep it going when I am not wearing it (suggestions for a good one, under $75 or so are welcome!).

So to all who took the time to write a review, and follow-up with thoughtful comments, along with links to watch lover’s blogs, thank you. I couldn’t be happier with the watch, and hope my review steers others to purchase this watch. You won’t be disappointed.

“Excellent…except for the crown.” 2009-12-22
By Watch Collector (Canada)
Watch arrived on time and in excellent condition (new). Great watch…except for the crown stem. When crown/stem pulled out to adjust time, crown is very “wobbly” and loose with quite a bit of play. I didn’t expect this after reading countless excellent reviews on the watch. Hopefully, the crown will not break or fall off.

“The best watch I ever owned!” 2009-12-03
By J. Raposa (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I was given this watch 5 years ago as a gift from a friend that collects watches. I love the large size of this watch and the feel of it. I would buy this watch again in a second.

“Good Watch for the Price” 2009-09-03
By Kaodake
I love this watch, and I would not hesitate to buy another Seiko automatic. Quality is about half a step below Omega, but about $1500 lower in price. Pound-for-pound you get a lot more watch for your dollar.

Now for the down side. At first glance, the strap seems sturdy and well put together. But after only a week of use, I have noticed small metal tubes slipping out from the side holes that hold the link-pins. They don’t come out completely- they just slip and slide about a milimeter each way. Slightly annoying. Another, potentially more serious problem is with the secondary clasp. This is where the name ‘SEIKO’ is pressed into the band. It is held in place with holes on either side that slip over spring beads on the main clasp. The hole does not align perfectly with the bead (on one side only) and therefore, the clasp will not fit securely. For daily wear this is not a problem, but the secondary clasp tends to come undone when I swim. If the main clasp were to fail, a swimmer could loose their precious Seiko.

These problems seem to be more the result of quality control problems, rather than a design flaw.

“Industrial chic” 2009-08-22
By Jonathan Trigg (Louisiana)
Oh my God this is a cool watch. If you want a steel sunflower on your wrist, if you want to be both funky and elegant, if you want to be hip and down to earth all at once, you certainly want this watch. James Bond is not cool because he wants to wear an Omega instead of this thing. Forget the fantastic brand history, forget the reliability and durability, forget the price even – this watch is both beautiful and radical: if you don’t want that, you need to ask yourself why.

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