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Seiko Men's SNJ007 Sportura Analog/Digital Alarm Chronograph Watch

• Quality Japanese-Quartz movement
• Sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 45 mm

Product Description

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The Seiko Sportura SNJ007 stainless steel men's analog/digital watch brings a sense of classic style to a timepiece that's ready for the 21st century new world man. The gunmetal gray TICN (titanium/carbon/nitride) bezel features a world city name list, and the digital portion of the watch also can display the name of a city with time difference display and time transfer function. It has a large round stainless steel watch case that measures 1.6 inches in diameter, a black watch dial background, and large, white luminous hands (with red second hand). It has a black perforated band (that fits up to an 8-inch wrist) with orange accents, which also appear on the side of the buttons. Other features include a fully automatic calendar that adjusts for odd and even months including February of leap years to 2050, water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet), anti-glare sapphire crystal, and a digital date function.

Warranty
This Seiko watch is covered by a limited 3-year manufacturer's warranty (includes 1st year worldwide coverage with 2nd and 3rd years valid only in the United States). This warranty does not cover the strap, crystal, watch bracelet, battery, or any watch accessory. This includes, but is not limited to, any pouch or belt attached to the watch. If the watch is repaired or serviced by anyone other than Seiko, the warranty becomes void.

Product Description

This multi-function Seiko Sportura timepiece exhibits a detailed dial and is loaded with extra features for maximum versatility.

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009VTSA8
• Item model number: SNJ007
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,972 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World Traveler, October 29, 2006

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Rockit (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seiko Men's SNJ007 Sportura Analog/Digital Alarm Chronograph Watch (Watch)

This may be the perfect watch for me. I spend over 50% of my time traveling for business in different time zones and this watch keeps me punctual in all of them. I was originally looking at the Tissot T-Touch, but couldn't get past the cheap aesthetics and came to the realization that I would very rarely use any of the included functionality beyond the standard time and date display. I then checked out what Seiko had to offer and was positively giddy when I stumbled upon this Sportura - great looks, fantastic functionality, and a reasonable price.

You set the time and date once for your current time zone using the digital interface (look, there's no dials!) and the watch automatically sets all the other time zones. You can also set DST for each time zone individually (select time zone, hold button D down for three seconds, and you're done), which is important since entire regions like Asia don't follow DST. In the home time and world time modes, the digital display shows the city name for the time zone, day of the week, date (day only), time, AM/PM (24 hour readout available as well), DST on/off, and alarm on/off. The only difference between the two modes is that in the world time mode, the second hand will point to the time zone on the bezel that is being displayed on the digital display (but the hour and minute hands will still display the time for your home time zone).

The analog watch hands are keyed off of the digital display, so they are always perfectly synced (fantastic for the OCD among us!). Switch time zones with ease (push button A to select world time mode, push button C to select new time zone using second hand to point to airport codes listed on watch bezel, hold button B down for three seconds to make selected time zone your new home time zone). You can also set an alarm for any time in any time zone. For instance, you're in China and you want to set an alarm to remind you to call your wife and kids in California at 8pm PST. This watch makes it easy - there's no mental math involved, you just select the west coast time zone, set an alarm for 8pm, and you're done. You also get stop watch (chronograph) functionality thrown in. Plus, the sapphire crystal watch face and polished ceramic bezel mean that you aren't going to scratch this thing with everyday usage (full disclosure: I managed to scratch my bezel lightly when I was handling some unfinished granite tiles for my kitchen).

And most importantly, this watch just looks darn cool, from the white-on-black digital display that scrolls city names to the laser-etched/polished black ceramic bezel to the orange highlights (second hand, 12/3/6/9 o'clock tick marks, buttons, leather band stitching and underside). I still catch myself checking it out on my wrist after wearing it every day for over a year.

You can (well, I can) always nitpick any product you buy, so if I had to, here would be my complaints about this Seiko:

* Lack of backlighting
* No auto DST functionality
* Buttons can get pushed inadvertantly when hand is bent back
* Buttons feel cheap compared to rest of watch
* Only one or two cities listed per time zone

None of those are serious enough to not warrant a 5-star rating. And I don't find this watch is heavy. It feels substantial and oozes quality (more so than I was expecting for the price - this coming from someone who had only owned Fossil, Freestyle, Swiss Army, etc. prior to purchase, though), but its weight doesn't draw attention to itself during the course of the day.

Despite a serious watch fetish and numerous opportunities to purchase more expensive watches, I always come back to the fact that I love the way this watch looks and functions, and I keep walking out of the watch stores wearing this Seiko.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual and Very Cool, April 14, 2006

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Atticus Finch (Santa Ana, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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I love this watch. The colors are great - the black face/band/bezel, pale green luminous bits, and, of course, the distinctive orange accents. The stainless steel frame (with both polished and brushed bits that don't show in picture) adds the masculinity. It all just works for me. Kind of retro, but somehow very modern. The picture doesn't do it justice. Unlike one other reviewer, I don't find that the orange bits push it at all, for this kind of watch. I you want 'conservative' (yawn), look elsewhere.

I like the fact that it has the functionality of a digital watch, but doesn't look like one when you set it to display only date & day. Even with full digital turned on (as pictured), display is very subdued (this could be a negative for some - hard to read in low light, since there is no backlight). I was considering the analog version (SNA481), but glad I went with the SNJ007. I like chronograph watches with all the dials, but I think a clean face works better for the watch. Plus, the 'world time' function is pretty cool.

I was worried about size & weight, because of my small wrists (6.5"), but it's perfect. The band has stiff inserts near the watch that keep it nicely curved and stable around the wrist.

I hope Seiko will make a rubber band that fits this watch, so I can wear it in the water. Supposedly the band for the SNJ005 will fit it, but I'm not a big fan of metal bands. Also, I think this watch needs a black band to look its best.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seiko SNJ007, May 4, 2005

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D. REED - See all my reviews
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This watch is awesome in every way. It is solid, funtional, has a sapphire crystal, screw down back. Seiko struck gold with this one.