Customer Reviews

Seiko Men's SNKA05K Seiko 5 Automatic Blue Dial Stainless Steel Watch

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This Seiko watch is a really nice wrist watch. I was impressed with it and I like the fact that I will not have to replace batteries as long as I own the watch. On the down side the watch does lose a few minutes over a period of time but that is a quick fix and it is not a big problem.

I've owned a couple of nice Seikos in the past and when I saw the picure and price on Amazon I thought...wow what a nice watch and a great deal. After opening the box which didn't even come in Seikos trademark blue stamped box....this one was a generic black box with no Seiko booklet. I was disapointed to find a lightweight, rattle sounding band, cheap looking watch. It's not horrible but I would pay $50 off the rack at a discount store. I'm returning it but I have to pay $10 for a restock fee plus my shipping back to them.

I purchased this watch last month, and it hasn't left my wrist since I received it. I am impressed with the quality of the workmanship that went into this piece. The watch keeps time very accurately unless it is left for more than 36 hours. I have received a lot of compliments from clients and friends who love the blue face dial. I would recomend this watch to anyone who is tired of replacing batteries and winding their watch. Lovely piece!

I like this watch because of the understated styling. This is my second Seiko 5 and like the first, it keeps time accurately enough for my purposes.

What I don't like is the band. Out of the box, some of the links were rigid although movable. This wasn't a problem when wearing the watch, but gives a clue as to the quality of the band. Rather than using pins for holding the links together, this watch uses little L-shaped pieces of metal. There is no flip-latch on this watch, so that only thing that keeps the band from opening is a metal pin that goes into a hole. For me, this does not provide enough security against the watch opening unexpectedly. The band opened on its own two times the first day I wore it as I reached into a box or desk drawer to pull something out. My other Seiko 5 is a diver's watch with an flip-latch that secures the pin-in-hole lock. Of course, I paid $160 for that, and here we are talking about a $50 watch. I'm not unhappy, but in the future I will pay as much attention to the band as to the watch itself.

First of all several facts about this watch that you cannot see on the pictures:

1) The watch is quite heavy, everything is relative but be ready for that

2) The dial surface reflects light and its color changes in different lighting. The brighter the lighting the brighter the dial color. You get this dark blue color as on the picture only in very dim light or if the watch is turned away from a light source. In bright light the color looks much brighter, I think such a color is called royal blue. From the first sight and if you expect to get this dark blue color it may look even a bit distracting. But actually after some time I got used to it and now I like it. But its me, so be aware about this.

3) The box is probably not a Seiko genuine box, although it carries the Seiko name on it. The watch does have a tag but doesn't come with any kind of warranty/instruction/user manual, only one page of photocopied instruction.

4) The band assembly on my watch was not very accurate and I had to fix it with pliers. Also one of its ends that connects to the watch is 0.5mm shorter than the watch edge. Both these issues are barely noticeable though.

Taking into account the issues mentioned above and a low price I think that this watch is second rate product that didn't pass the strictest quality control due to some minor cosmetic issues. But of course this is only my speculation.

On the good side the watch looks very nice and solid on a hand and actually have a look of much more expensive models, certainly it looks far more than adequate for a casual watch.

Generally speaking and considering the price of this watch I am quite happy with this purchase.

I needed a wristwatch to wear when traveling on vacations that would not be targeted for theft on tours of Europe, Middle East, etc (rather than wearing my "good" watch.) I also wanted one that was self-winding so I didn't have to rush out and replace the battery at the last minute every year... or the battery would die just as I got to Hungary or Africa. This Seiko is reliable, easy to read, easy to set, an excellent value... and no worries about a dead battery causing me to miss getting back to the tour bus after lunch (or an hour late to the cruise ship!)

After the battery died (again) in my Guess watch, I decided that I never wanted to have to buy a battery and pay to have it installed again. Having owned a Seiko self-wind watch many years ago (I'd still be wearing it if I hadn't lost it), I was pleased to find another one at a very reasonable price. Works just fine, but I can't leave it off my wrist for more than a day without having to reset it. I don't remember my other one winding down that fast. Still, it's a great watch, and I'd recommend it to anyone.

I can see why some of the previous reviewers thought this might be a knock-off (Chinese imitation)and not real Seiko: it showed up without a shred of documentation. No user manual or instruction paper, no warranty papers, nothing. That's inexcusable.

The watch itself has a beautiful face and looks better than one would expect a knock-off to look. It's probably a real Seiko, but one of the cheaper ones. The watch band looks OK but is difficult to remove links. You literally have to bend the "removable" links apart and bend them closed again. It's ridiculous. I recently bought a Croton and the quality gap is pretty glaring.

Overall, it's a pretty watch, it's probably authentic (and seems to run) and you can buy a better watchband if you hate this one. For $60 it's an OK buy assuming it keeps running.

I don't think these are real Seiko watches, my order came in a plain box with very little instructions, no instructions on how to adjust wrist band, and paper stated one year warranty from seller, no USA warranty from Seiko. Real Seiko watches have 3 year warranty, go to Seiko web site and read their warning about internet purchases. The watch was gaining 3 minutes per week, notified seller and they sent shipping slip and refunded money. Seller advised these are international Seiko watches which I think is code speak for foreign knock off watches.

I really was not expecting this watch to be this good. I really love it. But, that is true that the warranty did not came with the watch, but it is working perfectly, my instance was running 1 second forward in each week I think but in my opinion it is unbelievably robust. after wearing a day(fully wound) it works more than a day, which is very nice. I am totally satisfied.