Here is my take, I have the same teal seiko 5 for some time now and it's by far one of the most comfortable watches I ever owned. (I owned omegas, tudors, nomos and everything in between) The accuracy has been amazing -3s/day, everything is aligned properly, the bezel is smooth and clicks nicely. I don't really care about gold hands as you can barely even notice it on such a small watch, I feel like this is just something watch snobs rehash for their videos/reviews , same with bracelet... It's fine bracelet, really comfortable for long wear and I couldn't care if it's solid end links or not, I wear the watch and not fact sheets on my wrist... Day to day I don't even notice I'm wearing this watch and that's a huge bonus for me, last thing I want is to be aware of some heavy piece of metal distracting me. The watch gets a lot of high impact movements and is knocked around pretty hard in my day to day life and so far works perfectly. Nothing but praise from me for this watch, if you are still deciding I would say definitely go for it, you can easily get them with substantial discounts online. I would love to see more original watch reviews/opinions and not just rehashed info from what's already been said, but that's my criticism for the video itself and not the watch.
Haha great review. I too have high end luxery watches but love this one also so much. THE PRICE IS RIDICULOUS WHEN YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET FOR IT. JUST DO , YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS ONE
I've been wearing my -33 teal watch for days now, haven't taken it off since it arrived. My watch in real world use, not on a tester is running 3 to 5 seconds a day fast. I wound it right out of the box and never touched the manual wind again, just getting its power from wearing it. My bezel rotates perfectly with very uniform audible clicks and smooth tension. I was nervous about the bracelet only having two micro adjustments, but it fits my 6.5 inch wrist perfectly after removing 4 links (two from each side of the clasp). My watch clearly has "made in Japan" printed just left of the 6, but I didn't see that on your watch in the video. Multiple production sources??? I really like this watch and plan to also get the cream color -31 version. The less that 40mm size is becoming a favorite for me.
Just bought this teal Seiko 5 for my wife’s birthday. The size will be perfect for her wrist and she will absolutely love the dial colour as teal is her favourite colour by far. Biggest bonus is I got it for £60 under rrp. 😎
I agree with your assessment. The SRPK are visually beautiful...I like the cream dial SRPK31...but I can't justify its purchase price when just for a few dollars more I can get an SRPE93 Prospex and have an ISO 6425 200 meters dive watch with similar design language (except larger and a turtle case).
Price gap doesn't matter because it's smaller watch for smaller wrist. It's harder to put all the technology in small case that would work the same as bigger parts in bigger case. It makes perfect sense that it's more expensive.
Loved the side by side comparison as it makes this new version look more like a boys/ladies watch. Glad I did not get one now. However I wished they had that color in the larger format.
The 5KX are good watches and this smaller release is very welcomed, but absolutely none of them justify any tag above $200 - specially given that a superior Orient Kamasu can be found for that price and even less. Seiko is ridiculously overpriced these days and need to come back to reality.
Well a few months after release, most Seiko 5 watches can be found 20-30% off retail. Unlike micro-brands and Chinese homage manufacturers who sell direct to consumer on the Web, Seiko distributes through dealers, so need to provide up to 40-50% margin for them. I've bought a few Seiko 5 watches (DressKX, 5 GMT) for at least 25% off. At those prices, I. think they are fairly priced, especially since the Seiko brand is much stronger than no-named Chinese watches. I do agree that Seiko needs to improve their bracelets, and also their QC. But what folks need to understand is that these days Seiko is a watch movement company first, and a watch maker second. Seiko makes hundreds of millions of movements a year (quartz and automatic) and a few million complete watches a year. They operate at a scale that is hard to grasp. I still think they have iconic designs and some of the best dial work at every price-point. Just wish they would improve their bracelets and also transition more to sapphire (though I'm actually fine with hard-lux for the cheaper watches).
Does it feel too thick? I could not wear the 42.5mm model because it would wobble on my wrist - too thick because of the see through caseback. Which they had gone for a steel caseback.
So Pagani Make all around better watch for 5x less money, solid bracelet sapphire crystal with AR milled clasp, NH35 for 65€ Pagani Air King, if we wanna buy Seiko that is worst we should pay 5x the price only for original Design. OK.😂 I hope they drop the prices and make them the same as SRPD series.
Yep, from an objective point of view, totally! But the they are not called Seiko and they don't have original designs, even though they certainly have an amazing bpb and I've been covering them for years
@@Horologique Yes thats what im saying. Seiko is my favorite brand but they are total shitters for the price with lowest quality control than Steeldive which almost all their bezels are aligned perfectly. In sad times we are living. Seiko dont give a F about people.
"Pagani Design" copies the design of others. If you want to make a fair comparison against Seiko it's better to talk of Orient and Citizen, not of chinese replicas.
I guess that if they made it spot on like other brands on this price point, they would have a harder time selling divers at 3 times the price, as their alignment tends to be better, and at 5000 euros, Seiko is as well aligned as a under 200 euro citizen promaster 😅
imho this sits too tall. I have 7 1/4 wrist so I am biased. I bougtht he hype train and going a skx013 with strapcode bracelet and will sell it on. I think it's a good watch to buy is a bb58 homage.. it's much thinner and similar size. the proportions are better on bb58. Unfortunately I own the gen, so I can't recommand a true to scale homage.
Seiko offers much higher value for money than the overpriced and semi - disposable Tissot Powermatic 80s which contain plastic parts and do not have a regulator.
Here is my take, I have the same teal seiko 5 for some time now and it's by far one of the most comfortable watches I ever owned. (I owned omegas, tudors, nomos and everything in between) The accuracy has been amazing -3s/day, everything is aligned properly, the bezel is smooth and clicks nicely. I don't really care about gold hands as you can barely even notice it on such a small watch, I feel like this is just something watch snobs rehash for their videos/reviews , same with bracelet... It's fine bracelet, really comfortable for long wear and I couldn't care if it's solid end links or not, I wear the watch and not fact sheets on my wrist... Day to day I don't even notice I'm wearing this watch and that's a huge bonus for me, last thing I want is to be aware of some heavy piece of metal distracting me. The watch gets a lot of high impact movements and is knocked around pretty hard in my day to day life and so far works perfectly. Nothing but praise from me for this watch, if you are still deciding I would say definitely go for it, you can easily get them with substantial discounts online. I would love to see more original watch reviews/opinions and not just rehashed info from what's already been said, but that's my criticism for the video itself and not the watch.
Haha great review. I too have high end luxery watches but love this one also so much. THE PRICE IS RIDICULOUS WHEN YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET FOR IT. JUST DO , YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS ONE
I've been wearing my -33 teal watch for days now, haven't taken it off since it arrived.
My watch in real world use, not on a tester is running 3 to 5 seconds a day fast. I wound it right out of the box and never touched the manual wind again, just getting its power from wearing it.
My bezel rotates perfectly with very uniform audible clicks and smooth tension.
I was nervous about the bracelet only having two micro adjustments, but it fits my 6.5 inch wrist perfectly after removing 4 links (two from each side of the clasp).
My watch clearly has "made in Japan" printed just left of the 6, but I didn't see that on your watch in the video. Multiple production sources???
I really like this watch and plan to also get the cream color -31 version. The less that 40mm size is becoming a favorite for me.
Just bought this teal Seiko 5 for my wife’s birthday. The size will be perfect for her wrist and she will absolutely love the dial colour as teal is her favourite colour by far. Biggest bonus is I got it for £60 under rrp. 😎
That's wondeful, it's a great watch at a great price, and you can even steal it from her from time to time
I agree with your assessment. The SRPK are visually beautiful...I like the cream dial SRPK31...but I can't justify its purchase price when just for a few dollars more I can get an SRPE93 Prospex and have an ISO 6425 200 meters dive watch with similar design language (except larger and a turtle case).
Yes totally, Seiko pricing is all over the place. The quality hasn't climbed as steeply as the quality
I'll definitely purchase this watch! (the cream dial)
Did you buy it, and did you like it?
I love the cream dial too. It's the most practical because it goes with any outfit.
The skx13 is my all time favorite seiko. If they make a 38 in gmt, I'm all over it.
That would be cool... at the right price abd without QC issues of course!
The perfect size for a man's watch. I'm glad this trend for watches the size of dinner plates seems to be slowing down.
Price gap doesn't matter because it's smaller watch for smaller wrist. It's harder to put all the technology in small case that would work the same as bigger parts in bigger case. It makes perfect sense that it's more expensive.
Looks stunning.. much better than 42.5
It does look stunning
Loved the side by side comparison as it makes this new version look more like a boys/ladies watch. Glad I did not get one now. However I wished they had that color in the larger format.
Nice, hope they come out with different color hands next year.
That's would be a good thing 👍
I‘ll get one if they made one of the hand like lemon color or bright red
I’m really confused among srpd53k1, Srpe53k1 and this ? Help me out to pick one please.
I’m thinking about grabbing one of these at $170 new. Do you think that’s a good price for the value?
That's an Amazing price, go for it!
Appreciate the technical data, I paid $175 US.
My wrist size is 17cm (6,7 inch) should I go with the 38mm model or the 42mm?
You can go with both, it depends how you like your watches
Deciding between the Orange on Orange the teal one. Wich color Do yönü prefer?
@@skip1978 the teal 😁
The 5KX are good watches and this smaller release is very welcomed, but absolutely none of them justify any tag above $200 - specially given that a superior Orient Kamasu can be found for that price and even less. Seiko is ridiculously overpriced these days and need to come back to reality.
Sadly you are right
Well a few months after release, most Seiko 5 watches can be found 20-30% off retail. Unlike micro-brands and Chinese homage manufacturers who sell direct to consumer on the Web, Seiko distributes through dealers, so need to provide up to 40-50% margin for them. I've bought a few Seiko 5 watches (DressKX, 5 GMT) for at least 25% off. At those prices, I. think they are fairly priced, especially since the Seiko brand is much stronger than no-named Chinese watches. I do agree that Seiko needs to improve their bracelets, and also their QC. But what folks need to understand is that these days Seiko is a watch movement company first, and a watch maker second. Seiko makes hundreds of millions of movements a year (quartz and automatic) and a few million complete watches a year. They operate at a scale that is hard to grasp. I still think they have iconic designs and some of the best dial work at every price-point. Just wish they would improve their bracelets and also transition more to sapphire (though I'm actually fine with hard-lux for the cheaper watches).
@@catlike1 thank you for that very nice and true insight! Indeed when you see the number of NH35 movements you can see how many movements they sell
what nonsense, you call this amount seriously overpriced.. ? dude this is a bargain compared to so-called entry level luxury watches
I'm not talking about the so-called entry level luxury watches.
It looks very good on your wrist 👍
Thank you very much!
@@Horologiquewhat is your wrist size ?
Fine vid!
Great review, thanks
Does it feel too thick? I could not wear the 42.5mm model because it would wobble on my wrist - too thick because of the see through caseback. Which they had gone for a steel caseback.
No it doesn't. The 42mm is 13.5mm, this is 12.7mm 😁.
Dial measure ?
So Pagani Make all around better watch for 5x less money, solid bracelet sapphire crystal with AR milled clasp, NH35 for 65€ Pagani Air King, if we wanna buy Seiko that is worst we should pay 5x the price only for original Design. OK.😂 I hope they drop the prices and make them the same as SRPD series.
Yep, from an objective point of view, totally! But the they are not called Seiko and they don't have original designs, even though they certainly have an amazing bpb and I've been covering them for years
@@Horologique Yes thats what im saying. Seiko is my favorite brand but they are total shitters for the price with lowest quality control than Steeldive which almost all their bezels are aligned perfectly. In sad times we are living. Seiko dont give a F about people.
If they are such shit, then why buy them ?
@@alanl2550 As the Horologique said "cuz Pagani isnt Seiko" doesnt matter if pagani is 5x lower the price with HIGHER specs. 😉
"Pagani Design" copies the design of others. If you want to make a fair comparison against Seiko it's better to talk of Orient and Citizen, not of chinese replicas.
Wish this was in GMT
Wow Seiko is consistent with that misaligned 12 marker
And the misaligned 6 market too sadly 😔
I guess that if they made it spot on like other brands on this price point, they would have a harder time selling divers at 3 times the price, as their alignment tends to be better, and at 5000 euros, Seiko is as well aligned as a under 200 euro citizen promaster 😅
I would definitely change the bracelet.
The bracelet is poorly finished on the end. The seam is visible.
@@Vla668 seiko is not the best with their Bracelets...
@@Horologique there is orient mako 40 mm. The bracelet there is better processed.
imho this sits too tall.
I have 7 1/4 wrist so I am biased. I bougtht he hype train and going a skx013 with strapcode bracelet and will sell it on. I think it's a good watch to buy is a bb58 homage.. it's much thinner and similar size. the proportions are better on bb58. Unfortunately I own the gen, so I can't recommand a true to scale homage.
SKX013?? 😂😂 It's not a slim case mid size... 😂 The new seiko 38 mm is a remake of 6458 quartz series from 80s....
Difficult to justify this wach for the price, read: crap bracelet, push in crown, no sapphire..............
Yep....
$160 at best.
Nonsense dude, Have you worn one in real life? Pure negativity from someone who doesn't know what he or she is talking about...
@@bogarbill6331 so how is the watch worn in real life?
@@hagen4264 Fine, I also have more expensive watches such as Omega and Tudor. So much more expensive but on the wrist you don't notice any difference.
Why not 40mm??? I don’t get it. 😖😖
Trust me, the size is just fine 👍
anything over 38mm for me doesn't work, we have enough oversized watches to pick from.
@@PicturePathetic Exactly! There are more than enough large watches for sale and not enough 38mm
GREAT LOOKING WATCHES BUT THE GRAND SEIKO IS THE ONE I REALLY WANT EVERY VIDEO YOU MAKE IS JUST AWESOME THANKS
Thank you so much 👍👍
Seiko offers much higher value for money than the overpriced and semi - disposable Tissot Powermatic 80s which contain plastic parts and do not have a regulator.
Yes it does!