That's what I heard about the "Five" but In the video I can see one without the day complication, one with the crown at the 3 o'clock and one with a canvas strap. All with the new logo.
Thanks! To be honest, I'm a bit surprised you don't like the bracelet. If it's just the style, I understand. But it feels pretty solid and comfortable to me. What don't you like about it, if you don't mind?
100% agree about the bracelet. With the watch on my wrist, it felt so top-heavy. It's the one major drawback and the main reason I haven't gotten one yet.
Common mistakes about 5 features. I mean, even in this video he says day and date and the next shot is Seiko 5 without day function. Also, there were Seiko 5 quartz watches too, and so on.
These "rules" existed when the Seiko 5 was first released but as you can see, they've broken it a few times since then. The Seiko 5 Sports models no longer have just 30m water resistance, most, if not all, have 100 meter!
30 meters means it can withstand 30 meters of atmospheric pressure, which can sometimes be met in less than 30 meters of water (like for example, if you fall off a jetski, you'll hit the water harder and expose the watch to greater pressure than you would otherwise)
@@SugarKalamay if the watch says 10ATM it actually means 10 atmospheric metres which is equivalent to 100m water resistance. Minimum requirement for swimming is 50m but generally better to go for a 100m+ if you intend to use it for swimming
@@rossweavin3781 i know the difference between 10m and 10ATM and it doesn't matter. A casio with 10m water resistance doesn't leak. Same with a seiko with 10atm. Both are safe to swim unless you plan to dive 100m everytime you swim
@@SugarKalamay yes but it doesnt decrease the probability of it happening. You were just lucky. try diving into the water a few times and see what happens.
In 1960s having an automatic movement didn't mean that it doesn't require a battery. It meant that it doesn't require manual winding.
Correct!
Absolutely true
My first watch was a seiko for my 10th birthday. I'm 48 and I wear a grand seiko now.
My very first watch was a Seiko5 Automatic ❤
I would pay 1000$ for a bracelet finished to swiss standards for my seikos.
lucky you they have watches in that price range lol
That's what I heard about the "Five" but In the video I can see one without the day complication, one with the crown at the 3 o'clock and one with a canvas strap. All with the new logo.
These "rules" for the 5 were when they were first released :) no longer the case as you can tell
That rule applies when it first released, maybe nowadays it's just to indicate their entry level automatic watch.
You won't ruin a 30m water resistant watch by swimming with it, not even in an Olympic swimming pool, now diving .... Possibly.
I love mine, even the bracelet lol.
Hahaha. It has a certain charm to it! Just a bit of a wobbly hair puller
What is your favorite bracelet for a seiko? I like many aftermarket bands and I've grown fond of the straight bar look on a dive watch
Strapcode Jubilee Band. I have 2.
@@b.wolfram8743 wonderful choice
Anything from Strapcode
Haha... kinda agree with the bracelet. Its awful. Had to replace mine with leather (SNK803) since day 1 😅 and it looks great
Seiko 5 was not the first japanese watch with day and date function
I wish we could stop with that disgusting, misleading water resistance measurement
Is the seiko 5 an Alpinist? Sorry newbie
Nope.
Jubillee bracelet looks good to me
I'm sorry but I don't think there is such thing as a 30 meter deep bathroom sink to wash my hand to...LOL!!!
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In 1969 25th December first quartz wrist watch was born
Do you know how deep 30 meters straight down is? Not many people do it, if they do they would have a 2 or 3 hundred meter watch.
Great summary! I have the Seiko 5 GMT with the Batman bezel and love it, except for the bracelet.
Try a two tone blue Nato strap. I have one on mine. So much better and totally different
Thanks! To be honest, I'm a bit surprised you don't like the bracelet. If it's just the style, I understand. But it feels pretty solid and comfortable to me. What don't you like about it, if you don't mind?
NATO is like pajamas for a watch. Always so comfortable to wear. Wearing one right now on my Hamilton Khaki
@@ChronometerCheck Great description 😂
@@greys7545 🤣
Believe me.... Seiko 5 are great reliable watchea
Oh I believe you!! Have plenty lol
U complaint 30m? U canr even swim that deep
I didn't like my Seiko 5 and ended up giving it to a friend.
What's the name of the silver
watch at 0:07?
Snk355
Wish they kept the 5 points and kept the 5 logo. Date only with crown at 3 and an ugly logo, that aint a 5.
That hideous logo alone has prevented me from buying newer 5s
100 m water resistance
I bought my Seiko 5 in 1993 for $45 brand new and I am still wearing it everyday. It’s unusually small at less than 36mm but it fits my slender wrist.
100% agree about the bracelet. With the watch on my wrist, it felt so top-heavy. It's the one major drawback and the main reason I haven't gotten one yet.
Seiko 5.bottlecap.
😊😊
Cool little things!
I have a Seiko 5 field watch , it says 41 hour power reserve ... BS
Really? I find mine have pretty good power reserves
Take it to a service, then. They have 40h power reserve...
The crown issue is just neat picking, jeez just wear your watch like 5mm higher, that crown ain't 1 inch thick
Wearing mine right now. Ordered a oyster bracelet for it before I put it on.
Why it is written MALAYSIA? not JAPAN?
That watch that written Malaysia at the back of it,is from which model?
Timestamp?
@@ChronometerCheck i cant mark the time stamp on shorts
It is at starting of few second in the video where is written "#1-Automatic Movement"
My first Seiko 5 is a Diver Frankenmonster still have it til now.
i have a seiko 5 with a 3 o clock crown though?
Movement made in Malaysia ❤. Certain Ulysses Nardin parts are made here too. The real Wakanda
Name movement japan Malaysia😂
Common mistakes about 5 features. I mean, even in this video he says day and date and the next shot is Seiko 5 without day function. Also, there were Seiko 5 quartz watches too, and so on.
These were the 5 features when the Seiko 5 was first invented
As that first close-up second had running backwards? Is there an explanation for that?
Video editing trickery
Srpg35 got me
I have one. Great watch
Wait, I'm wearing a Seiko 5 right now with a 3 o'clock crown.....
These "rules" existed when the Seiko 5 was first released but as you can see, they've broken it a few times since then. The Seiko 5 Sports models no longer have just 30m water resistance, most, if not all, have 100 meter!
@@ChronometerCheck ok cool. I got mine used on ebay so I'm just happy it's not a counterfeit haha
@@ZeroSuitSamo Nah, probably legit. Know the model?
Why would 30m of water resistance mean you can't swim with the watch? Does it not mean it can go up to 30m under the water?
30 meters means it can withstand 30 meters of atmospheric pressure, which can sometimes be met in less than 30 meters of water (like for example, if you fall off a jetski, you'll hit the water harder and expose the watch to greater pressure than you would otherwise)
@@ChronometerCheck no you would not. I swam with watches that have 10m water resistance and they work fine.
@@SugarKalamay if the watch says 10ATM it actually means 10 atmospheric metres which is equivalent to 100m water resistance. Minimum requirement for swimming is 50m but generally better to go for a 100m+ if you intend to use it for swimming
@@rossweavin3781 i know the difference between 10m and 10ATM and it doesn't matter. A casio with 10m water resistance doesn't leak. Same with a seiko with 10atm. Both are safe to swim unless you plan to dive 100m everytime you swim
@@SugarKalamay yes but it doesnt decrease the probability of it happening. You were just lucky. try diving into the water a few times and see what happens.
Got my SPRD93 with a modded wristband. Three and a half years as a daily and its been amazing.
SSK001 and SRPD65 is my next cop 🙌