Seiko Premier Kinetic Perpetual

[vukotab]

How to start my first review?

By apologizing you for my...well,NOT perfect English.
Why starting with Seiko?Because it`s one of the world`s best known and most popular watch brands and because some people still thinks of it as of low-rent substitutions for expensive (Swiss Made) watches.
I`ll try to prove my point that the`re wrong,that Seiko is capable to make wonderful watches positioned in mid-price range.
As longtime owner of many Seiko models(both quartz and automatic) I could assure you that almost every model that I own is very functional and accurate,but there is one model that getting most of my wrist time lately.
That`s my (almost) new Seiko Premier Kinetic Perpetual Auto Relay.

Let`s start with it`s CASE!

I wanted to buy SS model,but the gold plated one instantly drove my attention!I try it on couple of times and what can I say...it`s almost perfect!Finish of it`s case is fantastic,and color combination is wonderful.I don`t like gold plated stuff,that always look cheap to me,but on this model it`s perfectly fitted with rest of the case in standard color of SS.The size of the case is 40 mm,which is within today`s standards for men`s watches.

Then,we`re movin up to it`s DIAL!

And what a dial it is!I have a thing for white dialed watches,so I knew that I`ll picked up the white one.What I didn`t know is that white dial will fit so good with gold plated hands,lovely Roman numerals and date and 24 time subdials.I forgot to mention that the dial of this watch is HUGE,which makes it very readable,right?
Wrong!That`s the only fault of it`s beautiful dial.And it`s not lumed at all,which is a shame,cos` it could be very useful sometimes.
The dial is equipped with date,month,24 time and leap year indicators and is covered with scratch resistant sapphire chrystal glass.

And what about it`s BRACELET?

I bought it with (also gold platted) bracelet...and I didn`t liked it!
After wearing Explorer II with it`s solid and heavy Oyster bracelet,this one just didn`t appeal to me.It`s quite solid,but the rest of the watch has MUCH better finish than it.So,I changed it,with original Seiko`s Croco strap.And that was a real deal!With black croco strap it looks more distinguished than ever before,it`s comfortable and very classy.

But,most of you will like this watch because of it`s MOVEMENT!

And that`s a real masterpiece of modern craftmanship!It`s basicaly quartz movement,but(like all kinetic movements) with rechargeable battery charged by rotor(like all automatics),who generates the power made by movements of your wrist.What is really interesting is it`s Auto Relay function,which allows you to NOT wear this watch for few YEARS and,when you put it on your wrist again,he`ll start it`s self-winding process.So,you`ll wind this watch only ONCE,the day you buy it!It`s perpetual calendar is setted to recognize odd dates and leap years,so it don`t need to be adjusted until the year 2100.
Here`s the link that can be very useful:

http://caliber.seikowatches.com/

And what is the CONCLUSION?

Seiko tried to make something different than it`s compettitors in mid-price segment and they did it well!
That`s perfect watch for all of you Seiko lovers who finds Spring Drive too expensive and don`t have any prejudice about quartz watches.
I`m free to say that for this amount of money(below 1000$),you can`t have more unusual watch that still looks very ellegant and classy.

[doc_colton]

Great review!

By the way, your English is a lot better than our Serbian, good work.

[daunwaun]

Great review my friend!!

[frostie]

Excellent review Vukota

[DSJ]

How did I miss this before? Great review Vukota! I too like Seiko - we bought my father-in-law a titanium Kinetic with exhibition caseback for his birthday. It's a nice looking watch!

[somdej]

excellent review for such a wonderful watch! thumb up~

[Oscar]

Great review. That is one great looking Seiko. They do make some nice watches too.

[Jedi]

Nice watch Vukota, and a great review.

Can you post some info on accuracy?? I'm assuming that it will be precise, but a 7 day test would be just cool....

[skeen]

Great review. And perpetual calendar is awesome!

[Terry Newton]

I tried one of these on while in Iowa and I liked it. I love the idea behind a Perpetual Calendar.

Terry Newton

[ratae1950]

Seiko excellent value for $$.

[RW16610]

Vell done

[Thomas Carey]

What a great looking model this is. Also great review. =)

Best Regards,

Thomas Carey

[mickeydainish]

Very nice Vukota,,, I like my Seiko's too.... Great! :-)

[skeen]

Had mine for over a month now, and it's extremely accurate. Great watch. :)

[Perdu]

I agree, Seiko do make a great watch and very durable but I wish they sold some of their japanese models like the Grand Seikos in the U.S. My wife will only wear Seiko. Plus, Seiko are real innovators; didn't they invent Quartz? And the Spring Drive technology.

[thomaslee]

Originally Posted by Jedi

Nice watch Vukota, and a great review.

Can you post some info on accuracy?? I'm assuming that it will be precise, but a 7 day test would be just cool....

I have the same watch. Very accurate. I tried leaving it in the case for a few months. It went back to the exact same time when I restarted it. Fantastic.

[topcat30093]

Nice review Vukota
I know that its a perpetual movement, but is it a perpetual caledar as well.

[gaopa]

That is a fine looking watch, fine photos and a fine review. Your English got the job done as I could easily understand you. Well done on each of the areas, the photos, the review and your English! Cheers, Bill P.

[Latrodectus]

Very, very good review
Great picturesThank you

[Terry Newton]

Originally Posted by topcat30093

Nice review Vukota
I know that its a perpetual movement, but is it a perpetual caledar as well.

Yes it is. The window on the left shows the initial LY for leap year. This is a beautiful watch.

Terry Newton

[topcat30093]

Thanks Terry
I have recently been loking at these, as there was an article about them, in a watch magazine.
For me the only thing that is missing is the day. Now I thought that I had read somewhere that it had the day, but up until now I have not been able to find a picture.
Can anybody help.
For me it would be a good watch for work.

[m2steven]

Hamilton invented (at least marketed) the first quartz watch. Also, there are a few Japanese sellers where you can get the great Seiko watches. If you take a look at the movements in high end Seiko and Citizen - you'll be amazed at the level of finish and precision in these machines. Super high quality which I think (just my opinion, at least for Seiko) surpasses most if not all Swiss made watches. However, in spite of great precision, many of their automatics are not quite as accurate as the Swiss models such as the ETA 2824, etc. Great review and great comments from great Rolex owners!

[Ultraman]

Great review, Vukotab! It's a nice watch!