Over the years Seiko defined what it meant to blend creativity and craftsmanship – while still maintaining the functionality of a dial.

As I said above, you should be aware that the dial looks a bit darker in person, but once you get over this hump, you'll realize that you have a true strap monster between your hands. The SNK809 has a mass-produced movement, but it’s Seiko’s in-house 7S26 automatic movement with 21 jewels and a 40-hour power reserve. Our number one goal is to make you so satisfied with your purchase that we get the honour of helping you with your next watch purchase. Depending on where the watch is purchased, at least two different languages are available for the day indication. While still easily purchased online along with other inexpensive Seiko watches of recent decades, it appears that the collection is no longer produced.The Timex is an impressive for not being cheesier, but is still a contracted out to Chinese manufacture watch from what is now no more than a branding company. The outer ring of the dial indicates minutes, and the inner ring hours – once again reminding us of a pilot's watch. The Seiko is a proper manufacture watch from one of the largest and most accomplished mechanical watch companies on earth. It's kind of hard to overstate this little watch's outsized cultural presence: it's loved and respected, but is also endlessly the subject of ironic memes. We met the mechanism in its brother’s review, but in case you forgot, there are 21 jewels and a 41-hour power reserve.

People with very large wrists will find it too small and might want to look at the SNK’s larger cousin, the Seiko 5 SNZG series or the Citizen Eco-Drive. As Seiko began moving significantly upmarket in recent years, some fans worried the brand was straying from the everyman persona they'd fallen in love with. This means that amongst watch collectors and enthusiasts, it is a watch that is appreciated and respected.The dial of the watch is military green which goes great together with the military field watch vibe of the watch. The SRPG certainly looks more expensive, primarily due to all of the applied bits, but I’m not sure it’s necessarily better looking than its predecessors.

There are many other models in the Cocktail Time line, and most offer the same kind of dial design, with different color themes to choose from. By late 1950s, the watch industry witnessed Seiko’s renowned developments on chronometer calibers like the iconic cal. You see, my Dad was wearing a 20-year-old Benrus manual wind military reissue watch on most days to the gym, etc. As the brand recently pulled a similar stunt with their field watch line-up, I figured I’d look into it, to see if this new release is better, or potentially worse, value than its predecessors.The MK1 Mechanical has been a runaway hit since it entered the market in 2020, so it deserves a bit of a challenge.