On my last trip to Japan I bought a Grand Seiko “snowflake” in Tokyo and this Seiko Alpinist in Kyoto. The high level of customer service and pride they gave me in BOTH watches was the same. The GS/Seiko store treat each watch whether it’s $100 or $10000 with the same pride in craftsmanship.

man i was just thinking on buying this watch, then the shop near me restocked, and now Teddy posts this?

Love my Alpinist! It’s a do-it-all and an oddball, at the same time!

Love that you opened a luxury watch store but continue to put out videos on attainable watches.

SARB 017 was my first mechanical watch and it will always be in my collection. I bought it in anticipation for the birth of my first child. I finally achieved my grail this year (Tudor BB Pro) but still if I could only keep one watch it would be my alpinist and it wouldn't even come close. The thing just absorbs all the memories and magic.

This is the first watch I ever owned. I did a ton of research into it. Picked it due to its versatility and sturdiness. I love wearing this watch. From jeans to tuxedo tails, it looks good.

My first watch and now I'm hooked on this new world of watches! Love this piece.

I've had mine for 3 years and it gets plenty of wrist time; it really is so versatile and personally I love the strap! Love the channel!

My wife bought me the Alpinist for my birthday. It is a beautiful watch. In the sunlight the dial really is spectacular.

Saw it in a shop today, sooooo tempted. It has a big advantage over other watches, swiss especially, you wont be afraid to wear the seiko..

This is actually out for delivery to me today. Super excited 😆

I love the inclusion of different wrist sizes, really helps when thinking about purchasing. Thank you!

I have an SPB117 and I absolutely love wearing it! Such a fun and unique piece that wears well with everything

The beautiful colors and that hour hand just winds me over just gives me out door leaf 🍂 style. Wins me over all the time.

I love this watch so much and it’s totally out of my price range for my age but it’s probably on my dream watch list

I maybe in a minority, but I really like a cyclops on a watch. My aging eyes appreciate it too.

Greatly enjoyed your take / review of this watch. I can't wait to get one for myself. Cheers!!

bought one of these a month ago! thanks for pushing the price up Teddy!

I've been looking at these every day for like two weeks and here you come with this video...

I think this watch is absolutely beautiful. I’ve been wanting to get into watch collecting for a while and I think this will be my first piece:) Thanks so much for all your videos, you are wonderful.

I bought my gold case Alpinist a year and a half ago. I have scores of pieces in my watch drawer, but the Alpinist calls out to me every time I open it. It is an all-around great watch! Thanks for your review, Teddy ... I'm glad you liked it so much!

I bought this one last year and I absolutely love it and I did flip the strap as well. It also looks good on a variety of straps and you dress it up and down as needed.

I love this watch, it's now my go-to weekend watch.

This was my first watch and I love it! Threw a OD green nato on it and wear it everywhere, every day!

One of my personal faves. I already bought this last year at your recommendation 🙏

I bought this watch yesterday for my graduation. Crazy coincidence. 🤙🏻

I love mine. I got it for $555.00 shipped from Japan. It’s an great daily

Teddy, love the super lux watch content, but appreciate this just as much. Thanks for doing high quality reporting on attainable gear, great channel cheers

Been on my list for years. Such a cool different feeling watch.

The spb210j1 is absolute beauty.

Glad I bought my SARB 017 years back for less than $400.

I purchased the my SPB121 from your website. I actually really like the watch. I'm fairly new to the mechanical watch world and started my collection with a few of the Seiko Cocktail Time watches along with the Alpinist SPB121. I really like the green and gold on the dial. I'm not normally a fan of gold but those two colors really look good together. I appreciate you explaining the compass bezel because, I had know idea how it worked and I haven't looked it up yet.

Got this SPB121 as my gift to myself last Christmas and I really love it!

Added to my collection of 2...other is a Hamilton Field Kahki which I love. Swapped the Alpinist band for a green rubber strap for a more casual look.

Man Teddy! I just visited Asia last month and actually bought this watch at the Seiko. Felt in love with the unique design, and the cyclops is a plus IMO.

after a few weeks i pulled the trigger on this watch and i am not unhappy about it quality item thanks for your info it helped me choose from many watches

Great review Teddy! I love my 121 - it’s now my main watch. It has a unique design and its own cool factor. Accuracy for me is under 5sec/day. It’s a classic watch.

Bought this watch from Teddy. Fantastic watch.

I'm in love with the sarb017, not this one, but the way it's designed, that's the beauty of the watch, plus the green dial and a nato strap

I’ve got mine on a Two-tone jubilee bracelet and it’s stunning

Bought one from you guys a couple months ago such a unique watch yet super versatile. Great watch

A great review, Teddy. It may have taken a few years for the solo spotlight to land on it, but after all this time, the Alpinist is still worth both the attention its paid and excellent price point!

One of the best Seiko and easy one of the best Watches ever in the Price range!

SPB209 with the brown dial is my favourite and I think is the one you can dress up and down the most.

I own this one. Bought it from Teddy! Absolutely gorgeous and I get a lot of compliments on it when I wear it

Bought mine a month ago , easily the best watch under 1000 USD in the market period , the dial is truly phenomenal

My all time favorite Watch... the cyclops is more like a dew drop and i'd bet my bottom dollar that its Saphire... it really looks like a drop of rain:) The bezel is so handy for timing coffee brew and pizza etc etc... it is a perfect Watch! ohhhh and to all the reviewers out there that pooh pooh it... if you actually wear it for any length of time that band will patina into something absolutely divine... w

Love my Mountain Glacier SPB197. It wears like a dream with the dark blue rubber strap from the mini Tuna Save the Ocean SRPH77. Excellent clip, Teddy!

I adore this watch, and wouldn't mind picking one up from the pre-owned market either... if there was one! Great review and I am sold.

I own this watch and have always loved it, it was the watch that actually started my collection and still enjoy it every time I put it on, it’s different yet still very appealing to the eye! I wear it on an oyster style bracelet and constantly receive comments on it from people who admire it!

Own this very model and I love it. I’ve removed the original leather strap as it doesn’t really make sense, but I pair it with a camel yellow leather strap and a green glossy leather strap and boom 💥, it just elevates the watch to a class above in the elegance category. I’m currently using it with an oyster bracelet. 👌Versatility is the name of this watch, definitely a strong GADA contender 👏🏼

I never had a cyclops until I got my Seiko GMT and I wasn’t excited for it, but now I have one I really like it.

I have owned this model past year, but I have sold it. Really liked the size (it can effortlessly slide under the cuff), the elegant, incomparable-to-anything-else style. I have sell it, because it was not as I expected from videos or from well lighted photo studio pictures. The green, was GREEN of course. When the light was enough. When not (normal office light conditions) the green was only a dark, nearly black mass. I like to wear dark/black clothes, so the golden hands/indexes reflected them alot and because the reflections they was DARK or BLACK. In the office mostly the white lume and the date was visible, everithing else was a dark mess with thin golden lines. Like in the video at 4:40, just a bit darker. The leather(???) band was rubbish. It has rub off the skin from my wristbone, so I have purchased a good quality MILTAT Jub style (not the Angus) bracelet. It was perfect, minus the visibility. So I have purchased the SPB123 (cream dial-golden hands/indexes) model, and the visibility are much better (not perfect), the factory (ugly green) leather strap are far better than the SPB121 had, but I do not liked it's colour, I have changed it to a mid-brownish ostrich leg skin strap. And because the Alpinist is so good for me, I have bought the SPB355 too. I have changed the factory strap to the MILTAT Jub and I have to say it is the perfect every day Alpinist for me. The best contrast/visibility, not too much bling, elegant, restrained style/colour dial, steel bracelet.

Amazing watch. I love you the point you made where the specs and features sound odd on paper but Seiko pulled it off. I believe they also have a gold version. Would be cool if you could show the other variants in the model. Thanks Teddy!

I recently picked up the SPB123 cream / champagne dial, and it’s been great. Very unique design, and wears nicely

My dady bought one NKUWAN and he loves it. It had been there for over 10 years when he went out with it.

This is my first watch in my collection 🤩

This was my first automatic watch and absolutely love it.

nkuwan You are so well-informed about luxury watches. You've obviously done your due diligence and the comparison to the US is very informative...because of course, I live in New York. thank you very much

Good vid Teddy.....do more vids from your new store when featuring the watch of the week. I will be making the trip later this year...very excited .

This is the first watch I bought when I got into the hobby. I love it I’ve wore from work dressed up in a suit, to swimming in the Mediterranean. I’m so glad I started with this watch. I have “bigger and better” watches I want in the future but I know I’ll never leave this watch in its box for long.

I keep looking at this watch,maybe I think you have just convinced me.

I've had my 017 Alpinist for close to six years, and love it just as much as the first time I strapped it on. It epitomized the brilliance and value of the entire SARB line, and has enduring aesthetic and practical charm. (Yes, the original strap left a bit to be desired, to put it gently, but c'mon, that's the easiest thing to remedy.)

From Seiko, the Alpinist are my favorite all-around model and I wear them often.

I have this watch and it's one of my favorites no regrets buying it.

I had the SARB017 but hated the old fashioned green tone and its shimmer which, in my opinion, looks odd. I sold it and replaced it with this new iteration and I couldn't be happier. The green tone of this one looks much more sophisticated, so the markers do. I would go for the new one any day of the week!

I am literally just beginning my watch journey. Prior to this, watches have been purely functional (Timex, Momentum, Apple, Casio). Today, I bought this Alpiner model because it just speaks to me aesthetically and seems super solid for the price. I'm excited to start my collection here.

It's one of my favourite pieces in my extensive collection; it's seeing quite a bit of wrist time. I swapped the strap for a stainless bracelet.

literally just bought the 121 from you guys. Can't wait to get it.

Had a layover in Japan last month and bought this for $530.00. Absolutely love it!

This piece is simply gorgeous. In my opinion, the green dial with that strap gives it such a timeless, classic look.

I have the glacier blue variant which I had to order from Europe since we can't get that color in the US. It's been with me on every peak I've climbed.

I've owned this watch for two years. I think the dial is striking without feeling dressy. I will admit that I wish it was 1mm larger, but it still works well. I did not wear this as much as other watches until I swapped out the strap for a light saddle brown leather buckle strap, and then it became my daily watch for much of the time.

Have the SPB210 version of the same watch, Green and Gold and it’s one of my favorites. I have regulated it myself to COSC level accuracy. Worst in crown down position is +3 sec a day, flat dial up is just +1 sec a day. Not sure if I got just plain lucky! OOB it was almost -10 sec a day.

I got the SBP121. I modified it and got rid of the cyclops, I personally like it much better without it. Great watch, in general.

Great watch. I have the glacier Alpinist on the Uncle Seiko jubilee.

I own the watch and love it to bits. One interesting thing is that they use the same strap sizing as the grand Seikos so you can essentially change the strap while keeping the butterfly clasp from Seiko. And that made me love the watch a lot more. I do find that some of the unique color options particularly difficult to pair such as the green dials and would love to see what straps you’d recommend for it.

121J1 here 🙋‍♂️ Minus the cyclops, minus the compass, plus a domed crystal and a steel bracelet. I feel a much classier everyday watch that can be easily dressed under a suit. Cant get enough of it. Ive had watch snobs double take my wrist in disbelief that its a seiko!!

Purchasing mine tomorrow. This watch just called out to me.

I bought the alpinist rock face as my very first mechanical watch. Love its look and the strap looks great! (Much better than the leather one on this model I’d say.) Loved this video and getting a bit more of a background story on my first watch ☺️

Another thing that makes this watch great is the fact that there are extremely high quality aftermarket accessories available. I was able to find a 3rd party bracelet that fits the case perfectly, has screwed links, milled clasp & micro adjust for less than $100

I really wanted my next watch to be Swiss made and I was choosing between a Marathon GSAR or saving up for a Tudor Black Bay 58, but after watching this video, I'm now considering the Alpinist. Its a beautiful watch and the compass bezel is kinda the selling point for me. I'm an avid hiker, so it would be used for its intended purpose, plus it just looks cool.

I bought this watch in 2020, not long after it came out. It's a good, solid watch. I like the dial and handset and I appreciate the high contrast of the lume one the hands against the dark green face. I think the exhibition case back is a bit of a waste and it could have been a touch slimmer without it, but it's just another bit of quirkiness. This was my first mechanical watch since I moved beyond Timex watches with quartz watches in the 70s and I like it.

Just to keep expectations realistic, I have the "Baby Alpinist" with the same movement. When I got it, it was losing about 16 seconds per day, so I sent it back to SEIKO in New Jersey. I got it back some weeks later, and it settled in to a whopping -21 to 24 seconds a day. Hold that next to Teddy's +5 to +8 seconds per day. If reasonable accuracy is important to you, you should keep this in mind.

Got this a few months ago and rarely want to wear anything else now. On a horween leather strap it’s amazing

My first automatic watch. I love it so much

just got one of these last week as a graduation gift. Couldn't be happier with it.

I own both. I don't wear the 017 much anymore since it's rising in resale. I own a handful of new Alpinists. I love them all and often can't decide. Great work watch, great field watch. Really the Seiko Explorer, at a much more reasonable price, and you get a bezel that can be used for timing, and a date complication. I love them all

Bought this watch a few months ago, after the last video you did on affordable mechanical watches. Love it whole heartedly. Such a good all around watch, beautiful dial, and the joy of watching the movement.

I love my Alpinist 121, great buy!

I've got one of the "Rock Face" European Limited edition versions, bought it used, couldn't be happier with it. I agree, it's like honey and mustard or strawberry and pepper: the constituents shouldn't work together, but somehow they do, and that's why I like it. It's odd and weird and I'm into weird looking watches.

Amazing watch, I have the one with cream dial and green strap.

I have one and absolutely love it!😊 ❤

I have my (thinner, no-cyclops, no prospeX, no display back) SARB017 on a Bonklip bracelet. I like that an already quirky watch that "somehow just works" looks so good on a definitely quirky bracelet too! Alpinists just seem to pair well with any strap...

Love mine, especially with the butter-soft, muted green leather strap I swapped in...

You’re right. The SPB 121 doesn’t make sense on paper, but it all comes together very nicely, and making it a surprisingly very versatile watch as well. I have had mine for a year now and I’ve been able to wear it with everyday, casual clothes or something more formal. Specs are also great, runs much more accurately than Seiko’s published accuracy for the 6R35 movement. Still one of the best watches for its price.

Love my Alpinist. The band is not the best, but I put a nice shell cordovan band on it, and now it's perfect.

Just got mine. its a beautiful watch! i was afraid the compass complication would look obonixious in person but it looks great! The strap is uncomfortable. always digging into my wrist

With it's beautiful green and gold colourway, think that this piece would do well on an Australian wrist, also built strong for the outback.

A very good looking and robust watch (SPB209). Have exposed it to travelling, sea water and even got mobbed once whilst wearing it so the strap is solid as well (don't ask).