Yes, it's overpriced, but sapphire crystal and true diver certification have to be taken into account as well. It looks way better than the Citizen but that's of course subjective.

It’s a great value at under $400. USD in 05/2022. I have plenty of automatic watches. I also have some Citizen solar quarts watches and they are my daily work watches. They keep great time without having to change a battery every few years and they are extremely reliable. I’m in hvac and they are not babied. I just bought this one and can’t wait to get it on my wrist!

Nice review and comparison to the Citizen model. One point of clarification about your comments at 20:46 - just like the Citizen Eco-Drive, the V147 solar movement in the Seiko is powered by any light source, not just the sun. The details on charging times for different light sources are detailed in the manual for the Seiko.

I got mine in Sep 2022 for $370. I love this watch. That bezel is perfection.

The price is very close to what I paid for my Casio Oceanus which is a titanium watch with a fully milled titanium bracelet, Sapphire crystal running a Tough Solar movement with Multiband 6, and World Time for 29 cities. I also own a few Eco Drives and they all have really decent specs for around 300 USD. Seiko seems to be ruffling a few feathers lately 😀

Thank you for great review. can you tell me what material of bezel? SS or ceramic?

Great video! Whatd you do to the bezel on the SKX009 - it looks lighter? I love it!

I have the SNE573, solar perfection for sure. Been waiting a loooooong time for a mid-sized Seiko. It's about time. Great video, great review. And, yes, I agree with some of the comments that it is a bit overpriced. I got lucky and snapped up a used one for $325.00 Don't regret it a bit.

Right in the beginning, I have noticed nice quality video done outdoors. The audio is good too. I wonder what gear you used for the outside footage?

Got my SNE571 (copper bezel and dial) for an equivalent of euro 230 / USD 264 recently where I live. Like you said, it's a great piece man.

Love your reviews! (Also that Citizen music was pretty damn rocking!). Can’t wait for an SKX review. As for price / quality I feel that most value is within current Seiko Presage line (I’m a diver guy, however JDM Presage is such a step up!). Just a tip on how to enjoy Seiko more. Try JDM Presage!

Looks like a Tudor SUB !Indeed! LOL good catch.

Thanks for the great review! I agree it looks like a homage to a vintage Rolex/Tudor which I don’t even mind since it’s Seiko. (To be honest I think they knew it would be part of the appeal) It’s £500 in the UK. I absolutely would love this as an everyday watch but I think I would feel angry that I paid that price after purchasing it. £30 more gets you a seiko ‘King Samurai’ with an automatic movement with hand-winding and hacking, ceramic bezel and sapphire crystal.

It might be a bit overpriced but design wise, you get pretty much perfect proportions... to me, that tips the scale as I won't long for another quartz in the 38mm category for a good while (well, at least for a year :))

Bought it for $388 on eBay. Happy so far.

great vid thanx! hey what the difference between the sne 569p1 and sne 589p1? is it solely cosmetic?

Love the video very honest informative

Great job on the video!

Can I find the same Citizen but in 38 diameter?

I go for the Seiko just for its size, sapphire crustal and drilled lugs. However, I do think it is a bit expensive.

Bought (the SNE575P1) for just 440 € (20% discount in an official shop) I find it a very equilibrated and nice looking watch, although for the MRSP of 550€ I wouldn't have bought it

i can get it for 281 usd brand new, should i pull the trigger??

I just bought this for 356.00 tax in. At that price, this watch is a steal.😉👍🏼

Another fantastic entertaining review. I’m down to one Seiko as well for all the reasons you mentioned. I sold my Captain Willard because the 6R35 was losing 90 sec per day. I still have my skx009. I love quartz and especially solar but this video will keep me from buying this diver. Thank you!

Iam impressed by the world map still saying Zaire.

How do you know when it’s fully charged??

Is this pretty similar to the SNE591. I’ve been wanting that one but haven’t seen much info on it

Great video, man. Thanks. These look great. Really great. But like other commenters here, I just can't countenance the price. £360-400 and I'd give it a long hard think. £500 is just too keen.

I just got mine delivered today 😌 it looks great and feels good on the wrist 🤙🏽 thinking of replacing the original hollow bracelet with the one from uncle Seiko

I want the bracelet but the black bezel version only comes on the strap. How blue is the bezel on this one, or does it appear more grey or light black in real life?

I’m a huge Seiko fan but even I have to admit that Seiko doesn’t offer great value in the sub-£500 range anymore. Quartz or automatic. Citizen and Orient, IMHO, offer better value in that price range for quartz and mechanical respectively. Above £1k Seiko still offers great value, and GS offers unbelievable value.

Really, are solid end links and milled clasps better? Are they better because the watch world says they are, or do they perform the same? For me those things wouldn’t bother me so long as the watch is comfortable and doesn’t rattle, other than that only I’ll know these things, no one who sees my watch would know, so it’s not a deal breaker for me. Even sapphire is kind of gimmicky to me, but maybe that’s because I’ve never had a problem with mineral crystals. I just wanted to point out that these small details are, well, small, and probably more preference than anything. I would say build quality of this watch is excellent as is. My main concern would be how well the solar cell and battery hold up. I had a Seiko solar dive watch about 15 years ago and it didn’t last long. I just bought this model so I’m really hoping it’ll last longer this go around. The specs and looks are spot on, and the small details i mentioned really aren’t a problem to me, but then again that’s just me.

Du pratade om scratch resistant. Hur känner du inför repor o eventuellt dings på din Rolex Gmt master2?? Har själv en datejust o känns förjävligt med repor o dylikt speciellt med tanke på att datejusten är polerad överallt..

Great looking watch. I collect solar watches. This along with the new Cartier Tank will be joining my collection this year. I’d jump on a Grand Seiko if they put a solar movement in a watch.

4k, cool shades, sushi.... sure I subscribe. Need to start buying more quartz watches.

I have newer brother of this watch - SNE593P1. I was about to get new Seiko GMT SSK003K1, but for about the similar price apart of Solar, it's Sapphire glass, screw down crown, prospex series logo, and Diver's 200m WR. Solar does not bother me, and thickness 10.7 is fantastic.

WHats the lugwidth on the seiko? :)

Somehow they sell it cheaper where I live, only 275 US$ so I bought it with no hesitation.

Nice tattoos, where did you get them done?

I found it at Joma for $299 after $20 discount. June 12, 2024. Seiko's list prices are like Invicta. Yes. The sne569. That one.

I like ⌚ it!

Dude it’s like you saw a top-100-tattoos list and decided to get all of them!

I appreciate quartz to, and I'd like to get a nice HAQ watch at some point. No radio reception, no bluetooth, no problem.

I really like the look of the Seiko. I've been debating between the Seiko and the Scurfa Diver one. The Seiko just seem a bit overpriced when comparing the two. Still like it though.

citizen really needs to come out with a mid sized eco drive diver. they can even just make their bn0151 model sub 40mm and that's it. (i know there's a ladies version out there but it's just too small). btw the seiko looks awesome. but at that price point there is a ton of better options

Nice watch

440 eur now in several jewelers websitea in Germany. That is acceptable IMHO, top of the list for me now!

Excellent review! Beautiful watch but the price is too much though. The bracelet should at least have solid end links and a milled clasp IMHO.

I wouldn't compare a mineral glass, 4 month battery life, world time watch with a sapphire glass divers watch with a 10 month battery life. I'm sure it has comparisons, but not this citizen. And also it MAY Appear that both are water resistent to 200 meters, but if it doesn't say 'Divers" it's not tested and approved to go down to 200 meters.

Which model watch you are using on start of the video?

The watch looks great and the dimensions are perfect but no solid end links or milled clasp for the price is a not great. Nice review. 👍🏽

Just looked... $500.. wow. If I was into diver style, wanted solar, I would've just got a Casio MTP-S110-1AVCF for $90. Of course, I'm frugal.

Something has to be said about pricing and styling. Not sure if I'm putting into the correct words but the Seiko looks like its price would suggest. Comparing the two to me the Seiko is a better looking what aesthetically by a long shot.

I agree! I recently purchased the green one which I returned. I didn't care for the solar cross on the dial and the QC was lacking. I too have now left Seiko, underwhelmed by them. No value left, oh well plenty of other killer brands out there.

$280 in Australia on a black Seiko strap I love it

A local dealer sells this one new for 439€. I still don't know if it's a good deal. For 530€ he sells a king turtle.

I like the Seiko and solar is the set it and forget it way to go , but talking value Citizens can’t be beaten . My opinion is they don’t promote some watches enough , their Eco Drive system is faultless and will last 20 years plus .

Haha the clasp and the end links at that price xd. Always amazed of the balls of steel on seiko! 600 euro is like 750 dollars tho not a little over 600.

A beautiful watch! For $275-$300…

it cost exactly 300 usd in my country, i think its a bargain, and the size, its perfect

Does the secondhand perfectly align with the minute marks?

I got the SNE, it’s a handsome watch but too small.

Just my own opinion but I think you might be better to stick with watches over 42mm. My wrist is 180 and I have a 39mm diver that I always find myself looking at and thinking it’s a couple mm too small, even though beautiful. My 42mm watches I don’t think that of. My 44mm watches I think look a bit too big but still wearable. With the size of your wrist and all the tatts I think you need more wrist presence. Having said that it is a nice looking watch and if you’re happy with it then awesome 👍🏼👍🏼

Citizen is just the way to go if you are looking for value in general, still the seiko looks better.

paid 380 usd for my Padi solar just today

Way over priced, should be £350 maximum in price!

I don’t understand the whole mechanical thing. Maybe I’m not enough of a enthusiast. But if I can put a watch in a draw for a week I want it to still tell the right time and work.

No worries mate, there's ink everywhere

Quartz watches have no souls? Haha that a bit dramatic. 😂

At the grey market price (€350 or so) I think it offers quite good value. Still not Orient/Citizen level probably, but close enough. The looks is perfect though!

Wrist size is a strange thing; wrist diameter goes a long way compared to circumference .I have a 17cm wrist and my sinn 556i + Casio duro fit great. I’m a 190cm athlete. Pieces with a slim design and good lug to lug fit easily. My 15.5mm high garmin on the other hand…

the issue is : you can find citizen promaster titanium 200M diver watch for...250-300 bucks :/

@500 it's too much @350 it's a good offer

I love seiko. But compare this to a yema Pearl diver and the value is just not their. It’s a good looking watch though and you get the name but I’d probably get a Pearl diver.

$420.00 usd on EBay. By the way the “beveled “ edge is called a “chamfered” edge.

Great looking reliable watch, thinking about picking up its bigger 43.5mm brother

Citizen looks miles better!

I only own quartz watches. Can't stand the inaccuracy and need to wind mechanical watches. Thanks for the review. This is a good watch but has some flaws. I hope Seiko takes their solar watches to the next level because battery quartz and solar watches are the only ones I want and sold all my mechanical watches. Original Seiko Tuna with high end quartz movement is my favorite dive watch. The Citizen you show is a better watch. I own the Citizen BN0150 Japanese model with the incredible factory sliding clasp stainless strap and it is a better watch than the Seiko you review as well.

I don't feel your Seiko & Citizen comparision is "apples to apples." The Citizen specs are 42mm case x 13.3mm thick, is a field watch style, with GMT and international time around the bezel. The Seiko is a "prospex" diver that is 38.5mm case x 10.6mm thick, with a traditional bezel and is dive rated. The Citizen is actually a GMT field watch and the Seiko a smaller, mid-size dive watch. I would not be looking at both of these for the same reason because of the size and style of each. You will typically pay more for a Seiko Prospex watch than similar Citizen. BTW: I own both Citizen Eco-Drive and Seiko Solar watches. I do, however, agree on your price issue. You can get this Seiko, and in other color variations, on Amazon or other sources for under $400.

I definitely can see the vintage submariner vibe you're talking about. It's actually a really nice looking watch. I like the size as well, I've been looking for a smaller diver as 42mm divers don't really sit well on my child sized wrists. Definitely have to agree on the price though. I was thinking $250 would be a fair price for this, but $600? For a China assembled quartz watch? Seiko is smoking crack.

Those clasps are just terrible for a watch at this price point. The second hand hits just behind the tick marks.

Great info, but the video could be shorter. My 2 cents.

Write the size of your wrist under the description of the movies;)

I do think it is over prices but not got $200.00. I think that if the bracelet was better it would be ok. Maybe $ 100 overpriced.

Yeps, but the citizen doesn't have the looks...and it is bigger. The size man... perfect size.. 38.5mm and 46.5 lug to lug..

looks great, but yea unfortunately a bit overpriced

Much cheaper in the USA you can get them for $350

I would love a nice quartz diver but I cannot convince myself to the condom-like hours hand on this one.

That misalignment… why seiko!?

They're 400$ on ebay(brand new), bruv

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Under 300$ at my place

It's just me or the lugs scream Rolex Maxicase?

So I bought the sne569 from a german dealer online. It arrived today. Stunning design, but for the first time I'm really disappointed in the finishing of a Seiko. The sides of the case are brushed unevenly in my example and the finishing of the top/upper edges of the bezel is shockingly bad. It's full of pitting. There were metal particles, dust from the bezel, in the box upon opening it. I was considering sending it back but I suspect they're all like that. Don't know what's going on but someone was sleeping in the factory. The bracelet looks like the mini turtles' and turtles' bracelets but it's a lot lighter. It's seiko 5 quality. I have mixed feelings. I fully agree on sight the watch is amazing, but handling it it's kind of a major disappointment. The finishing of skxes, turtles,... is a lot better. I will keep it but it's the last time I'm buying a Seiko (online) 😬

Hard disagree on the price. For a solar diver with saphire, this is worth every penny because at that point its an investment watch that will take anything you throw at it. The Seikos that arent worth the box they come in? Any of the Lux line with the 6r series. Garbage unreliable movement. Yes, everyone knows a guy who knows a guys whos second cousin has one and hasnt had any issues with his, but the overall complaints of the irregularities of that movement are plentiful. Seiko solar is fine, and old kinetic is fine, anything GS is fine. Don't bother with Seikos lower to mid tier auto's. Also, if we're talking cost and think ~$500 is expensive, go take a look at Breitlings superquartz offerings and then get back to me.

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That is $970 Australian why would you pay that much for a Seiko Quartz and it’s not even that accurate and to say that it looks like a tutor really

Nice mid-sized dimensions but overpriced :(

It’s a nice watch but it’s not worth $600 to me. Having the true diver certification is nice but who is actually gonna go diving with one ? Swimming or snorkeling maybe but Seiko can do better with the bracelet that’s just chintzy, especially nowadays. These major brands to me like Seiko don’t offer the value for money that some of the micro brands now can. Just my opinion.

I get dizzy watching you hold that watch. You move in synchronized beat with every syllable you speak. Had to hit the pause button to look at the watch.