Seiko Essentials Black Watch - Classic Minimalist Design for Men & Women | Perfect for Business, Casual & Everyday Wear

I have many automatic watches and given my constant rotation, and the fact that there are times I'm around magnets, I realized it might be good to have a go-to black dialed quartz beater. I did a little research and this beauty came up. Great specs with all stainless steel construction, sapphire crystal, lumibrite, 100m wr, and Seiko branding, all for less than $150. And this watch borrows so many design cues on its dial, hands, case and bracelet, it seems like it's a knock off of the Grand Seiko SBGP005, which is no bad thing. It's refreshing to have a cheap watch not trying to be a Rolex, but rather a Seiko trying to be like it's big brother. It's also very clean with only Seiko on the dial. Yes the second hand doesn't hit all the marks but then again neither did my Omega aqua terra quartz (a $30 casio does, so go figure) and it obviously doesn't affect the function. At least it hits the 5" markers including the 12. There are also starburst blue and silver versions (sur309, sur307) as well as a 36mm option (sur317 blue, 319 black), though the 36mm has an 18mm bracelet. Bear in mind this 40mm watch wears slightly large because the dial is proportionately large with a slimmer bezel, though it is slim and has a reasonable lug to lug with inverted end links. The end links are hollow but fit really well and the links are hollow but fully pivot and are well finished so the bracelet is pretty good in my opinion for the price (definitely better than the Seiko 5 bracelets). Love it!