Seiko Kinetic - opinions?

[sebhaque]

I only just discovered this forum - my dad's into his watches and last Christmas I thought I'd buy him a Seiko Kinetic watch; personal reasons behind the purchase.

Here's a picture of the watch:


Has anybody had one of these or got an opinion on it? The old man says he gets compliments on it whenever he sees a watch enthusiast - and seeing as he's not got a lot of life left in him I'm glad I could get him something sentimental, as he always mentions it when I see him.

[LDN]

sebhaque said:

I only just discovered this forum - my dad's into his watches and last Christmas I thought I'd buy him a Seiko Kinetic watch; personal reasons behind the purchase.

Here's a picture of the watch:


Has anybody had one of these or got an opinion on it? The old man says he gets compliments on it whenever he sees a watch enthusiast - and seeing as he's not got a lot of life left in him I'm glad I could get him something sentimental, as he always mentions it when I see him.

Really like that; I like both the face and bracelet.

[fluffnik]

I think it's great your Dad is getting pleasure from it.

Seiko are a great outfit, they are responsible for a fair few engineering innovations, not all of them watch orientated.

Kinetics are interesting, Spring Drives are fascinating...

[Ecurie Ecosse]

Nice watch!

I have one of the first Kinetics, a Sports 150 divers watch. It has seen lots and lots of abuse over the years and just keeps on ticking. I have had it for 15 years and it hasn't been serviced once.

http://www.pmwf.com/Watches/Seiko/FirstKineticDive...

[Nolar Dog]

That's very nice. I think I saw the same thing in black/grey in a Mall here the other day.

[sebhaque]

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

[jdwoodbury]

I have one as my daily and love it, great watches