Seiko Sportura Kinetic Auto Relay - Any Good?
Discussion
Hi,
I've just seen a Seiko Sportura watch that I rather like the look of. I've had a quartz Seiko that was a good time keeper and I've had a Omega Automatic that couldn't keep time to save it's live!
Has anyone got any experiences of the Seiko Kinetic Auto Relay range, good or bad, what are these watches like for time keeping?
Ta,
James
I've just seen a Seiko Sportura watch that I rather like the look of. I've had a quartz Seiko that was a good time keeper and I've had a Omega Automatic that couldn't keep time to save it's live!
Has anyone got any experiences of the Seiko Kinetic Auto Relay range, good or bad, what are these watches like for time keeping?
Ta,
James
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I have had several makes of watches, including a Longines but the one I think back about most was a Seiko quartz digital with gold plated case and bracelet which I bought for £35 in an Argos sale about 1979 (ish). The full retail price had been £100. I never expected it to be year 2000 compliant but it was - the leap year was correctly shown. By then I was using it only when gardening and decorating or working on the car but it kept soldiering on in spite of paint splashes. The push buttons gradually became non-functioning since then and I don't look for it any more but it has convinced me that Seiko is an excellent make.
Incidentally, the Longines (bought for £175 in a half price sale) was fine for about 15 years until the z spring in the clasp collapsed and I couldn't get a new one anywhere. Longines wanted me to spend £120 on a replacement bracelet, which I declined but found a decent rolled gold one for £60. It kept letting water in even though I never let it get wet and I regularly had to open it and dry it out. This kept happening even after Longenes replaced the seal. It stopped a couple of months ago and I took it to a local jewelers for a new battery. He said it needed looking at as the battery was OK. He sent it off to be told it was rusty and needed a new movement at £110! No thanks I said, I'll stick with the Accurist I got free with an NBNA card.
Conclusion - Seiko every time!
PS: Maybe I should change my name to Rusty Longines?
I have had several makes of watches, including a Longines but the one I think back about most was a Seiko quartz digital with gold plated case and bracelet which I bought for £35 in an Argos sale about 1979 (ish). The full retail price had been £100. I never expected it to be year 2000 compliant but it was - the leap year was correctly shown. By then I was using it only when gardening and decorating or working on the car but it kept soldiering on in spite of paint splashes. The push buttons gradually became non-functioning since then and I don't look for it any more but it has convinced me that Seiko is an excellent make.
Incidentally, the Longines (bought for £175 in a half price sale) was fine for about 15 years until the z spring in the clasp collapsed and I couldn't get a new one anywhere. Longines wanted me to spend £120 on a replacement bracelet, which I declined but found a decent rolled gold one for £60. It kept letting water in even though I never let it get wet and I regularly had to open it and dry it out. This kept happening even after Longenes replaced the seal. It stopped a couple of months ago and I took it to a local jewelers for a new battery. He said it needed looking at as the battery was OK. He sent it off to be told it was rusty and needed a new movement at £110! No thanks I said, I'll stick with the Accurist I got free with an NBNA card.
Conclusion - Seiko every time!
PS: Maybe I should change my name to Rusty Longines?
Edited by Rusty Moskvich on Friday 12th October 15:31
Edited by Rusty Moskvich on Friday 12th October 15:34
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