The Seiko 5 SNK795 is a high-quality automatic watch that offers great value for money. With a price tag of around 150 USD, there are few watches that can compete. The watch has a clean and classy design, yet looks sporty and durable. It combines the best of both worlds through sporty elegance and durable and robust quality. Its simple design makes it suitable for dressed-up and formal occasions, but its sporty steel construction also makes it suitable for casual occasions. The Seiko 5 SNK795 comes fitted on a stainless steel bracelet. When it comes to affordable watches, the bracelet is often the part that is compromised with the most, and this is also the case here. The bracelet looks quite good and fits well into the design of the watch but the downside is that it feels rattly and hollow. The bracelet is very light and flimsy. This doesn’t come as a surprise at this price point, but the good news is that this watch looks great on other straps as well such as NATO straps. If you want to dress the watch up, it also looks great on a leather strap. The metal bracelet that is on has a deployant clasp featuring a dual-side button release which makes taking it on and off a breeze. Seiko 5 SNK793 Specifications The dial printing is kept at a minimum with only an applied Seiko logo, applied Seiko 5 logo, and ”Automatic” as well as ”21 jewels”. Seiko 5 SNK795 movement

The mechanical watches in the Seiko 5 collection have been enchanting watch lovers around the world since the early 1960s. It is one of the best-selling automatic watch lines worldwide and has always been aimed at sporty watch enthusiasts who are young at heart.The bracelet of this watch has pressed metal links. These are light and feel rattly. The best way to identify an affordable watch is by feeling its bracelet, and this is true even for this watch. The Seiko SNK793 is one of Seiko’s most affordable automatic watches in the ”5” collection. But despite this, its price tag gives you extremely great value.

The hands are simple batons in high polish, slightly angled left and right down the center, and filled with white lume. The second hand is white and a bit too short for my taste, but the trio of white surfaces on the handset make this Seiko SNK793 easy to read from many angles and in many lighting conditions.

Seiko SNK793 Movement

Next to sushi and sumo wrestling, Seiko watches are considered one of the best things to come from Japan. As already mentioned, this model is powered by light. Hence, it’s running on a quartz caliber. It delivers an accuracy of approximately +/- 15 seconds/monthly. While you can find some Seiko 5 models with the 4R family of movements, this watch features the 7S26C. Seiko 7S26C Specs

The minute and hour hands have a clean and simple design with a sword shape and applied luminous Lumibrite to them. The seconds hand is made in red which is a really nice contrasting touch to the otherwise monochrome dial. The watch has 30-meter water resistance. This essentially means it can handle some water splashes, but it should not be submerged in water. The dial on the ref. SNKE01K1 has a similar layout, but is surrounded by a stainless steel bezel with five-minute gradations. This model also uses the caliber 7S26 and costs roughly 145 USD.

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The metal bracelet is generally the part that requires the most resources, and which is compromised with the most when it comes to affordable watches. The Seiko makes some of the best affordable timepieces out there. Sometimes, we wonder how they do it. In this article, we will look closer at a watch that only costs slightly more than 100 USD. In this price range, the vast majority of watches are low quality and only made to tell the time in the most basic form. But Seiko has used its expertise to create a watch that is both affordable, but also worthy of owning. This goes for the quality, the looks, and the movement inside. This is awfully impressive, so without further ado, let’s have a look at the Seiko 5 SNK793. The included Seiko SNK793 bracelet is definitely the worst part of this watch. The pressed metal links are very light and the whole bracelet is very jangly. The bracelet jangling is clearly audible when I wear it throughout the day. It is equipped with a striking blue dial with a sunburst finish that catches the light beautifully. The dial is navy/midnight blue but changes color depending on how the light hits it.

The movement has a precision of -15 to 25 seconds/day and a power reserve of 40 hours. One thing is for sure – this movement will last for years without a service. The watch belongs to the Seiko 5 collection which is considered to offer the biggest number of sporty-styled timepieces running on automatic movements. The model we have here is certainly a great representative.The dial has applied rectangular metal markers with a luminous dot sitting at the edge towards the edge of the dial. One thing many aficionados love the most about Seiko is its affordability. Or should I say, a portfolio of timepieces available at different price points? Because of that, Seiko watches cater to folks with different budgets and anyone can fashion a brilliant-looking and reliable timekeeper. Seiko makes some of the best affordable and most popular watches on the market. If you are looking for an automatic watch for less than 200 USD, the SNK795 is one of the best candidates out there. This watch punches well above its own weight and offers great value for money. We open up today’s list with what is one of the most frequently bought Seiko timepieces to this date. If multiple versions exist they are assembled by identical machines using the same components under the same quality controls and should therefore be of equivalent quality.