nice large watch
My other Seiko kinetic is a 12-year old model (vintage by now i guess) one of the first kinetic watches sold. It is still working fine after a replaced kinetic capacitor.
I was looking for another Seiko Kinetic and this watch caught my eye. It is certainly very unique in style. It is large and you may even say bulky. But it feels surprisingly comfortable on my wrist and even though it feels heavy - i got used to wearing it pretty quickly. The Black IP bezel has a very unique look especially with the 4 hex head screws around it but dont be fooled - the hex screws are total decoys - simply metal buttons with hex slots glued into the round holes in the bezel. :) I like watches with enough contrast in color between the face and the hands - this watch has a black face and the hands are white with luminous green inlets. Seiko has quite a few models currently where there is not enough contrast between the face and the hands and I find them hard to use if you need to tell time in lower lighting conditions such as dusk in a dark parking garage etc.
I love the GMT function of this watch - have not seen it on any others. When you pull the crown all the way out to stop the clock to adjust the time the GMT hand can be set to the correct UTC time. Then in half-pull position when the watch is still running you can move the hour hand to adjust the local time hour as well as set the date. So if you go from the East coast to California like i do quite a bit all i need to do is set the hour hand 3 hours back - and i can do that without stopping the watch and messing up the precise time.More detail ...
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