Service was never necessary and was always accurate, until one day she fell off me. After that only the small silver frame was popped by the date and blocking the Pointer. A watchmakers repaired for free.
Thereafter, however, she went about a half to one minute the day before. Did they then (screwed cap and the small Rücker minimally toward - pushed) itself regulated. With a bit of back and forth, I try then to plus 4 sec. get on the day. The watchmaker makes it probably even more precisely for a few euros.
After nine years, she has of course taken some knocks them. The glass is quite taken.
Even the bracelet is rather mediocre. It is not a solid steel bracelet, but a pleated stainless steel bracelet. It is time something "limp", which is but for the price fine. You get for little money easily quality stainless steel bracelets, if you want more 'me but it has never bothered.
Despite repeated screwing up and she is still waterproof. At least I can with a shower and take to the pool without being given water ingress.
Also I wanted to have no large debris hanging on his arm. As small as a quartz clock, the Seiko 5 is not, of course, but little goes a clock with automatic lift hardly. Mechanical watches are works now times greater than quartz works and the rotor, through which the clock is wound up, needs one more time extra space. I thought she was never pretentious.
The luminosity can I find good, it also keeps even after hours, even though the clock is now so old. If the clock has previously well charged, it holds before such an extent that one can still read the time in the early morning hours.
So my conclusion: As with all Seiko you get little more clock for his money. I'm not an outspoken Seiko fan but have now three Seiko, because they are simply priced not beat and still deliver solid quality.
And that applies not only to the cost. Other automatic watches with prices around ten to 50 times often come in addition high cost of maintenance, cleaning and lubricating the movement every few years. A Seiko 5 runs without actually ever seen a watchmaker easily 20 to 30 years.
