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Pros & Cons

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Pros

I think this older version alpinist (sarbo17) will become a much sought after collectible however, i prefer to wear it. Same strap but w deployant buckle.

The watch is smaller than i was expecting but not too small. The green sunburst on the dial is wonderful to look at. Dial is really legible, sapphire and 200m obviously.

The watch quality is on par with my rolex, omega, breitling and tag heuer watches. Well within specs. A seiko is a lexus.



Cons

Very inaccurate. Seiko repair service refuses to acknowlege that this is an automatic winding watch. The second one stops and starts on its own.

The reviews are so good, i'm not sure if this was a bad batch or if they are fakes. Fortunately, amazon sent me an unsolicited advertisement for a $40 green watch made by someone else that looks just as good and with its battery, keeps perfect time!

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Highlights

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Quality


This watch is extremely well made with quality materials


Solidly built smooth running good looking watch


Of course the sarb017 has its own faults the main one being the atrocious faux alligator strap that feels more like a stiff plastic manacle


Terrible strap replaced it with a new one

Price


I really enjoy this watch for the price point


It’s fantastic and a steal for the price


If you see this for less than 500 you must buy


The swiss would have priced this at 3000except for the band this watch is second to none in terms of quality

Shipping


The watch was delivered quickly and my husband was thrilled


Ordering the as easy the delivery was fast and the watch is beautiful


Seiko is supposedly shipping stock in mid december but if you dont need the upgrades save yourself three hundred dollars and bu...  Read More


It was a gift being held by a relative and the defect was not noticed before the overseas return time limit expired

Packaging/appearance


It arrived in a nice seiko box with pillow and documents


Including box pillow hang tag and all paperwork


Upon opening the pristine amazon box it came in there was the watch box yet it felt light


Upon opening the watch box all that was in it was a pillow for a barbie doll and the instructions for the nonexistent watch

Competitiveness


The other fault is shared with many other seiko watches where the indices on the bezels never quite match perfectly the dial


The model that replaced it is no longer an alpinist and is more expensive and has features that i do not like a cyclops date an...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, beautiful, new, green and quality.
  • Our engine has detected that the listing/variation has anomalous review count history. Please review the historical review count graph.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 462.
  • Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 63.8% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 1,495 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 13 2024.

Helpful InsightsBETA

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Product ok shipping packaging from distribution center terrible


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Great timepiece unfortunately it arrived with a small scratch on the crystal


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It was a gift being held by a relative and the defect was not noticed before the overseas return time limit expired


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Hodinkee released a new version with the most minor tweaks and a 300


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The changes are terrible display back and cyclop eye


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Same strap but w deployant buckle


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Best get while availablei returned this watch when i realized it was not “fresh out of box” and lost time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Waiting for exchangeso the replacement arrived

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