Just seen this and thought it was a good design with obvious military influences. Might just be tempted to get one.

Ok it's a quartz movement but I can forgive it that especially as you can pick them up off the bay for £85 or so inc postage from Hong Kong.

Here's the spec:

BRAND

Seiko

MODEL

SNDA57P1

TYPE

Military style Analog-display Chronograph wristwatch

FEATURES

Stopwatch function - measures up to 12 hours in 1/20 second increments

GLASS

Scratch resistant hardlex crystal

CROWN

Crown at 3 o'clock

CASE

Solid Stainless-steel with Matte finishing

BUTTONS

Two buttons for Stopwatch function

- Thickness ~11mm

CALENDAR

Date at 4 o'clock position

- Diameter ~45mm incl. crown

WEIGHT

~68g

DIAL

Charcoal Dial face with 12-hour numerals

3 SUB DIALS

Stopwatch 1/20-second hand on top

- Luminous hands & markers

- Small Orange sec. hand (time) on left

- Stopwatch Orange minute hand

- Stopwatch min. & hr. hands on bottom

CASEBACK

Stainless steel back cover

WATER RESISTANT

100 Meter

BAND

Double thickness Mens-standard length Black Nylon strap with Seiko Stainless steel buckle

- With leather reinforcement for strap holes

MOVEMENT

Caliber 7T92, Quartz

BATTERY LIFE

Approx. 3 years on SR927SW

MANUAL

Included

BOX

Optional at £4.00

CONDITION

Guarantee Brand New and 100% Authentic

WARRANTY

One Year

And a nicked few pics, 2 promo and 2 real world.

Could be a very good beater with a bit of style, any opinions out there?

Cheers,

Gary

So you won't be getting one then Al?

As ever I see your point but then all watches, especially military style ones, have been strongly influenced by previous designs. A quick look through your military watch book confirms that. I admire the fact that Seiko and others can make good, if not entirely original, designs with excellent build quality affordable to the man on the street.

At least they're not direct rip-offs like the Alpha's of this world, merely taking good elements from other designs and amalgimating them into a cohesive design. If nothing else it certainly makes you realise how much profit margin there is in the established Swiss watch industry.

I suspect we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one Al.

Cheers,

Gary

Not really mate, I probably won't buy the Seiko, just thought it was interesting and might start bit of a debate.

I do confess to being a bit twitchy having not bought anything in a while though. I almost succumbed to one of Eddies PRS-5's the other day but deep down I knew I'd probably just flip it on pretty quickly. Still looking for a good L5100 Speedmaster like Dave's and maybe even another dive watch, not too sure which yet though. Sold a few things to try and build up a war chest too but the car and house are doing their best to clean that out at the mo, oh well.

Cheers,

Gary

I'd have a MM300m in a flash. And even be tempted by the Prospex 1000m. But seems ludicrous to spend so much on a Seiko. Shame...
M

And that 4s15 SUS Mil is cool too...

And Al, if you like the coined bezel, they used to do a 7s26 ANA Pilot which was nice.

Personally, I like it..  In fact, if Seiko did that dial / hands set with a diver bezel, I'd probably have to hunt one down. 

BTW, I don't think of it as a rip off; that's like trying to argue that Omega's SM300 ripped off the Rolex Sub - or is it more correct to say Rolex ripped off Blancpain?  Or the Longines Weems?  I mean, how many ways are there to do an external bezel diver or a 3 dial chronograph?  Similarities yes, but I think the Seiko is its own watch, and doesn't take anything away from the IWC, Fortis, or whatever.

So who actually has these Seikos for sale?  I cruised around on the Seiko / Citizien sites I knew about, but never saw one.