One of my favorite watches of all time is the Seiko Black Monster. I've had two, but got rid of them because they are so hard to maintain. You can't even wind them (I still long for another, but that's another story).
What if you're in the market for an automatic watch? Here Dan commented a few weeks ago about some of the concerns:
I recently bought an Orient Mako which is similar to the Invicta. Both have non-hacking, non-hand winding movements with screw down crowns which in my opinion makes them a real hassle to live with. I would much rather have a watch I can wind once in the morning (I don't really care if it is an automatic or not) and then forget about it until the next morning. The problem with a cheap automatic watch is that they don't come with a power reserve indicator so half the time I go to bed and the next morning find that the watch has stopped. Then I have to sit there and swing it around for a while and even then I don't know how much power it has. Will it stop again if I leave it in the locker room while I am working out? Who knows! If so you have to swing it around again. Every time the watch goes dead you have to unscrew and then screw the crown back down. The threads are very fine and it is easy to strip them. Screw down crowns are supposed to be an advantage if you do a lot of diving. But face it, 99% of people never do serious diving with their watches. So for most people, a screw down crown just adds complexity and another point of failure. A much better solution is to buy a Seiko 5 automatic with the 4r36 movement which is a hacking and handwinding movement. Many of them come with a non-screw down crown and still are water resistant to 100m. Just wind the watch in the morning until you feel resistance and voilå, you fully a powered watch ready to go a whole day! Dan P.S. No, I don't want the clutter of a automatic watch winder in my bedroom
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