Selling on Amazon for $195, the Seiko Superior SRP447 features a 45mm bezel and hand-winding movement, making it a very attractive black timepiece.
While I've climbed the luxury ladder to acquire watches that cost three times the amount of this watch, I find it very tempting in terms of adding a gunmetal black "beater" to the collection.
Another tempting "beater" Seiko in gunmetal is the $320 SSA051, which I've yet to see on Amazon though it shows up on their site as unavaliable.
I have a couple hand winders. In a world of automatics and quartz watches, I love mixing it up with a hand winder once in a while---I see it as a must for a well rounded watch collection.
Posted by: Angelo | August 17, 2014 at 12:55 PM
How about a one-hander? There is something simple and elegant about a one-handed watch. Essentially it has just a long hour hand. Typically they have dial markings at five minute increments. These one-handed watches range from well under $50 on eBay to thousand of dollars for the premium brands like Meistersinger.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/vertis-one-handed-watch-769656.html
http://www.meistersinger.net/
Posted by: Gary | August 17, 2014 at 01:33 PM
The 051 us a 24 jewel automatic? That strikes me as a good value if the entire watch is up to Seiko quality standards for one of their mid-priced models.
Posted by: Angelo | August 20, 2014 at 04:49 AM