Seiko traces its watch heritage back to the 1880s. Whether you simply want an affordable, stylish, quality watch, or you are a knowledgable collector, Seiko has something for you. Back in the 1960s-70s, Seiko made column wheel chronographs and worldtimers which can still be found on the vintage market. Today, Seiko has an extremely broad watch catalog which runs the gamut from inexpensive quartz and automatic models, to rugged and handsome diver's watches, to the technologically advanced Arctura and Sportura collection, to their Grand Seiko models which are targetted to the discerning collector of fine mechanical watches. The "Seiko 5" is probably the most affordable of all automatic watches from any brand, and they are built to last a lifetime.

Seiko is constantly releasing new models and new versions of their classics. In 2006, Seiko has produced some really well made and handsome Seiko 5 diver's watches with PVD cases and others with grey dials. The big news for Seiko in 2005/6 is the release, finally, of their Spring Drive collection. The Spring Drive is powered by a mainspring, and is a quartz/mechanical hybrid.

To learn more about Seiko watches, I recommend a visit to the Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum. One of my favorite watch sites is the Poor Man's Watch Forum, where you will find friendly folks engaged in discussing inexpensive watches from a variety of brands. You will also benefit from the Seiko forums at Timezone and WatchUseek. If you like Seiko dive watches, then you need to visit here. Last, but definitely not least, is Jayhawk's photo database of Japanese watches.

Seiko 5 review

Excellent review of Seiko "Black Monster" by Ei8htoms

SteveG's ruminations about his FlightMaster

SteveG's pictoral review of the original "Orange Monster"

Review of an alarm chronograph

LesZ's review of 3 Seikos (LesZ's reviews are really great)

LesZ's Seiko Worldtimer versus Citizen Worldtimer "FaceOff"