SEIKOProspex"Alpinist" Compass Green Dial Sapphire Glass Leather Watch SPB121J1

I have been aimlessly searching for a casual, weekend watch. This design flirted with me but spent a few weeks looking for something else. I decided to finally pull the lever and it was the right decision. I wear platinum jewelry but wanted something with two-tones that give me style flexibility. The longer you look at it the more attractive it becomes. Excellent quality and price point. Delivery and shipping was fast. Happy Birthday to me!

This watch is widely admired and widely reviewed. I have little to add, except that the compass feature is very cool. Google it and you will learn how to use it (although it is cloudy and rainy today, so pointing the hour hand at the sun would not be easy).This watch is exemplifies why Seiko is hands-down, the most innovative and admired watch company in the world. Not the only good watch company by a long shot, but from excellent $200 watches to mid-range watches like this and its legendary divers, to collectible Grand Seikos, the company never ceases to amaze.

This the real deal.. It is pricey, cant comment on the things i gave only 3 stars because I dont wear it much because it is so beautiful. A work of Art. Hey, it is a Seiko,,,it will last and can be repaired for 20 years after manufacture. And it will hold its value, I sent a 20 year old divers watch in to Seiko and they still had the parts for it, It puts Rolex's to shame. So does grand Seikos, I do own a gold Rolex and the case is all gold

AWESOME!!! The real deal. All new with Box and Papers. Arrived quickly. Thanks, E...

Finally got myself this watch. It not only tells time, but it also tells people I'm a legit adventurer. Not like the Crocodile Hunter or James Bond, but like Rick Steves in Tuscany.

The crown has become nearly unfunctional. It is a screw down crown.It’s so hard to pull it out to the second click , after unscrewing it, to set the time and pulling it out to the first click to set. The date is nearly impossible. It also feels really gritty when you manually wind the watch. Very disappointing with the quality of this Seiko.

I love it. I just wish I could read the compass dial. You need a magnifier but I suppose I’m very bright light you could. Don’t really myself needing that ultimately but it’s cool.Beautiful and I’d Seiko had the prestige and snob factor that Rolex etc. has it would be the last watch I would buy.Get one. It’s great

I've had the gold pvd version 3 years. This is a nice looking watch and the gold finish is super durable. They use the same process to coat drill bits. I find the compass a useless novelty. Too small to read, and you can approximate direction with any analog watch. You learn this in Boy Scouts, or used to. Now for the bad...this is not a very good movement, especially for the high price. It runs fine, keeps reasonable time for a mechanical watch, has a long power reserve but positional accuracy is wild. The variance between fade up, face down, crown up, crown down is very poor. They generally run slightly fast face up and very slow in most other positions. If you store it face up overnight it tends to come back and what I've read and experienced you lose 5-10 seconds a day in average fully wound. That's not terrible, but ....if you don't take it off at night your accuracy could be much worse. I have a number of mechanical watches and this one, despite the alleged premium Seiko movement, is one of the least accurate. Many watch forum reviews concur. The straps are nice, the crown seems fine to operate and winding is smooth-ish. This is no Hamilton Khaki Field (cheaper and better) which I've also had several years.