Seiko Prospex Black Series 1965 SPB253J Automatic 40.5mm

Very happy with the watch. A little different from the norm. Size is perfect for me.

This timepices is good, and as a LE is worth considering if any buyer is trying to collect a bit of diving watch history. My only main point is that many watch manufacturers, including ones with timepieces of higher value than Seiko; e.g., Rolex, Omega, Panerai, IWC, Breitling, etc...; all have issues with quality control against rotating bezels for dive watches. It is a simple task to ensure that with a full 360 degree turn of any diver's bezel that the lume marker for the 12 o'clock position, always lines up directly at the 12 o'clock position. This Seiko has the very same quality control issues, in the sense that with a full bezel movement through 360 degress, the last click of the bezel, means the lume marker at 12 o'clock does not line up directly below the 12 ... MoreThis timepices is good, and as a LE is worth considering if any buyer is trying to collect a bit of diving watch history. My only main point is that many watch manufacturers, including ones with timepieces of higher value than Seiko; e.g., Rolex, Omega, Panerai, IWC, Breitling, etc...; all have issues with quality control against rotating bezels for dive watches. It is a simple task to ensure that with a full 360 degree turn of any diver's bezel that the lume marker for the 12 o'clock position, always lines up directly at the 12 o'clock position. This Seiko has the very same quality control issues, in the sense that with a full bezel movement through 360 degress, the last click of the bezel, means the lume marker at 12 o'clock does not line up directly below the 12 o'clock position, and the '30' directly above the 6 o'clock position, as they are slightly (only slighlty) adrift of this, but is visable when you know what your looking for, which isn't great for a watch predomitatly over £1,000. As said this is a common flaw in watch manufacturing, and have a number of timepieces that have this issue, not all of them do, such as Carl.F.Bucherer who's ScubaTec's all line up against every major marker on a bezel. So if one manufacturer can get it right, then all should. That aside this is a good timepiece, and this slight drift in bezel placement once moved through 360 degrees is managemeble, with the rest of the build quality of the watch being good.