Seiko Have Gone INSANE?? The INFURIATING 400€ SNXS SRPK 

well said. New Erebus announced yesterday = sapphire, 9015, on the fly adjustable clasp and no faux-tina for $349. time to step it up Seiko!

Stunning watches, price will come down but even at full price it's great value , excellent watches, people forget that all these "competitors" are using movements made by Seiko.. hardlex is an excellent crystal, never had issues with it.

I got to try one of these on the other day and have to say it looks amazing on the wrist. I did notice the finishing and bracelet especially was higher quality so much better than the original

No, just no. For 200 euros I would buy it just to have another case shape in my watch box. But not on that price.

I agree. The price is ridiculous.

It's deadly for any company to live on their past glories, and that includes Seiko, just ask the British motor bike industry from the 1960's ( yes I can remember that far back ) who laughed at Japanese bikes, well guess who won and who lost

Actually, I really like the look of these. Wouldn't pay anything near RRP for one though. There will likely be big discounts on these later in the year so happy to wait and see what happens. My guess is 30%+ off available by late 2024.

The blue one looks soooo good….but not at that price, for those specs! Wait long enough and these may come down, though.

I think your restraint is commendable. In my opinion they might as well re-spell their brand name as Psycho. However this makes the Erebus Ascent look like an even sweeter deal than it already was. If or when brands like Steeldive and San Martin contract some decent designers and start doing their own originals Seiko will be up the creek without a paddle. Having a legacy is nice but the road they've chosen does not bode well for their future. I'm looking forward to your review of Jody's new watch. Finding it extremely hard to decide on a dial....but I know I want one even though I didn't fancy buying yet another watch. 🙄 ...they DO look good....

Good looking watch, but seems expensive. But there are good points too👍Saying that though, I picked up another khaki field mechanical for £300, as new unwanted gift. Super happy 👍

I think these are very handsome watches. Seiko knows what they are doing after so many years in the industry. Highly recommended.

I agree 100 % with everything you said. Having said that I still want the champagne one haha

Their QC is crap too

It's getting to be a cut throat battle among Microbrands lately. One that is set to take the lead in my opinion is the new Erebus Ascent. $349 USD or about $600 AUD. Set for release in September or even earlier .

Agree with @oceanzu6585, an SBTM JDM 100m. w.r., Solar, Radio Controlled, Saphire with Super Clear coating, Perpetual calendar, Needle position adjustment are about the same price delivered in EU with taxes is a much better value. Asking 1200 Euros for a Willard re-issue when Steeldive sells them for 65 Euros is ridiculous. Regards and congrats on your content.

Nope, no negative vibes, you are 100% accurate in all aspects. If these were launched at 150 -200$ they would go like hot cookies, but at 400$, they are laughable. For this money, you can get Jodys new Erebus Ascent and it will feel like cheating the Matrix in comparison. Seiko brought me into the hobby many moons ago and I am happy to own two now vintage 5s. But nowadays, Seiko is not even on my horizon. I get the shivers when I read hardlex in the specs and anything proper from them is grossly overpriced.

I used to be a Seiko fan. I got a Kinetic when I was 16 and it was my first serious watch! man I loved it and the brand. A few years ago I had a terrible service experience with a Seiko product and I haven't bought another one since. With prices like these I wont be heading back soon either.

Seiko keeps pushing their 4r and 6r movement to a higher price range. These 20+ sec deviation watches are basically unusable as "tool watches". Their solar radio control quartz watches, "the selection" line do have some good value-to-price ratio as they come standard with sapphire crystals for less than $200.

I completely agree

Y'know as a side detail, I'm all for milled clasps but on the smaller Seikos a milled foldover can get big, the Strapcode Alpinist bracelet is lovely, but all milled & far too big in profile...anyway main point, yes its a silly price

Yes, greed is eternal! Just don't buy it.

Launch price - No But in 6 months - I'll get one ..... I like everything about them.

Watches can demand a price based on a) prestige and b) quality of materials. It doesn't have the prestige to ask 400€ for those features... so something's gotta give. They seem to think "Seiko" name is enough, but I really don't think so. So either price comes down, or they start offering more bang for buck. I am looking forward to your review of the Erebus Ascent!

Seiko: Mid-level range!!! Es-tu devenu fou?!!! I bought that watch and it is just gorgeous. Je l'ai eu pour 360€ et it's worth every penny. Va la voir en magasin, passe la au poignet et tu seras bluffé par la qualité et les finitions. They upgraded the bracelet, the movement to the 4R36, they upgraded the water resistance from 30m to 100m, they upgraded the case finishing, the Indices, the dial... and yet you say the price is too costly! Finie l'époque où tu payais tes montres Seiko 200 et 250 dollars. Tu parles de la dernière collection et tu me compares le prix avec des modèles des années 90 et 2000. Tu veux faire la buzz avec un titre accrocheur, c'est ça ? Ton anglais est correct, mais ton accent laisse à désirer. Don't worry, it gets better with time.

People need to accept the RRP for Seiko and citizen will always be higher than what you will pay at a retailer. I've seen basically every recent Seiko model selling new for half the RRP. Even lower if you're willing to go pre-owned

Got mine for$270,US, JDM version, if that makes any difference. I like it so far. Nobody pays retail price for a Seiko, unless you are a newbie 😂

I guess Seiko saw their low specs overpriced watches sell and many people still defend their minimum effort so they try to push it even more.

I’d be interested if you change your view after actually seeing one ? The “chino” SRPK91 looks good in real life. But that may just be me🙂 Agree price is a bit steep!

Shitko: 1960s build quality yet 2024 inflationary prices combined with no quality control checks.

I commented on the UK seiko page pointing out that theyre lovely looking watches, but for the price its insane especially given, as a modder/builder of watches, ivcould make something just as good if not better specs wise for less. They responded it depends on the material, workmanship etc etc and i thought of course but the value isnt there? Its worrying

Are links solid or hollow??

Crazy, i seriously doubt id buy another seiko....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⌚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⌚

No value in these watched. With micro brands and Chinese brands such as San Martin offering so much more for a lot less, there is no reason for these. Seiko really needs to wake up and start offer better value.

I can't even blame seiko for this. If I could poop in a box and people were willing to pay me $400 for it, why on earth wouldn't I do that. As long as people are willing to pay high prices for low quality, seiko should keep doing what they are doing.

There months from now you'll be able to get one for 250 €.

I was looking forward to purchasing one of these, but I don’t think I’ll bother now, way overpriced

The actual watch looks good. But if you are gonna buy it you must be really inlove with the watch.

Citizen sees an opportunity?

Yep, cool looking watches. Very nice. If they were about a third or half the price, anyway. But me, personally, I don't really care anymore about the big brands or their hype. I have plenty of 'big name' brands in my collection, Hamilton, Tissot, Longines, Seiko, Citizen, Bulova and so forth, but aside that I do want to get myself my grail (Oris big crown pointer) one day still, I'll stick pretty much entirely with microbrands and AliExpress homages and whatever else, from here on out I think. Those people that look down their noses on homages can do so all they want, but their popular claims of "original" designs, and "better" quality, fall flat when the big brands are leaning almost entirely on (at best) rewarmed 50-75 year old legacy designs (and a bunch of those are dubious in "original" design claims to start with) for the most part, with cranked up retail prices and downgraded specifications. They don't get "original design" credit from me anymore, they've milked that stream dry. And they (almost without fail) don't have the performance in material and technical specifications and finishing to justify their prices. They can think hard on their business practices if in the future they ever want to recapture customers that think like me, because I am entirely done with their almost entirely marketing driven hype trains.

FWIW, I tried these on a couple of weeks ago and they are a huge step up in quality over the previous versions, especially the bracelet and the finishing. Given what they’ll actually cost at retail after discounts, they feel very fairly priced compared to what other retail brands offer

4OO euro sono follia allo stato puro 😮

San Martin, Cronos, and other AliEx brands are offering far higher specs AND quality at lower prices. Seiko can get stuffed.

Agree 👍🏻 Seiko went from fun too sad BS

I’ve never owned a seiko but have many AE watches with the NH35 movement . I don’t think I will ever own one as if you look at the specs for the money they make no sense especially if you are on a budget .

The street price better be less than this

$300 and done deal. Seiko still has the Japanese design that can't be replicated by Erebus, SM, Islander unless they do an exact homage.

İn Türkiye, it s about 500 $

The price is good for what you get. And we all know that it will last forever.

Seiko is smoking some good shit

I’d 100% buy a San Martin before this ones…

I guess you are trying to set up for the erebus review?

First, I genuinely like this watch. Second it’s definitely overpriced. But that’s the direction I think Seiko is headed unfortunately. They are willing to lose some enthusiasts to gain more mainstream non enthusiast buyers. It’s a financial decision at the end unfortunately. At that’s what I think. Thanks!

I bought my Seiko Samurai (not Seiko 5) Prospex Blue Dial Automatic Men's Silicone Watch SRPB53K1 for $323… I wouldn’t pay $400 for this "new model".

The old version looked so good but these look like utter crap. What are they thinking at seiko. I have a hatred for that chapter ring and the faux patina lume.

Unfortunately i dont think we will ever get Sapphire on sekio watches unless there grand or king sekio's or just really over priced models. Hardlex is sekio's invention, they spent the time and $ to research, test , design and produce hatdlex so they wont abandon it just because mirco brands and other are giving us Sapphire on $300 watches. Its like if ford made a really good engine for a good price and then dodge made a better engine at the same or lower price ford isn't going to abandon their engine design and buy dodege engines to put in there cars, even though its clearly better.

It's honestly infuriating and will cause dilution of the seiko brand overall. Seiko is now just the limited edition company to joke on.

The current Seiko 5s still retail from 275-350 USD. The 200-250 price you mention is gray market. You’ll be able to get one of these for 250 in 6 months too so I think you’re being a little over dramatic.

Seiko know they've got such a hardened fan base they can easily pump out inferior quality for highly inflated prices and people will still buy them purely down to the crazy notion of brand name and "heritage".

bring back sarb line, this new seiko really have to go to hell.

Seiko is going a way price wise, I absolutely do not like. The new 5s are nice, but pricing (in all lines, not only the 5s) is insane. Not the brand where you can develop a passion for watches with little entrance fee anymore. Orient and Citizen as well as some microbrands are more like the old seiko. I will not buy seiko again, as long as they trying to push the prices.

150 EUR the most. I have bought original in 2011 for 100 EUR.

I can Definitely think of much better things to do with my hard earned money than blow it on a Seiko that lacks any appeal whatsoever Thanks for sharing as always Big Daddy Be well and God Bless 👍

The price is stupid and the design choices are awful. I hate that gross cream colored Lume that they carried over from the Alpnist reformation. An why no Grey dial version?

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I see the Seiko cult members and paid Seiko trolls are here already. They're EVERYWHERE!!!

You don't see it, but Seiko and Orient are probably to last, let's say budget, brands, who offer the day complication. For me it is a quite big advantage.

Cry about it - I bought one. lol

as always new models are overpriced and are reduced within the first 6 months. It will be a 300 dollar watch within the year.

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400 is almost twice of 295 ? You seiko reviews are a joke as always, stick to your Ali express watches 😂😂

Loads of idiotic comments and assumptions made before anyone has actually held this watch. Seiko does not increase their prices after watches are released and Inflation makes up most of the increased cost compared to the dresskx. The rrp of a dresskx is still the same today as it was at release. As some have mentioned seiko run a vertically integrated business which is way more expensive that what cheap Chinese brands and microbeands do. This watch is a significant step up from the snxs - water resistance, bracelet, domed crystal, movement, case finishing which includes mirror polishing, better ergonomics You don't have to buy it at €400. It's a Seiko and will be discounted below €300 within weeks clickbait Seiko bashing titles are like a giant turds for moronic flies

Seiko is s joke. EREBUS FTW.Zelos ,phoibos etc are a million miles better. 😅 The designs are boring too.

Pagani PD1690 with same movement and much better specs for £40 all day long... Seiko are having a laugh.... 🫵🤣🚫

4OO euro sono follia allo stato puro 😮