Product Description

Stainless steel case LumiBrite hands, marker and bezel 21-jewel, self-winding One way rotating elapsed timing bezel Features extra long pressure vented urethane straps Screwdown crown and caseback Water Resistancy-200M Style# SKX173

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #580 in Watches
• Brand: Seiko
• Model: SKX173
• Band material: pressure-vented-urethane
• Bezel material: stainless-steel
• Case material: stainless-steel
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: hardlex
• Movement type: Automatic
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Amazon.com Product Description
This 21-jewel, automatic watch winds itself with the motion of your wrist, so you'll never need to change the battery. It has a stainless steel case and features a black dial with three-hand function, easy-to-read bar markers, and an English/Spanish day/date window at the three o'clock position. Additional features include a screw-down case and crown, a scratch-resistant Hardlex crystal, and a one-way rotating bezel that keeps track of elapsed time. With its Lumibrite hands, markers, and bezel, this watch is easy to read in both light and dark conditions. The watch secures to a comfortable, extra-long, pressure-vented urethane strap that fastens with a buckle closure. Designed for diving, this watch is water-tested to 200 meters. It meets ISO standards and is suitable for scuba diving.

Customer Reviews

Good watch for a great price
The other reviewers were right; this is a very good quality watch, but a tad fast. Being a bit fast is OK as it makes me more on-time! For diving, I don't think the difference in time matters as I'm down long enough. And being fast makes the dive time allowed more conservative. Anyway, it the quality is good considering the price. I looked at the Omega Seamasters and they are considerably more money. And Amazon had a great price - almost half of what some jewelry stores are charging. One thing that surprised me was that Malaysia is written at the bottom of the face; I thought it would read Japan. Oh well, can't expect that considering the price I guess.

Watchband Broke
I've had my 173 for less than two years and I have really liked the watch. But recently the band keeper broke and fell off somewhere. Then, just this morning, I noticed the watchband itself has cracked in half and hangs by only a tiny slip of rubber. Replacement bands are expensive ($30-$39) and I am very disappointed in this unplanned expense. Great watch but lousy and overpriced watchband.

keeps terrible time--runs fast
I liked the look of this watch for years and finally broke down and bought one a year ago. Looks great but keeps TERRIBLE time. I just could not depend on it--10 minutes late to meetings, etc. I may have gotten a bad one but I would not buy another Seiko mechanical watch. I'm back to wearing my cheap quartz watch--at least I don't look at my watch and then immediately try to find another time source to compare it to.