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Yeah… I’d say the most egregious errors I’ve found on brand new Seiko watches (not talking about anything from the Presage or Grand Seiko lines here) are misaligned bezels and/or chapter rings (I’ve had one of each) and I had a SKX-007 with misaligned hands at the 12 o’clock so really not noticeable unless I was actually looking for it, but still a mild irritant.
Movement accuracy isn’t something I really track as I typically have several watches in regular rotation which leads to me rarely wearing the same watch day after day to be able to really notice significant inaccuracies in timekeeping.
That being said, I had a seconds hand fall off of my Omega Seamaster so it can happen to $500 watches and $5000 watches. And I’d much sooner excuse a misaligned chapter ring on a $300 watch over a missing seconds hand on a $5000 watch any day of the week.
Mine will be here this week. I bought an Alpinist GMT, but as soon as I took the lid off the box, I put it right back as the dimensions of the Alpinist GMT are horrible. Called the AD and told them I wanted to send it back. They asked if I was interested in anything else and I mentioned being curious about the Willard, and they said since I got 20% off the cost of the Alpinist that they’d offer the same discount on the Willard.
Couldn’t say no to that. 😂
Middle School Me wore my watch loose and down on the back of my hand. But I also wore a silver rope necklace and JNCO Jeans and gelled my hair.
Adult me wears mine on the elbow side of my wrist bone so I can articulate my wrist fully and keep my watch under a cuff.
I’m not sure anyone from Seiko would say that’s ok. At least not anyone making meaningful decisions. Seiko has a massive sample size of thousands of watches a year so they’re bound to have QC issues. I’d venture to guess that it’s less than 1% of their watches, which is still a large number, but only because of the scale of their production.
Anything purchased from an AD is either repairable or replaceable. I’m not sure I’d go so far as to write the brand off entirely, or even go to the trouble of gathering my torch and pitchfork over a damaged watch.
YMMV, but of the two dozen or so Seiko watches I’ve bought, I’ve yet to have a notable QC issue, and still find a large portion of their lineup to be an excellent value.
I owned one sort of early on and I found the fit and finish to be more than acceptable for the price. I had the Sector Sport but ultimately decided the 38mm case size was a little smaller than I wanted so I let it go.