SEIKO SSG010 Watch for Men - Coutura Collection - Radio Sync Solar Chronograph, Two-Tone Stainless Steel Case & Bracelet, Black Dial with Lumibrite Hands & Markers, and Date Calendar

I’ve waited 6 months to write a review on this watch to see how I like it.It’s absolutely fantastic in its looks and functionality. I was a little skeptical after reading some of the reviews. The biggest complaint was that it requires manually adjusting the watch for daylight savings times. This is true but it’s absolutely a no brainer! Just push and hold the B button and then scroll between the A and B buttons to move the time forward or back an hour. All you have to do is remember this one thing after it’s all set up. I actually look forward to traveling to different time zones or daylight savings time….so I can push the B button and watch the the hour hand move forward or backward. In a digital age it’s cool to see something work mechanically.Now the bad, the watch is fairly complicated to understand all the adjustments and settings. Setting the small 24hr dial is difficult and you can’t even see it anyway. It really has little function except it looks nice. I never use it and will not waste anytime trying to set it again. The directions for setting this watch are complicated so I made my own simplified version. Then I spent a lot of time going through all the settings and learning how to set it.6 months later I would have to go back and look to change anything The cool thing is I will never have to! The date is updated automatically….a first for me, every watch I’ve owned I have to manually change the date.It connects to the atomic clock about 2-3 times a week and I never take it off. Don’t mess around trying to set it up to get a signal.It’s super accurate, mirroring the time on my cell phone.In conclusion. This watch has stunning looks, very functional with a day of the week and date that are easily visible and update automatically. Easily adjusted for daylight savings and super accurate.Also very affordable compared to GPS watches.You could spend more money but you would have a hard time getting a better watch.Buy it and you will never regret it.My review is a 4.8 out of 5. Only negative is the 24hr dial. It’s hard to set and see to use, really just for looks.

This is just flat-out a gorgeous watch. It has a dress appearance and is best used as a dress watch, although I am sure some people use it for everyday wear. It has a black face with all gold hands and markings, and then a mixture of gold and silver for both the case and the band. The method of coloring on the case and band make it so that the watch will look either more gold or more silver, depending on which angle you are viewing from. If you look carefully at the out ring of the black face, you will see concentric trace markings which add an elegance to the watch but are probably also part of the antenna system the watch uses to keep time. Yes, that's right, this particular model, once you set it up, connects with the nearest official time broadcast and keeps itself adjusted to that signal, the reason why this particular model is more expensive than other Coutura watches which look almost identical but do not have this radio function. And, yes, hooray, that same timing function keeps the date accurate month-to-month as well!The watch has a nice heft to it, but its bracelet is comfortable due to the use of soft curves, and this makes the weight less of an issue. It has one of traditional Seiko clasp functions where you squeeze the outside of the band to unlock the bracelet, and then a double-fold mechanism angles out, allowing you to remove the watch while reducing the possibility of dropping it since the band always stays connected (great design). The stem is a screw-down type so that you unscrew it first before engaging it, and then screw it back down when you are done making adjustments.This is a beautiful watch that really does seem worth more than you pay for it, and it has an elegance that is squarely in the mid-range Seiko line-up. It's terrific. But I would be remiss if I did not mention that this is a complicated watch to set up when you first receive it. There are four case buttons plus the stem that you must use in a very specific order to set the time zone, then ensure you are picking up the radio signal from your area, and making minute first adjustments. It's not impossible, but it's not for those in a hurry, either. You have to take your time to read the instructions very carefully and follow the procedures exactly as stated, or you won't get the watch into its initial state. And it really is a bit complicated: you basically end up using all the controls to do different things, need to set the watch next to a window for 12 minutes at a certain point in the sequence (I'm not joking), and then make sure you press the correct buttons in the correct sequence. I must say it took me about 30 minutes of studying the instructions and then about 30 minutes to actually follow all the procedures, a couple of which I had to re-do because I had done them incorrectly. But the ultimate payoff after that is that the watch keeps time by itself from that time on, and all you have to do is ensure it gets some light now and then (the battery is solar-powered, but has a very long cycle to it and can be charged even with indoor light). I wouldn't let the complications at the beginning make you hesitant to purchase it, but just be aware that you need to do the startup procedures at the beginning.A truly beautiful watch, it's one that you will want to try to take care of because you'll want to keep it for a long time. Five stars.