Best Seiko Sports Watches for Adventurers

For adventurers and sport enthusiasts, or those who enjoy swimming and diving with their watches, here are five of the best Seiko Sports watches to consider.
1. The Seiko SNAE67P1

The Seiko Sportura Perpetual will take you just about anywhere. This stylish watch has a stainless steel case that measures 44mm in diameter and 12mm in thickness. Its leather straps are built to last and the scratch resistant sapphire crystal will protect it up to 100meters into water.
2. The Seiko SNP055P1

This analog watch has a stainless steel case with an anti-reflective sapphire crystal glass dial window. It employs stainless steel straps with a fold-over clasp. The SNP055P1 has a case diameter of 43mm, a thickness of 12mm, and weighs 470 grams. It has a water resistance of 100 meters.
3. The Seiko SNP056P1

The SNP055P1 and the SNP056P1 are almost similar but there are a couple of notable differences between the two. For instance, unlike the SNP055P1 which has a case diameter of 43mm and is 12mm thick, this SNP056P1 has a case diameter of 42mm and a thickness of 13mm. The Seiko SNP056P1 also employs a leather band with a traditional buckle system.
4. The Seiko SNP064P1

This Seiko sports watch has a dark blue dial and dark blue leather bands with a deployment clasp. It is round in shape, 43mm in case diameter, 12mm thick, and has a perpetual calendar that automatically adjusts to reflect correct dates throughout the year. It employs the enviable Kinetic Technology and is water resistant up to 100m.
5. The Seiko SNE245P9

On the first check, you can already tell that the SNE245P9 is a unique watch. Its colorful rubber bands and the hardlex dial window are striking from afar. Its special features include day/date display, a rotating bezel, and luminous hands. Its movement is solar powered. The SNE245P9 is resistant up to 200 meters.
You are always free to pick your favorite Seiko, but these five are arguably the best sports watches you can ever lay your hands on.
About Seiko Watches
Seiko has always been a trendsetter. In 1969, Seiko produced the world's first quartz watch. And later in 1984, Seiko became the first manufacturer to implement the low-cost Kinetic Technology where a wrist watch is powered by body movement.

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What is a Perpetual Calendar Watch Complication?

Watch complications can be rather, well, complicated (obviously). If a watch does more than just tell the time, the added features are called complications, including everything from moon phases to tourbillon. One particularly handy and tricky to craft is the perpetual calendar. Have you ever wondered about the mechanisms functioning behind a date display?

The term “perpetual” is a crucial word when it comes to watch calendars. This means that the calendar never needs resetting, as it knows the days that go into each month and remembers a leap year (even when you don't). Developing a watch that can keep up with our irregular calendar has been a challenge that's stumped horologists for ages. But as we all know, watchmakers are relentless when it comes to these kinds of challenges. Thus, the first perpetual calendar wristwatch was developed in 1925 by Breguet. Still, it wasn't until several decades later that Audemars Piguet developed the first true perpetual calendar, one that indicated the crucial 29th day of February found in a leap year.
 

How does a perpetual calendar work?

Even in modern times, crafting a perpetual calendar is no easy task. It can takes several months to make and requires one to two hundred additional parts on top of the other features of a timepiece.

While the perpetual calendar designs can vary brand to brand, the mechanisms for this complication typically include a programmed date wheel with 12 sectors indicating the 12 months of the calendar year. Each sector has various markings on the perpetual cam that correspond to the length of the month. So basically, the months with 30 days or less will have shallower notches than those with 31 days. The perpetual lever pivots and then pushes against the perpetual cam, and connects it to the date wheel. The mechanism determines how many steps the day index should move at the end of each month depending on the position of the perpetual lever and the depth of the notches on the perpetual cam.
This process is most complex during leap years. To factor in the extra day, there is another rotating piece under the date wheel for the month of February. This piece is has four sectors, 3 of them representing standard years with 28 days and the fourth representing the 29 day month during a leap year. Each year, the piece rotates, keeping track of each passing year. On standard years, the perpetual lever is set to turn on February 28th. On a leap year, the different marking change the trigger date to February 29th.

Timepieces with a perpetual calendar often come with a hefty price tag, due to the added man hours and pieces that must go into creating it. But as a true watch connoisseur, this complication is a necessary feature for a luxury watch.

What are some of your favorite perpetual calendar watches? Leave your answers in the comments below!

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Discountonlineshop.co.uk Review: This Breitling Replica Met Jack The Ripper

Discountonlineshop.co.uk Review

This time, for my Discountonlineshop.co.uk review, I went for a Breitling replica. The Superocean is one of my favorite watches, especially with that cool looking black rubber strap. But if you read my blog, you know how “lucky” I am, especially when I get really excited about something.

Quality: Are These Watches Any Good?

Breitling Superocean Black Dial Rubber Bracelet Mens Watch

I am very disappointed with this Superocean Breitling Replica. Look at the strap, it's like somehow, it really pissed off some bad guy wielding a sharp knife or hatchet or whatever sharp object of choice. Jack the Ripper couldn't have done a better job at slicing it. And the real reason I'm disappointed is because the watch itself looks and functions pretty well. Not perfectly, but decent to say the least. Also, the logo could have been done a little better.

The Site: Usability and Design

The website is not that bad, but not great either. Even if the site has a simple, minimalistic look to it, somehow they screwed it up with bright colors plastered all over the place. But finding your Breitling replica of choice should not be that hard, especially with an extensive filter that lets you pick the details you want, from color, to bracelet material and so on. The pictures do carry a watermark, but it has nothing in common with the domain name. So, careful, you might get something other than what you pay for.

Service: Is Their Staff Any Good?

This part I really hate! Their staff may be the rudest and most unhelpful one yet. The only way to contact them is through a contact form, but you queries get replied very, very slow and rudely. I got my response in 4 days.

Shipping: Is It Fast and Reliable?

I paid $20 for the Breitling replica to be shipped and got it in three weeks' time. Very slow, very disappointing.

Return Policy: Is It Reasonable?

You get the standard 14 days for an exchange or refund but that's only in paper. The fact is they go out of their way to blame you for whatever is wrong with the ordered item. This is why I said the customer support is rude and unhelpful. Anyway, I decided to keep the watch, mostly because I had a spare military strap and the watch works fine. At least for now.

The Bottom Line

To sum up my Discountonlineshop.co.uk review, I'd say their Breitling replica watches are not that bad, but be prepared to gamble if you're ordering from them. I recommend buying your replicas elsewhere.

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