Seiko Divers Automatic Black Monster SKX779K Men's Watch

I have a number of watches in my collection; big, small; digital, analog; Divers, Chronographs, Atomics ... I love watches. But I recently began a search of reasonably priced self-winders. It also had to be reliable, and I would prefer a diver-type style. The past couple years I've taken a liking to Invicta watches, but their quality is hit and miss. The low end (less than $100) Invicta seems less reliable than the lowly Timex; any good self-winding Invicta seems to start around $250-300.

I love Amazon's suggestioned item. It picked up on my quest for an auto-winder diver watch, and steered me HERE. The Seiko SKX779 "Black Monster." Review after review was glowing. Overall, a 4 1/2 star watch, for less than $200. And Seiko reliability is unquestioned and unparalleled.

Look/Feel - I would think a "monster" of a watch would be big, along the lines of Invicta's Grand Lupah. That's not the case at all. A little bigger than some of my watches, but not overly so...Read more

Oh my God this is a cool watch. If you want a steel sunflower on your wrist, if you want to be both funky and elegant, if you want to be hip and down to earth all at once, you certainly want this watch. James Bond is not cool because he wants to wear an Omega instead of this thing. Forget the fantastic brand history, forget the reliability and durability, forget the price even - this watch is both beautiful and radical: if you don't want that, you need to ask yourself why.

I have owned the "black monster" for three years now. Sold my "yellow monster" to my son because he liked it so much and I found I did not care for the yellow face. Both are rugged, solid watches. The yellow is four years old and the black is three years old. They gain 3-5 minutes per month, but most automatics do. You have to change the date five months out of the year anyway, so a reset is no problem every other month. Had a general contractor doing some work for us and he liked the black monster so much he went out and ordered on, too.