Buy Seiko Women's SWZ054 Dress Two-Tone WatchSeiko Women's SWZ054 Dress Two-Tone Watch Product Description:
- Reliable Japanese-quartz movement
- Strong Hardlex crystal protects dial from scratches
- Two-tone-stainless-steel case; silver dial; day-and-date features at three o'clock
- Luminescent hour and minute hands
- Water resistant up to 99 feet (30 M)
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93 of 95 people found the following review helpful.
Chic without being too pricey
By Sandy P
As I was shopping for a new watch, I had a certain number of criteria in mind.1. It must be affordable2. It must be from a recognized brand (for quality purposes)3. It must be stylish without being too fad-ish4. It must be multi-purpose and lend itself to almost all styles of dress, be it casual or formal.I found all of this in this little Seiko watch. At first, I was setting my sights on a no-battery type of design, but after reading about both kinetic and solar watches...and finding out that both do require replacement of either a lithium ion battery or capacitor, neither of which were guaranteed to last longer than a regular battery operated watch...I decided to stick with the regular quartz.The watch itself looks better than its picture. The dial is listed as white on the website, but it's actually a silver tone...similar to what you see on Rolex brands (which it's supposed to mimic). The gold has a nice shine to it, with particular sparkle coming from the marked hours and the pie-cut bezel around the watch face. There is luminous material on the watch hands and hour markers, but a very minimal amount. My guess is that they didn't want to detract from the shiny finish, but you do lose some ability to see the watch face at night. There's enough to see the watch hands...just barely...but the hours are really hard to make out in the dark. Oh well, if checking the time at night is a real issue then I suggest looking at some Timex Indiglos. ***REVISION*** While it is hard to see the luminous hands and markers at first, they do get brighter once your eyes adjust to the dark. I found myself waking up early this morning and could clearly see all the marked hours and hands of my watch face with no problems.This watch also comes with a day and date calendar. Some have said it's hard to work, but I actually found it to be really easy. The instructions are very easy to follow and I had the calendar and time set up in about 2 minutes.This watch is surprisingly lightweight and very comfortable to wear. The catch opens without breaking any nails off and the band is very roomy. I have a medium to large sized wrist and wear my watch in a slightly loose "bracelet" style, but I still had to get a couple of links taken out.My verdict: a good watch at a good price. It goes with everything in my closet and is from a company that's known for excellence and durablility. Five Stars!P.S. When I wrote this view, the price was not the same as what it's being sold for now. So my stance that it was very affordable was not untrue(as it was at the time).
47 of 50 people found the following review helpful.
Perfect watch for everyday
By Little Mom
Extremely reliable, easy to read, looks like the Rolex style, only it is very lightweight. Good for everyday use because you can wear either gold or silver jewelry with this watch. I would have given it 5 stars if it were one of those models which does not need a battery.5/29/07 - This is an update. I give it 5 stars now. I got one of those models that does not need a battery and it is heavy and not sleek like this Seiko women's watch. It is still my all-time favorite watch and will never be without one.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Seiko has sunken to making knock-offs of its former self
By brick
From across the room, this watch might be mistaken for Rolex. From across the table, it might be mistaken for a nice watch. From on your wrist it cannot be mistaken for anything other than Seiko treating its (in my case, former) customers like chumps. Shame on Seiko.I have worn a silver Seiko for 20 years and it's still running like a charm. The crystal is a bit scratched, so I thought I'd get a new two-tone one. After receiving it, it looks to me like Seiko is making cheap knock-offs of its former classic watches. Very disappointing. The new watch is absolutely no where close to the one I have from 20 years ago. Please note that most of the 5 star reviews are several years old, or weirdly, people who bought them years ago are writing reviews now. Rather fishy.It looks so good in the box. I even said, "Wow" when I opened it. It's a classic design. Too bad I didn't buy one 5-10 years ago. I wish I had because you sure can't get one like that now. As of December, 2011, the materials in the band are complete junk.I read all the negative reviews about the new bands, but thought maybe since there were so many positive reviews, they were just unlucky and got outliers. I also thought if i got a bad band, I'd just take the pins out and put a better band on the watch. Turns out, because of the way the band is attached to the watch, you can't replace the band with a better one. That's the deal breaker-- lousy band you can't take off the watch.I'm shocked at the truly inferior quality; it's clear that the defective band is NOT an outlier. I'm an engineer. I looked closely at the clasp-- it's a design flaw. It's the wrong size by about a millimeter, a HUGE distance in jewelry. No wonder it doesn't close without a struggle. Can't believe Seiko put its name on these. If they had any commitment to the integrity of their brand, they should have scrapped these bands and never attached watch movements to them at all.The gold links on the band aren't plated-- there's something gold painted on the top, something that has the excess sheen of (plastic!) mardi gras beads and (plastic!) silver deli trays. It looks really cheap. Worst of all, it SOUNDS and FEELS cheap. I wear my watch slightly loose, and this one, if worn just loose enough not to leave an imprint on your wrist, rattles like children's plastic toy jewelry.Returning this sad little shadow of Seiko and having a jeweler put a new crystal in my 20 year old one, which I will take good care of since obviously I can't replace it with a new one. For the two-tone, I ended up getting a Citizen. Citizen Women's EW3144-51A Eco-Drive Sport Two-Tone Watch. I liked the look of this Seiko better, but can't abide a watch that rattles like it's made of plastic. The Citizen is a bulkier watch, but still very nice looking, and its band good.I have worn a Seiko almost everyday for 20 years. I know what a good Seiko feels like. This particular watch is absolutely nothing of the kind.
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