This watch has a water resistance of 100 metres, making it suitable for swimming and snorkelling. The Seiko 5 family has set the standard in affordable, rugged and stylish watches since 1963. Designed to be simple but serious, the Seiko 5 is so-called due to its five key attributes: automatic winding, displaying the day and date in a single window, water resistance, a recessed crown at the 4 o'clock position and a durable metal bracelet.
Released in order to meet the demands of the revolutionary baby-boomer generation, the Seiko 5 collection is just as popular to this day, proof that expert craftsmanship and elegant design will never go out of fashion. Seiko's 135-year history has been marked by a ceaseless determination to innovate in every aspect of the watchmaker's art. By embracing this mantra, Seiko has been responsible for a string of industry-leading advances in the technology of time, such as the world's first quartz watch, the world's first TV watch, and the Seiko Kinetic, the first watch ever to generate its own electricity from the movement of the wearer.Seiko are unique in that they manufacture every aspect of every watch in-house, with this ruthless pursuit of perfection even including growing their own quartz crystals and sapphires.