Dude spanks stay the hell away from the Seiko mechanical automatic watches. I have one and the only thing that keeps me from getting really pissed at it is that it didn't cost much. They're cheap imprecise shit. Don't keep good time and don't have a big power reserve. Basically from this experience I have learned why it is that good mechanical automatic watches are so expensive, and for more affordable (<$1500) watches I'm sticking to quartz. I would buy something that keeps better time but it's way the hell down my spending priorities list.