I (and most watch folk who know a bit about such things) have massive respect for Seiko.

Horologically speaking, Seiko are pretty much the complete manufacture, much more so than more "prestigious" names like Breitling, Hublot and even Omega and Rolex.

They make all their own movements. All their own components. Even their own lubricants. From cheapo autos like the 7S26, with its clever magic lever (which reduces to four the number of moving parts in the automatic winding system) in the sub-£100 Seiko 5s to the Spring Drive movement in £10,000 Grand Seikos, there's innovation and invention everywhere. From the bottom of the range to the top, fit and finish is best-in-class.

Quite frankly, if I could only have one watch for the rest of my life, it'd be a Grand Seiko Spring Drive diver, probably an SBGA031 (Seiko don't spend much money on naming their watches).

http://www.grand-sei...rive/SBGA031.html