Seiko SKX007

So my final thoughts, man: I Gotta say that this watch is a beast. If your wrist is really skinny I would suggest you not getting this watch and consi...

The Skx 0:07 is a no-brainer It's cheap, it's robust, it looks good, and it's a watch that you can wear every day for almost any occasion.

So simply put, the Skx is absolutely worthy of that overused term of icon in watchmaking.

It has been my work watch for two years now (in parallel with a Lorier Neptune occasionally) and so has not had an easy life! I recently purchased a SKX007 to replace it as my beater, but I find myself leaving the SKX at home and wearing the SNZF much more often.

It lost the ISO certification and 200m, but I will guarantee you that at least 95% of the SKX007's fans weren't even using it for diving past 20m anyway lol. It is no longer the best cheap diver--it is now the best entry-level mechanical watch on the market, period. It is Seiko pulling a Swatch but for mechanical watches, marketing all the features a general populace would want in an everyday watch, with all the style and variation for people to get super playful with their choices and collect multiple.

I must've went to the boutique at least 4 times trying it on, but responsibilities were always put ahead of the watch. After working 50-60hr weeks bartending to pay off my tuition, getting my first entry career job, getting laid off cause of covid, getting another entry job during covid, my patience finally paid off when I got an opportunity to purchase it a few months back. It was scary wearing such an expensive watch at first, but I plan on keeping it for ever, so I'm wearing it daily now. Prior to the SMPc, I had a Seiko SKX007-J worn daily for about 6-7 years.

I find a lot of their pieces have one or two strange elements (be it bracelets, movements, dial, etc.). Getting rid of my SKX007 was the best decision I made. I've never purchased a Seiko after that.