Slightly off topic but Seiko is probably my favorite watch brand period. It's hard to describe exactly why but if you look at other brands like say Rolex, Omega

Slightly off topic but Seiko is probably my favorite watch brand period. It's hard to describe exactly why but if you look at other brands like say Rolex, Omega, Tag, etc, a big part of why people buy those is the prestige of that watch. Seiko on the other hand has virtually none of that prestige and you buy it simply because it's a freaking great watch. And with their sub-brand of Grand Seiko, you feel like you're in a special club wearing one of those because almost no one outside of watch people know what a GS is and even spending thousands you still feel like you pay for the technology (spring drive) versus just the prestige of "Grand Seiko". And they also make fantastic watches at the lower end, my first mechanical watch was a Seiko 5 which I got for ~$60. I've since given that one away to someone who got into watch collecting and I always recommend the Seiko 5 to anyone trying to get into watches.