{"id":1266,"date":"2013-07-27T01:46:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T01:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2013-07-27T01:46:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T01:46:53","slug":"ssb041-brown-chrono","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?page_id=1266","title":{"rendered":"SSB041 Brown Chrono"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch Review Seiko SSB041<\/a><\/h2>\n

Been slacking on the watch reviews, but with my just passed birthday, I received two new watches, and I have had one in my watch box that deserves some attention. Interestingly, they are all Seiko movement chronographs, so I get to compare and contrast. This is article one of three.<\/p>\n

\"brown_side_view\"<\/a><\/p>\n

First off is a watch my lovely wife got for me, a brown Seiko chronograph, the\u00a0SSB041. This is my first Seiko branded, quartz chronograph. I wanted a brown dialed watch, since I didn\u2019t have any in that color, and I wanted a chronograph, with a 1\/5 of a second feature, and a tachymeter scale. This watch fits the bill nicely.<\/p>\n

\"brown_beauty_shot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The dial is a radial sunburst brown which shifts colors depending on illumination. The outer tachymeter chapter ring is in a matte finishing and compliments the dial. The watch has three sub dials. At the nine o\u2019clock position minutes accumulator for the chronograph function. At the six o\u2019clock position is the running seconds dial, and at the three o\u2019clock position is a 24 hour dial. Each of the sub dials uses a simple, white painted stick hand which contrasts very well against the dial.\u00a0 The hour and minute hands are dauphin style with a white stripe running down the center.\u00a0 The 1\/5 second chronograph hand is a simple stick with a large tail.\u00a0 This tail is needed\u00a0 for the fly-back mechanism.\u00a0 The hour markers are simple, highly polished sticks.\u00a0 The date window is at the 4:30 position.\u00a0 Overall, the dial is relatively uncluttered for a chronograph and is well balanced. There is no luminous material.<\/p>\n

The movement is a 1\/5 of a second, 1 hour fly-back movement.\u00a0\u00a0 The upper pusher starts and stops the chronograph, and the lower pusher resets.\u00a0 The hands fly back instantly to 0, and do not step back meaning it is done mechanically, not with stepper motors. When activated the chronograph hand advances in very even, 1\/5 of a second steps, very closely resembling a mechanical chronograph.<\/p>\n

The crystal is flat Hardlex, typical of Seiko and covers the tachymeter scale and is held down with a polished bezel.<\/p>\n

\"brown_back_and_bracelet\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The case is stainless steel, 40mm in diameter.\u00a0 Brush on top with a high polish on the sides.\u00a0 The case back is stainless and screw down and marked with the usual Seiko, 10ATM water resistance.\u00a0 The quality is typical Seiko, very very good for the price point.\u00a0 The crown in unsigned, but large and easy to use.\u00a0 The pushers are polished and have a solid click when depressed.\u00a0 The lugs are 20mm to make for easy bracelet to strap swaps.\u00a0 The bracelet is a obviously inspired by Omega Speedmaster bracelets with a combination of polished and brushed links.\u00a0 The bracelet tapers to 18mm at the clasp.\u00a0 The bracelet is folded links, with a brushed finish on the sides.\u00a0 A solid link bracelet would be nice, but as is typical, would not be found in a watch at this price point.\u00a0 It does not grab hairs and is good quality with only minor squeaks.\u00a0 The end links are hollow.<\/p>\n

\"brown_clasp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The deployant clasp is a two push button design without a safety lock.\u00a0 It is marked deeply with Seiko and has a brushed finish.\u00a0 As you can see in photo above, you can see the alternating polished and brushed finish very reminiscent of Omega bracelets.\u00a0 It has three micro adjustment holes, making for easy sizing.<\/p>\n

Overall, this is a very easy watch to live with, and my first new Quartz watch in a long time.\u00a0 Honestly, I only trust one brand of quartz watches, and that is Seiko.\u00a0 The movement is made in Japan and so far is dead on accuracy wise.\u00a0 The 1\/5 of a second tic is a great way to get a mechanical look without the mechanical price.\u00a0 Startlingly, the Seiko has a cleaner sweep chronograph than my Omega!\u00a0 (Which tends to have some jitter, typical of 7750 based chronographs.)\u00a0 The watch is well balanced and not terribly large.\u00a0 If you have typical or smaller wrists, this watch will wear well.\u00a0 I am looking forward to years of trouble free accuracy and reliability.\u00a0 Again, thank you to my wife for another wonderful watch.<\/p>\n

Features:
\nCase: 40mm diameter, stainless steel, 100m water resistance.
\nBack: Stainless Steel, screw down.
\nCrystal: Hardlex, flat.
\nMovement: Battery Operated Quartz, 6T62, Seiko in-house design. 1 hour, 1\/5 second chronograph.
\nComplications:\u00a0 Date, 1\/5 second 1 hour chronograph, 24 hour indicator.
\nOther: 20mm folded link bracelet, stainless steel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watch Review Seiko SSB041 Been slacking on the watch reviews, but with my just passed birthday, I received two new watches, and I have had one in my watch box that deserves some attention. Interestingly, they are all Seiko movement chronographs, so I get to compare and contrast. This is \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1267,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266\/revisions\/1267"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}