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Hey everyone,

I am just wondering if the Seiko SNK809 is a good watch? It is currently 56 USD on amazon and I am very tempted to pick one up. I just wanna know how shock resistant this watch is due to it being an automatic because I am considering about using it everyday, as a beater watch, but I dont know how much shock it can really take. Is this watch able to endure high shock activities such as golfing to boxing or even taking it to a gun range?
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ReganJong said:
Hey everyone,

I am just wondering if the Seiko SNK809 is a good watch? It is currently 56 USD on amazon and I am very tempted to pick one up. I just wanna know how shock resistant this watch is due to it being an automatic because I am considering about using it everyday, as a beater watch, but I dont know how much shock it can really take. Is this watch able to endure high shock activities such as golfing to boxing or even taking it to a gun range?
Cheers!
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It's a great entry-level, automatic watch that should serve you well for years. I wouldn't box or golf with any auto, however (although golfing probably isn't a big deal).
 
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Good watch and a good deal at $56. No idea about boxing with a watch on but I'd recommend against it even with a quartz watch as you could also break the spring bars. Golfing and shooting should be fine, I've done both wearing automatic watches and never had a problem. The 7S26 movement in that watch is rugged and reliable.
 
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hantms said:
It's way too small. Maybe 20-40 years ago 37mm was an acceptable man's size, but these days it's mostly a children's watch.

(My kid broke his by the way, but with a sample size of 1 I'm not ready to call it as too fragile.)
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Not everyone ascribes to the gigantic watch craze. There was a time in America when the Hummer was an enviable car. Now it's just laughed at as someone who is compensating.

I don't own a SNK809, though I did seriously consider getting a SNK803 which is a comparable watch. It appears to be well built for its price point and runs well for my brother. It should do fine for most activities, though boxing I would imagine would be dangerous and uncomfortable. I mean, what if you punch slips and you graze the person's face only to drag the watch along them? I'd take all jewelry or anything loose off if I was boxing (I know I never wore a watch when I was doing martial arts).

The only reason I don't have a SNK803 is because I've too many watches already.
 
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I have one. Like it. One day it stopped working and when giving it a light shake it sounds like the rotor is touching the glass or some other surface


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sleepyhead123 said:
Not everyone ascribes to the gigantic watch craze. There was a time in America when the Hummer was an enviable car. Now it's just laughed at as someone who is compensating.

I don't own a SNK809, though I did seriously consider getting a SNK803 which is a comparable watch. It appears to be well built for its price point and runs well for my brother. It should do fine for most activities, though boxing I would imagine would be dangerous and uncomfortable. I mean, what if you punch slips and you graze the person's face only to drag the watch along them? I'd take all jewelry or anything loose off if I was boxing (I know I never wore a watch when I was doing martial arts).

The only reason I don't have a SNK803 is because I've too many watches already.
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gigantic is also ridiculous, but I'll agree that 37mm for a man is a bit on the small side. Most women's watches these days are in that range. To each his own, but even with smaller wrists I stick to 40mm to 44mm. That's a good range as to not appear feminine but also not wearing some massive beast of a chunk of metal on your arm. Everyone is different but I'm just giving my thoughts on what goes thru my head when I see a grown man with a teeny tiny little watch on his wrist. Doesn't mean I'm right and doesn't mean I'm wrong.
 
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sleepyhead123 said:
Not everyone ascribes to the gigantic watch craze. There was a time in America when the Hummer was an enviable car. Now it's just laughed at as someone who is compensating.
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I don't think that's a remotely fair statement.

Look at average watches today-- not large, but the median stuff that actually makes up the bulk of sales. Not Invicta sales, not Rapper watches, the bulk of stuff you see in mall cases and jeweler windows. The snk80x series is smaller than that. The 18mm strap makes it wear even smaller for a sports watch. If you know this, that's fine. Buy to your size preference.

If you're looking at pics of a watch on the Internet with no basis for size comparison and you're expecting a medium sized watch, you're going to be disappointed. I think that's the point here.

This might be helpful for the OP:

On the left is an snk809, the right an snzg15. The one on the right is a 42mm watch. The snzg15 is arguably one of the closest equivalents Seiko makes for people who don't prefer the sizing of the snk809. Just realize that there is a basis for the cheaper price of these, and that is that Seiko is using tooling from a time when sport watches this size were common.
 
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I have a snk cased watch, IMO it is the nicest Seiko 5 case out of the 4 or 5 that I've owned which is why I used it in my dial swap mod. I think it looks much better than the snzg which is poorly designed IMO. Seiko 5 uses the same size dial on most if not all of their watches, probably to lower costs. This dial perfectly fits to the size of the 7s26 movement with no overhang, the way Seiko increases the case size of a watch is by either a thick bezel and or a large chapter ring. Which works for a diver like the skx series, however, the simple military style watches have no chapter ring and a thin bezel. This is why the snk watches are only 37mm, by bumping the size up to 42mm and keeping with the thin military styled bezel the snzg has been left with a comically large chapter ring masquerading as part of the dial which IMO looks ridiculous.

As for the OP, I am confident that a snk watch can handle a great deal of abuse, it is after all the same movement found in the legendary skx divers. Although I've never seen anyone box with a watch on so good luck with that. Two warnings though, first don't expect precision accuracy the 7s26 can be all over the place, second don't expect anything in the way of water resistance Seiko rates these to 30m which is barely splash proof. I had some condensation problems with my snk just shoveling my driveway, keeping moister out of the case really wasn't Seiko's intention with these hence the 30m rating. I've since opened it up and replaced the o-ring and haven't had any more issues, but I wouldn't trust it to hold up under water.
 
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supawabb said:
asking whether you can box while wearing a watch is one of the most ridiculous questions I have seen posted to date.

Buy the watch, take it off for boxing. Wear it for golfing.
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This man is correct.

And the correct answer to any question that goes "Is the Seiko _______ good?" is yes.
 
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Gilby said:
I have a snk cased watch, IMO it is the nicest Seiko 5 case out of the 4 or 5 that I've owned which is why I used it in my dial swap mod. I think it looks much better than the snzg which is poorly designed IMO. Seiko 5 uses the same size dial on most if not all of their watches, probably to lower costs. This dial perfectly fits to the size of the 7s26 movement with no overhang, the way Seiko increases the case size of a watch is by either a thick bezel and or a large chapter ring. Which works for a diver like the skx series, however, the simple military style watches have no chapter ring and a thin bezel. This is why the snk watches are only 37mm, by bumping the size up to 42mm and keeping with the thin military styled bezel the snzg has been left with a comically large chapter ring masquerading as part of the dial which IMO looks ridiculous.

As for the OP, I am confident that a snk watch can handle a great deal of abuse, it is after all the same movement found in the legendary skx divers. Although I've never seen anyone box with a watch on so good luck with that. Two warnings though, first don't expect precision accuracy the 7s26 can be all over the place, second don't expect anything in the way of water resistance Seiko rates these to 30m which is barely splash proof. I had some condensation problems with my snk just shoveling my driveway, keeping moister out of the case really wasn't Seiko's intention with these hence the 30m rating. I've since opened it up and replaced the o-ring and haven't had any more issues, but I wouldn't trust it to hold up under water.
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I think this is in your head. It just looks like a normal man size watch.
 
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Check out the Sngz models. They are a bit larger. I have the Sngz013 and I really enjoy it more and more everyday. It is my daily wear watch but offers many functions I use. It is of the field watch design as well. Uses 22mm lugs.
 
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