Everyone Loves This Watch Movement... WHY?

The 7S26 Automatic movement by Seiko is a bit of a legend in the online watch space. But it does feature a couple of funky flaws that make it a bit of a dinosaur.

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[ryanjofre]

I just bought “The Grey Man” with cement dual
On Saturday!

[danschlacks]

I don't undestand why some people can't set this movement accurately. A very slight backwards turn of the crown stops the second hand. Not as convenient as hacking, but not difficult to do, and it results in perfect accuracy.

[Tyrone]

They dont hold the same value for money anymore, but before ali express they were the best affordable watches available, by a big brand no less. The movement doesn't bother me as mine is a dress watch I only wear on the weekends (I prefer quartz as a daily) and for the price it looks pretty cool

[clivenaylor]

I've bought NH-35 movement off eBay and swopped them out. Before the pandemic they were £13 each

[barrettwbenton]

Indeed, the older 5s are a mixed bag when their used prices start going above, say, $150-175. I recently got hole if a silver dialed variation of the black-dialed 5 in this video, which looks amazing (but it's gaining some 45 sec/day…I'll be taking a crack at regulating that puppy in a week or so), and paid about $135, which to me was fair. At $200+ I'd start looking at "Dress-KX" models. (Hot tip, which you might already know: you *can* "back-hack" a 7S movement's seconds hand - I do this mostly to make sure the minute hands lands where it should, when it should…which is terribly OCD, but here we are.)

[mrmycrn]

It's why i sold my Sea Urchin. It was a great looking watch, but that movement drove me nuts.

[milan.]

Or just when it hits the correct second, at that EXACT fraction of second, have to push the crown. This would be quite difficult in automatic though, Yeah.

[s.m.pravin]

25000 dollar watches like vacheron overseas and Patek Philippe Nautilus don't have hacking seconds. It's not that deep not having it in a 100 dollar watch. My seiko 5 snxs looks better than a 6000 dollar oyster perpetual and it will probably last longer without servicing

[saptarshimozumdar]

One thing I just dont get. If you care so much about accuracy why not just get a quartz? Imo the 7s26 is perfect for the Seiko 5, given its price. Also, why care about hacking or hand winding considering it will lose a few seconds, or minutes in a day any day. Not to mentiom, if you have a lot fo watches, and rotate it every day, then the next time you wear it, you have to set the time any way.

[insken]

They are all 3 bars too, which sucks.

[joeymorrison]

These watches will stop after about 12 hours of not wearing them

[oliverburns]

My watch can be off minutes and I don’t care 😂

[danielcooke]

I struggle to put up with being 5 seconds out.
Hence gshock band 6

[archiearchie]

Up to 30 seconds a day? Why not 31 or 59 seconds? Perfect time and accuracy, accuracy or precision. If the watch is +/- 5 seconds a day as standard, after 6 hours it is already 2 seconds out. For a £100 beater are you asking to much?