Look at these Japanese brands for the perfect everyday wristwatch

Copyright © HT Digital Streams Limit all rights reserved. Look further as Switzerland to these three Japanese brands, the Seiko 5, Casio Building and Burger Tsuyosa for perfect everyday wrist watches. (Courtesy of Instagram) Summary Min wristwatches are versatile enough to work equally well in the boardroom as well as the pool. These three watches of legendary Japanese brands do so just without breaking the budget, is it possible to get that one versatile watch, one who looks at home in any situation at an evening to a formal black-tie event? The world of wrist watches can be confusing, simply because there is so much to choose from. And while there is always room for watches in specific styles – the dress watch, the watch of the diver, the Explorer’s Watch – many people actually mix the elegant with the robust with consistency. But versatile everyday watches do exist, and some of the best and most valuable people come from Japanese watchmakers. While Swiss watchmakers such as Tissot and Hamilton, as well as boutique brands also make some excellent watches in this segment for Indians, are too expensive due to import tax, or simply not available. With that in mind, here are three Japanese heavy hits that combine the romance of mechanical watch with thoroughly modern dimensions and performance, and also at entry -level price segments. Seiko 5 Srpe31 This Seiko 5 was my gate to the world of modern automatic watches. I have had it for five years now, and when I doubt, I still turn to it. I wrote a few years ago about the ‘Dreskx’ (as called by his fans) in this column, but the good appearance, versatility and toughness is something worth repeating. At 40 mm across it, it fits most wrists, and this portability is improved by the fact that it is only 11.5 mm thick and has a compact air-to-air of 44.6 mm. It is a beautiful Sunburst Blue Dial that becomes inky black, depending on the light (the series comes in many other color color roads), and the hands and indices glow like a torch in the dark, thanks to an excellent lum. The greased and polished surfaces of the case also play very well with the light and increase the appearance of the watch far beyond its price point. But do not be fooled by the nice look because it is a very capable watch with 100 m water resistance. For the past five years I have taken it on Himalayan, go swimming with it, as well as snorkeling and diving in the Great Barrier Reef. I think this is the epitome of the Gada (Go-anywhere-do-eNEnnhy) Watch Archetype, and the icing on the cake is that it is only £ 22,500 (and you can always get it for less than the retail price). Citizen Tsuyosa If I’ve ever been tempted to replace the Seiko 5 with a brighter, new watch, it should be Die Burger Tsuyosa (Japanese for ‘strength’), especially the newer variants coming in a fantastic compact 37 mm case. Citizen has killed it over the past few years with a number of wonderful automatic watches – especially the watches of diver – but none of them created the immediate buzz because the launch of the Tsuyosa series in early 2023. And then Citizen came with his own unique approach to the integrated design of bracelet sporcoses. I handled some, and I can say safely that it was made beautiful for the price (at around £ 40,000). The layout of the switch with the Cyclops on the date of the date remembers the Rolex Oyster Perpetual strongly, while the rounded bracelet with the polished center link compliments the polished facets of the Watch Case to give a premium feeling. While the original releases were unusually desirable, I found that an integrated bracelet clock was too large for me at 40 mm. So think of my joy when Citizen was transferred with the Tsuyosa in a more retro size of 37 mm earlier this year. I’m pretty sure a tsuyosa one of these days (months?) I’m going to enter my collection. Casio building EFK-100 Casio pulled a rabbit out of his hat in August by releasing his first automatic watch. The attractive building EFK-100 series appears to be a total surprise in the left field, as Casio has established itself as a ‘God-Tier’ watch in the Quartz watches category for the past forty years. From the ubiquitous F-91W to the G-Shocks (both of which appeared in this column several times), Casio was the undisputed value king of the quartz. It appears that the Japanese giant is also a good hand to create an automatic hourly hour. The new series exists in the same level as Sport Automatics of Seiko and Citizen, and together the three are now threatening to overwhelm Swiss watches in the entry-level segment. So what makes the Casio so good? Like the Tsuyosa, it is also an approach of the integrated bracelet style, with the watch box measuring 39 mm opposite, and an air-to-lice of 43.5 mm compact. With an impressive rating of water resistance of 100 m (in this it is better than the Tsuyosa, which has 50 m of water resistance), it is an everyday watch that, like his Japanese brothers, looks much more expensive than it is. The case is angular, sharply polished and very well finished and has a sapphire crystal, along with some of the most beautiful twisting buttons you will see at this price segment. Unlike the Seiko and Die Burger, who have internal movements, the building uses a Seiko NH35 movement, a total worker. Priced, it sits somewhere between the Seiko and Die Burger at £ 26.995. What is not to love? 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