The New Most Attainable GMT From Seiko - Seiko 5 Field GMT SSK023 & SSK025

I have the SBSC011, which is the JDM version of the SSK023.

I’ve had it for a little over a week and it hasn’t left my wrist. It’s a great watch; I’m a sucker for field watches, and always wanted a GMT, so I picked it up as soon as I could.

This is the perfect watch for me: I enjoy the look (sure, the dial is a bit busy, but it looks great in person and on the wrist). I also like that it has 100m water resist, and it didn’t break the bank either. It’s going to be the watch I travel with most of the time. It is very versatile, and I also don’t need to worry too terribly much about it.

Would I like sapphire? Sure. But I’ll just have a watchmaker swap out the crystal for a domed sapphire at the first service. Not a big deal.

The GMT complication adds a lot of visual interest. I enjoy it tracking the progress of my day at home, and I think it’ll be really useful when visiting different timezones.

I put mine on a brown leather strap, though I think I’ll use the bracelet for the summer.

Very happy with the watch and fully recommend it.

Great video

I'm happy. 39,4 perfect for my wrist. 🙃

Can I wear my PRX while showering? I have a gold 40mm Quartz.

My AD is so generous to give a good discount so I purchased both.. I LOVE THEM!

Got the ssk023 today at 20% off retail in dxb. Pretty looking watch, good finish.

Dial is very busy, but that’s not my biggest issue: I can’t ever recommend a Seiko 5 until Seiko stops acting like a petulant child and uses sapphire on their entry level pieces.

The price is not an issue. Seiko has to grow up.

Really eye balling the silver one. However that price is a bit steep, coming from my timex titanium expedition. it was $360 that I got for 280. sapphire front and back and 200m of water resistance not the most accurate though. Has anyone bought this watch? curious as to what people think of it.

I tried them on and they felt cheap and slightly too small.
Worth 300 bucks max

If the numerals had been lumed it would've been nearly perfect. Without lumed numbers, not so much. Close, but no cigar.

Teddy I need a review from you of the Laco Cuxhaven

I always take off my watch when i do that

These are more expensive than the ssk gmt divers right? A price undercut them??? Very confused.

those inner 13-24 o’clock markers are a mistake 😢

Nice watch but the GMT hand is quite aweful.

I dont understand the logic behind having the 24 hour inner track and a 24 hour bezel. It makes it way too busy.

Why do most watches call the second time zone feature "GMT"?

Ordered the SSK023 from your store just now, Teddy. Looking forward to unboxing my new watch in a few days

that's a very nice watch from Seiko.

I love the white dial version which is only available in Japan.

So the numbers are not lumed? pretty disappointing.

I could care less about the Hardlex crystal. When I pick one of these up, it’s to replace my dearly loved, totally beat to crap 42mm Seiko field watch that only has about 12 hrs power reserve on it. Every scratch and ding has a story. So many of them that they’re hard to remember. It survived the last ten years of police work and I still wear it often. This is the perfect replacement, and it will get just as beat

Wish they had of released the Japanese white version internationally

lovely....another 1 I now want!

what the fuck are those hands...

Way too busy… too many damn numbers

Damn it, I thought I was done buying Seikos.

love this

Yep, they coulda put on a better bracelet, and a better crystal, and then it would cost more. Isn't that the point of not putting the best stuff on watches that charge reasonable prices?

So are the numbers a yellow color or green color depending on the white or black dial or are the numbers white?

Too bad the numbers aren't lumed, otherwise this could have been my every day watch. It's got everything I look for (minus lumed numbers).

Dam Who’s hands are those?😬

Nice coat, bruh.

Seiko still taking advantage of their customers. Nobody should buy a watch over $200 that doesn’t have a sapphire there’s no excuse. If I can buy sapphire faces wholesale for around $10-$12 imagine what they could get them for.

As far as "cheap" watches isn't there a Vostok GMT?

Nice, reliable, cheap . Two beautiful GMT watches .

Why would they not lume the numbers?

I've been waiting for and hoping you'd review these. I picked up a SSK023 a month ago from overseas, and I'm loving it. It's now my go-to GMT watch.

Without suphire glass i can't purchase seiko 5 gmt

If you look at the quality you can get for just over 1k. Probably the equivalent to something double the price if you are going to a store to to buy a watch then It’s worth paying the extra money and personally I would have SSK gmt sekio released a couple of years ago over these two new watches.

The GMT they released two years ago, was very nice. This thing is not so nice.

i love how useless the feature is for me, but when someone asks ill lie and say it actually is lol

He speaks so quickly, that it's hard to understand.

Cute explorer ripoff. May have to pick one up for fun.

Just get the Hamilton Khaki. This watch is dog poop

Need the white dial version for the field option.

Beast review on YT - keep up the quality. Appreciated.

I bought them both. Very pleased with them. The ssk023 is a great size and the bracelet is super comfortable. The ssk025 is awesome except for the leather double pass strap. Toss it, I put it on a white stitch epsom. Beautiful. 👍🏼 Rock on Teddy!