Which is cheaper, the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse or the Seiko Essentials Quartz?

At MSRP the Seiko Essentials Quartz is the cheaper of the two at $265, against $1,795 for the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse — a $1,530 gap before any retailer discounting.

Which is bigger, the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse or the Seiko Essentials Quartz?

The Seiko Essentials Quartz wears larger at 40.2mm versus 38mm for the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse — a 2.2mm difference across the dial.

Which has better water resistance, the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse or the Seiko Essentials Quartz?

The Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse is rated to 100m versus 10m for the Seiko Essentials Quartz.

What movement does the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse run compared to the Seiko Essentials Quartz?

The Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse runs a manual caliber (Sellita SW210-1), while the Seiko Essentials Quartz runs a quartz (6N52).

Side by side

Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the HorsevsSeiko Essentials Quartz

Q: Which has a longer power reserve, the Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse or the Seiko Essentials Quartz?

The Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse carries a 45-hour power reserve against 40 hours on the Seiko Essentials Quartz.

The numbers, the dial colors, the calibers — laid out so you can stop flipping between tabs.

Cincinnati Watch Company Spirit - Year of the Horse

spirit-year-of-the-horse

MSRP $1,795

Seiko Essentials Quartz

sur525

MSRP $265

At a glance

17 of 29 specs differ

Diameter

Spirit - Year of the Horse38mm

Essentials Quartz40.2mm

Power Reserve

Spirit - Year of the Horse45h

Essentials Quartz40h

Water Resistance

Spirit - Year of the Horse100m

Essentials Quartz100m

MSRP

Spirit - Year of the Horse$1,795

Essentials Quartz$265

Full specifications

Case

6 specs

Diameter

38mm

40.2mm

Thickness

10.2mm

8.3mm

Lug-to-Lug

46.5mm

47mm

Material

316L Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel

Finish

—

Brushed and polished

Caseback

—

Solid

Crystal & Dial

5 specs

Crystal Shape

Domed

Flat

AR Coating

Underside

Inner

Dial Color

Silver

Black

Indices

—

Applied

Lume

None

LumiBrite on Hands

Movement

5 specs

Caliber

Sellita SW210-1

6N52

Type

Manual

Quartz

Beat Rate

0 vph

28,800 vph

Power Reserve

45h

40h

Jewels

Pricing

1 specs

MSRP

$1,795

$265

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