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Seiko Essentials Day-Date

Dress

$275In stock

19 matched eBay listings

Case

Diameter
39.6mm
Thickness
8.8mm
Material
Stainless steel
Water resistance
100m

Crystal & dial

Crystal
Hardlex
Dial colour
Gray

Movement

Caliber
Seiko 6N43
Type
Quartz

Design language

Case shape
round
Dial style
standard
Bezel
smooth_polished
Bracelet
metal_oyster

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Essentials collection · 16 watches

Essentials Automatic
Essentials Automatic41.2mm
Essentials Chronograph
Essentials Chronograph41.5mm
Essentials Chronograph
Essentials Chronograph40mm
Essentials Daywear
Essentials Daywear39.5mm
Essentials Quartz
Essentials Quartz40.2mm
Essentials Quartz
Essentials Quartz38.9mm
Essentials Quartz (Ladies)
Essentials Quartz (Ladies)29.8mm
Essentials Quartz (Ladies)
Essentials Quartz (Ladies)30mm
Essentials Quartz (Ladies)
Essentials Quartz (Ladies)34mm
Essentials Roman Numeral (Ladies)
Essentials Roman Numeral (Ladies)29.6mm
Essentials Solar
Essentials Solar30.5mm
Essentials SWR049
Essentials SWR04927.9mm
3 more in this collection
Essentials SWR103Essentials Tank (Ladies)Essentials Tank Dress (Ladies)

2 colorways

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01The market

Market prices.

Retail$275

eBay listings

  • Seiko SUR356 Two-Tone Day-Date Watch Used in Box SEIKO 990008098Pre-owned - Excellent · US$115↗
  • Seiko Essentials Two-Tone Gray Sunray Dial Men's Watch SUR356 PreownedPre-owned - Good · US$135↗
  • Seiko Essentials Gray Men's Watch - SUR356New with box and papers · US$140↗

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Retail stock & market context

Seiko on the secondhand market

+7.6%

2026 so far · +3.0% to +12.6% · 76 matched watches

In line with the index

Dress watches as a group: +9.1% · 191 matched watches

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02The connection engine

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In a nutshell

The Seiko Essentials Day-Date is a quartz dress watch, with a 39.6mm stainless steel case, 8.8mm thick, powered by the Seiko 6N43 movement. Water resistance is rated to 100m, under a hardlex crystal. Manufacturer MSRP is $275. The dial color is gray.

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