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Seiko Essentials Quartz
Case
- Diameter
- 40.2mm
- Thickness
- 8.3mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 47mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Water resistance
- 100m
Crystal & dial
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Lume
- LumiBrite on Hands
Movement
- Caliber
- Seiko 6N52
- Type
- Quartz
- Hacking
- No
- Hand-winding
- No
- Complications
- Time only
Design language
- Case shape
- round
- Dial style
- sunburst
- Bezel
- fixed
- Bracelet
- lug-attached
- Hands
- baton
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Essentials collection · 16 watches
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4 colorways
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Retail$265
Nothing listed right now, and 1 closed in the last 90 days.
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Seiko on the secondhand market
+7.9%
2026 so far · +3.2% to +12.7% · 75 matched watches
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Dress watches as a group: +9.5% · 187 matched watches
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Seiko Essentials Quartz owners praise its high quality and value, highlighting its thin 8.4mm case, sapphire crystal, 100m water resistance, and quartz convenience, with the titanium variant weighing just 50g for exceptional comfort. The polished surfaces can develop fine swirls from daily wear, and the gold plating may wear off edges over time, requiring maintenance. The titanium bracelet's smaller center link creates wider gaps than the steel version, and some owners prefer to remove the 50m-rated watch for showering, especially if it lacks a screw-down crown. On balance, owners rate the Seiko Essentials Quartz highly for its comfortable, lightweight titanium build and convenient quartz accuracy at the price.
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