Two watches were defective.  On the first, the florescent markers were different shades of white in regular light, because they obviously came from a different batch.  Some are brilliant white, and others are shades of grey.  This cheap, cost-cutting move makes the face of the watch look rookie, early 19th century post-war third world.

On the second, the watch would not charge.  It would run only in bright sunlight, but would skip seconds (indicating low power reserve).  When I took it out of bright sunlight, such as under florescent lighting, it stopped altogether.  Even in bright sunlight, it was running slow by 5 minutes every 8 hours.

Unfortunately the crown also doesn't screw down properly on the first or the second watch.

For me, these problems affect Seiko's reputation overall.  I started to look at Seiko's 6R15 automatic movement as an alternative, but the +25/-15 second/day specs we not that impressive.  Whether true or not, I now think that Seiko may take shortcuts with the 6R15 build too, just as they did with the Solar V158 build.  That became a deal breaker for me on buying another Seiko, even though I did a ton of research to find this Solar watch and on Seiko watches in general.

That's a shame, because I was looking to buy a higher end watch as well, the Grand Seiko Automatic.