This is essentially a Seiko Monster, the main difference being the Starfish bezel and the rubber watch band design. If you look at the movement, demensions, dial, it is exactly like the Seiko Monster that so many have come to love for it style, heft, durablity and value.

It has a Precise 23-jewel Japanese-automatic movement (Caliber: 7S36). Since it is an automatic movement (mechanical watch) it doesn't require any battery, but you must wear it to cause the internal rotor to wind the drive mechanism. The watch will go appoximately 40-hours on a full change (ie. putting it on a watch winder overnight). Wearing the watch daily will keep the watch at approximately 70% charged.

The movement is solid and can be easily regulated by a watch repair shop (for little to no money) to so that it will gain or lose about 5-seconds per day. My only grape with this and most japaness movements is the inabilitiy to hack (stop the second hand when setting the time).  Although you can tinker with the crown to get the second hand to move forward and back, probably not the best thing to do for the movement.

The luminous hands and hour markers contrast well with the Orange Dial. The luminous hands and markers make it easy to read at night and make the watch a fully functional dive watch. I like that it has the day and date, unlike most swiss dive watches.

It has a 120 click Unidirectional rotating bezel (like my Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean & Invicta 9937OB). The fit and finish is very good for a watch costing around than $200. I don't have a large wrist, but I find the watch to be substaintial, without being overwellming. The placement of the crown at the 4 o'clock position is a great feature and it is engineered to make the watch more comfortable.

Seiko uses a harder, more scratch resistant Hardlex mineral crystal on its ISO certified dive watches than the Hardlex mineral crystal used on its Seiko 5s, so it should stay relatively scratch free. Seiko's Hardlex mineral crystal is twice as hard as most mineral glasses, but only about half as hard as the more valuable sapphire crystals. The one advantage mineral glass has over sapphire crystal is that it is more shatter resistant.

All and all a GREAT everyday watch at a VERY reasonable price.