Although manufactered in Malaysia, it still has the Seiko guts and keeps great time.  I love the simplicity of the watch and contrary to being able to set the day and time, all you have to do is pull the stem out halfway, turn it clockwise until you get the day and  counterclockwise until you get the date.  Easy as that.  I always set both for the day before, pull the stem out all the way, and turn it forward until it changes to today's date.  You know your at AM so depending on the time, turn the hands until it matches, PM would be all the way around 12 again.  Simple.