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Seiko Men's Flight Alarm Chronograph Watch #SNA411 | 
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| Brand: Seiko
Category: Watch
Department: Mens
List Price: $475.00
Buy New: $249.00
You Save: $226.00 (48%)
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Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 451
Band Material: stainless-steel
Bezel Material: stainless-steel
Case Diameter: 42
Case Material: stainless-steel
Case Thickness: 13
Clasp: push-button-fold-over-with-safety
Dial Color: black
Dial Window Material Type: hardlex
Watch Movement Type: japanese-quartz
Water Resistance Depth: 660
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 4.7 x 3.4
MPN: SNA411
Model: SNA411
UPC: 029665131362
EAN: 4954628016263
ASIN: B00068TJM6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Japanese-quartz movement | | • | Hardlex crystal | | • | Case diameter: 42 mm | | • | Stainless-steel case; Black dial; Date function; Chronograph functions | | • | Water-resistant to 200 M (660 feet) |
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Product Description
Men's stainless steel, Seiko chronograph flight computer watch features a black dial with a navigational computations, fuel consumption calculations and flight climb calculations. The watch is 200 meters water resistant.
Amazon.com Product Description
Whether you're a pilot or you simply want a high-performance, features-packed timepiece, this flight chronograph watch is sure to please. It has a round black dial, with luminous markers and large luminous hands, set in a coin-edged stainless steel bezel. The watch features a date window at the three o'clock position and three sub-dials. Its stopwatch feature can measure up to sixty minutes in 1/5-second increments. The alarm, a two-hand sub-dial, can be set on a twelve-hour basis, and it doubles as an international travel clock since the alarm hands can be set to indicate the time in a different time zone. This watch also has a bi-directional rotating slide rule bezel for performing many types of calculations. Other features include a scratch-resistant curved Hardlex crystal and a screw-down crown and caseback. The watch is presented on a stainless steel link bracelet that fastens with fold-over push button clasp. Water-tested to 200 meters, the watch is suitable for skin diving. It has a battery life of two to three years.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 Nice... January 7, 2009
JP
I will have to follow this up with a more extensive video review, but for now here are the highlights.
1) It arrived on time with free holiday shipping from amazon.com. PLUS
2) It arrived without protective plastic covering the crystal, case back, crown and pushers, or bracelet. MINUS
3) It also arrived with a slight scratch on one of the link-segments on the band. Since it was the polished portion of the link segment, it was very noticeable. ** BIG MINUS ** , but I remedied this by choosing this link segment as the links I would remove when I was sizing the bracelet, so no harm, no foul.
4) The bracelet measures just over 21mm consistently all the way around (no tapering), is solid stainless steel, and has solid end links. Also, it was erroneously reported as being a 3-link band (two brushed links on the outside and one polished link in the center with a vertical crease). In sizing the bracelet and moving the links, I quickly learned that it is actually a 4-link bracelet since the polished center is actually made up of TWO links side by side, each with a brushed link on either end (brushed+polished+ polished+ brushed). I
5) Diameter of case/bezel is listed as 42mm (w/o the crown), but it seems to be closer to 40mm.
6) Dial - The dial is protected by a domed Hardlex mineral crystal that does a magnificent job magnifying the fine writing of the EB6 rule, Telemeter, and Tachometer, and all other info including he date on the face/dial.
The domed crystal also does an excellent job throwing back a lot of LIGHT and shimmer to onlookers, so it tends to get a lot of WOW responses.
7) The bezel is non-ratcheting and bidirectional. It has a highly polished coined edge. It has a very solid and smooth in its movement.
8) The weight and balance is just right. It is slightly lighter than the Seiko "Monster" divers, about the same weight as my Omega 40mm (heavier than a Chase Durer Pilot Commander Alarm chronograph).
9) The alarm (located at the 6 o'clock position) can be used as a GMT to track a secondary time zone. It has its own fully independent minute and hour hands, so this is quite nice.
10) The chronograph second hand (the BIG second hand) and chronograph hour hand (in the small sub-dial nearest to the 12 o'clock position) are in bright yellow. All other hands are in stainless steel with or without lumibrite (luminescent paint for glowing in the dark). The chronograph sub-dials at 12 and 9 o'clock are outlined in white paint, but the alarm sub-dial a 6 o'clock is nicely outlined with a stainless steel circle/ring.
11) The crown and pushers are all screw down and the threads are very well engineered. This allows not only for the true 200 meter depth water resistance rating, but also keeps dust and moisture out of the watch. Dust and moisture are the biggest enemies of any all watches, regardless of the price-point.
12) ALL the chronograph hands and sub-dials can be manually reset to "zero" or manually aligned with the pushers if the need ever arose.
Conclusion: This is a dressy watch. The picture really do not do it justice. I purchased both this watch, as well as the Chase Durer Pilot Commander Alarm chronograph. This one for dressier, more formal attire while the Chase Durer for more casual occasions. Both watches have Japanese quartz movements and respective of style, quality, and function, they are easily on par with or better than most if not all of the other watches in my collection, including several well-known swiss automatics costing $3200 to $4000 each.
The only thing I would change about the Seiko SNA411 is the crystal. This is my first time owning a watch with a Hardlex crystal, and besides my Casio beater watch, all the other watches in my collection have sapphire anti-reflective crystals, which I've never had scratch, shatter, or fracture on me...so we'll see how this Hardlex holds up, especially in it's domed and slightly protruding fashion.
BTW - for all those considering automatics, consider this...what I've found out in extensively researching before making my recent purchases:
1) Automatics MUST be cleaned/lubricated/"maintained" every 2-3 years, which runs anywhere from $150 to $399 for EACH automatic watch....depending on the brand and complication of the movement (basically, the more you paid for the watch the more the jeweler will charge you)
2) Automatics are not even remotely close to as accurate as quartz watches. Quartz are usually accurate within +/- 5 to 15 seconds a month, whereas automatics are usually +/- 5 to 15 seconds a day (for there best swiss movements).
3) Seiko invented the world's first quartz wristwatch - the 35SQ Astron Watch - in Tokyo on Christmas day, 1969.
4) Quartz movements only require a quick and relatively inexpensive battery change every 2-3 years, some even every 10 years, and if the movements ever get so bad that an overhaul is needed (I've never heard of this happening, but anything is possible), you can buy an entire new movement wholesale from between $30 - $80 and find a friendly jeweler to install it for you. With one of my better known swiss automatics, before I invested in a watch-winder ($199) to keep it constantly in motion to keep the internal 37-jeweled parts lubricated, it cost me $750 for a complete overhaul when the movement went bad after 4 years. AND that was DISCOUNTED!!!
It's nice owning swiss automatics (prestige, hype, exclusivity), but not that nice. After buying one of them, I always have a bad taste in my mouth...like I know I just got ripped off...no matter how much "swiss watch-masters hand-made craftsmanship" the sales person touted about). With my two purchases of the Seiko SNA411 and the Chase Durer Pilot Commander, I've never felt so good about a luxury watch purchase.
I'll take a high-quality quartz watch (swiss or japan movement) any day over ANY of my swiss automatics now that I know better. So go out, find a watch that suits you...enjoy it :-) I know I will be enjoying BOTH of my latest additions :-)
 seiko flite alarm watch January 6, 2009
M. B. Wapner (Jupiter FL)
good looking and accurate -- excellent price -- One gripe -- the instructions are a little difficult for a 76 year old
Nice Watch December 25, 2008
decent_lion (San Francisco ,USA)
Its a nise watch. Worth its price. Dial is bit smaller ,as compared to what it appears in the pic. Experience with seller was good. Delivery was on right time. Watch box could have been little better. Overall its a nise colllector's item.
Awesome Watch! December 8, 2008
Nik sea
I was looking for a Chronograph watch for a long time. I wanted a well made, well weighed watch. So my search took a long way until I saw this one! What a great watch! A well built sturdy watch. One can buy this with his eyes closed. But After looking at it once, it is very difficult to take our eyes off! I am amazed by the Seiko quality. They know their job! Also like many said, the pic does not do justice. It just swallowed its convex glass and its curved interior!
Also amazon is a great place to buy. They delivered my watch on time in a very good packing with all the leaflets, warranty card, etc.
So anyone who likes to have a watch with his macho attitude written all over, Go for this!
Great Watch December 4, 2008
C. Hotovec (Kansas City, KS USA)
I've only had the watch for about a week, but so far it's great. The size is a little smaller than i had imagined but no complaints here. The numbers are rather small but still usable.
Great Deal!
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