BluShark's Top 10 Affordable Watches: #7 Seiko SNZF17 "Sea Urchin"

If you’re looking to buy your first automatic watch and you have $130 to spare, go to Google, search “Seiko Sea Urchin” and pick-up this offering from the Seiko 5 line. Calling it a near-perfect start watch is probably underselling it. With the style of a Submariner, The Sea Urchin is incredibly versatile with simple, but sleek styling, a reliable movement, and surprisingly good build quality. Will you mistake it for a $7,000 watch? No. Will it feel like much more than a $130 watch? Yes. 

Pros

• Versatile
• Durable
• Solid movement
• Looks great on a variety of straps

• May lack some of the refinement of a more expensive watch
• Many don’t love the “Seiko 5” logo on the dial

Specs:

BluShark's Top 10 affordable watch series shares some of our favorite watches on the market for under $300. These are not comprehensive reviews - just quick overviews with pros/cons for some of our favorites based on build quality, design, and affordability.