Seiko

Sportsmatic

Name: Seiko Sportsmatic
Brand: Seiko
Availability: InStock

37mm Good Value

Low $229

Median $249

High $295

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The Seiko Sportsmatic belongs to the early 1960s moment when Seiko was making the automatic watch an everyday Japanese staple. Its attraction is in the details: applied markers, restrained dial lettering, and cases that feel dressier than the “Sports” in the name might suggest.

For a direct connection to the beginnings of Seiko’s best-known watch family, look for a Sportsmatic 5: the first Seiko 5 arrived in 1963 under that name, with a day-date display central to the concept. Don’t treat every Sportsmatic as the same watch, though; the name covered different movements and calendar arrangements. Dial originality deserves particular attention here. Refinished examples can lose the fine lettering and crisp minute tracks that give these modest watches much of their character.

MovementAutomatic

Case Size37mm