I received this item much faster than indicated. It arrived in excellent condition and is exactly what the advertisement indicated. I have been very pleased with how light it is to wear, ease of reading the face, the double security feature of the band and the fact that is offers both english and spanish. Since this is not the first Seiko product I have purchased, I was pleased to see that the same quality of workmanship still exists for this company.

I bought this watch last summer (2006) and have barely taken it off. I used to wear a dressy Seiko to work and put on a Casio when I got home. This titanium model is lighter than any black plastic watch, plus it keeps luminous visibility through the night (no need for a "light behind" feature). It still looks new after almost continuous wear for a year and the gold tones with the grey titanium band make the watch dressy enough for even the most formal occasions. For me, it's just about perfect.

The watch arrived without instructions how to adjust the watchband which has extra links and is quite large. The prongs attaching the links are very weak and with the watch being too large got twisted up and broke. Quite surprised by this mess as the watch looked to be of high quality.

After wearing this new watch a few days, I find that the band keeps snagging and pulling the hairs on my arm. An inspection of the band shows a very poor quality of workmanship. For a watch of this price, I am saddened that Seiko would put a band like this on the watch. Seiko's customer service Dept. tells me that Amazon.com is not an authorized seller of Seiko watches.

What more could you wish? It keeps fairly accurate time. It`s goodlooking, lightweight and sturdy, at the price I regard it as a very good bargain.

Leif fra Norge

This is a really nice looking watch. Keeps accurate time. Would recommend to anyone considering. Did a lot of research and Amazon had the best price with free shipping.

I both love and hate the Seiko SGF709 watch.

It is my first dress watch in lieu of my ugly duckling, Casio DB360-1AV, which is both accurate and functional, with a 30 page data book (handy for telephone #s and passwords) and 5 alarms (speaker included) useful for future appointments (birthdays, meetings, doctor's appointments 6 months down the line, etc.).

Whereas the Casio is ugly but function, this Seiko is gorgeous- in an understated way- but it is also primitive, with just a day-date display, and second, minute and hour hands. The SGF709 is thin, keeps accurate time (within a second in the month and a half I've had it), weighs very little (thanks to the Titanium), and has a scratch resistant crystal.

However, the second hand does not line up on the tick marks as an earlier post indicated. Actually the second hand varies making it difficult to distinguish time when it is between seconds sometime and near a tick mark thirty seconds later. This last item is one of the basic functions of a dress watch and speaks to quality issues at Seiko; the second hand on an old Seiko of my fathers lines up perfectly.

The above problem irritates me but I'm unwilling to send it back for repair. Now I think of the erratic second hand as a reminder to do better quality work in all of my work. Still, I just wish some watch manufacturer made a quality watch dress watch with more useful features that would for the most part eliminate the necessity of carrying around a PDA.

Basically, I was looking for lightweight titanium day/date watch. Seiko is probably (or at least as far I was searching) practically only brand that has these parameters in this price range.
Got a good deal, free shipping (otherwise DHL costs around 30-40$ to Finland). The minus was that Finland's customs, thanks to EU, slammed me 46,01 customs tax bill :( It still costed with taxes for me about 181 compared to Finland's prices: cheaper versions like SGG709 cost here 189-219 and this SGF709 would have costed even more.
To try to be critical - only negative notice about the watch is that seconds dial is not exactly aligned, it is 1/4 of a second behind. So - good but not perfect :)

hour/minute/second hands analogue face that is lightweight, sealed and water resistant to withstand slight submersion, has a secure lightweight locking titanium hypoallergenic bracelet, and an easy to read analogue dial with hands that glow in the dark after exposure to light. Titanium is not only lightweight but stronger than steel.

This lightweight dress watch was purchased as an alternative to my heavy Seiko diver's watch still running well after 25 years. The SGF709 has no alarm nor chronograph and there are less expensive models if you don't want a day of the week or second hand. But, I like the weight and features of this model plus my spouse likes the looks; so it was a great purchase.

My trusty Seiko of 21 years gave out recently (I should really remember to take it off when doing strenuous labor) and I went in search of a similar style. I received this replacement about a week ago and I love it already. It's light-weight and easy to read in the light or dark.

Thanks !
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM !
I"LL CONTINUE MAKE DEAL WITH YOU

Great Price. Super nice watch