# Seiko mechanical watch

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/seiko-mechanical-watch/

5 people recommended Seiko mechanical watch in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as self-winding watches that need no battery, and whose common movements can be replaced if something fails. Critics note costly servicing and timekeeping less accurate than quartz.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 6 of those comments still count.

## What people warn about

- Servicing costs can be high (1 comment in the sample): "I reached the point where it needed to be serviced and was chagrined to discover the service costs $130." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48836594))

## Other mechanical watches people recommend

- [Seiko 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/seiko-5/): 7 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Grand Seiko](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-seiko-watches/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.seikowatches.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Seiko mechanical watch", https://hackerapproved.com/p/seiko-mechanical-watch/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.