Comparisons
Two watches, one decision. Side-by-side specifications, category winners and a verdict that commits.
Casio F-91W
Casio F-105WSame module, same ±30 seconds a month, same seven-year battery, same 21 grams, same $29.95. The F-91W lights one corner of its display with a small LED; the F-105W lights the whole display with an electro-luminescent panel and is 1.1 mm thicker for it. If you ever read the time in the dark, buy the F-105W.
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Casio F-91W
Casio A158WASame module, same price, same seven-year battery. The F-91W weighs 21 g on a moulded resin strap; the A158WA weighs 46 g on a steel bracelet and is 1.6 mm shorter end to end. Buy the F-91W to forget you are wearing a watch, the A158WA to wear one to an office.
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Casio F-91W
Casio AE-1200WHFor ten dollars more the AE-1200WH adds 100 m of water resistance, world time across 31 zones, a ten-year battery and a full auto-calendar. What it costs you is size: 45 mm end to end and 12.5 mm tall against the F-91W's 38.2 and 8.5. If it fits your wrist, it is the better watch.
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Seiko 5 Sports SRPK89
Citizen Tsuyosa NJ0150Buy the Seiko SRPK89 if the watch has to fit — 44.7 mm lug-to-lug against 46 mm, in a 37.4 mm case rather than 40 mm — and if you want a crystal-clear specification: it hacks, it hand-winds and it is rated to 100 m. Buy the Citizen Tsuyosa if you want a sapphire crystal and a thinner watch for $115 less, and the integrated bracelet is part of the appeal rather than a restriction.
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Bulova Surveyor Automatic
Tissot PRX Powermatic 80The Tissot PRX wins on every specification that can be checked, and the gap is wider than the price suggests: a named Swiss movement with an 80-hour reserve against an undisclosed calibre with 42, and 100 m of water resistance against a Bulova rating that is not expressed in metres at all. The Surveyor's case is that it costs $230 less, takes any 20 mm strap, and comes in a light blue Tissot does not sell.
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Hamilton Khaki Field Murph 38mm
Hamilton Khaki Field Murph 42mmSame watch, two sizes. The movement, crystal, water resistance and caseback are identical — the 42 mm is 4 mm wider, 22 mm at the lugs and costs $100 more. Buy the 38 mm if your wrist is under about 7 inches; buy the 42 mm if you want the proportions the film used.
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Hamilton Khaki Field Murph 38mm
Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic 38mmTwo 38 mm Hamilton field automatics with the same H-10 movement. The Murph is the design piece and costs more; the Khaki Field Automatic is the plainer, cheaper way to the same mechanics. If the Interstellar dial is not the reason you are buying, the Khaki Field Automatic is the better value.
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Tissot PRX Quartz 40mmTissot PRX Powermatic 80The quartz PRX is thinner, lighter, more accurate and $330 cheaper. The Powermatic 80 is a mechanical watch. That is the entire decision — the case, bracelet, crystal and water resistance are identical.
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Tissot PRX Powermatic 80Citizen Tsuyosa NJ0150The Tissot PRX is the better watch and the Citizen Tsuyosa is the better value. The PRX buys you a Swiss movement with an 80-hour reserve, sharper finishing and a slimmer case for roughly $425 more. If the look is what you want, the Tsuyosa delivers it for $300.
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Orient Kamasu
Seiko 5 Sports SRPD55The Orient Kamasu out-specifies the Seiko 5 Sports in almost every measurable way — sapphire, 200 m, solid end links and a tighter accuracy window — for around $40 more. The Seiko wins on luminous performance, service network and aftermarket support.
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Orient Bambino Version 2
Seiko Presage Cocktail Time SRPB43The Seiko Presage has the better dial, the better movement and the slimmer case. The Orient Bambino costs about $230 less. Both are good; only one of them is cheap.
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Citizen Tsuyosa NJ0150Seiko Presage Cocktail Time SRPB43The Tsuyosa gives you an integrated steel bracelet, sapphire and 40 mm of modern design. The Presage gives you the best dial under $500 and a 50 m rating that limits where you can wear it. They are aimed at different weeks of your life.
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Orient Kamasu
Orient Mako IIIIdentical movement, identical water resistance, identical bracelet construction. The Kamasu adds a sapphire crystal and sharper dial furniture for around $40. For most buyers that is worth paying.
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