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Seiko 5 Sports GMT SSK001
SSK001K1
The watch that brought a mechanical GMT complication below $500, using the SRPD case and Seiko's 4R34 caliber.
Street price
$425
MSRP $475
86
Selection Score
86 out of 100
Provisional
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At a Glance
- Self-winding mechanical movement with 41 hours of power reserve
- Date display
- Second time zone on a 24-hour hand
- 100 m water resistance
- Hardlex mineral crystal
- Luminous hands and markers
Specifications
- Brand
- Seiko
- Collection
- 5 Sports
- Movement
- Seiko 4R34, caliber 4R34, 41 hours of power reserve, rated -35 to +45 seconds per day (seiko specification)
- Case
- Stainless steel, 42.5 mm diameter, 13.6 mm thick, 46 mm lug-to-lug
- Crystal
- Hardlex mineral
- Bracelet / strap
- Jubilee-style five-link bracelet, Stamped folding clasp, 22 mm lug width
- Water resistance
- 100 m (328 ft)
- Dial colours
- Black
- Style
- GMT, Sport, Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Medium, Large
- Country of origin
- Japan
What we like
- A genuine mechanical 24-hour GMT complication under $450
- Built on the proven SRPD case with a screw-down crown
- Day-and-night bezel insert reads clearly at a glance
- Jubilee-style bracelet is more comfortable than the standard three-link
Full specifications
- Brand
- Seiko
- Model
- 5 Sports GMT SSK001
- Reference
- SSK001K1
- Collection
- 5 Sports
- Street price
- $425
- MSRP
- $475
- Movement type
- Automatic
- Movement
- Seiko 4R34
- Caliber
- 4R34
- Power reserve
- 41 hours
- Stated accuracy
- -35 to +45 seconds per day (Seiko specification)
- Balance spring
- Not published
- Case diameter
- 42.5 mm
- Case thickness
- 13.6 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 46 mm
- Lug width
- 22 mm
- Weight
- 155 g
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Hardlex mineral
- Water resistance
- 100 m (328 ft)
- Dial colours
- Black
- Bracelet / strap
- Jubilee-style five-link bracelet
- Bracelet material
- Stainless steel
- Clasp
- Stamped folding clasp
- Date
- Yes
- GMT
- Yes
- Chronograph
- No
- Style
- GMT · Sport · Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Medium · Large
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Released
- 2022
- Selection Score
- 86 / 100
Score Breakdown
RatingWeightPoints
- 25%23.5
Value
- 20%17.2
Movement
- 15%12.0
Build Quality
- 15%12.6
Design
- 10%7.6
Wearability
- 10%9.0
Features
- 5%4.5
Brand & Ownership
Selection Score86
Seven pillars, each rated 0–10 and weighted as shown. The total is the sum of the weighted ratings — the headline number can never disagree with its own breakdown.
Ratings are demo data pending editorial review.
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Watch Brands: Seiko
Seiko makes its own movements, its own hairsprings and its own luminous compound, and it does so across a range that runs from a $150 automatic to Grand Seiko. No other brand covers that span in-house.
