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Seiko Presage Cocktail Time SRPB43
SRPB43J1
A pressed sunburst dial under a box-shaped crystal, in an 11.8 mm case — the dress watch that redefined what $400 buys.
Street price
$375
MSRP $475
85
Selection Score
85 out of 100
Provisional
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At a Glance
- Self-winding mechanical movement with 41 hours of power reserve
- Date display
- 50 m water resistance
- Box-shaped Hardlex with anti-reflective coating crystal
Specifications
- Brand
- Seiko
- Collection
- Presage
- Movement
- Seiko 4R35, caliber 4R35, 41 hours of power reserve, rated -35 to +45 seconds per day (seiko specification)
- Case
- Stainless steel, 40.5 mm diameter, 11.8 mm thick, 47.9 mm lug-to-lug
- Crystal
- Box-shaped Hardlex with anti-reflective coating
- Bracelet / strap
- Calfskin leather strap, Folding clasp, 20 mm lug width
- Water resistance
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Dial colours
- Blue sunburst
- Style
- Dress, Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Small, Medium, Large
- Country of origin
- Japan
What we like
- Pressed sunburst dial rather than a printed one
- Box-shaped crystal, a detail normally reserved for far pricier watches
- 11.8 mm case height fits under a shirt cuff
- Applied faceted markers with a dauphine handset
Full specifications
- Brand
- Seiko
- Model
- Presage Cocktail Time SRPB43
- Reference
- SRPB43J1
- Collection
- Presage
- Street price
- $375
- MSRP
- $475
- Movement type
- Automatic
- Movement
- Seiko 4R35
- Caliber
- 4R35
- Power reserve
- 41 hours
- Stated accuracy
- -35 to +45 seconds per day (Seiko specification)
- Balance spring
- Not published
- Case diameter
- 40.5 mm
- Case thickness
- 11.8 mm
- Lug-to-lug
- 47.9 mm
- Lug width
- 20 mm
- Weight
- 82 g
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Crystal
- Box-shaped Hardlex with anti-reflective coating
- Water resistance
- 50 m (164 ft)
- Dial colours
- Blue sunburst
- Bracelet / strap
- Calfskin leather strap
- Bracelet material
- Leather
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Date
- Yes
- GMT
- No
- Chronograph
- No
- Style
- Dress · Everyday
- Recommended wrist
- Small · Medium · Large
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Released
- 2017
- Selection Score
- 85 / 100
Score Breakdown
RatingWeightPoints
- 25%22.5
Value
- 20%15.6
Movement
- 15%12.6
Build Quality
- 15%14.3
Design
- 10%9.0
Wearability
- 10%7.0
Features
- 5%4.5
Brand & Ownership
Selection Score85
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.
