We don ' t have a defense at all , there ' s that . <| sep |> No you don ' t . You do not really understand money . Money has two functions . 1 A medium of exchange . 2 A store of value . And the money in your wallet or bank account is about 16 % less valuable now . This without even invoking Brexit . May I suggest you borrow a few good economics books from the nearest library and read them before you mouth off on such matters ? Please ? <| sep |> Well call me Buttercup , I think we just went main stream . <| sep |> So I ' m very new to this whole watch thing . I ' ve always had a passing interest in watches , but haven ' t bought more than a couple . My student ' s income doesn ' t leave me with too many options , so recently I started thinking about getting my first inexpensive Seiko . I have a friend who ' s a pretty big Seiko fanboy , and he ' s the one who got me researching the brand beyond a vague awareness of the legend of Grand Seiko . One day in September I discovered the ssa 283 k 1 seiko 5 m d atessbautomaticblackdavis 160815 DAVIS 7 . jpgin a store window and immediately loved the size and the retro looks . Didn ' t have the extra cash for it though . So I spent the past two months quietly coveting it and was going to buy it in the spring , but then Fate intervened . I searched an online auction for Seikos , not really expecting to find anything interesting , and there it was , this fucking gorgeous chronograph I ' d never heard of . I considered my purchase very carefully for a total of five minutes and took the plunge . It ' s the 61380020 Tokei Zara from the 70 s . The SpeedTimer ones were JDM , and this has the rarer grey subdial . It ' s actually quite compact for a chronograph and fits my 7 wrist nicely . It ' s not in immaculate condition , of course . The case has seen some clumsy polishing , which has largely destroyed the original finish and rounded the bevels a little bit . Acceptable for the price I paid . The dial and hands are pretty clean , and the lume actually has some life left in it . While it doesn ' t keep time all that well , all the moving parts seem to work as intended . I have no clue about service history , but cosmetically the movement is clean , apart from a few dark spots on the rotor . Seems like a good service is all this watch needs . Overall I ' m very happy with my Tokei Zara it ' s everything I liked in the SSA 283 , but it looks even better and of course has a lot of that vintage charm .