Seiko 5 Sports

Gethin's covered this on the channel. The written review and scores are on the way.

An excellent, wearable white-dial field GMT that made him 'feel like a king'; only quibbles are a busy dial, weak lume and a thick glass back.

His pick as the best Seiko 5 currently available: tiny, light, beautifully finished, with a standout black dial and a bracelet well above Seiko 5 norms.

A pretty champagne-and-black 5 Sports on a heavy mesh bracelet that Gethin can't decide on: 'not my cup of tea' one day, secretly liked two days later.

A good-value family of in-house GMTs: 'they're all great' for under GBP 400, though he is 'not a GMT guy' and hates the friction-fit bezels. Sprite and Silver Cloud are his picks.

A family roundup of Seiko Steve's SKX-style Seiko 5s: tongue-in-cheek 'I hate them all' but for GBP 150-180 new 'you could do a lot worse'; he rates the SRPD55K1 and a gold-accent one highest.

A good-looking blue fake-diver he does like ('it wants to be good') but the two examples' bezels are all over the place, and he signs off with 'get rid of them' in the dedicated 5KX review.

His favourite of the 5KX bunch: a plain, all-black-and-silver 'boring' 5 Sports he loves the look of, held back only by a painfully stiff bezel.

A stunning black GMT whose bezel annoys him: he can't see why it is called Black Grape, and one example's bezel alignment is 'disgusting'.

A lovely, wearable blue-sunburst SKX reinterpretation that he calls a 'stunner', though the friction-fit bezel and cyclops irk him and it isn't one of his two picks of the range.

His favourite of all the SSK GMTs: a handsome silvery-sunburst piece he is 'confirming is good'.

One of his two picks of the SSK GMTs: a beautiful, eye-catching best seller that is 'not a Rolex, but pretending to be one'.

A freaky salmon-pink limited edition he wouldn't buy himself but can see the appeal of, with the loosest bezel of the lot.

A rose-gold-accented champagne GMT he likes: 'really good', 'absolutely proper'.

Dedicated review is lukewarm: a pretty black-and-gold starter Seiko 5 at GBP 159, but 'best left to the newcomers' for Gethin. (He is more positive about it in later videos: see notes.)

A smart little SKX-alike that he would never buy himself: great price at GBP 169, but bezel feel and the blue lume let it down.

Gethin isn't sure about it: a cheap 1970s-style reissue with a pointless 24-hour sub-dial and a stamped bracelet.

An entry-level in-house automatic for under £70 with an exemplary military dial. 'I think it's great.'

Not handsome, not pretty, not particularly well made, a bit expensive, but stoic and charming, and Gethin loves it.