I want to get the Seiko SRPK29 or SNKE or something but there is a lot of negative information about Seiko’s QC. Does anyone have personal experience with this and is the QC issues noticeable for the average person?
Most of the gripes are with alignment of the chapter ring and honestly most of the ones I’ve seen posted as awful don’t bother me very much. The movements in their cheap watches aren’t super accurate but they are pretty durable
I am not sure how to define “average person” in your case. For day-to-day use, the QC issues aren’t really affecting the functionality of the watch. Generally the QC issues are all cosmetics and it is more like an “eye-sore, unable to unsee thing” rather than affecting the functionality.
For the entry level 4R movement, they are a workhorse, durable but do not expect them to be very accurate. All my 4R movements runs 1 minutes fast in 2 days.
I also heard people say that they have gotten many Seiko watches with no QC issues. But if I got one and my did. would be something I would notice easily?
i own 3 Seiko, one of them has a misaligned cyclops lens for the date window. that’s the only flaw i found
Yes. They wouldn’t sell millions of watches every year if the QC wasn’t good for the average person.