Hardlex at the ~500€ price point isn’t great. However, I wanted a small-ish quartz diver, and am really (really!) happy with my Seiko SNE:
Beautiful dial design (admittedly reminiscent of the Submariner)
Suitable for smaller wrists (38,5 mm diameter)
The bezel insert actually has good typography (which the Tissot Seamster doesn’t, unfortunately, and even brands like Omega don’t always get right; this is subjective, however)
Solar, so no battery/capacitor changes for at least a decade
Sapphire crystal
Excellent Lumibrite lume typical of Seiko
Thin! (10,7 mm thickness)
Standard 20mm lug width
In mine, the seconds hand lines up with the markers, as does the bezel
The marked 529€ price is too high for it but I got it for under 285€ shipped, and it can be had for about 300€ pretty much at any given time. I say it’s excellent value. I’m not sure I know a comparable quartz diver.
Hardlex at the ~500€ price point isn’t great. However, I wanted a small-ish quartz diver, and am really (really!) happy with my Seiko SNE:
The marked 529€ price is too high for it but I got it for under 285€ shipped, and it can be had for about 300€ pretty much at any given time. I say it’s excellent value. I’m not sure I know a comparable quartz diver.