You’re looking at things purely from an utilitarian standpoint. And in that sense, yes solar watches are probably the best for you since they’re accurate and doesn’t really require any maintenance like services for mechanical and battery changes for quartz.

People who collect watches like the idea of a mechanical watch where the entire watch is run by springs and gears. There is a certain romanticism to it although the added work required to make a mechanical watch makes them more expensive than quartz and solar.

At the end of the day you buy the watch that you deem to be the best fit for you. And I’ll be the first to agree that regular Seiko mechanical movements aren’t exactly value propositions.

Probably just a US thing cos I have never heard of such a thing until I researched Zenith’s (Watchmaker) history.

Honestly I have nothing bad to say about this watch.

The colour of the pearl doesn’t look feminine; it is very well built; it doesn’t have a date which looks so much better than the regular 556; the movement is well finished, the size is perfect at 39mm and the price is unbeatable.

Technically the no-date is a plus since it looks so much better without it

Assuming that your ring is made of gold, that’s definitely gonna leave a mark on it.