I bought this watch after seeing a program about how the Seiko kinetic movement is manufactured, which I thought was extremely impressive, combining the precision engineering and self winding capacity with the accuracy and long run time of battery operated quartz watches. I have a love for clockwork but I find 36 hour springs frustrating so naturally I decided I wanted one.

The problem; I can't even begin to afford a Seiko.
Solution: Pulsar; these use the same movements as Seiko and are built to the same quality but at a fraction of the cost.

I purchased my watch online, which is a big gamble on a watch, but I was very impressed by it. It has a very good feel of quality and has a nice weight to it. The face is easy to read and the catch is very good, although initially it was overly stiff.

As of yet I have not left the watch unworn for more than a day so I cannot comment on the claimed 6 month charge stored in the capacitor but I have no reason to doubt this.

Overall I am very pleased with the watch, it is certainly a vast improvement anything I have owned before and it feels like it is going to last. At £125 this is not cheap for a watch, but when compared to Seiko watches with the same YT57 movement it starts to make sense. It makes even more sense if, like me, you can get a brand new one complete with warrantee but with a small scratch on the face for £37 that can be repaired for £5 at a local jewellers!