SSC700 Seiko Coutura Perpetual Chronograph 44mm - Black on Bracelet

Its perpetual-calendar mechanism accounts for shorter months and leap years through 2100, turning an assertive sports chronograph into a watch with genuine long-term convenience.

Why this watch stands out

A solar movement charges from light and offers up to six months of reserve when fully charged. The chronograph measures up to 60 minutes in fifth-second increments with split-time measurement. Leap-year, month, day and date indications share the dial with a power-reserve display and LumiBrite hands. Sapphire crystal, a screw-down caseback and 100-meter water-resistance rating round out the gold-finish steel case.

Our take

The SSC700 is more than a dramatic black-and-gold watch. Its calendar and solar movement are the compelling reasons to choose it, with the sculpted Coutura design making the technology hard to overlook.

• Perpetual Solar Alarm Chronograph
• Hour, minute, and small second hands
• Power reserve indicator
• Leap year, month, day, and date indicator
• Perpetual calendar adjusts for odd and even months including February of leap years up to 2100
• Chronograph measures up to 60 minutes in 1/5 increments with split time measurement function
• When the measurement reaches 60 minutes, the stopwatch automatically stops counting
• Alarm
• LumiBrite hands
• Screwdown caseback
• Cabochon crown