Watches made in 1999.

Seiko put Spring Drive on sale in 1999, a movement wound by a mainspring but regulated electronically, with a seconds hand that glides rather than ticks. It took more than twenty years of development.

The end of the century is a sensible place to start if you want a vintage watch that needs no allowances made for it. A 1999 watch is old enough to have character and young enough to be dependable.