smartwatch, but the level of overkill, given what you want, would be silly.
That and I actively do not want a smartwatch anyways because at least three of these apply:
Doesn’t show the time all the time (huh?); you need to do weird flick motions or whatever
Has heavy batteries and still extremely short runtime
Is a privacy nightmare
Is likely to become a paperweight in 5 years
while even one of these properties would be a no-go for me.
My personal experience has been that analog quartz watches often have some of those features
Do you know of any other models with a count-down timer? I’ve actually had a hard time finding even just the Seiko ones.
You would probably do best with a hybrid that has both kinds of display.
At this point, I’m considering that aswell.
While presenting these functions via the analog display the way the Seikos do is just so incredibly neat, using a little LCD panel for these wouldn’t be too bad either.
These might have the option to be be radio controlled or solar-powered too which would both be a medium boon to me.
I also simply haven’t been able to find these old Seikos in good condition anywhere here in Germany. Physical shops usually either only carry expensive show-off watches (Rolex etc.) or newer Seiko models and listings on after market sites usually don’t look very good or are only sold for parts. Although you did just prompt me to look again and I found an insert on Kleinanzeigen that looks very promising…