Bought my current Seiko digital watch in 1980 (not from Argos) for just under £40 and it's still telling the time with great precision (loses about a second every week or two). It's a bit scratched, the light doesn't work anymore, and the battery doesn't last as long as it used to. One of the reason for its longevity is probably that it's a very simple version for its time; I told the shop assistant that I didn't need to know the time in Hong Kong etc. just the time here, and the simplest version they had just told the time and date (it doesn't even adjust for leap years).
The Seiko advertising slogan at the time was, "Some day all watches will be made this way". Sadly that prediction hasn't come true. Seiko Epson Corporation, as the name implies, also makes Epson printers; the Stylus Color 680 was very good for printing photos although it wasn't marketed as a photo printer.
