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Watching Movies: Arnold Schwarzenegger Refuses To Be Prey While Wearing A Seiko 'Arnie' in 'Predator'
Muscles, more muscles, explosions, aliens, and Seiko fill our watch-related movie of the week.
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The Best Seiko 5 Sports Watches
The Seiko 5 watch series traces its roots all the way back to 1963, when the Japanese mega-brand introduced the original Seiko Sportsmatic 5, a groundbreaking timepiece that ushered in the emblematic “five attributes” that define the vast collection today. These include automatic movements, day/date displays in a single window, water resistance, a recessed crown at 4 o’clock, and a case and bracelet made of durable materials. Stylistically, the watches run the gamut from dress pieces to field watches to divers, with all kinds of variations in between (the current shorthand descriptions are Sense, Specialist, Sports, Suits, and Street). Seiko 5 watches still adhere to those five principles initially laid out more than half a century ago while still retaining the famously inexpensive price points that have made them so desirable - from under $100 to the neighborhood of $500 for the more exclusive editions. Seiko 5 watches - rebranded in the collection’s relaunch in 2019 as Seiko 5 Sports, despite offering this diversity of styles - have a worldwide fan following, with many JDM (Japan Direct Market) models highly sought after by American collectors due to their scarcity. And for many a budding watch collector of modest means, a Seiko 5 watch is the gateway drug to a full-blown timepiece obsession. Here we spotlight some of our favorites. SRPC65 “Bottlecap” Reference: SRPC65, Price: $150-$250, Case Size: 45mm, Thickness: 13mm, Lug Width: 20mm, Lug-to-L...
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Buying, Selling, & Collecting: I'd Trade My Own Brother For One Of Grand Seiko's Hand-Wound Spring Drive Watches
Confession: I don't actually have a brother. (But Grand Seiko doesn't need to know that.)
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Hands-On: This Seiko LE Won't Make You A Better Athlete, But It Honors Those Who Compete
A watch that commemorates the World Athletics Championships 2022 and Seiko's rich chronograph history.
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Review: the Seiko new Prospex Speedtimer Chronograph World Athletics Championship 2022
review of the new Seiko Prospex Speedtimer Chronograph World Athletics championships 2022
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5 Reasons Why Grand Seiko is Better than Rolex
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Still In Love With My Seiko SPB143
James Stacey celebrates his anniversary with the Seiko Prospex SPB143.
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Buying, Selling, & Collecting: The Slightly Corny But Oh-So-Wonderful World of Seiko Prospex 'Save The Ocean' Dive Watches
Where Seiko wears its hearts on its sleeves (and dials).
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Seiko’s New Collab With Rowing Blazers Is A Stroke Of Genius
The classic Seiko 5 gets an insouciant preppy remix in a trio of limited-editions.
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Seiko Introduces the Presage Arita Porcelain
A modern-day specialty of Seiko, artisanal crafts such as enamel and porcelain are found in several of the brand’s collections across the price spectrum, although they are perhaps most associated with Seiko’s line of affordable, mechanical dress watches, the Presage. While past Presage offerings with artisanal dials were typically paired with simple complications such as a power reserve indicator or date, the latest arrival keeps the dial clean. The Presage Craftsmanship Series Arita Porcelain is made up of a pair of time-only wristwatches, the SPB239 with a white dial and the SPB319 with a light blue dial. The SPB239 is accompanied with a metal bracelet Initial thoughts The latest Presage demonstrates a progressive evolution in the watchmaker’s aesthetics. Traditionally its automatic three-handers have always had a date, but the date window usually looked out of place. That was especially so for the artisanal dials, where date distracts from the beautiful, hand-made dials. In short, the fact the new Presage moves away from the date is a good thing. Also notable is the gently sunken dial. It’s executed almost seamlessly with a clean, gentle transition between the two levels. This contrasts with past Presage models that had complications, resulting in sunken indicators. In fact, the porcelain dial brings to mind another time-only watch with an enamel dial, the Breguet Classique 7147, which has an elegantly sunken seconds. The only thing I would change about ...
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Interview: Seiko President Akio Naito Says Quantity Shouldn't Be The Enemy Of Quality
The man at the helm wants Grand Seiko to stay the course.
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Cheap Seiko vs Expensive Grand Seiko
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Watching Movies: Sigourney Weaver Wears A Seiko Ripley In 'Aliens'
There's a Seiko for everyone in our watch-related movie of the week.
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Hands-On: Grand Seiko Comes To Geneva With Its Most Complicated Mechanical Watch, Ever
Grand Seiko's first mechanical complication stole the Geneva show.
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Introducing: Grand Seiko Nails It With New, Non-Limited SBGW-Series Models (Live Pics & Pricing)
Manual wind, 37mm, seasonal inspiration – oh baby, Grand Seiko's got a stew cooking.
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A Week On The Wrist: The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Snowflake SBGA211
The Spring Drive Snowflake is a major Seiko fan favorite for a reason.
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Grand Seiko continues to expand their catalogue while Patek Philippe clears theirs out
We’re a few weeks into the new year, and while a lot has already happened the watch industry is not showing any signs of slowing down. Game-changing novelties and decisions are already happening, and with LVMH Watch Week starting next week and Watches & Wonders Geneva inching closer and closer you already know the pipeline … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Grand Seiko continues to expand their catalogue while Patek Philippe clears theirs out appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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EXCLUSIVE: A. Lange & Söhne X Seiko Watch Collab
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Loupe This to present rare Grand Seiko VFA 6186-8000-G for auction
You may have heard a lot about Loupe This these past few weeks. The online auction platform, founded by Eric Ku and Justin Gruenberg, recently hosted the charitable Pink Dial Project Auction, which raised $526,803 USD for the fight against breast cancer. They also auctioned off a generously donated Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711/014, which secured … ContinuedThe post Loupe This to present rare Grand Seiko VFA 6186-8000-G for auction appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Making The Case: The First Grand Seiko
Introducing our new content series highlighting the depth and detail in vintage Grand Seiko. First up? Naturally, it’s the watch known as the Grand Seiko “First."
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Recommended Reading: Seiko President Akio Naito Says The Company Needs To Be 'Awakened'
Straight talk from the new boss at Seiko.
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Recommended Reading: Re-writing Seiko's History With A Special Silverwave
New research in This Is Gyachung proves that Seiko's first professional watch came earlier than we had previously thought.
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Seiko Introduces the Prospex Speedtimer Chronograph
Seiko’s current offerings are wide-ranging in both style and price, but its mechanical chronographs aren’t particularly outstanding – a surprise given the Japanese watchmaker’s historical prominence with the complication. Seiko, after all, was one of the first brands to debut an automatic chronograph in 1969, the same year Zenith unveiled the El Primero. Closing the gap is the latest launch from Seiko, the Prospex Speedtimer Mechanical Chronograph (refs. SRQ035 and SRQ037), a blend of two historically-significant Seiko chronographs. The grey-dial automatic chronograph is based on Seiko’s 1964 chronograph wristwatch, while the white-dial version is modelled on the 1964 stopwatch Design-wise, it is modelled on the timepieces Seiko conceived for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where the brand was the official timekeeper, namely a hand-wind chronograph wristwatch and a stopwatch. But the new Prospex chronograph is a self-winding chronograph with a full-spec movement. So technically, it takes its cues from the the Speedtimer ref. 6139 of 1969. Like the ref. 6139, the new chronograph is equipped with an automatic movement incorporated both a column wheel and vertical clutch for the chronograph. Initial thoughts Seiko has launched countless vintage-inspired models in recent years, with diver’s watches forming the bulk of the remakes, which makes the new chronographs unusual, simple because they are chronographs. At the same time, they are aesthetically unusual since the di...
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Seiko's Ultra Rare Olympic Reference
Meet the Seiko 5718-8000 Counter Chrono.
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Wiz Khalifa vs Mia Khalifa, Seiko Spring Drive, and the launch of the first Tudor Boutique in Australia
Who is your pick: Roger, Mandy, Dudley or Julianne? I’m asking, of course, about who is your favourite celebrity with the surname “Moore” (Roger is the correct answer, of course). But this idle pub game received a horological twist in the Time+Tide office this week, when the team spotted two well-known and entirely unrelated personalities … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Wiz Khalifa vs Mia Khalifa, Seiko Spring Drive, and the launch of the first Tudor Boutique in Australia appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Introducing: Grand Seiko's Next Micro Artist Studio Masterpiece
The SBGZ007 Limited Edition is a fully engraved platinum showstopper honoring Seiko's 140th Anniversary.
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Introducing: The Seiko Presage Style 60's
Two new non-chronograph models, based on a mid-century Seiko chronograph.
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HODINKEE Radio: How 'Grand' Should Grand Seiko Really Be?
Growing and evolving while staying true to yourself is tough stuff. But we think Grand Seiko can pull it off.
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