Seiko
A Farewell to “The Last Samurai”
No, this post has nothing to do with the 2003 epic Tom Cruise movie that happens to be one of my all-time favorite flicks. Rather, a little bird told me that Seiko has very recently indicated that their popular and lovable titanium “Samurai” divers are well on their way to total extinction.
As [...]
Seiko Prospex SBDQ003 Scuba 200m review
Watch History
Date acquired: Mar 4 2005
Production date: Mar 2002
Source: Hang Thai Watch
Price paid: MYR1,248 (USD372)
Status: In production
Background
It may interest you to know that Seiko doesn’t make automatic diver’s watches with a chronograph function. I’m not sure why the Japanese watch giant chose not to when several Swiss watch manufacturers [...]
Seiko Kinetic SKA013P diver review
Watch History
Date acquired: December 20th 2004
Production Date: July 2002
Source: Emotus Time Culture, Suria KLCC
Price paid: MYR700 (USD212)
Status: Discontinued in some markets
Background
This watch happens to be my first Seiko Kinetic and it took me over a year to decide whether I wanted to try one for curiosity’s sake. Coming from a [...]
Sizzling Fajitas, anyone?
Recently, there was an interesting thread in the Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum about copycat Seiko watches. Copycat manufacturers are not to be confused with counterfeit watch makers, who blatantly pass off their fake products as genuine ones.
Okay, counterfeit makers would prefer to be called by a more polite name “replica watch” manufacturers. Either [...]
How to spot fake Seiko watches on eBay
Ever since I wrote the article on spotting fake Seiko watches in this blog, I’ve received many inquiries from readers asking me to verify whether the watch they are looking at on eBay (or have recently purchased) are genuine or otherwise. Although most of the watches are not really that expensive, they still have [...]
Seiko SKXA35 Diver’s 200m review
Watch History
Date acquired: July 31 2007
Production date: March 2007
Source: Seiko Company Store, Seattle USA
Price paid: USD140 (w/o shipping)
Status: In production
Background
This yellow faced Seiko divers’ watch actually took quite some time for me to decide. Yellow is not my favorite color in a watch (orange is more acceptable) and I think [...]
Seiko 5 Sports SKZ209K Atlas review
Watch History
Date acquired: June 5th 2005
Production Date: April 2005
Source: Chun Cheong Watch & Pen Store, Sungei Wang Plaza
Price paid: MYR560 (approximately USD147)
Status: In production
Background
When preliminary photos of the new SKZ207/209/211 Seiko 5 Sports models appeared on the Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum in mid 2005, it [...]
Seiko Prospex SBDC001 Scuba 200m review
Watch History
Date acquired: Apr 21 2007
Production date: Mar 2007
Source: Higuchi Inc, Japan
Price paid: JPY47,000 (USD429)
Status: In production
Background
When stock photos of the SBDC-series divers first appeared on the Internet in early 2007, it created huge ripples in the watch forum communities. It caused widespread excitement and speculation among the Seiko diver [...]
