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 [...]
Close Encounters of the Watch Kind
Recently, I received the oddest email request from a reader from Santiago, the Republic of Chile who came across Quartzimodo’s Time Journal. In case Chile doesn’t ring a bell, it’s a beautiful mountainous country in South America with a super-long coastline stretching over 6,400 kilometers facing the Pacific Ocean.
Mr Patricio Abusleme, a journalist [...]
Seiko SNKF11K “BFS” Automatic review
Watch History
Date acquired: August 21 2007
Production date: June 2007
Source: Hing’s Watch Store, Malaysia
Price paid: MYR400 (USD121)
Status: In production
Background
I seldom buy watches on impulse. Usually I would conduct several weeks or months of research and mulling about before deciding to buy a particular watch. When my watchmaker took out the [...]
Seiko SKX007J Diver’s 200m review
Watch History
Date acquired: Jan 26 2005, Feb 22 2005
Production date: Nov 2003,
Source: Capital Mall, eBay
Price paid: USD98 (w/o shipping), USD140 (w/o shipping)
Status: In production
Background
The SKX007 is perhaps the most evergreen diver’s watch from Seiko. First introduced in 1996 to replace the 7002-series divers, it has become an icon of the [...]
An Interview with Higuchi Inc
This may be somewhat old news, but I thought it’s still a worthy mention in Quartzimodo’s Time Journal.
If you haven’t already read the superb interview at the GMT+9 blog, here’s the inside scoop on the man who has been highly instrumental in giving watch enthusiasts around the globe access to Japanese market Seikos [...]
How to tell when your Seiko watch was made (Part 1)
So, you’ve just purchased a used or new Seiko watch. Congratulations! Have you ever wondered when your watch rolled off the assembly line at the factory? In other words, when was it manufactured? Questions relating to the production date of Seikos frequently pop up in various watch forums from time to time.
Well, in case you [...]
Why You Should Not Buy From Replica Watch Sites
It seems that online fake watch merchants have decided to spread their wings and expand their wares to include Seiko, Citizen and Casio watches. This subject actually surfaced in the Seiko & Citizen Watch Forum several times this year.
Personally, I couldn’t care less about replica Swiss watches. There’s a healthy market for them and people [...]
Citizen Nighthawk BJ7010-16F review
Watch History
Date acquired: Apr 25th 2006
Production date: Sep 2005
Source: Gold Watch store, Pertama Complex
Price paid: MYR700 (approx USD202)
Status: In production
Background
I’m the sort of person who seldom buys watches on impulse unless the particular timepiece exerts a powerful influence on me that I had to go ahead and pull the [...]
