Seiko 5 SNKE01K “PMGS” review

 

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Background

I’ve seen many basic Seiko 5 models and there are just too many to choose from. Some retain the classic vintage look while others come with interesting, sporty designs.

If there’s one thing I know about Seiko, they have myriad models of Seiko 5s that many of them have short production market life spans. Seiko does produce their best selling designs for years and drop those that aren’t profitable. Therefore they move on and introduce new models to keep the market fresh.

I don’t really collect modern Seiko 5s and it’s not often that a particular model grabs my interest. But this one did. It’s the SNKE01K and is fondly dubbed as the “Poor Man’s Grand Seiko” or PMGS for short. What’s so interesting about this watch?


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Sizzling Fajitas, anyone?

 

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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 way, it’s the same thing. It is an outright copyright and trademark infringement of the original brand owner and sales and distribution of such fake watches are considered a felony in most countries.

I’m not talking about homage watches either. A homage watch is one that is styled after a very well known and established model but with intentional visual alterations so as not to be sued by the original manufacturer of the watch.

Seiko, Casio, Citizen and Orient have been “guilty” of making homage watches designed after the ones from the famous Swiss brands -  Rolex and Omega to name a few. Alpha, AMF, Invicta and Sandoz are also other watch companies that have made homage watches that are almost close to the real thing.


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Hosting Blues

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I’d like to apologize to regular readers and first time visitors of Quartzimodo’s Time Journal. 🙁

Here’s why:

My blog was suddenly taken offline last January 13th due to problems with my web hosting service. I woke up that morning to check on my blog statistics and to my utter surprise and disgust, instead of the familiar blue themed blog I was expecting, this shocking announcement  greeted me instead.


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