The curious case of a Seiko Sportura SNG021P

  Some months back, one of my blog readers from the Netherlands wrote to me asking me about the authenticity of a Seiko Sportura which he had purchased via the Internet. Mark (not his real name), submitted me some photos of the watch and I took a good look at them. According to Mark, he […]

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 […]

Is it safe buying a watch from [insert seller here]?

“Hi Quartzimodo, I’m looking at this particular watch from this eBay seller. Do you think it’s safe to buy from him? I actually get this sort of question a lot from readers quite frequently. In most cases my readers quote so many online sellers of which some of them I’ve not heard of. Some would […]

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” […]