The first Seikomatic Seiko was released in 1960, the same year as the first Grand Seiko. From the beginning...
Read MoreHISTORY OF THE SEIKO WEEKDATER
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THE SIXTIES IN JAPAN
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Alarm wristwatches were always marketed to business people and the like, in particular as an innovative way to keep track of your appointments…
Read MoreGINZA, A NEIGHBOURHOOD STEEPED IN TRADITION
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In Japan, Tokyo has emerged as the leading city for the watch industry in the country, but that wasn’t without fearsome competition from cities like Osaka and Nagoya since the 19th century.
Read MoreTHE ELITE SEIKO QUARTZ OF THE 1970s
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As the world got accustomed to the novel new watch technology dominating the market in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Seiko was busy itself developing the Superior, Grand Quartz, and King Quartz lines…
Read MoreA SEIKO TOOL WATCH STORY
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We all know the Rolex GMT-Master…but what about its more affordable Japanese cousins, the Seiko World Time and Navigator Timer?
Read MoreTHE OTHER ‘MONACO’ CHRONOGRAPH
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Most of us are familiar with the Heuer Monaco, but Seiko also made their own ‘Monaco’ in the early 1970s…
Read MoreA LOOK AT THE SEIKO 62MAS
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A brief look at the legendary Seiko 62MAS…
Read MoreTHE FIRST SEIKO WRISTWATCH?
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In the early 20th century, Kintaro Hattori noticed that wristwatches were slowly starting to gain traction but that there were not many manufacturers at the time…In 1913 this lead to the ‘Seiko’ Laurel.
Read MoreHISTORY OF THE SEIKO MARINEMASTER
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Seiko’s made a lot of divers, and there are many that have stood out over the years. One that sometimes flies under the radar is the Seiko Marinemaster, one of their most heavy duty dive watches…
Read MoreA CRITICAL LOOK AT SEIKO’S GRAMMAR OF DESIGN
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Seiko’s Grammar of Design is well known, an edict of design rules established in the 1960s by Taro Tanaka that Seiko was meant to strictly follow...but did it always?
Read MoreSEIKO PRESAGE VS. GRAND SEIKO WATCHES
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While we know that Grand Seiko is clearly superior to the Seiko Presage line, the question is – just how much better is it?
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The Seiko Presage Cocktail Time ‘Mojito’ ref. SARY167/SRPE45 in Ishinohana Bar in Shibuya, Tokyo – the inspiration for Seiko’s Cocktail Time collection.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SEIKO PRESAGE COCKTAIL TIME
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The Seiko Presage line is unique, in that Presages are among Seiko’s higher end watches. The Seiko Cocktail Time, however, stands out for its combination of intricate dial designs and reliable mechanical movements…
Read MoreTHE HISTORY OF THE SEIKO KINETIC DRIVING SYSTEM
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With the popularity of quartz watches in the late 1980s, lithium batteries started to pile up in landfills everywhere. So, the question arose, what do we do to make quartz watches more sustainable?
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Seiko's caliber 9F83
A LOOK AT GRAND SEIKO'S 9F QUARTZ MOVEMENT
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When it comes to quartz movements Seiko is definitely on top. Even if Citizen currently holds the prestige of the most accurate quartz movement, Seiko has history on its side…
Read MoreTOP 3 MEN’S WATCHES UNDER $100
These three watches are not only great beaters, but themselves come with an awesome history dating back decades…
Read MoreTHE MYSTERY OF SEIKO UKIYO-E DIALS
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Ukiyo-e dials were made in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The designs were based on art from the Edo period. The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, was from (1603-1867)…
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1966 King Seiko Chronometer 4420-9990 / Credit: VintageGSKS
A LOOK AT KING SEIKO CHRONOMETERS
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King Seiko may have been revived by Seiko recently, but the best King Seikos are the chronometers from the 1960s and 1970s. Four different King Seiko models included chronometers in this period…
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