Category: Seiko

  • Grand Seiko SBGT241 / SBGV238 Limited Edition Watches Honor 25 Years Of High-End 9F Quartz Movements

    Grand Seiko SBGT241 / SBGV238 Limited Edition Watches Honor 25 Years Of High-End 9F Quartz Movements

    Aesthetically, this opinion certainly is not boring. Like a proper dive watch, the unidirectional bezel insert includes the first 15-minutes in grey instead of black, although the mark actually line up with the indices — something you’d be surprised doesn’t happen as frequently as it should. The hobnail screw-down crown with virtually sized crown guards…

  • Seven Awesome Field Watches For Every Budget

    Seven Awesome Field Watches For Every Budget

    A field watch may not enjoy the same celebrated status as dive watches in general, and I am yet to figure out why that is. Field watches or “infantry watches” are more often than not just as capable as their diver’s counterparts: they have the same impressive water resistance, the same focus on excellent legibility,…

  • Seiko Presage Blue Enamel SPB069 Limited Edition Watch

    Seiko Presage Blue Enamel SPB069 Limited Edition Watch

    What more can I say? It sure looks like Seiko has yet another winner on its hands. The Seiko Presage Blue Enamel SPB069 Limited Edition is one of these rare watches which combines pleasant aesthetics with features (in this instance a tooth dial) that watch collectors and lovers locate desired. The only bad news is…

  • BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends November 30, 2017

    BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends November 30, 2017

    Another large difference between the new Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 GMT SBGJ227 along with the 2014 model is that, following Grand Seiko’s supposed secession from Seiko this year (in fact, a subtle rebranding), the GS Grand Seiko emblem alone today marks the top spot on the dial of all Grand Seiko watches. Here, too, the…

  • Seiko Prospex Special Edition PADI SPB071J1 Watch

    Seiko Prospex Special Edition PADI SPB071J1 Watch

    Continuing the tradition of a recent partnership with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Seiko has announced a new addition to the line-up known as the Seiko Prospex Special Edition PADI SPB071J1. When aBlogtoWatch announced the new collaboration back in 2016, it was obvious that fans of the brand were excited not only about the new color…

  • Epson Trume: The Most Advanced Analog Watch Ever Comes With An External Sensor

    Epson Trume: The Most Advanced Analog Watch Ever Comes With An External Sensor

    The Epson Trume is one of the world’s leading technological powerhouses flipping the table and saying “Attention please, this is what we can really do when we don’t give our stuff away to the family’s favorite, Seiko. This is the True Me.” Upon first hearing about it, the Trume got me as excited as I…

  • BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends February 28, 2018

    BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends February 28, 2018

    No caseback images available for now, but we can expect the perspective of this motion by means of a sapphire crystal window to be similar if not exactly the like the SBGJ005 out of 2014. As a way to further distinguish the model’s limited-edition character, aside from being more vibrant than its white and black…

  • Seiko Prospex ‘Orange Samurai’ SRPB97 Watch

    Seiko Prospex ‘Orange Samurai’ SRPB97 Watch

    Today, Seiko has released the Prospex “Orange Samurai” SRPB97 watch for the USA market, and for now as an Amazon.com pre-order exclusive. Seiko has not held back on rereleases capitalizing on the cult status of certain watches including vintage pieces but also even very recent models – such as the very recent Grand Seiko Hi-Beat…

  • BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends January 31, 2018

    BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends January 31, 2018

    The start of a new year only means one thing to us watch lovers, and that’s SIHH. It is this time of year when brands from the Richemont Group show off their newest and latest watches. It goes without saying then that our coverage of SIHH 2018 was one of the most read articles of…

  • BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends June 16, 2017

    BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends June 16, 2017

    The first atomic clock, on display at the Science Museum, London. Modern civilization owes a lot to accurate timekeeping and in particular, the atomic clock. As the atomic clock celebrates its 62nd anniversary this year, we take a trip down memory lane and look back at the history of timekeeping. In other news, one of…