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10 Most Popular Articles on GMT+9
Posted by: b_andersen Looked over GMT+9 web stats this morning with a cup of coffee, and thought I’d share with gmtplusnine.com readers the 10 Most Popular Articles we’ve posted since our launch 3½ years ago. Most of these articles are read hundreds of times each week. …
G-Shock Frogman GW-200Z-1DR on Amazon
Posted by: b_andersen Tonight Oxlar lists they only have 4 left in stock of G-Shock Frogman GW-200Z-1DR for $299 shipped. Click on the link, or picture below, to go to Amazon — and get one on your wrist before they’re gone.
G-Shock Frogman GW-200Z-1DR on Amazon
Posted by: b_andersen I noticed this morning that Oxlar lists they only have 4 left in stock of G-Shock Frogman GW-200Z-1DR for $299 shipped. Click on the link or picture below to go to Amazon and grab one of the last ones before they’re gone.
Casio G-Shock AWG-500J-1AJF — Good Design
Posted by: b_andersen When I noticed Casio G-Shock AWG-500J-1AJF getting harder to find on Japanese websites, I finally ordered one — a watch I’ve wanted since its release in February 2006. This watch is pretty well known on Japanese watch forums, but because it’s a …
Grand Seiko Automatic Mecahnical Hi-Beat 36000 SBGH003 Limited Edition Green Dial
Posted by: petew Had a neat moment on the golf course recently. I was looking at a thick bank of old tall trees about 150 yards in the distance. There was a light breeze and in the early morning light, the trees would catch the sun and give small sparkles….so you’d see a …
Casio G-Shock Frogman GW-200Z-1DR — ‘The Final Frogman’
Posted by: b_andersen They’re calling this watch (above) ‘The Final Frogman,’ as it’s the last of the GW-200 series released. Now we’re in the GWF-1000 atomic Frogman era, and those are expensive — they retail for double the price of GW-200s. The Final Frogman is a limited …
Casio G-Shock Tests of Toughness
Posted by: b_andersen Check out official Casio test videos featuring G-Shocks punished in ways that would break other brands. Click on the link below to go to Casio’s website and watch the videos. Watch G-Shock Tests of Toughness on Casio’s Website » ###
The GMT+9 Auction Watchlist #18
Posted by: petew & martback It’s been awhile since we’ve done a watchlist. Hopefully we’ve made up for it by including lots of watches we’ve never covered before. Our cover shot is a Citizen Recordmaster Chronograph. While I occasionally see these with the black dial, I …
Jean-Michel Cousteau in the Gulf of Mexico
Posted by: b_andersen Jean-Michel Cousteau wears a Seiko diver’s watch in a video posted three days ago on YouTube by the Ocean Futures Society. Click on the link below to go to YouTube and see the 2-minute video. Watch Jean-Michel Cousteau on YouTube » ###
Time to Wear White
Posted by: petew White watches are getting very popular. Up until a week ago, I don’t think I’d seen more than a few people in my life wearing a white watch out in “the wild.” Just this past week, I saw at least a half a dozen. It started last Sunday. I was at [...]
Plus Minus Zero Wrist Watch sold out
Posted by: b_andersen Checked the ±0 website today and — bingo — they’re all sold out of all versions of the Plus Minus Zero Wristwatch. I wrote about this watch a week or so ago (link). They’re still available here-and-there on the Web and probably in stores in Japan, but …
Casio GA-110 F-2JA Hyper Colors - Not that there’s anything wrong with that
Posted by: petew This new Hyper Colors Casio “Man in Box” edition has created quite a stir on some of the watch forums. The sheer audacity of the design has some claiming it’s the ugliest watch ever created while others love the colorful fun aspect of the watch. The “Man …
Plus Minus Zero Wrist Watch
Post by: b_andersen The ±0 design team lead by Naoto Fukasawa recently released a new analog watch. Made in Japan by Seiko, it’s called the “Plus Minus Zero Wrist Watch.” It follows the same ethos as Fukasawa’s designs for the Seiko Spirit Power Design Project. The design …
Citizen Eco Drive Dome - Super Cool Super Expensive
Posted by: petew Citizen Eco Drive Dome - photograph Citizen Japan Back in 2009, Citizen unveiled some very stylistic watch prototypes at the Basel Watch Fair. The one that caught my eye was the “Dome” model; a big quirky futuristic looking watch which looked like it’d be …
Seiko Life Sports
Posted by: b_andersen After my post on Seiko Fun Walker model SVAH007, I got the picture above and the e-mail below from an owner. Basic Info: There are three models in the lineup. The walker, there’s a runner and a referee timer. I get the impression they are kind of …
The Seiko SBDD001 Long Term Update
Posted by: petew I first wrote about this watch back in March of 2009. It’s been a little over a year since I first bought this one, and it’s becoming an old friend. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t strap it on for at least a few hours, and on those days when I can’t [...]
Seiko Japan Watch Movement Manuals (In Japanese and English)
Posted by: b_andersen Folks who want to do research on modern Seiko movements — for instance Seiko Mechanical Caliber 6R15 — can download manuals in Japanese and English from the Seiko Japan website. Click on the picture above to go to Seiko Japan’s website to download PDFs …
Seiko Fun Walker Model SVAH007
Posted by: b_andersen A decade ago the Seiko Fun Walker model SVAH007 would have seemed a technological step forward. It features a pedometer that records steps, distance, time, and calories burned. But time is moving fast. Now the watch seems out of date. An iPhone or iPod …
Casio G-Shock Catalogs
Posted by: b_andersen For those who haven’t recently been over to Casio Japan’s G-Shock Web site, here are a few links to download the latest G-Shock catalogs. Complete catalog [20MB] MR-G [8MB] MRG-8100 [2MB] Master of G [8MB] ###
Lorus Mickey Mouse Alarm Clock from the 1980s “Made in Japan”
Posted by: b_andersen Seikorati know Lorus is a Seiko brand, one you don’t see fanboy posts about on Japanese watch blogs. Lorus watches and clocks are the poor man’s Pulsar. Lots of luck finding a Lorus that goes for much more than 50 bucks new. Like all Seiko products, …
Seiko Watch App for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad
Posted by: b_andersen Nobody can deny Seiko was a top-tier consumer technology manufacturing company in the 1970s and early ’80s. Its steady development of quartz watch movements continued year after year, and incorporated new features that seemed miraculous. Perhaps the …
Seiko Spirit Military SBCA001 — Out of Production
Posted by: b_andersen A few weeks back I reported on Seiko Spirit Military model SBCA001 (here). I speculated the made-in-Japan watch was really out of production, and that Seiko Japan was still listing it on their website only while stock remained. Last week I learned this …
Seiko SARB031 — Seiko Japan Out of Stock
Posted by: b_andersen Heard from Seiya Kobayashi of SeiyaJapan.com in Tokyo this evening that Seiko SARB031 is now getting harder to find as Seiko Japan is out of stock! Will Seiko continue production? Seiya recently reported both Seiko SCVS013 & SCVS015 have been …
Chalk & Cheese: A Seiko Credor Pacifique and a Casio GW-3000
Posted by: petew I’ve said it many times. I envy those collectors who can maintain a focussed and tidy collection. My problem is that I just love watches. All styles appeal to me and I’m just not capable of limiting my collection to one or two themes. My last two …
Seiko 6117 Automatic World Time Featured on LP Cover
Posted by: b_andersen Found an old LP today at a thrift store that features Seiko 6117 Automatic World Time (link) on the cover. The record title “As Time Goes By” plays on “World Time.” The record is from the late 1960s. Wonder if Seiko had a “placement” deal with Pickwick …
Seiko “Wako” 6R15 Automatic from the Heart of Ginza, Japan
Post by: b_andersen Seiya posted on his blog today (here) about the release of the “Wako Watch,” customized Seiko 6R15 automatics. They are based on Seiko SARB031 (here) and Seiko SARB030 (here). The difference appears to be the watch dials — the Wako models have Roman …
Seiko SARB031 Made in Japan 6R15 Caliber Movement +5 Seconds in One Month
Posted by: b_andersen I just finished wearing my new Seiko Mechanical model SARB031 (link) for 31 days straight without letting the mainspring wind down. I’m pleased to announce the watch performed to quartz movement specifications. It gained a mere +5 seconds in a month. …
Vintage Appreciation
Posted by: Anonymous This essay was submitted to me by a long time Seiko collector who wished to remain anonymous. It’s a fun rambling read written by an admitted technology curmudgeon. In describing his love for mechanical watches, the author weaves his way …
Vintage Appreciation
Posted by: Anonymous This essay was submitted to me by a long time Seiko collector who wished to remain anonymous. It’s a fun rambling read written by an admitted technology curmudgeon. In describing his love for mechanical watches, the author weaves his way …
