The popular Seiko ‘Tuna’ and ‘Baby Tuna’ watches aren’t ones that tend to make an appearance on Horologium, but as the temperature starts hitting above 30C here, the hot weather means that on weekends, my thoughts turn to resuming the… Read More ›
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NEW : Seiko Prospex Golden Turtle
Seiko’s popular and incredibly successful Prospex (Professional Specification) watches for sea, sky and land are characterised by their commitment to being built to standards that allow the watches to be used by professionals in each of those categories. Today’s post… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Seiko Credor Eichi II
With last month’s opening of Australia’s first Seiko boutique in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building it seems the right time to share with you a watch that is one of Seiko’s premium pieces. It is only in recent years that the… Read More ›
JAPAN: Watch trip of a rambling enthusiast
Today we have a guest post from collector/ enthusiast @crunchylatte in which he shares his horological adventures visiting some key Tokyo watch destinations. Enjoy. DISCLAIMER: These are merely the ramblings of one watch enthusiast, and all views expressed are his… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : the Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT
Seiko’s Spring Drive technology has been featured on Horologium before. You can read more about the ‘hybrid’ mechanical-quartz Spring Drive movement at the previous posts and how technologically and mechanically significant a development it has been for Seiko, but this… Read More ›
EXHIBITION : Seiko celebrates 100 years of watchmaking
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first domestically produced watch by the precursor to the Seiko brand, the Seiko Museum in Sumida, Tokyo is holding a special free exhibition. The first Japan-made watch was crafted by K. Hattori &… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2013 : Commemorating Seiko’s founder with an Astron GPS solar
Baselworld 2012 saw the launch of the Seiko Astron GPS Solar, an immensely popular watch about which I have written about before. The passing of a year brings us to Baselworld 2013 and six new models with 26 city names,… Read More ›
Does size matter?
I was recently part of a watch related group email (obviously not a rare occurrence), the subject of which was also clearly not a rare occurrence – watch sizes. The discussion was about a particular watch that someone is (was?)… Read More ›
ALERT : GBP200,000 of Seiko watches stolen after Salon QP
WatchPro have reported the theft of almost £200,000 worth of Grand Seikos and Seiko Astrons (including the LE model) after Salon QP last week. The watches were stolen after the Seiko team had put the watches in their car boot,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON with the Seiko Astron GPS
The Seiko Astron GPS Solar doesn’t have the clean beauty of the NOMOS Nomos Zürich Weltzeit or the classicism and elegance of the Patek 5130 World Timer, but as a purely functional travel watch (not to mention its accuracy) that… Read More ›