Seiko’s, both the Grand and the regular lines, especially the vintage references from the 60’s and 70’s, have become some of my favorites! So interesting and reasonably priced. And of course the company of Larry and the food were superb! Between the ambia

RDSChicago and I had a Japanese lunch today ( he brought a group of 7 Seiko’s , I only brought the Seiko Mod…I’m a loser! ) I fell in love with this Giugiaro design Seiko, it even matches my Katsu! My green dial Faktona on a Bund Thanks for bringing all t

My father was also a Camera buff and when he passed away I inherited two of his most appreciated cameras: a Nikon FM-2, and a beautiful and pristine F-3, designed by Giugiaro if I remember well. The first camera he gave me was a Minolta X-300, with which

Giugiaro (of primarily automotive design fame) was chosen as designer originally and then there were several rounds of remakes. Some of the Giugiaro models of Seiko are also officially named Speedmaster (Omega seemingly not having protected the name adequ

Or to give it its full name: the ‘Seiko SCED031 Spirit Smart ‘Bishop’ Re-issue On Time Limited Giugiaro Quartz Chronograph’ - for possibly one of the longest model names in watch history 😁 This morning I was attempting to do what the watch maker failed at

I don't know about the SUVs, but I was just a little disappointed when the Mazda 3 sedan went to torsion beam. The current Mazda 3 sedan is such a beautiful car - it really looks like something from Giugiaro. Just wished it had an independent rear suspens

Mazda's interior and exterior designs really are very appealing. However, they're going backwards in terms of mechanicals in many ways. Their small sedan, the Mazda 3, no longer has independent rear suspension (which made it a segment leader along with th

The caseback needs a different kind of tool to remove it. At least that’s what the seiko store told me. I’m not even sure if the battery is a stock item that they carry. Said store just got renovated so not all the tools were in the store. Believe it or n

Giugiaro made some fun collaborations with Seiko, such as this or the Alien series watches. Here’s mine saying hi 👋🏻

In the meantime driving is one of the most ubiquitous human activities so one no longer gets specially lifted out or prepared for it. Likewise, telling time is as easy as it has ever been and we still obsess over watches 😉 So wondering if there’s occasion