cazalea
[Seiko Moderator]
20969
Seiko World Timers, Part I
As regulars in this forum realize, Seiko produces and sells many, many products. Among these products are "WORLD TIME" watches and clocks. Prompted by a recent post by reintitan, I did some research on the Seiko site and scanned through 800 eBay listings (no, I didn't buy any, yet). I would like to introduce the watches in this post and the clocks in another.
A WORLD TIME watch is generally thought of as one that shows the names of cities around the bezel, and at a glance you can see your local time AND the time in other cities. To do this, the manufacturer often chooses to display city names, a revolving ring with hours that line up with those cities, and perhaps a GMT hand and/or date. I'll include a few non-Seiko samples, for your viewing pleasure.
and in black and white:
In pairs
OK, introduction over - let's move on and see some of the watches Seiko provides for the World Time watch lover.
AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT
BATTERY POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT, ANALOG DISPLAY
(by manual adjustment, I mean the user has to set the time and zone he's in)
With GMT and alarm
with perpetual calendar
with GMT & country flags
BATTERY POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT, DIGITAL DISPLAY
BATTERY POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT, ANA-DIGI DISPLAY
KINETIC POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT
SOLAR POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, MANUAL ADJUSTMENT
With GMT & Chrono
SOLAR POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, RADIO WAVE TRANSMISSION ADJUSTMENT
Women's world timer
with day of the week
SOLAR POWER, QUARTZ MOVEMENT, GPS SATELLITE ADJUSTMENT
GPS, SOLAR, DUAL TIME, GMT, Day of the Week, WORLD TIME, DIVER (everything but the kitchen sink)
Questions? Comments?
Cazalea
PS - Please come back for part II where we explore Seiko world clocks
Seiko World Timers, Part I
As regulars in this forum realize, Seiko produces and sells many, many products. Among these products are "WORLD TIME" watches and clocks. Prompted by a recent post by reintitan, I did some research on the Seiko site and scanned through 800 eBay listings ...
If Seiko brought back their classic mechanical 6117 or 6217 World Timers
They would give the Swiss brands a run for their money. I'm really surprised that Grand Seiko hasn't produced their own WT watch yet.
It’s complicated
I don’t think World Timer fits the GS profile. Remember even a small seconds subdial seems too fussy for GS. As you probably know, the mechanical watches come from the North SII studio, and all the spring drive and quartz and Credor come from the West Sei...
Its always good to be reminded of the variety of watches that Seiko make.
definitely some interesting pies - does rekindle the interest in a world time watch. Not that I really need one mind! Cheers JML
Seiko has unfortunately never made a proper worldtimer with a mechanical movement
What Seiko introduced 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics at the then high price of 12'000 yen was a watch with an additional hand making one full turn in 24 hours. The corresponding scale allowed to read "world time" with the help of a inner city bezel to be man...
Thanks for sharing this information
Yes, it is a mystery why they call certain of the watches "World Timer" when they might only have added a bezel with city names printed on it. But then who are we to argue with Seiko's marketing department? If they say so, it must be so ... we will find t...
After reviewing all these watches, I like this SSG015 best
It has that no-nonsense military look that I like in some watches. It's a chronograph with 1/5th second stopwatch and one hour scale at 6 (stops automatically at 6 hours), GMT at 3, and small running seconds at 9. By pressing the button at 8, the central ...
