Re-issued/Re-printed watch models are quite popular in today’s watch industries. Over the last couple of years, we often see manufacturers release “NEW” reissue/reprint watch models to commemorate their watch history and success. Just last month, Citizen collaborated with BEAMS, a privately-owned Japanese company, known as a pioneer of lifestyle retailing, together released a collaboration Citizen…
Category: Vintage watch
Strapcode’s Tropic Pro Rubber Strap
TROPIC rubber watch straps was first introduced back in the sixties, and it quickly became a popular alternative to steel bracelets for dive watches. Tropic straps are easily recognized for its design, durability, and comfortability that made them a reliable alternative choice of strap for both leisure and professional divers. Tropic straps were essentially…
GOMA! Beads of Rice Watchband From Strapcode
If you are looking to purchase an old vintage watch, what are some of the things you would look for? The originality of the dial? The condition of the watch case? Whether or not the serial numbers matches to the parts on the watch? Over the last couple of years, some watch collectors have turned…
Classic King Seiko 45-7001 HI-BEAT
We all know that Grand Seiko is the top-end line among Seiko’s entire watch collection. However, some of you may not know that there was a sub-brand, ‘King Seiko’, that was consistently competing with the GS line trying to become the company’s top-tier line. It all started back in the late thirties when the founder…
Strapcode’s ‘Chaffle’ Waffle Rubber Strap
Whether you call it a rubber strap, watch strap, watch band, watch bracelet, they all mean the same thing which describes a watch accessory that straps a watch onto ones wrist. The critical function of a watch band is to enable a watch to be held onto one’s wrist, securely, so that the time can…
Seiko SPB151 & SPB153 ‘Captain Willard’ 2020
After months of talking about picking up a new watch, I think I’ve finally found the one that suits me best. As I have mentioned over and over again about how I wanted a green color watch. The Seiko Prospex SPB151 & SPB153 are the reincarnation of the Seiko 6105-8110, which was nick named ‘Captain…
The Approachable 2020 Re-Issued of Seiko 62MAS
This year marks the 55th anniversary for Seiko’s involvement with divers watch, and of course there should be no surprises that Seiko’s first diver, the 62MAS, has been revived once again to commemorate their success in the watch industry. With the reference as the grandfather of all Seiko’s divers watch, the influence it had for…
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