Seiko’s SARB Alpinist watch was first introduced back in 1959 as a watch for becoming a reliable timepiece for Japanese mountain climbers and other sports enthusiasts. Since then, there has been a total of ten generations of Alpinist models that have been introduced to this date. Up until now, one of the most commonly asked…
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Small Watches are the NEW Trend?
What is the most ideal watch size these days? 40mm? 42mm? 44mm? 46mm? 48mm? Are big & over-sized watches becoming less popular and fading away? Here’s a list of popular 40 mm and smaller watch models that we often see and hear about in today’s watch communities. Are small size watches dominating the market? What…
Guide to Make Your Own Strap
What is watch modding? To me, watch modding gives you an opportunity to breakdown, build, rebuild, customize, and to re-construct your time piece to exactly the way you want it to be. You can modify every part of your watch, starting from the watch case, dial, hands, needles, watch glass, down to the body/end link…
Strapcode’s Premium Sailcloth QR Strap
This is the first time I’ve got my hands on a sailcloth strap, and my first impression of it is that these sailcloth straps are incredible. Surprisingly, the strap feels soft to the touch, but at the same time, you can feel how stiff and sturdy the strap actually is. With the name ‘Sailcloth’, you…
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…
STRAPCODES Quick Release Collection 2020
Isn’t it great to know that by simply changing a watch strap with another can give a watch an entire new look. Let’s take the New Apple watch Series 6 as an example since I’ve recently just picked one up. Just at the Apple store alone, there are countless Apple watch bands to choose from….
NEW Seiko 5 Full Auto Silver & Gold SRPE71 & SRPE74
Seiko has been putting in a ton of time and effort to market and promote the New Seiko 5 Sports Collection in the last couple of years. Another 13 New Seiko 5 Sports models ,” SRPE” have been added to the New Seiko 5 Sports collection. Within the Sports design category, there are a few…
What makes NEW SRPE’s Seiko 5 SRPE77, 79 & 80 Special ?
Seiko’s New Seiko 5 Sport model watches is by far one of the hottest collections out in the market today. The first ever Seiko 5 watch, Seiko Sportsmatic 5, was born in 1963. It was Seiko’s and Japan’s first ever automatic day-date watch. The ‘’5’’ represents the promise that every Seiko 5 watch would have…
New Seiko 5 Smooth Bezel SRPE57K1 & SRPE67K1
Just last year, Seiko launched a total of twenty seven New Seiko 5 Sports SRPD models. The new collection were nicknamed the ‘5KX’ by the community, all with rotating bezels, familiar colors, a case design closely resembling the earlier discontinued “SKX007”. Just recently, Seiko has released several more of the New Seiko 5 Sports SRPE…
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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