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The 8T23 is a true oddball in the Seiko movement lineup. Like the 6C12 in the Seiko Thermic, it was only produced in a short limited production span and then shelved. What is a 8T23 you ask? The 8T23 is the predecessor to what we now know as kinetic movements today.

One of the early concerns […]

Alexie Tylevich and Ben Conrad created the images above for Casio G-Shock. Known collectively as LOGAN, the dynamic duo run a production company with an office and studio in Venice Beach, California. Working with Casio was a natural for LOGAN. They’re the ones who make the famous “silhouette” TV commercials for the Apple […]

The exploding scene in Seiko modifications is one of the coolest things happening in Japanese watchdom.
In auto collecting circles, an interesting fork in the road separates the ultra-exotic rarities and vintage restorations from custom modified street rods. The former collectors treat the manufactured design as sacrosanct, and dedicate their skills to preserving the best of […]

I must admit it feels strange to wind my 6105 HOT diver. It doesn’t seem right. 6105’s are not supposed to do this, yet we all secretly wish they did. Giving a 6105 the ability to be wound by hand is a pretty radical operation, yet watchmaker Randall Benson has made it happen. By scouring […]

In January 2007, Casio announced it sold one billion calculators in the past 42 years. If you add up all the calculators sold by other manufacturers like Sharp, Sanyo, Texas Instruments, and HP, the total number must be more than ten digits long.

Casio is doing well. On February 2, 2007, Reuters reported Casio’s announcement of […]

Before SeiyaJapan.com and Higuchi-Inc.com, there was Harry.
If you lived in the West and wanted a Japan-only Seiko in 1964, one way was to travel to Japan. Another was to order from Harry’s Mail-Order Catalog for Christmas Gifts, No. 17, care of NIPPON MAIL-ORDER & CO., Tokyo.

The envelope above came with the catalog. Although it looks […]

It’s no accident the 1982 Hollywood movie Blade Runner featured a recurring scene showing space ships zooming past a gigantic electronic billboard projecting the image of a Japanese woman in traditional makeup and kimono. Part of Japan’s unique appeal is its disorienting ability to combine the old with the new.

Photos: ©2006 Seiko […]

Many die hard Seiko watch fans in America were introduced to the brand during military service abroad. In the 1970s, US military personnel were stationed in American bases in Japan, and traveled through the country enroute to tours in the Vietnam war.

The picture in the Seiko advertisement above is from a 1971 tourism brochure […]