As many know, someone on TimeZone who goes by the handle hatcho-bori recently posted some pictures of the new SDDA Spring Drive Chronograph on Timezone. Here’s some more information.

There are two versions. One has upside down chronograph registers with a rotating case. The other has conventional registers with a non-rotating bullhead-style case.
There are black and […]

Sjors’ note:
I have a friend who has a bit of a cleaning mania. She also tends to throw away everything she doesn’t like at that moment. Once I went to her apartment and found only a shopping cart. It was propped open so it could be used as a chair. The walls and floor were […]

Go to YouTube and see three movies of the Credor Sonnerie. Click on the images below.

Enjoy!

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Last week, Mike November and petew had an interesting discussion about the viability of quartz watch movements over long periods of time. Mike is a mechanical watch enthusiast. He speculated that in the distant future replacement parts for quartz watches, like integrated circuits (IC), may not be available. Petew said we don’t yet know how […]

The goodies for this installment of the GMT+9 watchlist cover the time period of September 20, 2007 to October 10, 2007. Let’s start with some Casio products. The main feature is this AW-500 Galapagos. These came in multiple colors and the yellow is always popular. It’s good to see this watch […]

The Credor Sonnerie pictured above, with a solid gold case and 88-jeweled Spring Drive movement, retails for 15,750,000.00 yen, or $134,477.99 US dollars. How is that possible? Please tell me I made a mistake with my math!

Credor is a Seiko sub-brand. The most expensive watches Seiko makes are Credor models, although some “only” cost a […]

Alba Wired Delta Model AGAV700 | Image: © Seiko Corporation
Yoshinobu Kawashima is a star among Japan’s rock guitarists. He makes things that have buzz, for example, custom leather guitar straps and belts. Heavy metal buckles. Silver and gold-tone jewelry. T-shirts. And now he’s formed a duet with Alba to create a line of harmonious designs […]