Editor’s note:
I recently wrote an article about the font on my Ricoh pocket watch being based on the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson. In comments to the article, my GMT+9 colleague Tempus Fugitive (Jim) asked for more information about the font. Part of our goal at GMT+9 is to raise awareness of […]

Today I want to showcase a Ricoh quartz pocket watch in many ways similar to the Riki Watanabe Alba I wrote about last week. This one is another example of Japanese ingenuity, and was designed and created in a spirit of democracy.

The watch is one of my favorites. I bought it new old stock (NOS) […]

The “shroud” concept Seiko introduced with the 600m 6159 diver back in 1975 has become a signature characteristic of Seiko deep-sea dive watches. The 6159 was released after exhaustive research by Seiko and today is recognized as a historically important watch by any knowledgeable watch collector. The unique shrouded design was conceived by Seiko designer […]