Pre-Owned early quartz

These two pieces of discontinued Seiko quartz watches are on their way to their new homes halfway across the globe. Both are hefty watches characteristic of early Seiko built and quality when it comes to quartz caliber.

SEIKO Quartz SQ Sports 150 Ana-Digital

Alarm Chronograph

Caliber H601-8081 One jewel

SEIKO Quartz SQ Sports 150

Caliber 7N42-6A00

I simply loved the black-gold combination! Indeed it is very hard to find such pristine new-old-stock mint pieces these days. The H601 came in a full set with old instruction manaul, warranty booklet and hang tag!

Utility Companion Watch

Recently I took up golf and used to wear my Seiko 7N42 Ti Sports 200 to the driving range. It was a easy to wear watch with a screw crown and feels like feather on the wrist. However I sold the 7N42 a month ago and was left without a utility watch, or some may call it a beater watch. But I don't really beat up my watch so I thought the word "utility" is more appropriate. So started the search for my Utility Companion Watch.

I spotted this new-old-stock Citizen Quartz at K2 a fortnight ago but did not pull the trigger. I was there today and decided to go for it since the price was acceptable. Mr. Goh installed a new battery and I caught sight of the full metallic parts of the quartz movement. This is a fully made in Japan piece and so the quality was exceptional - brushed and polished steel surface, solid stainless steel bracelet and fine gold-plated finishing.

I simply admired these yesteryear Japanese Quartz watches, even the inner clasp of the bracelet is stamped!

Let's see how well it can be my Utility Companion!

Divers with a Soft Touch

Many associate Diver watches with men having big burly forearms. Most diver watches have a mean appearance in their cold hard steel cases.

On the contrary, Seiko diver watches are relatively easy to wear on the wrist. To soften the "macho" look on diver watches, use Leather!