I've worn a watch each and every day of my life for the past 2 decades. I wear them because they tell the time with just a flick of a wrist (rather than bringing out my telephone) and because it’s one of the few fashion accessories men must wear.
The previous decade has found an intriguing change of my interest in watches. Everything happened when I found Swiss watches. I can’t explain why I ended up possessing a couple of them. I believe it presuming that they’re the kind of watch and well merely ’s a mix of peer pressure, love of the layout I should have or aspire to have at that age.
You can find times when it just doesn’t fit your style. When you’re wearing a work shirt or a suit whether it’s. It just doesn’t seem good.
As the years passed though, possessing them became less and less fun. For starters they started to miss minutes. That’s correct. MISS MINUTES. For all the craftsmanship that these luxury watches were known for, they weren’t precise.
On different occasions when this happened I would bring them to the shop and inquire what’s wrong. The feedback I had was that it’s not uncommon for their sake to miss some minutes every on occasion but it’ll be better once I send it.
How much you might inquire would servicing cost? Well… depending on the watch but anywhere from RM500-RM8,000. That's insane!
I began wearing an alternate sort of watch after I realised how these high-end watches had become a burden rather than an advantage to me. The type of watch that would never lose a minute.
So I started looking around for other watches. I needed a watch that was well made, wouldn’t miss a tick, appears not as bad as any luxury watch and affordable.
Kintaro Hattori.
Kintaro went on to make the first wristwatch in Japan and his watches were understood to be so accurate that in 1929 it was named as Japan National Railway’s “Official Railway Watch”. I’m imagining because time was kept by it really nicely and all of US understand all Japanese trains are.
Over the the next couple of decades SEIKO would grow to innovate the watch. In the 1960s they invented the World’s First Quartz watch. You know now the battery operated ones that many folks wear around our wrists.
I just need to write about things or brands whom I believe in and I've an excellent impression of Seiko. Recall this article I wrote that got over 80,000 shares.
I view Seiko quite positively because it’s a watch maker with a lot of tradition. It was founded in 1881 by this man.
In 1973 they devised the world’s first 6-digit LCD display watch.
And for one in 1998, of the more crazy ideas Seiko released the World’s First watch powered by the body heat. Body heat!
Now, a 135 years since SEIKO was founded, this is the watch I now have. SEIKO Version No: SSA319J1
In the beautiful SEIKO Premier Assortment. It has band and a stainless steel case, Sapphire crystal glass and automatic winding. It’s also 10 bar water resistant and has a see-through case- a 24 hour index and back.
The very same one that’s Wang Lee Hom supports.
I love it. I think it looks great to wear with a suit and yet fills the gap between having something that is affordable and reputable.
The one thing I requested SEIKO in addition to them giving me this watch was whether they could give my subscribers one also.
YES I KNOW… INSANE RIGHT?! I GET TO GIVE AWAY A SEIKO PREMIER!
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