I'm Blue (da ba dee da ba daa)

  Blue-dialed Seiko 5 SNK793K1 on a blue canvas strap. With my blue jeans. With my blue shirt. Been wearing the SNK793K1 a whole lot these days. Yes I did squeeze a 20mm strap into the 18mm watch, but, I'm kinda lazy that way. But fit it does. And blue it is.

  Nevertheless it matches everything on my outfit (it's accidental, I swear) but I'm not too thrilled with the outcome honestly, I had imagined it to look better, but it probably needed some other color combo to pop.

  There are several reasons why I keep going back to the SNK793 - besides the calming blue it gives me - the small size of the watch (36mm) meant it doesn't get in the way of anything - such as when I have to open gates or reach into drawers etc, it gets out of the way more readily than a big watch on my wrist.

  It's also light. For an automatic, it's lightweight again due to its size. The

  Sizing - my wrist isn't exactly big, at slightly bigger than 6 3/4 inches (depending on time of day and what I ate I think), the watch case fit just fine on my wrist. Any watch that is within 46mm to 36mm would look OK on my wrist I think and I'm fine with it.

You can read my previous review about it here.

Bund Straps RM61.65 8% Discount

Drooling over this AVI-8 Spitfire Type 300 Automatic!!

  The AVI-8 Spitfire automatic! I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Special thanks to my friend Bryan to whom this watch belongs to. The Spitfire Type 300 Automatic takes many design cues right from the British Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane famed for its role in Battle of Britain in World War II, such as the winding rotor is cut in the shape of the Spitfire, and the shape of the crown is a reference to the nose of the propellor. I will let the pictures speak for themselves from now on.

The instruments on the Spitfire that inspired this watch.

Case Material: Stainless steel Dial: Blue, green, black, gray Dimensions: 42 x 13.6mm Crystal: Sapphire Water Resistance: 5 ATM Crown: Push/pull Movement: Miyota 8218 Strap/bracelet: Stainless steel bracelet Reference Number: AV-4073-11, AV-4073-22, AV-4073-33, AV-4073-44
Model Aircraft 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Fighter Some Assembly Required

Orient Wingman ER2D001B on a new Dark Burgundy(?) Leather Strap

Continuing with my extremely poor potato phone cam photos. Yeah, I should go back to macro photography.. but the laziness!

  My Orient Wingman ER2D001B on a new leather strap - very dark, almost deep dark burgundy even. It's almost as if it's returned to its original style, with the leather strap and white stitching, but instead of black leather. I'm just experimenting with straps at this point, but ultimately I think this should go with a leather Nato / Zulu style strap due to its military looks instead. It would also be much easier to swap out.

  Before anyone points out that I got the strap the 'wrong way around', yes that is intentional. Because why not. I just want to change things up a bit, and it's not like anyone else is ever gonna notice it when it's on my wrist. :)

  The this PVD Wingman is one of my favorites - there is so much great about it. It's large, making it very 'aviator'ish looking, it also has this miltary look about it. Even though the lume isn't the best, it's still extremely legible in the dark due to the size of the arabic markers on its black dial. In fact, legibility is its strength - you can tell the time on this watch from space! (Well OK, a good 20-25 feet away - if you have good eyesight in good conditions). At least, no other watch in my collection is this legible. You simply cannot do this with any other watch that isn't made to this style, even considering its below average lume for low light - imagine if they put good lume on it like on the Flight. See my review comparing it to the Flight and Ray Raven.

  The watch is also very affordable, it's great for the person who is looking at his first military/aviator big dial automatic that isn't going to break the bank. It would be awesome if it has hand-winding, but I am nitpicking at this point. I hope Orient updates it to the handwinding movements just like they did with the Ray, Bambinos, and the rest of the lineup. This watch tends to get sidelined in favor of Orient's other models like the Bambino or Ray or Flight, but I think this is one of the best deals from Orient if you are into military/aviator styled watches and don't worry about a 50m water rating or below lume (which is offset by how large the numerals are on the dial in the dark anyway).

If you can find it that is, I think they have discontinued this model (I'm not sure - don't quote me on that!)

  You can buy your own similar leather strap here. Or here. Or here.

Why is my Blogspot so slow now? [UPDATED]

Lately my blog is very slow to load, I don't know what's happening here.

Update : I found out why - one of the plugins I was using - which I had totally forgotten about - was causing the problem and not loading. The plugin was no longer in use, the company is no longer around or something. So by removing it, I believe I fixed the issue.

The (Notorious?) Casio F-91W

Watch and photo by my friend Bryan.

  Ah yes the (Notorious?) Casio F-91W digital watch. The case of the F-91W measures 37.5mm by 33.5mm by 8.5mm and weighs 21 grams. A small and light watch even by small and light watch standards, the venerable Casio F-91W is one of the most accurate time keeping watches in the world. It sports a stopwatch function, date and day calendar, and an alarm. With the CR2016 battery it would last at least 10 years before needing a battery change.

  The watch gain notoriety in early 2000s for having been linked to Al Qaeda members to be used as bomb detonators, and are one of the profiles to watch for in a potential terrorist. A Casio watch had been used in the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434. And Osama Bin Laden himself wears this watch.So unfortunately for a lot of people, having this watch on their wrist automatically ticks off the suspected terrorist check box.

  But for us watch fanatics, this is a piece of history. It's the bad side of history, it's still history - a reminder of how the world was and also testament to Casio's watch making abilities.

  Fear not, for while the terrorists liked Casios on their wrists, so did the counter-terrorists. That story would be for a later post.

Get your Casio F-91W here.

The JDM Casio G-Shock MTG-900DJ Won from Japan

My friend Bryan won it off of a Japanese auction site. I have little knowledge about this watch, but the Casio page spec list is very impressive.

Plus, it's a G-Shock, what could go wrong with a G-Shock? G-Shocks will famously outlast its wearer when the going gets tough. This makes a great apocalypse watch, and how appropriate, considering the virus apocalypse we're facing currently. Should the whole world go wrong badly I can see how G-Shocks can become priceless commodity for time and date keeping...


Specifications

• Multi-Band Atomic Timekeeping (US, UK, Germany, Japan, China) Receives time calibration radio signals which keep the displayed time accurate Auto receive function (up to 6 times per day/up to 5 times per day for China) Manual receive function
• Signal: US WWVB, UK MSF, Germany DCF77, Japan JJY40/JJY60, China BPC Frequency: US 60kHz, UK 60kHz, Germany 77.5kHz, Japan 40/60kHz, China BPC 68.5kHz
• Tough Solar Power Shock Resistant
• 200M Water Resistant Full
• Auto EL Backlight with Afterglow
• World Time 31 times zones (48 cities + UTC), city code display, daylight saving on/off 4 Daily alarms and 1 Snooze Alarm Hourly time signal 1/100 second stopwatch
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• Measuring capacity: 23:59'59.99"
• Measuring mode: Elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place times
• Countdown Timer
•  Measuring unit: 1 second Input range: 1 minute to 24 hours (1-minute increments and 1-hour increments)
• Full Auto-calendar pre-programmed from the year 2000 to 2099)
• 12/24 hour formats Button operation tone on/off
• Accuracy: ą 15 seconds per month (with no signal calibration)
• Battery power indicator
• Power saving function
• Storage battery: Solar rechargeable battery
• Approx. battery life: 6 months (from full charge to Level 3 when the watch isnot exposed to light) under the following conditions:• Display on 18 hours per day, sleep state 6 hours per day• 1 backlight operation (1.5 seconds) per day• 10 seconds of alarm operation per day• 4 times calibration reception per day

The Beautiful Seiko Solar Chronograph SSC717P1 is on my Wish List

 I came across this and it just has to go on the 'To keep an eye on' list. Such beautiful combination of colors. The SSC717P1 uses the Seiko Calibre V716, which is a solar charging quartz movement. Featuring Lumibrite on the hand and indexes.

 Apparently the SSC717P1 also comes with Hard Coating applied to its stainless steel case. I saw this watch in person, it is a gorgeous watch - the photos don't do it justice.

 If you would like to buy this watch you can click here.

Movement
Calibre - Number V176
Movement - Type Solar
Accuracy - ±15 seconds per month
Duration - Operating for approx. 6 months (when fully charged)
Exterior - Case Material Stainless steel (hard coating)
Crystal - Hardlex LumiBrite Lumibrite on hands and indexes
Clasp - Three-fold clasp with push button release

Other Details
Water Resistance - 10 bar

Case Size
Thickness - 12.2 ㎜
Diameter - 43.2 ㎜

Other Specifications
Screw case back
Other Features Chronograph up to 60 minutes in 1/20 second increments
Date display
Overcharge prevention function
Stop seconds hand function