Citizen Eco-Drive J810-S112761 for the Missus

 In May of 2021, in the midst of all that COVID restrictions, I decided to get this Citizen Eco-Drive J810-S112761 Women's watch for my wife for her birthday in June that year. I figured that the solar movement (Eco-Drive) would work best for her because obviously - no battery change, and not having to reset the time constantly. 

 The version I got is a nice dark blue dial that matches some of her outfit and shoes. It's now February of 2023, and the Citizen has worked flawlessly ever since, as expected. 

She loves it and wears it everyday.

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

Banggood Special: Hyper-Affordable Beauty! Hannah Martin 2011 Chronograph Military-Style Men Wristwatch

Hannah Martin 2011 Chronograph Military Style Men Wrist 

This is a such an affordable beauty. This can be gotten off of Banggood for only RM53. For those who are on a really tight budget, this chronograph with a Japanese movement, leather strap, 'vintage' aviation looks offers quite a lot of bang for the buck.

Specification
Brand	HANNAH MARTIN
Model	2011
Style	Fashion,Casual,Outdoor
Gender	Male
Movement	Quartz
Water Resistance	Basic Water resistance (Sweat, raindrops)
Special Features
Functions	Time Display
Appearance & Details
Dial Display	Analog
Dial Window Material	Glass
Band Material	Leather
Clasp Type	Needle Buckle
Dimensions	Dial Diameter: about 45mm  Band Width: about 22mm  Case Thickness: about 12mm  Band Length: about 250mm

Brown sunburst dial version

Blue sunburst dial version

Black dial version

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Fourth Orient : Bambino FAC08003A or FAC08004D0 ?

This will be my dress watch. I'm torn between the two. So far I have a Seiko SNK 793K1 to serve the blue dial appetite so I am leaning on the Gray dialed FAC08004D0, and the tan leather strap I got for my Wingman seem to be 'my type' of leather band. So which one will it be?

Blue-dialed Seiko 5 SNK793K1 Review

It's time for a review of my Seiko 5 SNK793. If you love blue dials, this model has a very nice dark-blue dial with a sunburst effect in the middle section. Being a Seiko 5, this has the following features standard;

- Automatic 7s26 movement, 21 Jewels
- Day/Date
- Some lume
- Hardlex crystal
- Display caseback
- Basic water resistance


Having a width of 36mm in diameter, the case has a big polished bezel around the extremely nice blue dial. For those with 7inch wrists and smaller it would look OK provided the straps are the same width or you could get a wider strap but with notched ends and it would not look out of place. The sides of the case and its lugs is brushed metal.

The hour and minute hands are a sword-style, in polished metal with lume. The seconds hand is a very thin and painted white, and along with the white day/date wheel, and this white goes very well with the blue dial.

The crown is located on the 4 o'clock of the dial. Pulling out once changes the day and date by turning it clockwise or counter-clockwise. Being a Seiko5, the crown is unsigned, and far too small. I also find that because it is so recessed into the case, even pulling it out to change the time while the watch is on the wrist is hard to do. It would be easier to take off the watch and set the date and time from there.

I put a dark brownish-purple croc leather strap on it with a deployant clasp, and this made the blue dial watch look so much more casual. I think it would also look great with a tan strap as well. In fact - this would look great with almost any kind of strap.

It's very easy to see why this model is so popular. Did I mention the nice soothing blue dial?

You can buy yours here.

Leather Strap & Deployant Buckle here.