Orient And Seiko are both Japanese watch manufacturers. I won’t bore you with the complete history of each brand, but there is one important fact that you need to know about these two brands. That is, that the two companies merged. While originally, they were completely separate companies; in 2009, Seiko acquired the Orient brand. … Read more
The Seiko SKX007 is a very popular and well respected entry level diving watch. It manages to capture the luxury aesthetics of the Rolex Submariner, while still remaining affordable, and competitively priced when compared to other entry level diving watches on the market. If you are familiar with the Seiko SKX009, then you will notice … Read more
In today’s article we take a look at two of Seiko’s most popular dive watches: The Seiko SKX007, and the SKX009. The SKX series has always been the go to series when it comes to Seiko dive watches. You may also have noticed that these watches are similar in style to the Rolex Submariner. As … Read more
Tissot is the Swiss watch making company, and Seiko is the Japanese company. Generally, the Tissot watches will be more expensive than the Seiko watches. So the question overall is: Which one is better? Tissot, or Seiko? In today’s comparison, we will be taking a look at 2 similar diving watches from each brand. The … Read more
The purpose of this article is to find out whether or not Timex is a good brand. In case you didn’t know, Timex is a popular and well known watch manufacturer that has been around for a while. While they have been producing watches for quite some time, this company is oftentimes passed up or … Read more
You probably already know what a chronograph watch is. However, what you may not know is that there is more than one type of chronograph out there. There are several, in fact. Throughout this article we are going to discuss the different types of chronograph watches that you may come across. Now in case you … Read more
In this article, we will be answering some questions about the meca quartz chronograph. This is a very rare and interesting style of watch. The actual nature of this type of watch may seem somewhat confusing, but we will break it down piece by piece. We’ll start with a simple and concise definition of a … Read more
There are pretty much countless different watch types produced by just as many different watch brands. With so many choices and options to choose from, you may be wondering what makes a good watch brand? How, exactly, does one distinguish a good watch brand, from a not so good one? Well, fortunately there are really … Read more
In this article we are going to explain what the difference is between a digital watch vs quartz watch. A lot of people get mixed up a little here. Sometimes the terminology used when describing watches can be pretty confusing. This is especially true when it comes to those who may not be familiar with … Read more
In today’s article, we are going to tackle the topic of the automatic quartz watch. Now this is something that may sound like a complete contradiction if you know anything about watches. After all, quartz watches and automatic watches use completely different power sources. Automatic watches are powered by a mainspring, and quartz watches are … Read more
