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Back in 1967, Grand Seiko added a new watch model to its collection that became the definitive “Grand Seiko Style” design code. The luxury watch brand uses a set of nine principles that gave it its distinctive look and that still inspires ...

Last summer, with the help of watch expert Eric Wind, Jack Carlson and the team at Rowing Blazers put a punctuation mark on an idea that had been brewing for ages: they released a collaborative trio of watches with Seiko. Based on ...

Besides the time, a watch can tell so many other things these days. With the concept of a timepiece broadened—grudgingly—to include smartwatches whose features can include body thermometers, fitness and messaging connectivity, altimeters, fall detectors, atrial fibrillation detectors, there now exists almost ...

Seiko lovers like me are generally all so terminally goo-goo-eyed for the storied brand’s classic and affordable SKX007 and SKX009 divers that we forget that the 140-plus-year-old brand is no slouch in many other even-more-technical disciplines. While Seiko divers often weigh in ...

In Japan, they do things differently.For the Japanese watch business in the 1960s, doing things differently came from necessity. While Swiss watch brands could source components from hundreds of different suppliers, Japan's isolation meant it had to go it alone.Seiko's origins in ...

In menswear, there's no shortage of pink. Gone are the old gendered connotations of boys' colours and girls' colours. The year is not 1991, and John Major is not Prime Minister. But in fine watchmaking (or haute horlogerie, if you want to sound ...

It was in April 1946 when Italian motorcycle manufacturer Piaggio introduced the Vespa motorcycle, ushering in an amazing and stylish mode of transport. Introduced just after the end of the Second World War, it gave the Italians a new sense of freedom ...

The Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics is now regarded as the most influential Games ever for a host nation. Having spent the last two decades rebuilding after World War II, joining the United Nations, and generally fostering an image of stability and modernity, ...

'Cocktail watch' is yet another term bandied around with no clear explanation or illumination as to what it actually is (like dress watch, and the even vaguer 'sports' watch). So we'll tell you. A cocktail watch is usually delicate, and almost always feminine ...