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Seiko White Dial Stainless Steel Quartz Men's Watch SUR141

Very classy. The necklace was a little small, almost child size, but still classy. I'd like to have a set in gold with a longer necklace if one ever becomes available. Thank you very much!!

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Review by Michael Belin, From Australia Port Kembla

Seiko Kinetic Blue Dial Stainless Steel Men's Watch SKA675

After doing extensive internet-based research on multiple 'Skeleton Watches,' I landed upon this finely crafted timepiece. Here I am a month later, and I absolutely love it. I'm constantly getting compliments on its appearance and function.

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Review by Steave Su, From Germany Nrw / Hamm

Seiko 5 Automatic Green Dial Stainless Steel Men's Watch SRP537

Thank You! I ordered both the gold silvertone; both are gorgeous; very classy looking. Not too over the top/gaudy but very eye catching!I admire them both but the goldtone is my absolute favorite! LOVE IT! very pretty on the wrist!Great looking fashion watches that I intend to wear; enjoy for a very long time!

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Review by Sheila A, From Barcelona Sabadell

This year, Seiko and the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) celebrate the 30th anniversary of their partnership. Seiko has been appointed the official timer for 14 consecutive World Championships since the event was held in Rome in 1987. In close cooperation with the IAAF, Seiko has developed a variety of bespoke and cutting edge technologies.

Beijing 2015 will be no exception as once again Seiko will introduce new equipment. The Trackside Display Board, Wind Display Board and Lap Counter will be renewed in design and will use LED technology to display track and field results and information. The visibility in the stadium will be much enhanced for spectators, athletes and officials alike. But it does not stop here; the future plan is to link these new displays together with the Field Event Boards that were introduced in Moscow 2013 to make a complete network of information display boards throughout the stadium. This solution will raise the spectator experience and allow everyone to fully enjoy the competitions wherever they are seated and when multiple disciplines are taking place at the same time.

Beijing 2015 will be the 170th IAAF World Series event that Seiko has been the official timer. Seiko has needed over 3100 people to manage all these events and the distance covered in transporting the equipment to the events from the technical bases in UK and Japan in excess of 1 million km; equivalent to 1.5 round trips to the moon.

A special website showcases world records and Seiko's timing and measurement history in an interesting and dynamic "infographic" style. Also shown in the site is our latest timing and measurement system including a slideshow which explains the many different technologies and functions step by step in a user friendly manner.
 

In 1985, Seiko signed an agreement with the IAAF under which Seiko would provide timing services to the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome and several other events in the intervening period. Over the next 26 years, this agreement proved to have been the start of one of world sport's most enduring partnerships and, today, Seiko announces its renewal for a further six years, from 2014 to 2019.

The new agreement will include three IAAF World Championships, in Beijing in 2015, London in 2017 and in 2019 in a city yet to be decided. The agreement also covers 22 other events during the period, including the IAAF World Indoor Championships and the sport's major development events, the IAAF World Junior and IAAF World Youth Championships.

Seiko's timing, measuring and display systems are custom designed for athletics and are built specifically for the IAAF's events. As a result, they are at the leading edge of sports technology. Just in the last few years, Seiko has created a new false start detection system, new LED-equipped field event boards, and a video distance measurement system for long and triple jumps that has greatly improved the precision, verifiability and speed of the results. Over the new contract period, Seiko will introduce further innovations and refinements to its systems, ensuring that the IAAF's events will continue to be served by the most advanced and most reliable timing and measuring systems in the sporting world.

In signing the agreement, Shinji Hattori, Chairman and Group CEO of Seiko Holdings said, "We are delighted to renew our IAAF partnership for a further six years. This new long-term agreement allows us the time to work with the IAAF and plan new timing and measurement technologies that will really make a difference to the athletes, the officials and the spectators. Athletics is a great sport and we are proud to have supported its development over the past three decades. We look forward to its continued success in the coming years and will do all we can to help make this happen."

"I am delighted that the IAAF and Seiko have renewed their long standing partnership for a further six years. This announcement is a further endorsement that the global sport of Athletics remains extremely attractive to major corporations," confirmed IAAF President Lamine Diack.

Clicktempus - 1st November 2011

Quiet, clean, efficient, cheap and accurate: quartz
You'd think it was the dream solution for all watch manufactures the world over, but in the heart of the Jura Valley quartz is not just a word, it's a concept that is not popular at all even though it could solve problems that are about to affect the luxury watch industry.
When an experienced and successful salesman joined an upmarket pen company from a chain store clothing brand, at first he couldn't figure out what motivated a customer to spend $4,500 on a writing instrument signed by David Oscarson. It was incomprehensible to him how a company could pay salaries and open an expensive prime retail store front by selling only pens.
Eventually he saw the light. These pens were not just mere writing instruments — they had somehow transcended their functional use to become works of art desired by pen collectors across the globe. Never mind that a cheap plastic biro could do the job just as effectively, it was all about the perceived value of the instrument.

Quartz crisis
The same masterful tactic has been successfully employed by the Swiss watch industry. In the 1980s, several Swiss watch brands went to the wall, and even the very high-end haute horlogerie houses were beginning to wonder if the Swiss watch industry was doomed.
Expensive machinery was scrapped to make way for the all-enveloping quartz production. Centuries of tradition and expertise were in grave danger of being simply discarded like a cheap ballpoint pen.
The irony is, of course, that this was a nightmare of the Swiss watch industry's own making. Swiss engineers initially developed quartz watch technology but dismissed; there was no artistry or flair to the making of a quartz watch. It was, and remains, merely a chip and a battery. Seiko - and other Japanese companies in its wake - saw this in a completely different light, and before you could say "rattrapante," they were taking over the world with quartz-powered watches.
By 1978, quartz watches had exceeded the sales of mechanical timepieces. But there was something missing: the perception and tradition of skill and craftsmanship.
The mechanical comeback
Nicolas G. Hayek set about rebuilding the Swiss watch industry - ironically, with the quartz-driven Swatch.
As the '80s rolled into the '90s, marketing maestros such as Jean-Claude Biver aided him with the revival of Omega and Blancpain - the latter by declaring there had never been a quartz Blancpain, and there never will be.
Step by step, cog by cog, the Swiss watch industry began to rebuild itself, storming to new heights of sales and desirability.
This was accomplished by convincing watch buyers that an outmoded technology with less accurate timekeeping and far higher cost of production was more pleasing and aesthetic than the cheaper, more efficient technology that had come to replace it.
And then came the masterstroke marketing strategy that has essentially underscored all marketing of Swiss mechanical watches since this mighty comeback.
Watches are not just about the time
A traditional mechanical watch is desirable in itself. It doesn't matter that it's not as accurate as a quartz watch or that anyone can read the time from one's mobile phone. When a connoisseur buys into the idea of the mechanical watch, he or she is also paying dearly for tradition and craftsmanship.
The genius of the Swiss watch industry is that it has managed to convince the well-heeled watch-buying public that if it wants to own a serious timepiece, it must be willing to spend a small fortune on what is principally outdated technology requiring maintenance.
Quartz: too clever for its own good?
Is quartz, like many inventions from the past, simply too clever for its own good? Never mind that quartz movements still power most ladies watches and vast swathes of men's watches under the $600 mark. To those who admire fine watches, quartz remains the red-headed stepchild of watch movements: it should be kept locked in the room at the top of the stairs and never talked about.
As Marvin's social media advisor Jerome Pineau observes, "When I came into the watch industry, I was surprised to see how most people denigrated quartz watches and their owners: 'A real watch lover would never wear quartz.' The mere mention of it raises eyebrows and is often enough to ostracize you from many self-proclaimed aficionado expert groups!"
Steve Miller, a vintage watch salesman, explains his take on mechanical watches, "Collectors, exclusivity, celebrity endorsements, and just plain keeping up with the Joneses are what drives the mechanical watch industry."
Despite its apparent second-class-citizen status, it's interesting to note that several well-respected Swiss brands, including Jaeger-LeCoultre, TAG Heuer, Cartier, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin and, of course, Rolex, all continue to use quartz.
Swatch Group decree
And now there may be even more manufactures turning to quartz - at least for the time being. In another ironic twist, the Swatch Group - savior of the mechanical watch - has recently announced that it is no longer going to supply ETA movements and kits to the rest of the Swiss watch industry in the same vein as it has been doing for the last 30 years. Supplies outside the group are going to be drastically reduced as of 2012.
As from 2012, hundreds of low- to mid-range watch brands may no longer depend on the Swatch Group for their movements, escapements, balances, springs and assorted other components.
As things currently stand, there may not be a viable alternative in place to meet a shortfall of this magnitude.
Cue quartz?
This move on the part of the Swatch Group will affect watch manufacturers of all levels within the Swiss watch industry and outside of it. Could the answer be that they turn to quartz movements to solve their problems in the interim?
It could be a logical step. However, let us remember that logic has never played much of a role in the luxury watch industry. Innovation, yes; craftsmanship, plenty - but logic, very little.
After all, logic would have dictated that a switch to quartz production in the 1970s was the way to go. But tradition, love, passion and obstinacy begat a refusal to give up on mechanical watches - and then, as now, it will be a cold day in hell before a quartz movement is ever placed inside certain Swiss watch cases, even those who will now be affected by the changes coming.
Sorry, quartz, you're a great invention, but you're forever destined to be the unappreciated workhorse of the luxury watch industry.