Mariko gave me her late father’s old watch – an Aureole solar-powered model with a metal band. It keeps almost perfect time, but the band was a bit too tight for my wrist, so I swapped it out for the original canvas strap from my Seiko SNK809. The match isn’t perfect, but it works, and now I can enjoy wearing the Aureole. It’s not the kind of watch I would have chosen for myself, but there’s something special about wearing my kids’ grandfather’s old watch.

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I swapped out the band on my Seiko SNK809 today. The new band has a similar style but attaches directly to the lugs, unlike my previous NATO-style band. This allows the watch body to sit directly on my wrist, giving it a slimmer profile and a more comfortable fit. Plus, with the see-through case back, I can enjoy watching the mechanical movement in action. I absolutely love it!

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Mariko and I are traveling to Italy for several days and I have decided to take my Seiko chronograph watch this time. I usually take my Seiko SKX007 dive watch, but thought I’d switch it up. 😄

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Lately, I’ve noticed that the crown on my Seiko SKX007 is more difficult to pull in order to adjust the date and time. I am thinking that I need to get my watch serviced soon, but I wonder how much it would cost. Will it be cheaper to get it serviced while it’s still running fine, or should I wait until it no longer can be adjusted? Hmmm.

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I wore my Seiko 5 watch today for the first time in a long time. I still love this small automatic watch, even if it is a little fast (adding about 30 seconds a day). The design is simple and classic, and it doesn’t weigh much so I hardly feel it. I’ll probably keep this and my Seiko 007 forever. BIFL!

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The other day, I put the original watch band that came with my Seiko SXK007 back on. I had removed it when I first got the watch because it was so hard and uncomfortable, replacing it with a variety of NATO/Zulu bands, which I liked.

Recently, I read a review about the original band saying it just takes a few days to break in and then it’s fine. And it’s true! It’s still hard, but now that it is holding its round shape, it is very comfortable and I like the classic dive-watch look. I think I’ll keep it like this for a while.

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I noticed that my new watchband is the same color as my Traveler’s Notebook. They make a nice couple, don’t they?

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I saw these lovely Seikos in the case at Macy’s today. The blue watch in the front is kind of my dream watch. It’s a new “Save the Ocean” turtle. I love it! Maybe someday… but for now, I’ll continue to enjoy my SKX007. Speaking of the SKX, the big news is that Seiko has discontinued the model. It’s had a very long run, being introduced in 1996, but it’s finally time to move on. The replacement seems to be the new Seiko 5 Sports series of watches. The cases look just like the SKX, but they come in a variety of colors. However, they do not have the dive specification so they are a little less capable, but still not many actually take the dive watches scuba diving (dive computers are more useful).

If you haven’t seen it yet, I made a little time-lapse of my watches. Enjoy!

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

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As you may know, I love watches. I’m not a collector by any means, but I’ve always owned a couple throughout my life, starting with my first digital that I received as a Christmas gift from my parents when I was maybe 8 years old. I still remember wearing that non-waterproof watch in the water at Ho’okipa Park on Maui… and watching it die… luckily after it dried out, it came back to life. Whew!

Anyways, my favorite watch for the past couple years has been my Seiko SKX007 dive watch. What I like about it is that it’s so rugged and simple that I fully expect to keep it for the rest of my life. Maybe it will need servicing at some point, but I’d love to just get it repaired instead of replacing it. And because of this “buy it for life” aspect, I like to take it with me on my travels as a sort of travel companion. We’ll travel the world together forever! Being a dive watch, I want to dip it in many of the world’s famous bodies of water (and I still need to scuba with it!). Hopefully, the list will keep getting longer, but here’s what we have so far:

• Yangtze River
• Mediterranean Sea
• Pacific Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico
• Caribbean Sea
• Atlantic Ocean

The one other item that I take traveling and that I absolutely adore is my Fujifilm X100T camera, but that will eventually become obsolete only to be replaced. However, the rugged Seiko watch, with its automatic battery-less movement should stay with me until I die. I kind of like knowing that!

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I’ve been wearing a green Zulu strap with my beloved Seiko SKX007 watch but decided to put the black Zulu strap back on. However, that strap has a kind of yucky smell although I’ve washed and scrubbed it before. Last night I put it in a jar filled with water and dishwashing soap, and let it soak overnight, and this morning it’s nice and clean-smelling. We’ll see if it stays that way. If that doesn’t work, I’ll try an Oxy-clean soak. Of course, I could just buy the same watch band again for $10, but where’s the fun in that?

I’m currently reading Marie Kondo’s Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up which is a nice follow up to The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. It’s got more practical information on how to put her methods into practice, including small illustrations on how to fold different types of clothes. But as the title suggests, it talks about how possessions can spark joy, and my Seiko SKX007 definitely does that for me. But pairing it with the black Zulu strap again takes it to another level – the combination just feels so good! I really love it. I plan on keeping it for the rest of my life.

またね～

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