National Day ‘99 Commemorative Seiko (repost)

This is a repost of a blog entry that I posted on my Windows Live blog on June 2008.  It features a custom Seiko watch that was issued to commemorate Singapore’s 34th National Day in 1999.

Recently, Glenn Koh, the man behind the Seiko Ananta Video contest was given the same watch by his buddy. While searching for information of the watch on the Internet, he stumbled upon my post and contacted me.

I feel this post should be put here for proper archiving since it is the only National Day commemorative Seiko watch that I know of.

Once again, let’s take a look at this National Day Commemorative Seiko from 1999.

Quick look at Orient EER1R003B0

EER1R003B0

Orient has added another classic style model to its international collection. The watch together with the CER1P004B0 that I handled previously are two of those mid range models that you will not find on their website. After handling these two watches and a couple of others that I have posted previously, I get the impression that Orient is bringing up the quality of its watches across the board.

Now let me take a quick look this watch.

Another addition – SBDX003

SBDX003

Did some catching up again. This time, I got myself a SBDX003. This is one of the watches that Seiko released in its Year 2000 Historical Collection. The other watches that I have under this collection are the SBDX005 600m shrouded diver and the SCVN001 King Seiko.

This purchase was made possible with the help of Seiyajapan.com.

Orient CER1P004B0 – Another homage watch

Besides the Orient Sub, there is another Orient model that pays homage to the classic Rolex design and that is the CER1P004B0. This watch looks like the Rolex Datejust although the level of similarity is not as close as its Sandoz, Titoni and Bulova counterparts.

Below is a side-by-side shot of the Rolex and Orient.