“I Love Seiko” Prize Presentation at Thong Sia Singapore

I was invited once again to the Seiko showroom at Thong Sia Singapore to attend the prize presentation of the “I Love Seiko” video contest. The event took place on 12th Dec 2009 and the winner of the contest is our very own Badrun Nafis aka Badern. His video was selected by the judges at Seiko Japan to be the winner of the contest.
Orient Sub – CER00008D0 and 2ER00002D0
Left: 2ER00002D0, right: CER00008D0
This time round I had the opportunity to handle a pair of Orient Subs shown in the picture above. The watch on the left is the older model (2ER00002D0) and has been released for quite some time. The watch on the right is a newer model that is installed with Sapphire crystal. Its model number CER00008D0.
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Remembering National Stadium the WIS way
Picture: Wikipedia
The 25th South East Asian (SEA) Games is currently taking place at Laos. Let me take this opportunity to remember our “soon to be demolished” National Stadium, an important sports facility we have had here in Singapore.
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Seiko Clocks in Singapore
Chinese High School Clock Tower. Photo by BonniPink
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I am putting together this blog entry to document the various landmarks and buildings in Singapore where Seiko clocks are installed.
If you spot a Seiko clock in Singapore, please send me a picture.
Now, let’s take a look at the ones that have been discovered. Read more…
Orient Multi-year Calendar – CEU07005WX
Multi-year calendar watch puts any month’s calendar on the watch and gives you instant answers to questions like “what is the date for next Friday?”, “what day does my birthday falls on?”. This is definitely a very practical function that a watch can offer besides telling time.

This time round, I had the opportunity to handle a multi-year calendar watch from Orient. Orient has been making these multi-year calendar watches for many years and they can be considered one of Orient’s signature pieces.
This piece that I handled is a recent model that comes with slide rule feature. Model number is CEU07005WX.
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