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Seiko Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the 1st Quartz Watch

Filed under: News, Seiko
 

Seiko is celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the first quartz watch. The first commercially available quartz watch was the Seiko 35 SQ Astron in 1969. There will be an exhibition in Tokyo, Japan starting on December 1st to celebrate the anniversary and the new Astron 40 watch. It's titled the Power Design […]

Winner of the Free Orient Automatic Watch

Filed under: Giveaway, News
 

It's been one month, so it's time to pick the winner of the Orient Automatic Watch Giveaway. There was 86 entries in total. I used the true random number generator on random.org to pick the winner.
And the winner is #16: oriawr

Update 11/11/09: I still haven't received a response from the winner oriawr. […]

Star Wars x Marc Ecko Concept Watches

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Marc Ecko has posted some computer generated images of his new Star Wars concept watches.
He says:

These are some teasers of my new watch collection. The range is inspired by Star Wars. A mixture of metals, rubbers and nylons. My amazing partners at Timex- completely rocked these. Yes…they feature "indiglo"…sounds…and other […]

New Seiko Watch Game

Filed under: Miscellaneous, News
 

Here's a new game for all the Seiko fans. It's a multiple choice trivia challenge of sorts. Test your knowledge of over 700 Seiko watch models. The information is automatically loaded from submissions to the Seiko section of the Watch Archive. The current version asks you to choose the correct model […]

Watch Auction News from GMT+9

Filed under: Buying & Selling, News
 

GMT+9 has posted their latest auction watchlist. There's photos and details on 29 interesting watches that have come up for sale. It's a nice look at what's out there right now and what prices they are fetching. Take a look and see what you missed.
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LG GD910 Cell Phone Watch Coming to America

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The LG GD910 cell phone watch has been filed for approval from the FCC. So
it looks like it's inevitable that it will be available to US carriers.
There's no details yet on availability and pricing, but it's good news for
anyone that wants one.
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Follow Watch Shock on Twitter

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You can now follow this blog on Twitter. If you like that sort of thing.
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