Seiya has written a great article on the best way to watch shop in Tokyo, Japan. It's a step-by-step guide to the best spots to eat and find watches in the city. He offers three different options of where to get a good meal. And lists about 10 different spots that are great from watch shopping. There's also the extra bonus of the Seiko Watch Museum. Check it out. It would make for an excellent day in Tokyo, Japan.

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The best guide to watch shopping in Tokyo, Japan

Pebble has unveiled a sleeker looking new steel smartwatch. The Pebble Steel can run all the apps of the original watch, but now comes in a sturdier case with Corning Gorilla glass. And the LCD is a new tricolor display with increased readability. The watch is available in matte black or brushed metal finishes. The retail price is $249 USD and is available now in their online store.

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Pebble Steel Smartwatch

Zanis has produced a limited edition watch that each contains a Martian meteorite, a Lunar meteorite, an outer space gem and 70 diamonds. The space gem, aka an extraterrestrial pallasite, is specifically a Brenham Pallasite. It is currently the only known gem stone from outer space. The Martian meteorite fragment is from NWA 6963 and the Lunar one is from NWA 6888. This is a first for a wrist watch.

Let's take a closer look at this special watch, and see what it's all about.

Zanis Nuvati ZA-004A-BSDSMD

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Bamford Watch Department has teamed up with the Henry Singer brand to release a new custom Rolex Daytona. This super limited edition watch features a military-grade titanium coating with a matte black finish. It includes a self-winding chronograph with Rolex's top notch chronometer. The oyster case has screw-down pushers, and it comes on a bracelet with an oyster flip lock bracelet. These will be for sale only at Henry Singer stores,and the price has not been released.

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Bamford Watch Department x Henry Singer x Rolex Daytona

A Bathing Ape and Luminox have teamed up to release a new collaboration watch. This limited edition 3001MIL features a blacked out Navy SEAL design. The dial features a camo pattern background and both companies' logos. It will be released in Japan with a retail price of about $496 USD. It comes on a black rubber strap and comes with spare olive drab NATO cloth strap.

BAPE x Luminox Navy SEAL Blackout 3001MIL

Fwupow has made this nice two-part video series on U.S. military wristwatches and what that means exactly. He really put a lot of work into this, and it should be very interesting for anyone into military watches. Take a look for yourself.

Panerai has a fresh bunch of watches for the new year. Here are all the watches announced at SIHH 2012.

PAM00395 SPECIAL EDITION

PAM00396

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