Review
Cazalea revisits the Seiko Sportura Perpetual Calendar GMT, a watch that, despite its age, continues to impress with its functionality and robust design. This post celebrates the enduring appeal of a reliable timepiece, showcasing its features and sharing personal anecdotes from a long-time owner.
And I appreciate the case to face ratio. That said they could have done without the screws? On the bezel.
They are part of the design theme which includes this blackish area of the bezel which is achieved by some sort of different polishing of the material The back has similar styling touches which are far more than "needed" for opening the watch. Inside (yes, that's a gold Rolex in the background) The styling matches another Seiko watch from the era which is a perpetual but not exactly the same (fewer bezel rivets). This is the 8F32 (lacks the GMT) and (naturally) I have two of these: And yes, it d
I remember lurking at this one for quite a long time in the early 2000's. It was a period (from +/- 1995 till 2005) I never wore a watch and for that reason i didn't want to buy it. My life could have been so different if had Timebomb Bim
thank you for sharing. Do you change the lithium battery or is it chargeable with a rotor inside the watch?
It's a bit of a pain in the neck, actually. Involving tweezers and tapping on the battery and several sensor points around it to tell it the current year and month and day. Then the watch movement goes to work and rotates the calendar to the proper date. I've done it 3-4 times so I know the process but it still takes a while to execute. Cazalea
as I havenβt seen a month or a year indicator neither on the dial nor on the back of the watch. Thank you for clarifying it is indeed an interesting watch.
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