New Orient Watches at Big Time – 28th Feb 2015

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Here are a couple of new Orient watches I saw at Big Time today. Shown above is the Orient Star semi-skeleton model (DK05003W) in pink gold case and white dial. This model is recently launched in Japan as well as in the international market.

Check out the other models below.
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Some Pictures of the Limited Edition Brightz Azabu Tailor Models

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Saw these at Big Time last Saturday. Each of them is limited to 500 pieces. Besides the strap that is attached on the watch, each watch comes with two additional straps (without buckle). The straps are sized for folding buckle rather than tang buckle.

Here are the pictures of the watches and their respective straps.
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Some pictures of the Seiko SARB068

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I was lucky enough to see the Seiko Cocktail Time SARB068 again last weekend. This watch was released in 2010 and was limited to 300 pieces.

Seiko has released a Brightz model, SDGM008 that has a similar design except it uses Roman numerals instead of Arabic.
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New Orient Watches at Big Time – 27th Dec 2014

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Made a trip to Big Time today and saw some interesting Orient watches including the 2014 OrientXSTI, new Bambino variants, new quartz Bambino variants as well as new Orient Star models.

Shown above is the 2014 OrientXSTI model, EL07003D. This model is limited to 1500 pieces worldwide. It is now available at Big Time.

Here are the other models.
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New JDM Seiko’s I saw at Big Time – 20th Dec 2014

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Saw a couple of Seiko JDM models at Big Time today. Most of them are new or recently released models. Shown above recent model from the Mechanical line, SARG017.

Below is the blue dial version, SARG015.
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New Orient Watches at Big Time – 6th Dec 2014

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Saw a couple of new Orient models at Big Time today. Shown above is a sporty open heart model (DB0C001B) with big Arabic numerals.

Below are the other variants. Each variant comes with a curved end strap that fits nicely into the curvature of the lugs.
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New Orient Watches at BigTime – 1st Nov 2014

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Saw a couple of new Orient watches at Big Time today. Shown above is the 2014 Orient Speedtech X Subaru BRZ GT300 2014 limited edition model. This is a quartz chronograph and is limited to 1000 pieces worldwide.

Here are the other models.
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New Orient Watches I saw at Big Time – 4th Oct 2014

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Saw two more variants of the 2014 M-Force diver at Big Time last Saturday. Shown above is the blue dialed EL07001D. Below is the red dialed EL07002H. Saw some other automatic and quartz models as well.
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Orient Quartz You May Not Have Seen

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Saw a tray of watches at Big Time recently. Some of them are quartz but they are actually quite interesting.

The first one that I would like to highlight is this tank style ladies watch, UNEL002C. The gold case and Roman dial combination definitely catches my eyes. It comes with Japan movement as indicated at the bottom of the dial.
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