Welcome to a different episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we focus on Japanese watches. That’s a large topic, so we assault it in numerous methods. Stick round to learn the way we deal with one in all our favourite watch genres. For our listeners, the watch content material begins after roughly 17 minutes.
Japanese watches fee extremely within the minds of each hosts. Mike owns a big assortment of items from the Land of the Rising Solar. Balazs has a decent assortment of contemporary and classic stalwarts. Nonetheless, we’re going to debate some extremely recognizable items and a few of our favorites. This isn’t exhaustive. In any other case, we’d nonetheless be recording!
Handgelenkskontrolle
After some banter and an compulsory dad joke, we ease into the Handgelenkskontrolle. Mike is dressed for the event. He’s sporting the Seiko Cronos J13846 from 1962. The watch has a two-piece screw-in case again. It’s usually thought to be the model’s first waterproof watch. Balazs is sporting his hi-beat King Seiko 5625-7000, a beautiful watch that continues to encourage Grand Seiko fashions.
Japanese watches
Our goal in discussing Japanese watches is twofold. Balazs mentions 5 of essentially the most well-known items from varied manufacturers. Mike heads in a special path and discusses a handful of his favourite fashions. This was a particularly tough activity to give you simply 5 per particular person. Every Japanese model has a deep historical past and, due to this fact, many vital references. We’re simply scratching the floor! We focus on the next:
Seiko Turtle in new and classic kind, one of the vital recognizable dive watches in historical past
Seiko 6215-7000, an unimaginable classic diver that set a design commonplace
Seiko SKX diver, in all probability the preferred “gateway drug” to mechanical watches ever
Seiko Champion Alpinist J13043, one of many biggest designs from the model
Casio G-Shock authentic DW-5000C or its fashionable DW-5600 counterparts, the digital watch that began all of it
Grand Seiko 4420-9000 “44GS,” possible one of the vital vital gown watch designs of all time
Citizen Promaster Nighthawk, one of the vital recognizable watches and probably the preferred pilot’s watch
Citizen Auto Dater Uni ADUS31201-T, a little-known gem that took on the Seiko Silver Wave
Credor as a model and the best type of expression from Seiko
Calendar Auto Orient 21 Diver T19755, a good looking ’60s JDM dive watch with gorgeous lume
Of us, that’s a wrap, and we look ahead to listening to about your prime 5 Japanese watches. We’re virtually 100% certain they’re totally different from our picks! Thanks for listening, and you probably have any recommendations for present subjects, please tell us.
