A portmanteau is a blend of two words to form a new one. Seiko’s Diamatic model blended “Dia” from Diashock, Seiko’s exclusive shock-proof system, and “Matic” from “automatic” or the self-winding mechanical movement, which were two of Seiko’s significant engineering achievements of the 1960s and 1970s. For our Timepieces feature this Friday, September 11, 2026, we take a look at ...

Some pundits may dismiss this 1971 Seiko Chariot 2201-8000 as just another “old watch”, especially when they notice that the printed Roman numerals IX and X (9 and 10) on its blue dial has already faded. Little do they know that this vintage dress watch is a highly collectible and sought-after Japan Domestic Market (JDM) Seiko from the early ‘70s. ...

For the 9th installment of our Timepieces section for today, Wednesday, September 9th, we take a close look at a 1970 Seiko Diamatic 7005-6010. “Diamatic” is a portmanteau or a blend of two words, which highlights two specific engineering achievements that Seiko was famous for in the ‘60s and ‘70s. “Dia” came from Diashock, Seiko’s exclusive shock-proof system for the balance wheel ...

Initially, we wanted to title this feature story in our new 8-day-old Timepieces section as “A Pair of Aces, err… Actus”, because we are going to write about a pair of Seiko Actus 7019-8010 wristwatches – one a Seiko Actus from October 1970 and the other a Seiko 5 Actus from November of the same year. Produced from 1969 to the late 1970s, ...

We drove a 2026 Denza D8 PHEV full-size SUV to The Hamptons in Cavinti, Caliraya, Laguna this Monday, September 7, 2026. Since Denza is the premium higher-tier car brand of BYD, we thought it appropriate to wear a vintage Seiko 5 Actus SS, which was the higher-end, stylish tier of the Actus lineup for Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) Seiko wristwatches. ...

With the growing popularity of self-winding wristwatches in the 1960s as the impetus, Seiko came up with wristwatch models that emphasized their automatic movement. Seiko created models such as the Sportsmatic, which we posted in two previous Timepieces features, and our featured Seiko this Sunday, September 6, 2026 – a 1968 Lord Matic 5606-7000. It can be surmised that the Lord ...

While searching for a period-correct gold-plated EGP steel bracelet for the 1965 Seiko Sportsmatic 5 6619-7010 that we featured yesterday here in our new Timepieces section of your Power Wheels Magazine, we stumbled upon another Sportsmatic 5, albeit two years younger and a lot scruffier in appearance. The Seiko Sportsmatic 5 6619-8290 that we’re featuring this Saturday, September 5, 2026, was manufactured ...

Thank you for browsing our new Timepieces section of your Power Wheels Magazine. To generate more interest in this new section, especially among Seiko watch enthusiasts, we will endeavor to feature a different Seiko wristwatch from our own collection each and every day this September. This Friday, September 4, 2026, we look at the precursor of the Seiko 5 sports watch ...

We appreciate you taking a peek into the new Timepieces section of your Power Wheels Magazine. To generate more interests in this section, especially among Seiko watch enthusiasts, we will endeavor to feature a different Seiko wristwatch from our own collection each and every day this September. This Thursday, September 3, 2026, we look at our Seiko Sportsman wristwatch (Reference ...

Thank you for logging in to your Power Wheels Magazine and for your interest in our new Timepieces section. To launch this new section, we shall be featuring a different Seiko wristwatch from our own collection each and every day of the month of September. Today, the 2nd day of September, 2026, we take a look at a Seikomatic Slimdate ...