When we want to wear a wristwatch with the seal of approval of the U.S. Navy SEAL teams, we grab our two Luminox Navy SEAL 3500 Series timepieces. Launched in 2017, this military dive watch is a modern evolution of the classic Luminox 3001 series, the Swiss watchmaker’s iconic tactical dive watch. Its high-precision Ronda 515 quartz movement is housed ...

One of the oldest wristwatches in our collection is this Gruen Veri-Thin from the 1940s. The Gruen Watch Company was founded in 1894 in Cincinnati, Ohio by the father-and-son horologists, Dietrich and Frederick Gruen. Initially, they made pocket watches with watch movements designed in America and manufactured in Germany, but were later made in Switzerland. Most Gruen watches, including ours, ...

It’s already the 1st of October 2026! How time really flies when you’re having fun! We hope that you, our dear readers and followers, enjoyed the opening salvo of our Timepieces section here in Power Wheels Magazine. After featuring thirty-four of our personal Seiko wristwatches for 30 days in “Seikos in September”, we shall now be regularly featuring various watches ...

The “Presage” name was used by Seiko on select Japanese domestic market (JDM) watch models as early as 1960. At Baselworld 2016, Seiko officially relaunched its Presage sub-brand and expanded it as the Japanese watchmaker’s premier global all-mechanical timepiece collection. A year later, the 4R57 Cocktail Time was launched in Singapore in June 2017. Our 2019 Seiko Presage 4R57-00E0 / ...

In 2019, the distribution of Kia Motors in the Philippines transferred from Columbian Autocar Corporation to the automobile division of the Ayala Group of Companies. The new distributor was named Kia Philippines and, after one year, they organized their first motoring media ride-and-drive of the then-new Kia Seltos to Costa Pacifica, Baler, Quezon Province in February 2020. We at Power ...

We’re mystified with our 2015 Seiko Presage 4R36-04F0 and here’s why: In 1960, Seiko used the name “Presage” as a minor series that are available only in Japan. Fifty years later, sub-models of the Presage lineup, such as the original Cocktail Time, debuted in 2010 as Japan-exclusive models. Yet, our Seiko, which was produced in May 2015, only displays the ...

If you’ve been reading the articles in our Timepieces section for the past 26 days, you might have noticed that all the Seiko wristwatches that we’ve featured so far come with metal case backs. The information inscribed on the metal case backs of Seiko timepieces that we’ve featured so far tell us the model of the movement and the case ...

Question: When does a Seiko wristwatch become superior? Answer: When it is a Seiko 5 Superior, of course. Seiko created a premium tier of the Seiko 5 model lineup, labelled it as the “Superior”, and launched it in the late 1990s. Compared to standard entry-level Seiko 5 models, the Superior line offered upgraded specifications, more intricate dial work, and enhanced ...

Today, Friday, the 25th of September 2026, Timepieces is proud to feature a pair of highly-desirable, highly-collectible, and mythical Seiko Scuba Diver’s watches – the 1997 SKX399 and 1998 SKX401, Reference No. 7S26-0020. The myth around these automatic dive watches revolves around the idea that these were released primarily for the Philippine market, thus, they are affectionately known in local ...

When Tokyo Disneyland held their year-long10th anniversary celebration from April 15, 1993, to April 14, 1994, they opened new attractions, such as the Swiss Family Treehouse and Visionarium, and featured special entertainment, such as the “It’s Magical!” castle show and the “Disney Fantasy on Parade” street parade. One thing they did not do was collaborate with Seiko to create a ...