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Apocalypse Now To understand the Captain Willard Seiko SLA033 you have to know about Apocalypse Now.  Apocalypse Now is a classic movie by famed director Francis Ford Coppola.  The movie is loosely based on the Joseph Conrad Novel, "The Heart of Darkness".  The movie takes place in Vietnam during the Vietnam war.  The movie features a character played by Martin Sheen, a U.S. Army Special Operations Officer named Captain Willard.  Capt. Willard is the person the Army calls in to get things done and cleaned up.  He is an experienced assassin, but he is calm and always observing.  Apocalypse Now,...

What is the Florida 300? The Florida 300 is a five-day endurance race for beach-capable catamarans to be competed along the coast of Florida, USA. The race starts at the Islander Resort, a Guy Harvey Outpost, in Islamorada (in the Florida Keys and proceeds in five legs north to the finish at the Ocean Deck Restaurant in Daytona Beach, FL. Overnight stops will be made in Key Biscayne, Palm Beach Shores, Vero Beach, Cocoa Beach, and Daytona Beach. Times will be recorded for each leg and used for cumulative elapsed time and handicap scoring.   The Course May 2, Day...

A Seiko Turtle that Celebrates the Water It has been a little over a year since the first round of Seiko turtle watches came out.  If you are new to Seiko Dive watches, the turtle is the nickname for a beloved vintage Seiko Dive watch.  Seiko has improved the design and put in a modern movement the 4R36.  Since the launch of the turtle Seiko USA has five different colored turtle watches.  That is a lot of colors for one year.  The Seiko Turtle has had a huge demand so who could blame them for making so much variations.  To learn...

Seiko PADI Dive Watches The Seiko PADI series was first announced to the public at Basel world 2016.  At that launch you had two PADI Seiko Dive Watches the Kinetic SUN065 and the ever popular SRPA21.  Seiko has now added another watch to the PADI line-up, the SNE435. Imagine Using the Power of the Sun The sun is an enormous power source at the center of our solar system, why not use some of that energy to power our watches?  What better way to go green than with solar quartz movement?  How does this work?  Magic.  Well no seriously, the face of...

The Rich History of the Seiko Turtle Dive Watch Seiko dive watches celebrated 50 years of making dive watches in 2015.  It has been a long journey of watches.  Mostly utilitarian and always a great price, the Seiko philosophy seems to be keep it simple. (Well at least most of the time.)  The other branch of Seiko might come out with new watch models every year, some classics, many are not.  The models Seiko makes up often reflect the era that they were made.  The Seiko dive watch often goes years with only minor design changes.  While there are many classic Seiko dive watches,...