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The iconic Seiko SLA033 There are a lot of watch brands out there and there are a lot of watches that claim to be iconic.  Watch brands often claim that there watch is iconic, while that might be true for the brand themself, it often does not mean that the watch is iconic in the watch world.  The SLA033 itself might not be a watch name that rolls off the tongue and perhaps you have never heard of a Seiko SLA033, but you have heard of a Seiko Turtle, this is the watch that started it all.  The watch was...

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,...