Corporate gift from Seiko Malaysia - A couple of Grand Seiko Champagne glasses

Got a gift from Seiko Malaysia......

....a set of.....

...Grand Seiko Champagne glasses.

AWG Fine Watches presents a Grand Seiko New Year Party at the Garden Lifestyle Store & Cafe, Mid Valley Megamall on 21 January 2016

Got invited to a watch event in Mid Valley Megamall last week.

The main attractions were Grand Seikos.

There were finger food as well as drinks.

There were some interesting pieces. I was actually interested in the SBGE033.

Nice to be able to mingle and relax.

Another Seiko, but this time it is not a watch.....

Finally got myself multi-focal glasses.

Been getting difficult to read small prints with my current glasses. So, ordered a new one after getting my eyesight checked by an optometrist.

Lenses are expensive piece of engineered/policed glass. Cost me a bomb to get it.When it came to choosing the frame for it, my eyes caught this - a Seiko Titanium frame. I didn't know that Seiko also produces glass frames.

A Seiko watch on my wrist and a Seiko glass frame on my face!

Understanding Seiko Serial Numbers

How do you find out how old a Seiko is by the serial numbers?

The serial number indicates the last digit of the year and month made in the formaty YMxxxx(x) where months go 1-9,O,N,D so a 8N1234 would be Nov.
Jan - 1.
Feb - 2.
Mar - 3.
Apr - 4.
May - 5.
Jun - 6.
Jul - 7.
Aug - 8.
Sep - 9.
Oct - 0.
Nov - N.
Dec - D.
 
To narrow down the decade you might judge by the case number. One tip for guessing decade is if the serial is 7 digit, it was probably made '67 or earlier whereas 6 digits would be '68 or later. (late '67 / early '68 transition to 6 digit serial numbers).

Example

In this case the serial number is 790197. This means the watch was made in 1967 (the first 7) in September (the number 9). Of course the year could be 77, 87, 97 or even 2007. This is where knowing the different model and case styles helps!

Tokyo Trip: 05 - Exploring Tokyo via train

Please refer to the previous posting.

When there is spot of free time, I visited parts of Tokyo using public transport. On the first night, I visited Shinjuku. This area is a district of entertainment.

Many shopping malls are situated here. The neon lights are so bright.

As space is scarce, there are some shops located on upper floors of buildings. To identify, you need just to look for the neon signs.

One morning I visited Ginza.

Here the shops are all high end ones. Also, the crowd is also different. More oldies.

Also at Ginza is the famous Seiko store. This is Seiko's Flagship store. I had the impression that the store would present all the Seiko models currently in production. Unfortunately, when I went there, only limited number of examples were displayed and even that are only JDM models. Saw some Credors.

An intersection.

The Japanese restaurant I went to still have the plastic samples of the dishes on display. This is how I remember Japanese restaurants.

A lot of people believed the Tokyo Metro system during rush hour is really bad. However, I was on a train heading towards Shibuya at 5:30 pm and this is the situation on that train. Loads of elbow space.

Got an opportunity to take a self portrait. The train was hot! It doesn't come equipped with air condition.

Below is the famous cross-road at Shibuya where people move in 5 directions. At this moment everyone is waiting for the lights to turn green.

The uniqueness of this crossing is that all traffic stopped at the same time. People starting to cross the street.

Check out the mass movement of people in the video below!!!

Later got a chance to be part of the mass of people about to make the crossing.

Tokyo is truly a city of lights.

There's even a cafe for pets!

At a rooftop restaurant overlooking Shibuya.

My souvenirs from the visit to Seiko's flagship store.

To be continued.