Review [BM]: Citizen Eco-Drive Military BM8475-26E

“Haa… ni salah satu koleksi jam malas yang aku ada. Tapi satu jeh. Kalau malas pakai, simpan dalam kotak nanti jam tuh tidur! Tak jalan. Nak bagi dia bangun kena letak kat bawah lampu selama 40 minit atau lebih. Tak pun pakai masa siang terang benderang. Haa... itu laa dia teknologi Citizen Eco-Drive yang menggunakan teknologi cahaya. Aku tak kata dia pakai tenaga solar (cahaya matahari) macam Casio Tough Solar dengan Seiko Solar... ni memang pakai cahaya. Sikit cahaya pun boleh caj balik jam nih. Kalau Seiko Kinetik lagi hampeh... kena goyang gerudi macam dynamo basikal baru bole charge bateri jam. Yang ni kena cahaya lampu dah cukup... bole caj batteri. Jam Eco-Drive nih paling aku minat. Military design. Sesuai pakai kasual atau santai. Apa yang aku suka pasal jam nih? Ada gak part yang aku tak berapa suka. Haa... selamat membaca pictorial review aku untuk Citizen Eco-Drive BM8475-26E nih! Gambar lebih bekkk… baca santai!” – thetick-thetick

Spesifikasi

Model: BM8475-26E

Movement: Eco-Drive E011

Time-keeping Accuracy: +/- 20s per month

Function: Analog 3 hands with day-date calendar

Driving Power: Lights and Storage Battery, Quartz time-keeping

Case Diameter: 42mm
Case Diameter termasuk crown: 45mmB
Strap and Material: Leather, signed Citizen buckle
Band Width: 22 mm
Crystal: Mineral Glass
Water Resistance Depth: 100m/10bar/333ft.

Lug Size: 22mm

Thickness: 11 mm

 Jam military-pilot. "Black coated" stainless steel case. Nampak macam jam Bell & Ross BR123. Kena plak tali kulit warna "tanned brown". Nampak rugged.

 Crown besar. Bunga cam bawang! Mudah untuk setting.

 Tali kulit tebal. Case pun tebal jugak. Memang ngammmm!

 Buckle ni aku rasa buat pakai aluminium - black coated. Ada brand Citizen. 

 Matte black dial. Orange index. Pukul 12, 3, 6 dengan 9 pakai Arabic index. Jarum tuu pun matte black finish! Hehe... luminous compound warna oren bekkk... nanti, kalu gelap warna hapa jadinyeh!!?? 

 Kasi close-up. Nengok index marker... memang military standard 1500h kat pukul 3 tuhh. Index kemas... mudah nak set timing!

 Calendar window - ada hari dan haribulan. Alamak... kanji Jepun! Aku tak berkenan satu jeh... calendar window dengan  calendar dia kecik laaa... aku ni dah laa rabun dekat. Payah nak baca. Kebetulan dial disc eco-drive ni tebal. Nak mandang haribulan dari angle tertentu memang payah. Pasal apa dial disc dia tebal? Pasal kat bawah dial ni ada photo-cell untuk serap cahaya. 

 100m water-resistant case back takde black-coating. Polished stainless-steel case lid.

 Memang patut dikategorikan sebagai jam military-pilot. Aku memang minat kombinasi hitam dengan warna brown.

 Takde la beso sangat... okey jeh kat tangan aku yang size sedang nih. Sekarang nih jaman orang pakai jam yang godang-godang... sapok beso kata orang Terengganu.

 Dalam kesamaran cahaya... haaa nengok tuhh orange marker dengan jarum tu rupenya lume dia warna hijau daa... walaupun tak seterang Seiko Lumibrite... Citizen ni terang gakk lume dia...

Haaa... Military Pak Tam dengan Military Pak Tih... Pak Tih ni nama dia ODO Schmeichel. Jam quartz yang menggunakan movement Citizen Miyota. Kira satu kilang laa... cuma ODO-S nih murah laaa... cuba carik!

Haa... jam Junkers GMT nih dulu aku beli dengan Wak Hassan Detikduabelas... dah ke tangan sahabat aku yang kebetulan seorang soldadu. Macam aku dulu laa... sekarang ni dah reput. Hehe... bahasa sojar pencen.

"Leceh laa wak. Hassan Detikduabelas whatsapp aku... memang leceh bekk. Jam-jam jenis eco-drive nii memang kena selalu terdedah pada cahaya. Kalu tak nanti dia tidur... kalau dah lama tidur memang payah laa nak gerak. Tidur dalam kotak! Hehe... sesapa yang suka kumpul jam tapi tak pakai aku nasihatkan jangan laa pakai jam nih. Kalau minat beli laa... wa suka, wa punya pasal laa... hehe. Hmmmhh... artikel apa pulak lepas nih... " - thetick-thetick

[Semak dan susun semula 27 Februari 2020]

Review: Seiko Prospex "Baby Tuna" SRP637K1 200m Diver

"Bekkk... aku ada satu. Model baru. Macam Tuna! That was what my fellow H4U blogger Hassan Detikduabelas told me. Actually, I haven't bought any brand new watches for almost two years! Curious... I asked him to send me the photos. Wow! From the photos, I know this must be big - a masculine diver. It looks like the famous Tuna diver. It looks like the Seiko Monster too. Browsing Yeoman's Seiko website I found that this newly launched diver interesting. Hah haa... curious, I can't wait to see the real thing. I called Hassan, agreed, we met after midnight on January the 3rd. Midnight!? We actually met early morning on January the 4th! The real deal is to get my new year's watch. Not so expensive but the quality worth to pay with thick fifty ringgit bill! Thanks bekk... jam ni memang cunnnn.... hah ha. He suggested to me, bek... buat review simple simple jehh!!! Hee hee... I guest I don't have much time blogging lately, read my simple pictorial review of this what they call the 'Baby Tuna" diver. Hmmmhhh... Baby Tuna? I guess this hybrid of Tuna and Monster diver would be more appropriate to associate with an incident where a monster stuck in a tuna can! Joking... read my pictorial review on this shrouded diver SRP637K1. Enjoy..." - thetick-thetick

Specification
Model No: Seiko Prospex SRP637K1 200m Diver
Movement: Calibre 4R36, 24 jewels, hacking for time-setting, 3 hands - hour, minute & second, and day-date display
Driving System: Automatic and hand-winding
Vibration: 21,600 vph/bph
Power Reserve: approx. 41 hours, continuous operating time
Magnetic Resistant: 4,800 A/m (60 gauss)
Watch Case: Stainless Steel, 47.5 mm diameter excl crown, 14 mm thickness, 50 mm lug-to-lug
Watch Lug: 22 mm
Watch Crystal: thick flat Seiko Hardlex mineral glass
Scuba Bezel: Stainless Steel engraved, 120 clicks uni-directional
Case Back: screw down diver case lid
Bracelet: Stainless Steel 22-20 fitted with Seiko diver's clasp with wet suit extension
Water Resistant: 200m

Using the Seiko Monster's typical dial and engraved bezel, the 'Baby Tuna' diameter extended by the stainless steel shrouded case. 47.5 mm! Not too big and not too ordinary. Well, nowadays... big is beautiful!

Side profile. See from the crown side, typical Tuna with 14 mm thickness. Rugged but the outer shrouded case is beautifully constructed with satin-brush finishing. The unsigned screw-down crown is well protected under the outer case - perfectly fitted. The outer case can be detached. Look at the watch shoulder... so recessed to allow the case to wrap nicely on the wrist. I like bro... you know why? My wrist is not that big laa...

Look at this masculine baby! Baby? Yaa... smaller than the standard Tuna maybe... he he. I like to see the watch from this angle. It shows the entirety of a solid modern diver's watch construction. 

The other side... see the two big screws and the space to expose the bezel tooth for time-elapse setting. Hmmhhhh... looks like a crab!

Another side profile. Look at the shoulder from this angle. The symmetrical design for both lugs is superb. A very solid construction... but bro, isn't it looks heavy?

The case shoulder and the lug... the shorter lug is proportionate with the watch case and height.

The case back. Standard. But look at the diameter extension. The outer shrouded case enlarges the watch base. Sorry brader... jam baru. Wa tak bukak lagi plastic kat penutup tuu... Jangan marrah heh!

The screw-down crown is protected by the outer case.

Like Sumo... like Monster, using the SS bracelet clasp with wet suit extension

The watch crystal is flat - thick mineral glass. Look at the minute index. Very clean and visible.

Fitting the SS bracelet. This Baby Tuna is resting like a giant. Grab one! See this recently released shrouded diver in action. Don't ask me about the performance of 4R36 Seiko work horse. It is proven and reliable movement enhanced from the 7S26 caliber.

My wrist is not that big. But this Baby Tuna wrapped nicely around my wrist. Thanks to the recessed and short case shoulder. A truly beautiful construction that can fit smaller or bigger wrist.

Side by side with other sibling... the Baby Tuna and the Sumo. Looks almost similar size. The time-keeping work horse! 4R36 is powering the Baby Tuna... 6R15 for the Sumo.

"Cunn braderr.... cunnn. Bek, kalau ada orang nak order camna? Hehe, soalan aku pada Hassan Detikduabelas. Rasanya boleh dapat... replied Hassan. Actually this newly released mid-entry level diver is new to the Malaysian market. Honestly, I like it a lot. It is an affordable big shrouded diver. Compared to the current Monster line, this one is really masculine with good aesthetic design for a modern diver. I guess this should be the real Monster for the 200m diver's line - not the normal Monster we have seen previously. Check-out for other variants that come with various cosmetics and Z22 strap. Okies, hoped you guys enjoy this pictorial review. Bek! Amacam? Okey tak review aku nih? My first article for 2015. Happy new year to fellow H4U bloggers and my blog followers. Wait for my next article." - thetick-thetick  

Review [BM]: Seiko SNQ-135P1 Perpetual Calendar

"Haaa... ini laa jam yang paling malas. Biasa laa, tak payah kunci-kunci, tak payah goyang-goyang, dan tak payah jemur di bawah mentari untuk charge power dia yang macam Citizen Eco-Drive. Seiko Perpetual Calendar Calibre 6A32. Yang best giler tuu... haribulan atau calendar TAK PAYAH TUKAR SAMPAI TAHUN 2100!!! Dia tukar sendiri bekkk... tahun lompat 28 Februari kee, 29 Februari kee... dia set sendiri. Battery, ni memang sah wajib tukar laaa... 4 tahun sekali. Battery kereta pun ngkorang tukar! Dah tuu setahun sekali laa kalau nak adjust timing, jam ni cepat atau lambat (+/-) 4 minit setahun! +/- 20 saat sebulan. Tak caya, cuba calibrate pakai Atomic Time Clock... takpe, next article aku cerita pasal Atomic Time Clock nih. Yang paling tepat, 70 tahun +/- 6 saat jehh. Ada dua jam perpetual calendar nih, satu yang Diver model mula-mula, model lama... yang Dress Watch ni aku nak jual laaa kepada sesapa yang nak mengumpul jam-jam malas tetapi canggih.  Jam Perpetual Calendar nii Like New In Box. Ada warranty lagi. Aku rasa aku pakai tak sampai 10 kali. Aku pakai bila ada meeting jehhh... kena dengan pakaian aku laaa... Aku buat review sambil menjual. Sapa nak beli? Harga berbaloi. Pat-pat nye, sapa cepat dia punye..." - thetick-thetick

Spesifikasi
Brand & Model: Seiko SNQ-135P1 Perpetual Calendar
Movement: Seiko Calibre 6A32, Quartz - Perpetual Calendar, +/- 20s p.mth accuracy
Battery: Seiko SR927SW, 4 years battery life
Function: Hour, Minute, Second, & Perpetual Calendar Date
Setting Operation: Crown and Push-piece
Case: Stainless Steel, combi-finish polished and satin-brush
Case Dimension: 40mm diameter, 44mm lug-to-lug, 10mm thickness lid to top
Case Lug: 20mm
Crystal: Sapphire Crystal
Strap: Genuine Black Alligator Pattern Leather Strap 22mm lug, 20mm end, Seiko signed SS buckle
Water Resistant: 100m/10BAR

Nampak exclusive, macam jenis Seiko Premier grade...

Date aperture dia exposed. Tau pasal apa, haa bila setting nanti calendar disk tuu akan bergerak dengan sendirinya. Stepping motor kat movement tuu ada gear, akan digerakkan oleh IC (Integrated Circuit) untuk menetapkan tarikh yang sepatutnya. Canggih.

Crown dia lebih kurang 5mm, senang putar. Kalau model quartz yang sebelum nih kecik, untuk tangan orang Jepun. Crown guard dia solid kena dengan design. Ada setting push-piece at pukul 2.

Case - setting side. Crown, crown-guard, dengan push-piece.

Dial dia memang exclusive. Nengok index tuu... macam Grand Seiko! Jarum dia mengingatkan aku kepada jam Cartier yang guna blued-steel second hand. Clean dial, satin-finish.

Sebab 100m/10 BAR water-resistant, dia punya case lid jenih screw-type. Bukan snap-fit. Serial number censored heh! Tuan punya je yang tau.

Stainless Steel polished Seiko-signed buckle.

Seiko Lumibrite... jangan tanya la bekkk. Memang terang benderang. Kat tempat samar-samar pun terang.

Exclusive...

Complete set. Box, manual, warranty card, dengan jam sekali laaa...

"Tukar style blogging. Sambil menjual, kasi buat review. Apa cerita Atomic Time Clock nih. Nanti. Sabor. Aku guna dah dekal 10 tahun lebih. Guna untuk check dan calibrate jam-jam quartz. Sebetulnya Atomic Time Clock ni sesapa pun boleh miliki. Percuma jeh... Percuma!!! Memang punn, cuma download dan install kat komputer. Sebetulnya Atomic Time Clock ni digunakan oleh pengeluar-pengeluar gadget-gadget digital yang menggunakan micro-processor. Untuk session-timing processing clock. So program-program komputer atau mana-mana gadget boleh berfungsi. Kalau computer programmer baca article ni diorang paham laa... Tapi kalau penggemar dan pengumpul jam sure tak paham. Takpa, nantikan artikel sepenuhnya macam mana Atomic Time Clock ni membantu kita untuk check dan calibrate jam-jam yang menggunakan movement quartz, tak kira laa Solar-Powered kee, Eco-Drive kee, Digital timer kee... jam mekanikal auto-kunci pun bole gunaaa... tunggguuuuu.... Baca-baca gak, sapa nak beli bagitau heh!" - thetick-thetick

Review [BM]: Alba 'Flagship' 1/5 second Alarm-Chronograph

"Alba! Lama dah aku tak beli jam jenama adik kepada Seiko nih. Tak salah aku pernah beli satu masa dulu. Masa zaman bujang terantang-tang dulu. Mana pergi jam tuu aku pun tak tau. Awal tahun ni aku terserempak dengan member. Perasan kat pergelangan tangan dia ada satu jam yang boleh dikategorikan sebagai jam besor! Tapi menarik pasal nampak memang sporty, chronograph. Ada slide rule!. Laa.. jam Alba. Tapi, tak pernah pulak aku jumpa kat kedai-kedai jam kat sini. Kat kedai-kedai ejen Thongsia pun tak pernah nampak. Member aku beli online dari negara seberang tambak Johor. Nak jadi cerita, kat area rumah aku ada rupenya kedai yang jual species yang di panggil Flagship ni. Bila aku nengok, berkenan pulak. Aku buat research dulu kat Internet. Rupanya pakai movement Seiko Epson YM62. Sama dengan jam Swiss Jacques LeMan F1 yang aku pernah ada. Nengok betul-betul register yang ada kat jam tuuu... ada jam brand taknah dengor harga mahal pun pakai movement ni. He he... sah, Seiko dah ikut jejak Citizen-Miyota. Jual movement jugak... Ye laa, zaman OEM laa katakan. Hennah ko, baca la review ni. Bacaan santai." - thetick-thetick

ALBA ‘FLAGSHIP’ 1/5 SECOND ALARM-CHRONOGRAPH
Spesifikasi species Flagship ni seperti tersenarai di bawah:

Jenama & Model: Alba YM62-X244 ‘Flagship’ Alarm-Chronograph
Movement: Seiko Epson Cal. YM62, Quartz 1/5 seconds Alarm-Chronograph
Battery: SR927W, 3 years battery life
Fungsi:
• Hour, Minute and Small Seconds
• Date, triple date window/aperture
• Alarm, single time alarm, analogue-setting
• Stopwatch, 1/5 second with minute counter, up to 59min 59 seconds, split time measurement
Operation: Crown, 2 chronograph & setting push-piece/buttons
Water Resistant: 10 BAR/100 Meters
Case: Stainless Steel; 52mm lugs-to-lugs, 48mm diameter, 12mm height (incl. case lid)
Inner Bezel: Stainless Steel engraved slide-rule index
Outer Bezel (Slide Rule): Stainless Steel with slide-rule index and measurement marker with acrylic coatings
Dial: Matte black dial, 3 register and triple-open date aperture/window
Case Back: Screw type lid with water-resistant gasket
Crystal: Thick-hardened mineral glass
Strap: Stainless steel bracelet or leather (depends on model)

Nengok crown dengan push-piece button; kemas, protected. Haaa, chrono button tu punya warna lain-lain mengikut model. Sama dengan warna jarum register kat dial.

Jam pilot! Ada slide-rule untuk buat kira-kira, fashion yang dah mula wujud sejak dari zaman Breitling mula buat jam pilot. Manual slide-rule calculator! Luminous-marker jam nih kira standard Alba je lah. Tak seterang Seiko. Adik tiri kutt!? Abang yang lebih. Happa la Jepun nih... kasi standard laa.

Dia punya ‘small second hand’ macam kapalterbang punya ‘flight-level indicator’ laa... macam kapalterbang kan! Tapi dia pusing 60 second ikut pusingan jam. Mau pening pilot kalau terbang cam tuu... he he he jam pilot jet pejuang!? 

Analogue alarm-setting. Macam biasa ku lihat... di mana yah? Biasa laa Seiko Epson YM62. Jam Seiko pakai, jam-jam yang ntahhapa nama pun ada yang pakai movement nih!

Tolong perhatikan ‘inner bezel’ dia. Ada slide-rule index. Betul-betul tepi crystal. Kemas... haaa tu yang aku suka tuu! Gigi bezel tuuu... cam jam diver. Senang pusing-putar pakai jari-jemari, bi-directional.

Ada lekuk kat tepi watch case pada kedudukan pukul 9. Untuk memudahkan jari memutar slide-rule. Nengok dia punya slide-rule. Mantap. Nak kira hapa? Ketinggian? Kelajuan? Minyak? Ikut lbs, ikut liter, ikut gallon... kM/h, hishhh aku pun tak reti. Yang aku tau, slide rule marker tu pusing, point kat jarum minit so bila timing start, dari situ laa kita sukat.

Lugs dia saiz 22mm. Water-proof case lid. Standard Alba, ada logo ombak. Sorry, serial number kena censored.

Haaa... yang ni jenis yang ‘limited edition’. Slide-rule warna merah. Jarum register dia warna merah. Kat chrono-push piece pun warna merah. Harga mahal sikit. Berapa diorang bikin? Aku pun tak tau... tapi limited.

Seiko Epson Calibre YM62. Cam betul-betul ‘configuration’ kat dial tuu... haaa nanti sure ngkorang akan jumpa jenama-jenama lain yang pakai movement yang sama.

Tali ori kulit dia warna hitam. Lagi cunnn... jam yang cun. Tangan tuuu tak cun pasal asyik dipanah mentari masa main golf, he he...

"Bek, santai tak artikel nih? Asyik Seiko jehh. Kasi simpan satu Alba. Alba Flagship. Jam ni kira jam malas. Asal ada bateri, dia jalan. Takpyah goyang-goyang. Takpyah kunci-kunci. Sekali-sekala tukor haribulan, tuu jeh. Koleksi jam malas semakin bertambah. Haa... nanti aku buat artikel pasal jam yang paling malas. Jam analog tau! Bukan jam digital. Tapi kompom paling malas. Unta padang pasir pun takde malas macam dia... jam hapa bek? Tungguuuuu...” - thetick-thetick