Deadman Quartz Rotating Disc GV5766 Gold

It's a quick post today as I'm wearing a watch that I've blogged this design before, but this is a different variant.

The watch is by the Deadman brand, who were a Japanese fashion watch brands from the late 90s with designs looking more like the 60s and 70s.

This model is the GV5766 and is a rotating disc model with a 3 disc display and quartz movement (Miyota).

The last version was a silver model with blue and black, but today's is the gold model and has a red and cream crocodile skin style leather strap.

Nike ACG Aqua Series - WW0002 Tempest

Today, I'm wearing another of my Nike watches, and this time it's a unisex model. I almost didn't have too much to say about this model as my normal website for finding Nike models wasn't there anymore, but luckily I ended up finding it as it seems to have been moved (or archived).

This watch is from the Nike ACG series which is their range for outdoor activities and are more rugged than the pure running ranges. This model is from a series they called the ACG Aqua Series which have rubbery designs to promote water resistance, and this model is 100m water resistant. The watch itself is called the Tempest and was one of many designs in the Aqua series. There are also nearly identical models called Tempest Flow and Tempest III, but those seemed to be more brightly coloured variants.

The watch has a 2 line LCD (which seems to be failing a little on my watch) with a 6 digit top line (time) and month & day on the bottom. Inside is a WG51 module running the modes which are chronograph, timer, alarm, and dual time.

The full model number is WG51-4000, which looks like a Seiko number. From the date setting mode, it seems like it was made in or shortly after 1998.

Agnès b V507 dial watch

As I work through my collection, it looks like I am quite a collector of the more obscure fashion watches.

This watch is another from agnès b (without capital letters) and is a smaller size dial watch. The agnès b watches are made by Seiko for the agnès b brand. This collaboration started in 1989 and continues to this day. The agnès b label is older, having started in France 1973, and now is sold worldwide.

This model is based around the Seiko V507 quartz module, and has a full model number of V507-0B80. For this model, the serial number suggests it is from either 2000 or 2010 (but my guess is 2000). It has a 3 hand dial design, but the centre of the dial is hidden behind a silver mirrored circle with the stylized b logo from the brand (which is glow in the dark!). This is housed in a minimalist brushed steel case and has a metal mesh strap (part number E0L9-B.L) with an agnès b clasp.

Tokima HD-206 optical illusion watch

Regular readers will know that I'm a big collector of the Tokima Digirobo transforming robot watches. Today's watch is also a Tokima, but it's definitely not a robot...

While looking for the robot watches, I've found out that there is a brand called Tokima that also produces watches but is not related to the Bandai robots. Most of the Tokima watches I've seen have been 80s style LCD models, but they also produced more unusual designs like today's.

This watch is based around a 3 hand dial movement, but with some differences. At the centre of the dial is a rotating disc for the seconds. This means that the hours and minutes hands poke out from behind this disc. The minutes hand is a regular silver hand, but the hours hand is a small red triangle and is a little more difficult to see.

The seconds disc is what makes this design more noticeable. The disc is clear with a spoked wheel design on. Behind this disc is another static disc which is mirrored and also has a spoked wheel design, but with the spokes at a different angle. This means that when the seconds disc rotates there is an illusion that the centre of the disc is continually expanding outwards.

I haven't been able to find out luck more about the age of the watch, but the model number is HD-206, and it has a Japanese quartz movement.

Boy London B-509 Dual Watch

Another travel day, and so another watch with two displays.

This time, it's a model by one of the brands I collect a lot of, Boy London. The Boy London brand was started in 1976 by Stephanie Raynor, and was an underground fashion brand based in Kings Road in London (number 153 according to the back of the watch). From what I've read, the main brand took a break from the mid 80s, through to 2007. But, it seems like many of the watches were produced in the 90s, and this model has the year 1995 as the copyright date in roman numerals on the back (MCMXCV). The back also states "Original creator Stephanie Raynor" with an engraved copy of her signature, and the way the text is written makes me that that the watches may have licenced the brand name rather than being produced for the brand.

This model is the B-509 (or B 509) and is a dual dial model. Actually, it is a dual case model as the two dials are separated by a hinged section with the Boy name on. The two dials are rectangular, and each have 3 hands. The colour scheme of black and silver is set up so that each dial is the inverse of the other. The strap is metal with a BOY H-shaped link to connect to the body and the rest of the links are thick bars with the word London on. Inside each case is a Japanese quartz movement which uses an AG4 battery.

Salvatore Marra SM-6015

Today's watch seems to be another of the watch brands which look to be high-end European designs, but have a Japanese background.

The watch is by Salvatore Marra which is a Japanese brand that started in 2009. According to their website (which is in Japanese, even though the text on the watch suggests an Italian origin), the brand has "Elegance and provocation," and "the fusion of a sense of international culture of Italy". The brand is owned by Five Star Trading Co. Ltd who are an Osaka based manufacturing and wholesale company specialising in bags, accessories, and watches. They own several (Italian sounding) brand names such as Dolce Medio Italy, Amore Dolce, and Christian Bonheur.

The brand produces relatively affordable watches (around $100), but the build quality and feel is very good.

This model is the SM-6015SS, and is a chronograph model. It is a 3 hand dial design with 3 smaller dials and a date window at the 4 o'clock position. The seconds hand on the main dial is for the chronograph, with the clock seconds being on the bottom dial. The other dials cover 24 hr time and chronograph minutes.

Rubicon Colour Moon SIL-1088

It's been a couple of years since I posted about a watch from Rubicon. At that time, I'd thought that the watch's name was Rubicon, but I now know that this is a brand name.

The Rubicon watches seem to be made by the Japanese company Yazaki Co. Ltd who are based in Tokyo. Most of the watches have the phrase on the back "The Great Trick Timepiece".

This model is called Colour Moon (xxxx Moon seems to be a theme with the names), and has a model number of SIL-1088. It has a square black case with a black face, and just a ring shaped window in the front. Through the window, you can see that it is a 3 hand dial model. The seconds hand is very thin, and the hour hand just goes across half of the window so you can tell the time. Above the crown is a button, but looking inside, this doesn't connect to anything. The strap is a one piece silicone rubber design which I think comes in a range of colours.

I don't know when this came out, but I'd guess it is pretty current. I also don't have a selling price, but this brand are normally low cost watches (less than ¥4,000).