On one hand, you have the sloping dial, and the aggressive markers with the sunray finish. But then you have old-school typography for the numerals link on the tachymeter scale. And in link the case of the reverse panda, you get touches of faux-patina and the callback to the Dato link via the 12 o'clock date window.

Like many of us, that happened with a Seiko. A SKX013 to be exact. "It's like 1990s perfection. It has an aluminum bezel and the crystal that's flat. Not the high box crystal. It's my everyday watch. It's just great," he said. That Seiko launched the journey that saw him take an apprenticeship at the seiko square watch watch shop years later.