I was in Sydney with some time to kill and saw there was a Seiko boutique nearby, so I decided to stop by and take a look.

Looking in from the outside it was well-stocked, with a few models I was keen to take a look at like the white-dialed Marinemaster SLA077 and the King Seiko VANAC. Brilliant.

When I went to enter, though, the security guard at the door told me it the attendants were busy and I wouldn’t be able to come in… Didn’t expect that! There were 3-4 customers in the store at…

Turned away at a Seiko boutique

This is probably an unusual question, but has anybody had success covering up a display/exhibition case back?

I've found that watches with display case backs irritate my skin and become uncomfortable by the end of the day. The crystal seems to stick and pull on my skin and it gets really annoying, to the point where I just want to take the watch off. The larger the surface area, the heavier the watch, the warmer the weather, the worse it is.

Swapping the case back for a solid one is the…

Covering up a display case back